Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-17
Governor Tod Throwing UP the
tt NeRrO.


Governor Tod Throwing UP the
Negro.
In former years Governor ToD was In the
habit of telling story about Lieutenant
In the Navy and his experience with TO-
matoe the first time he saw tomatoes dished
up. The story was to this effect: A dinner
party was given to Commodore, and a
Lieutenant was embraced In the invitation
who had never seen tomatoes. AT dinner
small tomatoes that had been picked, were
served up, and the plate containing them
was handed the Lieutenant by the lady of
the house. The Lieutenant took one OF
them and made three Intellectual efforts to
swallow it, when he besought the lady to
stake the id thing back" This story the
Governor used to illustrate the difficulty
which the Wings experienced in en-
deayoring to swallow some Objectionable
doctrine that their party leaders had disheu
ND for them. When we heard the Governor
relate this story, it did not occur to us that
the time would come when it would be es-
pecially applicable to himself. That time
has, however, come. At Warren, on Tues
day, on the occasion of the opening of the
campaign by General Cox, the Governor
found it impossible to swallow the Negro,
and hence threw him up, and told the Abo-
lition cooks to take him away. No doubt
the order was coupled with mental, If not
an audible, d-n. General Cox spoke first
1--WE take our information from the special
from Warren to the State JouTnaD; Hon.
JOHN HUTcHINs followed next, who was
succeeded by ex-Gov. TOP. Ex-Governor
ToD "thought (and we give the words
of the special to the JOrnaD both Of
Me precious speakers had giren too much
attention ID the Negro question. He sd,o
other questions more important, in the
adoption of Constitutional amendments;
security of National finances; justice to Ma
tional soldiers and their toires, 1oidotcs and
children. He ,uas opposed TO striking the 'oord
FWhite out of the Ohio Constitution, because
he did not ,cdn TO do injustice TO colOred men, By
inviting them here ,chile they are better of in the
South. He declared that neither the Ne
groes of the South nor the Whites were yet
fit to manage State affairs. The National
Government must hold them both in its own
hands until it was safe to National peace and
prosperity to grant them the exercise OF
power
1t is evident from these remarks of ex-
Governor TOP, that General Cox was rather
emphatic and explicit in his utterances in
behalf of Negro Suffrage and Negro Equal
ity, or he would not have felt called on to
declare in the presence of the same audi
ence, that General Cox and Hon. JOHN
HUrcHINs had " both" "given too much
attention to the Negro" and by his declar-
alton that she was opposed to striking the
word white out OF the Ohio Constitu-
on,".he testifies that both" " General Cox
and Hon. JOHN HUTcHINs gave the people
at Warren to understand that they both !"
are in favor of " striking the cord white out
of the Ohio Constitution" Had they not
done this, Ex-Governor TOD would GER
tainly not have declared that he is
opposed to it. 1t was, evidently, be-
cause Cney Wenb InlS lonS1h, bhao hO
was constrained to throw up the Negro in
the manner he did. He appears to hold
that "there are other questions more inn
portant" than the Negro question; among
which are the dispensation of Justice, to
National soldiers and their wives, widows
and children" and to establish the security
of the National finances" In relation to
these two matters, which he considers to
rank the Negro question in Importance, the
| Platform is as silent as a corpse. 1t says
not word about doing justice to ''the Ma
tional soldiers, their wives, widows and
children" With regard to the National
finances it is not any more communicative.
Interentially, it makes it the duty of Cen
eral Cox, if he shall be elected Governor,
to use the influence of his position to abol-
ish the political disparity that now exists
between the Whites and Blacks in this
State, and elsewhere. And yet ex-Gov-
ernor TOD says he approves that Platform,
Why this palpable inconsistency? Are the
soldiers to be entrapped into the support Of
Negro Equalityite for Governor by any
such artifce?