The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-08-30

30, when it is considered that for such
as he may have rendered in the
he has been rewarded with free
dom.
If the negroes SO desire, they can re-
main as perpetual inhabitants, Who"
says Vattel, care a kind of citizens of an
inferior order, and are united to the soci-
ETY. without participating in all its advan-
tages." That is, they would be protec-
ted in life, liberty and property, without
having the right to vote, or the exercise
of other rights which are incident to SUI.
frage.
NEGRO EQUALITY IN OHIO.
The "Oberlin Committee said to Gen.
eral Cox, in their letter Of July "a, 1865,
eve want to know directly from you your
views on the following subjects: LIST.
Areyou in favor ofmodjfying our Con.
~stitution so as to give the ~elec.iue fran
chise to colored men,"
To this question, thus plainly put,
General Coo made ne reply, and every
reader Of his letter is left to draw his own
inference as to his views as to Negro suf-
frage in Ohio. He speaks Of "hs logic
of%events," which | understand to mean,
to drift with the current, and if in the
"event" of his election, and it appearing
that a majority Of the leaders Of his party
favor Negro suffrage in Ohio, then he as
Governor will favor amending our Con.
stitution 50 as to make negroes voters.
He SAYS that "the few colored men We
have amongst us are mere waits and strays
from the great body" But the question
is, are these "colored waits and strays' to
be given the right CT suffrage in Ohio ?
In his letter, General Cox declined to an
swer that question. But at the late meet
ing at Oberlin, General Cox took occa-
sion to define his position as to Negro
Suffrage in Ohio. According to the
special dispatch to the Cincinnati Ga.
zene, he declared
"Thdve seen black troops fight molly,
and / say of all, that they who were
good enough to fight Nth us are good
enough TO stand on the Union platform
Nth me-"
This frank and explicit declaration Of
General Cox in favor Of Negro Equality
in Ohio, clears away the doubts which
existed as to the true Interpretation Of
certain passages Of his letter. And as ]
recognize the right of the people to be
informed of the opinions of candidate
upon all public issues submitted to Their
consideration, / here declare that
I am opposed to comforting the right
of suffrage on negroes in OHIO, or in the
South, now, or at any future time. or un.
der any circumstances
In 1860, there were more than twenty
FIVE thousand negroes in Ohio, and it il
believed that the number has been in
creased four.fold since that time. Art
we to confer the right of suffrage on
negro population Of one hundred thous
sand, and thereby convert our grea
!, State into a negro colony? For, gran
citizenship to negroes in Ohio, and tn
African dependency" proposed to be es
y tablished by General Cox, would becom
= depopulated- the "waifs and strays
] would DO the only inhabitants Of the "de
tendency" and the great body Of ncgroe
!, would migrate to Ohio, and other State
. where they could enjoy social and polit
cal equality with the white race. And
. this the reward which our brave soldier
: are to receive for all their pcrils in
hundred battles, and all their tolls in
= score of campaigns? Now that the wa
. is over; shall we say to the soldiers, as
! reward for your valor, we will reduce 20
: to tho level Of negroes And our labo,
ing men, are they, too, to be brought il
J to competition with negroes at half WI
y ges, and be forced to take negroes pri'
II es or starve? No, Sirs, 1t must not |
, done.
The whole scheme Of negro equality
chimerical and fraught with danger. "
have upon this continent cxa mples Of Il
" total incapacity Of mongrel races for sci
government. AT the outbreak of Il
4 American revolution, the population
r. the United States and that of Mexic
- were about equal-threc millions EACH
In either country there were three race
~ the white, red and black. In the Stat
of the Union, free as we'll as slave, IL
, negroes have been kept in q condition
K subordination to the white race, and fro
N a comparatively small number, they ha'
e. increased to four million souls. VIII
u , on the other hand, the savage spirit
the Indians spurncd control, and q 90
fict ensued which will only cease wi
Ut the existence Of the red man.
And what is tho relative condition
Mexico and the United States n
70 former has but FIVE million inhabitant
m nearly one half Of her territory has be,
q. absorbed by the United States and 81
is destitute Of commerce, manufactur
r. and schools; while our ships cover Il
waters Of every sea our manufactur
ty arc to be found in every part Of the ha
or table globe, and every child in our lal
:" has the opportunity to obtain a good En-
q. lish education. Why this difference 2
no The United States and Mexico were ali
e. coloniEed by Europeans. In the form
l. the white race preserved its iutegrit.
" while the ~Spaniards, on the other han
n amalgamated with the Indian and /
or Negro, and a race Of wretched Mongre
Is doomed to a state Of chronic anarchy,
IS the result.
e. Some well meaning persons ask, "Mis
it not be better to give the negro t
e, right Of suffrage, and have done with
ca vexed question I" Such was the cry
twenty-five years prior to tho rebellion
os WLet us abolish slavery. and have dc