Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-07-29


the kindness of Mr.. A. 'GoRToN General
Agent, and c, EipTcHINsoN, Resident Agent,
and the obliging Messengers of fAdams Ex-
press Company, for which we are truly
thankful. ,,'ii,l. ''i''. "' 3.'
oDa More soldiers After Gen. Cox.
This morning we publish the transcript
of another letter that soldiers have sent to
General Cox in relation to Negro Suffrage,
General SHERSiAN's treaty with General
JoHNsToN and President JoHSsoN's Reor-
,ganization policy The. letter is dated July
Is, and up 10 Che time It was mailed us for
publication, General Cox bad not thought
the letter worthy an answer. dw ..fanar
enWhyfcan not General Cox answer the
soldiers who have, respectfully addressed
fhim?I It's natural to suppose that the SOL
diers, feel disposed to vote for man who
has served in the army. Indeed, the fact
that General Cox had been in the
army helped secure his nomination !;
but the soldiers generally ,l entertain
an aversion to Negro Suffrage. and Negro
equality Whether they rightfully or
,wrongfplly entertain this feeling is not the
question. bIf General Cox disagrees with
them, would 1t not be we'll for him to tell
them SO, and give them his reasons for that
disagreement. Thereby be might win them
toihis way of thinking; orifh eoncurs with
them, the assurance from him of that fact
would cause them to 60 forth zealously ad-
yocating his election. Let us assure Cen
eral Coxa letter to the soldiers stating that
he Is firm and unalterable in the belief that
suffrage should not, be conferred upon the
Negroes, and that he concurs heartily with
president JOHNSON in his Reorganization
policy, will more .effectually promote his
election, than the speeches that ScHENcK
can make, who has been advertised through
THE State Journal as having left Washing
ton to stump the State in his behalf.
y, Can't Understand the Reason.
me- There are Abolitionists in our city who
cannot understand the propriety of insist
iing chat suffrage shall be conferred on the
Southern Negroes, who have just been re-
leased from the condition of slavery, and
who are conceded on all hands to be inca
Apable of intelligently exercising the priVi-
.lege of suffrage, while little is said in be-
half of comforting suffrage upon the free
Negroes of Ohio, who are infinitely
more intelligent than the Southern portion
of their race. They can't exactly under
stand the reason for this. The reason may
be found in the fact that the advocates of the
extension of suffrage to the Southern Ne
groes indulge in that advocacy because it
furnishes the most plausible pretext for
keeping out of Congress the representa-
etives from the Southern States-because
they want to hold the South in the condi-
ition of conquered provinces; because they
want TO convert this Government from a
Republic into a vicious consolidated Gov
ernment. 1t is not because the majority of
them care about comforting suffrage on the
Negroes in The South that they advocate that
measure. They advocate it because they
feel that thereby they can irritate, yex and
incense the Southern Whites; and indef-
nitely postpone restoration ofthe Union.
In reality, they are practical disunionists.
General Sol. Meredith Against Ne
..la ,fnz gro Suffrage. .t..tt
III Aspeeial from indianapolis under date of
the 9th inst, to The Cincinnati Commercial,
states this fact: $3.50 "'i.'
: s'The 22d and 5Sth regiments were receiv-
ed to-day. General Sol. Meredith being
present made a speech, in which he took
strong grounds against Negro Suffrage. He
believed it the duty of the Government to
care for and educate thenegro, take him on
probation, and when he proved himself
worthy of the rights of citizenship, to give
them TO him, and not before. He did not
believe ia agitating the question of suffrage
until 1870, at least" I'D gptraa.i41,5s. |
let General Cox make a similar
speech, or write letter in response to his
soldier correspondents taking ''strohg
grounds against Negro SuffrageY General
SHERMAN and General MEREDITH have set
him the example. When such distinguish
ed Generals pronounce against Negro Suf-
jfrage, does General Cox suppose that the
mass of the soldiers will vote for candi-
date who, orwith a party which, is in favor
of, Negro Suffrage? Come, General Cox,
let shave an anti-Negro Suffrage speech
= or an anti1Negro Suffrage letter from you.
The soldiers and the people want II: ,,rl ,n]
Very Ccnsiderafe for Our Welfare.
y =, We are told, by the advocates Of Negro
Suffrage, that all the leading men in Eng
land who favored the Federal Government
'inits late struggle, are the advocates of the
extension Of suffrage to the freed Slaves of
the South. Why don't those fellows advo-
cate the extension cf suffrage to the Eng
lishmen who have the misfortune to be
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49,
Ifai7tg5sdC The - Militia Tax. 4; N /
sblThe people are under obligations to the
Abolition members Of Tho, Legislature for
the enactment of the law that requires
from them the payment of 81 a year as a
militia tax. The. Abolitionists voted for the
bin and the Democrats voted against 1t.
This Is another reason why poor men, should
vote for the Oberlin State Ticket, is 1t not?
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