Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-06-29

The New York Tribune's Testi.
mOny that GEN. Cox Is am Ar
, dent Advocate of Negro SUIT
firnges &S1
The Ns,o York Tribune of the 26th Of June
thus refers to Gen. Cox,
sThosc> friends Of universal suffrage who
hoped for an emphatic expression by the
Republican State Convention of Ohio, have
no occasion for discouragement In the rec
ord of its action. The question, zoe are as
sured, ,oil be cdnuassed in eue,y school district
of hhe State from this time until election day;
the Democracy having ranged themselves against
IL as Republicans haze taken ground for It..
..Gen. Jacob DolsOn Cox, the Republican
candidate for Governor, was originally
Liberty party man, but has been an active
member of the Republican party ever since
its organization, and Is at this moment an ar
dent ddvocdte Of negro suffrage, a fact 'oeu
kno,on TO the Ohio C0ncentton, and, It may De
added tor the benefit of one or two New
York newspapers, that Gen. Cox, has been
Tor many years and Is now the warm per-
sonal and political friend of Chief Justice
Chase. And it may further be added, for
the benefit of the same newspapers, that
Ohio Republicans do not see that split
in the Republican ranks for which they so
ardently pray and so cheaply labor, but
will proceed to finish the good work they
have so long been engaged in--that of saw
ing the country from the tolls of pro-
slavery fanatics of every grade, and of
rendering justice to that loyal class of
Southerners who saved our country in the
> hour of its sorest need.
"Gen. Cox is young man OF about ~
years; of great abilities and thorough edu-
cation; has served in the Ohio Senate, where
he ranked as a leader among the radicals,
and has served from the commencement OF
the present war, first as q Colonel, then as q
Brigadier, and now as Major General Of
Volunteers. His services in the army are
we'll known. His wife is daughter of the
late President Finney, formerly of Oberlin
College, in which blacks and whites are ad-
, mitted on equal TERMS" rr.r....~
In the estimation of The Tribune, there is
no occasion for rdiscouragementin in the record
of the Abolition State Convention to the
, ''friends of universal suffrage" 1t regards
It as pregnant with hope, because, It is as
sured, the ''question" Twill be canvassed In
every school district in the State from this
time until election day; the Democracy
having ranged themselves against 1t as Rer
publicans have taken ground for it." The
Tribune states that General Cox was origin
ally Liberty man; that he has been an ac-
tive Republican ever since the organization
Of that party. s'and is at this nlohaent an ar
dent advocate Of Negro Suffrage, a fact well
known to the Ohio Convention" and that
he "has been for many years and is now
the warm personal and political friend of
Chief Justice CHASE" And to further
strengthen the assurance that General Cox
is unquestionably in favor of Negro Snf-
frage, The Tribune states that he General
Cox married the daughter OF "the late
President FINNEY, formerly Of Oberlin COLI
lege, in which Blacks and Whites are ad-,
mitted on equal terms" The Tribune might
also have said in this connection, that the
General graduated in that College. We
wonder how that class Of Abolition jour
nails which cover their radicalism with
gauze-like conservatism will like this tes-
timony of The Tribune. ~.