Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-10-26
The Danger of Democratic Me-
gro Equality.

A few days prior to the late election
a pamphlet was circulated in portions
of this county by the butternut party,
entitled "Negro Suffrage and Equality"
"The Record for Ohio" DC.
This document seems to have no pa
ternity; no one assumes the author
ship, but it claims to have been printed
at the. "Crisis Office" Columbus, and
is filed with the most perfdious non
sense and barefaced falsehoods imagin-
able. The object of the pamphlet
seems to be to prove that Gen. Cox
and the Union party are in favor OF
"Negro Equality" and that the Dem
ocratic party is not The author of
'the record" is, however, unfortunate,
in his selections. He refers the reader
to an Act passed by the Ohio Legisla
ture in 1861: "To prevent amalgama-
tion Of the white and colored races"
and charges Gen. Cox and the Repub-
lican party with having opposed the
passage of the bill, &c.
have the Journals of the session of
1861 before me, and to show the utter
perfdy of the Democratic party in it's
professed opposition to "Negro Equal.
ity and Amalgamation," will quote
from the proceedings of the House OF
Representatives on the aforesaid bill.
The bill was introduced into the House
by one of the leaders of the party, DIR.
Stout, of Monroe; and was entitled
"A bill to prevent the intermarriage of
white persons with black or mulatto per-
sons" ., .....
The first section of the bill provides
That hereafter it shall be unlawful for
any persons of pure white blood to inter
marry with any negro or person having a
distinct and visible admixture Of African
blood"
and imposed penalties of fine and i'm
prisonment to each of the parties, for
a violation of its provisions: also made
the marriage contract null and void
After the bill had passed through its
first and second readings and was or
dcred to be engrossed, .......
"Mr. Parrott Republican, moved to re
commit said bill to the judiciary committee
with instructions to so change the last sec
tion as to impose fine instead of declarin.
the marriage null and yoid "
"Mr. Bruf (RspubIican,) moved to
amend the instructions as follows, inser
after the words 'intermixing with" in lin,
two section one, the words, "Or have iici
carnal intercourse with"
The question being on the amend
ment of Mr. Bruf, the yeas and nay
were demanded, ordered, and resulted
Yeas 54, Nays 43, as follows:
Yeas Messrs Balwin, Blakeslee, Brown,
of Miami; Bruff, Burr, Buss, Carter
Choate, Clapp, Coover, Cox, Davis, Gore
Haddow, Herrick, Hills, Hitchcock, How
ell Jolly, Jones of Seneca; Kennedy, Kerr
krum, McClung, McOane, McGavrau
Mcpherson, McSchooler, Monahan, Mus
son, Parrott. Plants, Rees of Morrow, Reid
Robinson. Rukenbrod, Scott of Jefferson
, Scott OF Warren, Sears, Squer, Steadman
Steele. Stubbs, Thompson of Sunni,
= Trimble, Truesdell, Vincent, Voris, Walk
or, Watt, Welsh, Wood, Wright of War
ren; and Speaker (ParsonsJ-54.
All Republicans but one, Mr.. Nc
Schooler.
. Nays essrs Andrews, Blocker, Brow
Of Putnam; Chase, Converse, Cory, Dick
ey, Devose, Fellows, Fagg, Gamble, Ham
ilton, House, Hughes, Hutchison, Jacobs
Jonas Jones of Hamilton; Mcdonnell
Moore, Myers, Nigh, Noble, Oglo, Parr
Patterson, Pearce Powers, Rees OF Frank
lin; Rogers, Shaw, Skinner, Snyder, Stout
Taylor, Thompson of Perry, Wescott
White, Winner, Woods and Wright o
, Hamlton-43
All Democrats but two, Hamilton
, and Nigh. So the amendment wa
agreed to-
. The question then being ON the mo
tion TO refer with instructions a
amended, the yeas and nays -wer,
demanded, ordered, and resulted
Yeas SO, (all Republicans but one
Sldsser, Mays Al, (all Democrats.
So the motion to recommit prevailed
See House Journal for 1861, page,
81, 81 and SO.
The bill was reported back, amend
ed as instructed, by the Republicans
when the question was upon agreeing
to the amendments, the yeas and nays
were ordered, and resuted--Y So
Nays 7. The nays all Democrats. -
Sec page 70.
This was the end of their strength;
the amendment was engrafted upon
the bill by the Republicans alone, ex.
cept one Democrat on each vote. And
it was thus made unlawful in spite of
the united efforts of the Democratic
members of the House of Represents.
tives to the contrary, for white per
son 10 have "illicit carnal intercourse"
with n Negro.
Let 1t not be said hereafter that the
Democratic party was not In imminent
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