The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1865-09-06

| OF tne 0lIncuity mas Deen calmly considered
that both parties are generally found to be
more or less in fault2
Unselfsh patriotism can restore the I'm
ion, while selfish ambition may involve the
country in new horrors, and our Institutions
in total ruin. 1t requires no art, no mystery,
no diplomacy to restore the Union. We
have but to say to our countrymen of the
South, Come, let us again be friends if in
aught we have both erred, then let us both
profit by the terrible lesson of the past four
years, and if only one has been wrong, then
let that one be generously forgiven.
Had our civil authorities been influenced
by the same spirit of generously and wise
Cancellation which inspired our armies; or
had soldiers like Sherman and Mcclellan
been authorized to treat for peace, the war
would not have survived the second year,
and the Union would have been restored
with sentiments of cordial admiration and
affection, warming the hearts of our coun-
tiymen North and South; for generous man
hood begets respect
Our conntry can only be brought back to
the happy and prosperous condition which
existed prior to the war, by returning to the
fundamental principles upon which our in
stitutions were based, and those great doc
trinal truths taught by Madison and Jeffer-
son, and the other earl fathers of the Re-
public.
THE NEGRO PROBLEM
Gen. Cox proposes to create negro 'de-
pendency' to the United States, from con-
tigious territory of the States of Alabama,
Georgia, Florida and South Carolina, with
out breaking up the State organizations "
| dissent from this solution, because Con-
gress has no authority under the Constitu-
ton to convert one or more States into "a
negro dependency" because if such de
pendency" were created, war of eS termi-
nation between the hostile races would be
the inevitable result; and lastly because the
dependency. could only be established af-
ter having obtained the lands of the white
inhabitants by first cxterminating them; or
by the Government purchasing the lands on
the condition that the white citizens would
abandon their homes that the negro might
| possess tt en-.
The plan of purchase is unpracticable,
even were it Constitutional. The area of
the proposed negro dependency would
contain nearly thirty million acres of the
best land in America, which, at an acreage
cost of twenty dollars per acre, would
amount to about Fix hundred million dollars.
Six hundred million dollars! Where is that
enormous sum to come from? Is it to be
added to our present debt of four thousand
millions! or does Gen. Cox propose that an
additional six hundred millions dollars shall
be added to the tax assessment for the year
| 1868? tI ....
This question cannot be solved by the
application OF the remedy proposed, and its
| true solution is the National one.
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habitants who are not citizens, but they are
fully protected ly the laws of the land in
which they reside. There is no hardship in
| habitant, and still less so, when it is con
sidercd that for such services as he may
have rendered in the field, he has rewarded
with freedom.
| II the negroes 50 desire, they can remain
as perpetual inhabitants, who" says Vat
tel, "are kind of ctiz Ms of an inferior or
der, and are united to the society without
participating in all its advantages" That
is, they would be protected in life, liberty
and property, without having the right to
vote, or the exercise of other rights which
are incident to suffrage.
NEGRO EQUALITY IN OHIO. .s.
The "Ooerlin Committee" said to Gen
eral Cox, in their letter of July "a, 1868,
I'VE want to know directly from you your
views on the following subjects: lst. Are
yom IN ,furor Of n,odJying oar Constitution
so as to gtre the eLcttre franchise to cotored
men " .. .... .... i.
10 this question, thus plainly put, Gen.
erdl (or mode no reply, and every reader Of
his letter is lett to draw his own inference as
to his views as to Neglo Suffrage in Ohio
He speaks of ''the iogic Of ern,ts, (which l
understand to mean, to drift with the cur
rent, and if in the event of his election
aud tappcaring that majority of the lead
ers of his party favor Negro Suffrage in
Ohio, then he as Governor will favor amend
ing our Constitution so as to make negroes
voters 3d..
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 ''colorcd waits and stlays' to be
given the right Of suffrage in Ohio? In his
letter, General Cox declined to answer that
question. But at the lavc meeting at Ober-
lin, General Cox took occasion to define his
position as to Negro Suffrage in Ohio
According TO the special dispatch to the
Cincinnati Gdzette he declared.
81 hare seen black troops fight molly, and
l say IF alt that they who ace1e g00d eaiough
to fight vith MS are good enough to stand on
He Union platform ,cith me. y
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 pas
sages Of his letter. And as | recognize the
right of the people to be informed of the
opinions of candidate upon all public is
sues submitted to their consideration, l
here declare that H.. "..
! am opposed to comforting the right Of
suffrage on negroes in Ohio, or in the South,
now, or at any future time, or under any
circumstances. .... tHHH. b
In 1860, there wore more than twenty
five thousand negroes in Ohio, anc it is be-
lievek that the humber has been increased
f0ur-iold since that time. Are we to confer
the right OF suffrage o N q negro population
Of one hundred thousand. and thereby con-
vert our great State into negro colony
For, grant citizenship to negroes in Ohio,
and the African dependency proposed to
be established by Gen. Cox, would become
depopulated --- 'tho waits and strays''
would be the only inhabitants of tLe de
pcndency' ard the great body of negroes
would migrate to Ohio, und other States
where they could enjoy social and political
equality with the white race, And is this
the reward which our hrl.e soldiers are to
receive for oil their perils in hundred bat.
ties, nndall their tolls in o score OF cam
paigns? Now that the war is over, shall
We say to the soldi ers, as q reward for your
valor, we shall red uce you to the level OF
negroes? And our laboring men, are they,
too, to be brought into competition with ne
groes at half wages, and be forced to take
negroes. prices or star,e? No sls, Il mpst
not I've done. .s- ''l''