Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-10-09

Republicans, was it because General Cox
declared against, or was it because lie was
the advocate OF, Negro Suffrage?
Well, then, 1t is established by the delib-
crate declarations of General Cox that he
Is In favor of Negro Suffrage; and you, or
at least some of you Republicans, declare
that you are opposed to degrading the white
man to rhe level of the negro. Now, then,
l ask you, il you are opposed to Negro
Suffrage, while he is in favor of Negro SIf-
rage, how can you vote for him without
| ignoring your own manhood? Have you
50 little self-respect that you will vote for
Ills principles against your own principles
and convictions? If you do are not you
more OF slave than ever was Southern ne
| gro? The negro's body was enslayed, but
| General Cox and the Republican leaders
seeli.to enslaye your minds; to put shack
els on your conscience. | win not, can not,
believe that You will submit toDsdch degra-
! dation, for am one OF those who, believe
that our people, as people, are intelligent
and patriotic. The Republican leaders seek
to deceive you. They tell you that the
negro question Is not in issue-NOT IN IS
} SUE. Why, then, did General Cox write
7 his fiye-column letter, in which he pro-
| poses to give territory equal to thirty
million square miles to the negroes of the
South? ,y II, not an ISSUE. why, does he
| propose, In that letter, TO give the ne
groes in his proposed dependency the eX-
elusive right OF suhrage?" That is, Gen-
! eral Cox says, substantially, in that letter,
that if white men remain in the States OF
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Flor
ida, that they shall not have the right of
suffrage, but that negroes shall; that white
men shall not hold office, but that negroes
shall; that white men in that region shall
not be sent to Congress, but that negroes
shall. And yet, after all this-after every
Republican paper in Ohio, directly or indi-
rectly, took ground in favor of negro suf'
frage, the Republican leaders, seeing the
death sentence of their party written on the
wall, now have the coolness to declare that
Negro Suffrage is only side issue. Yes, it
is a side issue, but it is a BROADsIDE ISSUE,
for it covers the whole field. 1t is the great
thought in the mind of every citizens,
wehther he be Republican or Democrat. A
side issue--when on Monday last, theiRe-
publican party of Connecticut, voted to
amend the Constitution of that State so as
to give negroes the right of suffrage, but
patriotic Republicans and the soldiers in
body Joined the Democracy, and the negro,
and the Republicans were voted down in
every county in Connecticut but one. The
negro question not in ,issue-but the Re-
publican party in the States of Iowa, Wis
consin and Minnesota have made it tIe
leading issue in this. election! The negro
question not IN issue-when Charles Sum
ller, the great Republican chief presented
before the Supreme Court of the United
States, and on his motion that Court ad-
mitred that negro to practice as an attorney
III the highest tribunal of the land? And
II that negro has right to practice as an
attorney III that Court, mas he notthe equal
right to become one OF its Judges, or its Chief
Justice? The negro question not in issue
when the other day, and in the town of
Brooklyn, New York, the home of Henry
Ward Beecher, negro was sworn as jur-,
or, aud did sit and try white men as a jur-,
or! And II one negro has the right to sit
upon jury, have not twelve negroes the
same right? And may not white man be
thus tried for his life or liberty before a he
gro jury? The negro question not in issue
when, the other day, General Smith.
wearing the uniform of an American otii-
| Ger, When quelling negro riot in the city
Of Memphis, In order to re-establish order,
found it necessary to tell the negroes that
they were mo better than other people,
| and that they had no more rights than those
| enjoyed by white men!" The negro ques-
| tlOI not in issue-when silver medals have
been bestowed on negroes for bravery,
| while no such badge or rewaId was confer
red on white soldiers, no matter how hero
ically they had behaved. And L now recall
q SAD and touching incident which occurred
the other day, at Chillcothe, while referring
to the silver medals which had been confer
red upon negro troops, while tile wounded
white soldier was allowed to die unreward-
ed, if not unneglected, when gallant fell
low who had had leg shot away at Fred
ericksburg, held up his erutches, and ex-'
claimed, General, this was the only medal
| which have received.", The noble-hearted
soldier was white man, and had not money
enough to purchase cork leg.5 Every eye
was dimmed with tears, and there was a
| deepithough muttered curse against the
demagogues who were willing to ruin our
country and our free institutions for the
sake OF personal aggrandizemeut. s,s ,.
Henry Winter Davis, a distinguished Re-
| publican leader, said in a late speech: "Iti
not Intelligence, but power, that we want"
What declaration for an American states
man! Not intelligence, but power, that
was wanted. Power attained by negro
yotes-not the power of intelligence, but
the power Of ignorance. And now, citi-
Eens, let us suppose that General Cox Hen
ry Winter Dayis, and the other Republican
Leaders, should succeed In giving the elect
i've franchise to eight hundred thousand ne
groes, what would be the result? II. Gen
eral Cox and Mr.. Davis believed that the
Republican party was in majority, they
would not desire negro votes, for they avow
that it is power, and not Intelligence they
desire. Suppose, then, thai these eight
hundred thousand negroes are made voters,
Is it not, evident that the negroes would
hold the balance ok power, and not only be
able to control the Democratic party, but
be also able to dictate terms to the Repub-
lican party also?
Citizens, have occupied your attention
much longer than l had intenGe1. have
spoken to you with the earnestness, and
perhaps, with the bluntness which the grav-
ity of the times and the directness of your
nature have rendered irresistible. :, If
have been earnest so have been sincere,
and If in aught have said have wounded
any one, askforgiveness for having done
so. Mywish has been not to wound or Of
fend, but to coDjure your honest and un-
selfish attention to the condition OF our
country,
cIthank you. citizens, for your kind and
patient attention, and trusting that we may
all discharge our duty on Tuesday next, as
becomes freemen and Americans, bid you
ia respectful adieu. i4isisig t'a'slf $50 I'N
General Morgan spoke about two hours.
Had-he continued to.speak two hours long
er, we believe the crowd would not have
been perceptibly diminished, SO entire, ab-.
sorbing and earnest was the interest mani
Tested in everyoword that fell from his lips.
Save when, at times, spontaneous cheer or
an emphatic clapping of hands testified