Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-09-09

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The Cincinnati Commercial Is in bad way
on the negro suffrage question. Il hardly knows
which side 70 take. and, for that reason occupies
a dubious position. Il i constantly limiting at
what II desires, but is afraid 20 ask for what Is
wants. We have a notable instance OF this IN
certain condition in the issue of that paper Of
Tuesday last. Some Democrat delivered a
speech at Ashland. Ohio, recently. and took &C
casion 10 denounce the secret scheme OF the Re
public.ns to give the negro the ballot. On thi.
the Commercial hangs half column Of very
insipid editorial. denouncing the Democracy, and
snding with the folloving:
= "It win be the true Democracy Of America.
and not the class OF Democrats to whom this
Ashland county plagiarsst allies himself that
will WORK out the eiril equality Of all men on III,
American continent. and give the emphasis Of
accomplished fact 10 the great liberalizng truths
of the Declaration Of Independence"
This hint about the Declaration Of hide
pendenee" i to keep the Oberlin fanatics in
good heart about General Cox and the Republi-
car State Ticket. Now. there is no fact better
known than that the Commercial and its editors
prefess TO be against negro suffrage in Ohio.
The day before the meeting Of the Ohio Repub-
lican Convention. the editor of that paper i'm
plored IS Jrethren. about TO assemble at Colum-
bus. lot to make any declaration in favor oil
negro Suffrage. The "lberalzing truths" which
be now refers to- were, but FIVE weeks ago, no
truths at all. he was afraid of that issue then
he is so to day, and would not. If asked the
question directly. say that he was in favor OF
giving the negroes Of Ohio the elective franchise
He may secretly favor that policy now, but nc
dsrs not say that thing openly. All that the
Commercial utters about the great liberalizng
truths OF the Declaration OF Independence" ha,
no more meaning than the jiDgling of the words
which be strings together They are intended
to please the negro worhoppers of the Reserve
the abolition Lords of Cheesedom; but that j:
all. The rank cowardice Of the Commercial
and such Independent papers as it PROCESSES TO be
has passed into proverb
The Commercial as a tender to the Gazette
is useful in its way and seems to catch the IN
suspecting. on account Of its pretended iberaiity
Ii has not the manliness OF the Gazette, how
ever, but four fold more of political duplicity
The Gazette is an out spo.en tory paper-fOr
"strons goverRment''-which nothing
more nor less than a quasi monarchy, based up
the destruction OF all State institutions, anC
the building up Of a great Central Power q
Washington. The Commercial would favor
that, too, il the editor though. the people were
prepared for it IL has no settled opinions upor
any subject, bus drifts along after the Abolition
lists and the Gazette. Jest protesting. here and
there, that it don I always mean what it says
The flourish of the Commercial about the
great liberalizing truths of the Declaration oil
Independence, which means in the Abolition
vocabulary, chat all men are created free and
equal'-meaning that the negroes are as good
as white folks-is large step in advance of
error for that paper 1t will make Oberlin grin
and the Reserve to hold its breath The Com
mercial will 90 of like hot cakes where it was
before rejected. That is a point gained, and
perhaps It was the point aimed at
President JOHNSON. in his speech in the Senate,
in 1859, rebuked the demagogues and liars who
applied the words of the Declaration" to the
negro race Ii has been measurably forgotten
by the Commercial. we apprehsnd ANDREW
JOHNSON then said that none but knayes or fools
would pretend that the men who adopted tho
great Declaration meant 10 give the negroes
equal rights. We apprehend he thinks so to-