The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-08-26

of the best land in America, which, at an
average cost of twenty dollars per acre
would amount to about six hundred mil
lion dollars. Six hundred mill dol,
lars Whera is that enOrdious sum tC
come from Is il to be added TO ouI
present debt of tour thousand millions
or does General Cox propose that an sd
ditional six hundred million dollars shall
be added to the tax assessment for the
year 1866
This question ca >, be solved by Tie
application of the remedy proposed, anC
its true solution is the National one
In most civilized countries. there are
inhabitants who are not citizens, but
they are fully protected by the laws "l
the land in which they reside. There i;
no hardship in limiting the negro to the
rights of an "inhabitant," and still less
so, when il is considered that for such
services as he may have rendered in the
field, he has been rewarded with frea'
dom
If the uegrOes 50 desire, they can re-
main rs perpetual inhabitants, who,
says Cattel, ARE kind of citizens of al
inferior order, and are united to the soci
ETY. without participating III all its ad'
vautages" That is, they would be PR
tected in life. liberty and property, with.
out having the right to vote, or the. eX-
ercise of other rights which are iucide"t
to suffrage.
NEGRO EQUALITY IN OHIO.
The "ObeIlin Committee" said to Gen.
Cox, in their letter of July "a, 1865, I'VE
want to know directly from you your
views on the following subjects: lst.
4re you in fdror Of modifying om Constitu.
tuition so as to gire the electire franchise TO
ColOred men ?"
To this question, thus plainly put, Gen.
Cor made no reply, and every reader OF his
letter is left to draw his own inference as
to his views as to Negro Suffrage in Ohio,
He speaks of the logic Of erenfS" which l
understand to mean, 10 drift with the
current, and if in the event of his cleo
ton, and it appearing that majority OF
the leaders OF his party favor Negro Sui-
frage in Ohio. then he as Governor Will
favor amending our Constitution 80 aS To
make negroes voters
He SAYS that the few colorcd men we
have amongst ~ are mere waits aud
strays from the great body. But the
question is, are these "c0lored waits and
strays" to be given the right of suffrage
in Ohio Ia his letter General Cox de
clined 10 answer that question But at
the late meeting mt Oberlin, General Cox
took occasion Ia define his position a to
Negro Suffrage in Ohio According to
the special dispatch to the Cincinnati
Gazette, he declared
II haze seen black hjOps fght molly, aud
/ say of all, that they .ehO pe,e good enough
to fight Vih as are good enough TO stand on
The Union platform Cih ne"
This frank and explicit declaration of
General Cox in favor of Negro Equality
in Ohio clears away the doubts which
existed as to the true Interpretation OF
certain passages of his letter And as /
recognize the right of the people to be
informed Of the opinions of candidate
upon all public issues submitted to their
consideration, here declare that
I am opposed to comforting the right OF
suffrage on negroes in Ohio, or in the
South. now, or at any future time or un-
der any circumstances
In 1860 there were more than twenty
five thousand negroes in Ohio, and it is
believed that the number has been in
creased four. fold since that time Are we
to confer the right of suffrage on negro
population of one hundred thousand, and
thereby convert our great State into
negro colony2 For, grant citizenship to
negroes in Ohio, and the African "depeu-
dency" proposed to be establihed by Gen.
Cox, would become depopulated-the
waits and strays" would be the only in-
habitants Of the dependency" and the
great body Of negroes would migrate to
Ohio and other States, where they could
enjoy social and political equality with
the white race. And Is this the reward
which our brave soldiers are to receive
for all their perils in hundred battles,
aud all their tolls in score Of cam
paigns7 Now that the war is over, shall
we say to the soldiers, as q reward for
your value, we will reduce you to the
level of negroes Aud our laboring men,
are they, too, to be brought into competi-
ton with negroes at half wages, and be
forced to take negroes prices or starve 2
No, s!TS II maJt not BE- done,
The whole scheme of negro equality
is chimericsl and fraught with danger.
We have upon this continent examples
of the total incapacity OF mongrel races
for selfgovernment, At the outbreak OF
the American revolution, the population
OF the United States and that Of Mexico
were about equal-three millions each
In either country there were three races,
the white. red and black Ia the States
of the Union, free as well as slave, the
negroes have been kept IN a condition OF
subordination to the white race. and
from O comparatively small number, they
have increased to four million souls
While on the other hand. the savage spir
1t of the Indians spurued control, and Il
conflict ensued which will only cease
with the existence of the red man
Aad what is the relative condition Of
Mexico and the United States1 The for
mer has but five million inhabitants
nearly one-hslf of her territory has been
absorbed By the United States and she
Is destitute of commerce manufactures
and schools while our ships cover the
waters of every sea our manufactures
arc to be found in every mart Of the hab
il ble globe, and every child in our land
has the opportunity to obtain a good
English education Why this difference'
The United States and Mexico were alike
colonized by Europeans Ia the former
the white race preserved its integrity
while the spaniards. on the other hand
amalgamated with the Indian and the
Negro, and a race of wretched Mongrels.
doomed 10 state Of chronic anarchy, is
tho r.snlf