M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1865-07-27
A Soldiers I.eIter 10 Gen
Cox.
lfrom the S.AiD Statosman.l

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S0me days ago we learned, Incl
donsally,that a number of officers and
soldiers, who have seen service du.
ring the late war, had addres scd a
Iettpr to General Jacob Dolson Cox.
the Republican candidate for Govern.
or, baking him certain questions as to
his views about Restoration and Me-
gro Suffrage. We have succeodod in
procuring Il copy of tho letter, which
We print below. We understand
thaEit was handed TO the General
tho.day it was written; but it has
not yet been answered, as We arc iu-
foEqed. 1t is as follows
SOLDIERS LETTER TO GEN, COX.
COLUMBUS, o, July 81, 1865.
MAJOR GENERAL Cox, Commanding
23i Army Corps:
Degr Sjr-As your fellow foldiers
and ie!low citizens, We congratulate
you apon your nomination as can>
didaP for Governor Of Ohio; and aa
comrades desiring your success, i'll
there he concurrence of our views
on ceitain public questions Of great
interest, wc address you this note.
we are only soldiers, and know
nothing OF the Ticks and schemes oil
politicians; and We therefore regret
that the Convention which placed
you n nomination failed to give ex-
preston of the views of the party on
the subject Of Reconstruction of the
Uhi4n aud Negro Suffrage.
-lI-isitue uhat--thc ycntien IN
Seheral'terms indorsed tie policy OIL
President Johnson, but it ia equally
Iruo that few hours after tho ad-
jonrnment of the Convention, Con.
Schenck declared in a speech in front
Of the Capital that he was opposed to
receiving the representatives OF the
Southern States into Congress, until
they had shown their loyalty by Civ.
ing the right ofsuilrago to the negro.
lie further said that "there were
three classes of persons in the South
The aristocrats, who wero secos.
eionists: the white trash" meaning
those loyal Whites who have the mis-.
fortune to be poor; and "the negroes,
who were loyal to the core" And i'll
suffrage WAS extended to either OF
these classes, he wished it to be given
to tho negro.
1t is charged, General, that you
are in favor of placing the negro up
on a political equality with white
soldiers, and white citizens.
In order, therefore, to give You an
opportunity to vindlcate yourself
lrom charges Of 90 damaging a char
acter, we ask You the following ques
tons:
1st, Are you in favor Of restoring
the Southern States to all their rights
i'll the Union, as proposed by Prosl
dent Johnson, even If the right of
suffrage ia not extended to the Ne,
gro?
%. Are you in favor Of giving
the negro the right to vote in Ohio,
and to confer upon him all the other
privileges of citizen, either now, or
at any future time?
We feel it to BIZ duo to you to say
that we are in favor of President
JohnsOn's plan of reconstruction;
that we believe it to be the duty Of
all loyal citizens to sustain the Gov.
ernment, and that we are opposed to
negro suffrage now, Or at any future
time.
We are, respectfully, your comrades
and fellow citizens.
F. S. PARKER, Capt. SSth 0. vi.
A. L. ANDEEsoN, /"
L. w. NIoHoLs, L"
d. @. PATRICK, Adj. "
M. G. W. SMITH, Sorgt. 18th U. S. A
A. Ii. PoTEN, late 1t. Col. Inv. Corps
j. V. Chiffon, 1st Lit. SSth 9. V. /.
j. D. WILSON, 1st 1t. SStE "
Ed. LANE, latc Sergt. 1st Cav. U.S.A
Z. IvoNY, 1St Lit. SSth o. V. /.
J.H. PATTERSON, 1st 1t. SSth owl
j.. R. MARSHALL, " "
J. Nj. WINsPIGLAR, "
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