Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-04
OberIin.

The LorGn County Ne,os, printed In the
town of Oberlin, would have TIE Sr&TEs-
NAN understand that Qberlln is coy, modest
and unobtrusive, and the allusion to it by
the public prints4in connection with the
natterot politics, causes its citizens to teel
unpleasantly, who want to lead quiet,
rural life, and who 90 to bed betimes at
night and rise early in the morning, and
who have few dry goods, hardware,
queensware and groceries, to barter for butt
ter and eggsand bacon, and dispense educa-
ton to Whites and Blacks without discrim-
rinatiori on account of color, -177 7asl7,'sT
Now, we don't want to do Oberlin injus-
tice at an, but it is true that General COX
graduated at the Oberlin College; 1t Is true
that the Abolition Oberlinites held a meet
ing, over which lcolored man preSided'
at which Delegates were elected to the Abo-
lition State Convention on the 2lst Of June'
and that they were all in favor Of General
Cox's nomination to the Office of Governor,
because he was in favor of Negro Suffrage
and Negro Equality; ID is true that they
wished a bold declaration made by the
Convention that nominated General Cox m
favor Of Negro Suffrage; it is true that
there was meeting held at Oberlin on the
10Th of Julytt discuss the Suffrage ,aues-
ton, and that at that meeting an address
and resolution were adopted asserting that
1t was an absolute necessity oconfer suf7
frage upon the Negroes, which circum-
stance caused perplexing questions" to be
put to the candidates on the Abolition State
Ticket that caused the leaders of that party
in this city painful anxiety; it is true that
on the oath of July committee OF Ober-
Ilinites addressed to General Cox letter on
the subject of Negro Suffrage, in which the
assurance was given him that the so-called
Union party, as mass, and the religious
press, generally, were iu favor of 1t, while
the, Democrats were unitedly opposed to 1t,
and that if he should not furnish satisfac-i
tory evidence that he was in favor of it,
defeat would certainly oyertake him on the
second Tuesday of October This for a
modest, retiring people, is driving pretty
extensive business in politics. The Cinetn-
matt Commercial of the ID inst. spoke thus Of
them: :rrdi .aI. .'r ...'.. u-.H .u..H HUf.|
Oberlin, Ohio, has been long noted as a
place where people grew rampant on small
provocatiOn over any question connected
with the African race. The leaders of pub
lie opinion in that neighborhood would
probably resent as the deepest insult an in
timation that they have ever been guilty of
changing their principles; and yet but a
very few years ago they heldiand expressed
views identical with the secessonisJs as to
State Sovereignty, and proposed and insist
ed that the State Courts should pronounce
United States laws unconstitutional, and
that those laws should be nullitied,i If need
full, by military force. Now, of course, they
have nodoubt, whatever, of the eomnipotence
of the Federal power i"i. st.
The Commercial might with truth haveSaid
that at the instigation of and through Ober-
in Abolitionists, Judge SWAN was retired
from seat on the Supreme Bench, because
he would not join in deciding United States
laws unconstitutional that were objection
able to them. General Cox with haste re-
sponded to the Oberlin committee when
they asked him what his views on the sub
ject of Negro Suffrage were; but when brave
soldiers, whose pride of race had been
strengthened and deepened by the War;
respectfully asked him what his views on
that subject were, he could not find it in his
nature to respond to them. Oberln holds
the keys to his views. In view Of the facts
herein set forth, it becomes strictly proper
to speak of General Cox as the oberlin can
didate, and of Oberlin as the fountain
whence the Abolitionists now draw their
inspiration. y 80. .....t ...'.,.. ,