M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-08-24
How OberIin Looks Upon
General CoX's Letter,

| There has been s0mathing Of an1
iety to know how the AbolitionisI
Of Oberlin would receive and loo
upon Gen. Cox's letter, 10 respoDs
to Messrs. Fairchild and Plumb
We have received the Lorain Count
News, which is published at Ober
lin, and which, undoubtedly, in thi
instance, at least, reflects the view
OF the Oberlin Abolitionists. I'll
News alleges that the General Ia
not answered the fret question put t,
him, either directly or Indirectly
The first question, be it remembered
was Of very considerable importance
inasmuch as it related to the amend
ment oi the Constitution OF Ohio, sc
as to give the Blacks the privilege o
voting The question was put tC
Cox with blunt directness-Are You
in favor Of amending the Constitution
for that purposel To the News "iI
seems fair to say that the fret ques-
tion ia ignored by the candidate alto
gether." On this point there is per-
feet concurrence between the Ober-
linites and those who do not live in
that place. Furthermore, The News
holds that. General Cox gave mo din
rect answer" "to the second question,
whether he was in favor of comforting
suffrage on the Southern Blacks, and
II asserts that in that "secrion, among
the radical Anti Slavery men Of tho
Reserve" his views are. anything but
satisfactory, and that elsewhere, "es-
pecially among Conservative and
Pro Slavery men, ,""his treatment of
the subject, if not distinctly his cen
timents, are appiauded." While The
News 'should have thought the bel
ter OF General Cox, ii he had dilect-
ly and frankly answered both the
questions addressed to him" "yet 1t is
mot sure that upon the whole it
would have increased his popularity
in the whole State"
There is no danger that Cberlin
will bolt. Mildly will the a5olitiou>
lists there protest that General Cox's
letter is anything but satisfactory to
them. because it lodges both ques-
tions put to him; but, .inasmuch as
through his lodging they were fur
nished pretext for declaring that
they are not satisfied with his position
to the end that "hs popularity in the
whole State" might be Increased"
they will give to him their support.
Oberlin knows their man; he was ed
ucated in their college, and imbibed
all the notions peculiar to that insti-
tuition. Above all things, they desir-
ed his nomination, because of their
unfaltering faith in his devotion to
the negro, built on undOubted knowl-
edge. They we're guilty of an indis-
cretion by plunging out so boldly in
behalf of Negro Suffrage; they cher
ished the delusion that all the soldiers
would come home the ardent sdvo-
Gates Of the extension Of Suffrage to
tle Southern Negroes for the purpose
of subordirating the Southern Whites
who had participated in the Rebell-
ion. When the soldiers began to re-
turn home, they realized the fact tha.
the soldiers, as a mass, were in favor
Of the sort that they we're
to it utterly, and hence could
not reconcile it to their minds to vote
for any man for Governor who did
favor it. Nothing then became more
plain than that something must be
done to help General Cox out oil the
endangered position into which he
had been put.by the abolitionists Of
the Reserve supporting him On the
Negro Suffrage ground. With the
soldiers and conservatives such sup
port would be fatal Defeat was Ger.
tain. There, therefore, was collusion
between General COX and the Ober-
lin committee. Evidently, the letter
of interrogatory was framed express.
ly to give the General an opportunity
to write letter designed to catch the
votes oftbe soldiers and the conssrv-
atives. The News declares that both
questions we're evaded, and that it
would have been better pleesed with
the General had he given frank and
direct answers to the questions put to
him by the Oberlin committee: yet it
draws great satisfaction from the be-
lief that he hos much enhanced the
prospects of bis election by answer ing
them in the evasive manner he did
1t is doubtful whether this Oberlin
iuggle will succeed to the extent cal
culated on.-Statesman.
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