Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-08-08
The Ohio State journal Declares
that General Cox is I'm Favor Of
Ne@ro Sufirane!' E''bT''ih 2ipisT0

HAL lUGmeE2Ah OO4 ~ hhA n 1NVA w
Negro suffrage! E'hi''ft 2'oi''1'
Before General Cox gave to The public
the letter in answer to the Oberlincommit-
tee, TnE 'STArEsMAN gave to its readers ev-
idence that seemed incontestible, that Gem
eral Cox Is in favor of Negro Suffrage.
None of this testimony did The State
Journal undertake to controvert; but the
tenor OF its comments from day to day was
such as to lend confirmation to that testi-
mony, and the public very generally settled
down into the belief that there, was not and
could notbe any mistake about it. Soldiers
whohad served lin the war-7who had been
to the front-were solicitous to have an ex-
cuse to vote for General Cox; but such was
their repugnance to Negro Suffrage and
Negro Equality, that they besought the
General, through respectful letters, to dis
claim the views ascribed to him that they
could vote for him. 10 these respectful
letters, coming from men who had "done
the State some service in assisting to
put downt the Rebellion, he did not vouch-
safe'an )ansmer; butwhen an Oberlin com
mittee, In behalf of Abolitionists who were
frightened by q report that came from
Warren, to the effect that ne had au7
thorized the Wa,ven Chronicle to repre-
sent him as being opposeu 10 Nc
gro suffrage he instantly replied LIN a
lengthy letter. This letter has been con-
strged by q Few Journals as taAing Rrou"nfup "fp
against Negro ouHraSe' anu aliiops ehose
which have done so are tne o'nc'"Md's Ions- ~
D'erctdt the C9nc''ldts HHqHtrer, tlie ho'sos''e
Journal, and theN N. sf'ni WOTfd. - ne
Neo York hWortds IN speaMhg OIL p IT,
said that "Generai COX, VINO, having
accepted the Republican nomination, upes
notwish to be beaten, promptly seizes the
first occasion that offereddor prociaiming
his thorough paced hostility TO the polltlcs
of that section of bis party which Is IS lea py
ChiefJustice1 CHASE" and that "this aoeS
not so much prove that the CHASE party Is
weak in Ohio, as that the Democratic party
is strong,r and that General Cox knows
that if he is beaten, he will be beaten D,
the Democratic candidate; and, like a bold
strategist, he makes forced march to oc-
cupy the ground which hisopponent would
naturally select for the battle; " anu that
"the Oberlin College people wrote a letter
to draw him out on the Negro Suffrage
question; and his quick perception told him
that with the new tokens of Democratic
vigor this was no case for trimming orcon-
cealment; that he had better incur the risk
of scandalizing the fanatics than the uncer-
tainty of losing his election by Democratic
success" ....l, ~,
This, the State Journal, which is edited
under the eyes of General Cox, and the ed
itor Of which is undoubtedly in daily con-
ference with him when he inthe city, head
lines "A Rich View of Ohio Politics" and
then says:"IfT The Neo York World does1tun-
derstand politics else,chere any better than u
does hestatats Of parties in Ohio, 1t Is danger
Gus, guide for the Democracy 'vhich put Jd'th IN
It," That is to say, if 1.-The Democracy
which puts faith In it, tthe Ne~ for@
World, believe its statements that General
Cox has promptly seized 'the hrst occa- c
sion" that offered, "for procciaaiming procaIinig MS
Thoroughbred hostility 10 the pol1lcs VI
that'section OF his party thas Is leu ny oiiiei
Justice CHASE" ana tnat ne hau torn uowh
the Negro Suffrage nag OF tne ~ opperilnlVles'
andhad in its stead run up tine anti egro
Suffrage nag oil PRESIDENT 0ohNsoN' unuer %
which ne proposed 10 san in1o oiiice' Sney
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