Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-09-29

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enou Il to fight with us. are good enough.
to stand on The Union platform with me.n
And fearing that his position In favor of
the negro, might still be misunderstood; the
Gazette says: 4il '''l' b9ilg. '-'',
"The General alluded to the charge that
he had wavered from his earlier anti-slave-
ry convictions and opinions, but claimed
the right to brand with, falsity any charge
of apostacy," N.ip2 i3Hly N''.' -io'' 'l's 40
The fundamental dogma of the "&nti-
slavery Inen,"is the equality of races, and
General Cox brands those, persons with
talsehood, who charge that he has changed
his views W. '.H7i iH)II13 W0l t'17 p
Now, Republicans, If youiwere on jury,
under oath, and the issue to be tried was !:
rs General Cox in favor of Negro Equali-
typ would you not, as good citizens, ap-
preciating the obligations Of an oath; would
you not, say, on this evidence hisown de-
liberate declarations, be compelled to find
him guilty 2 How then, II you are oppos-
ed to Negro Suffrage, can you vote for himy
And remember, that II you do vote for him,
you vote against yourself, your children,
and your race. +. st.1 . .'....i rcF "
But l. promised also to prove that the
leaders of the Republican party were In IA
vor Of Negro Equality, and | proceed to do
so. The Hon. John A. Bingham, in his
speech at Cadiz, Ohio, on the 18th instant,
as reported In the Commercial of the 18th,
said: ..,,
'.'s GAS 1 said years ago, so l repeat
now, mo discrimination should be made be-
tween natural born and naturalized citizens
Of the, same age. on account ofcolor OF race,
In comforting the privilege of the elective
franchise" ;" '0'lJNN 'il - i9 Nl-5I.ib sEt
Mr.. Bingliamis one of the Republican
candidates for the United States Senate, and
his speech was made in advocating the
election OF General Cox. i'o-' i." HOa
General Schenck, in hfs speech at the Cox
ratification meeting in Columbus declared
that, regarding the negroes of the South
more loyal than the whites, he would rather
confer the right of sufrage.Qa the negroes
than on the whites. b51rlgu16.,rI aHI d.
This distinguished gentleman is also a
candidate for the Republican nomination as
United States Senator.
But this Is not all. In the Republican
States Of Connecticut, Wisconsin, Minne-
sofa and iowa, the question of Negro Suf-
frage is directly voted on this tall; andvit
has already been voted on in the State of
Colorado, but the result is notyet known.
| But allow me, citizens, to recall the mem
ory of facts OF more startling character,
| pointing rot only to political equality
between the races, butto amalgatnatioH.
| On the fouth day of last July, a day Justly
venerated by every good eitizen-a process
sion, decorated flags and flowers, march.
| ed through the streets of Cleveland. On q
wagon was constructed a pyramid of seats
| the pinnacle ofwhich was occupied by little
negress, while below and around her were
seated thirtytour beautiful white girls Of
that city. The event came and passed with
out much remark, and is already almost
forgotten. And yet it was one OF those por-
tents Of coming evil which should awaken
the anxiety and arouse the vigilance of all
good citizens. 7.'." .' lHF ."--..1 $500.
And on the same day, far to the East
| within the circling shade of Bunker
tended honor of the deeds of our own
great, and good as great, Washington
And at the head Of this procession, drawn
by black and white horses, was a carriage
from which rose a standard, bearing ir
large characters the significant words, "Tht
Fhturep And in this carriage, at the head
of this procession, within hailing distance
| of Bunker Hill, there sat huge negro, side
| by side with bright and blooming white
daughter of Massachusetts,. This was
the promised future-the mixture Of the
races. 3dl 9jfoiH|j 81 H'l2 Yl'7gWH1o
I invoke you, citizens, by all you most
cherish on earth, not to deceive yourselves
as to the issue presented for yourjudgment
And remember, too, that it is not one party
alone which must be injured by the degra-
dation ofour race, buttfat we would all, Re
publicans and Democrats alike, be common
sufferers. And are you willing, citizens
that our race should become extinct, and
our population degenerate into a mongrel
horde, like that OF Mexico?h 10 910' r'ia
1t is true there may be some Republi-
cans who think, with Henry Winter Davis,
that''it Is. power, not Intelligence which
the Republican party desireh / believe
the sentiment to be a libel upon thousands
of patriotic men In the Republican party;
but let me warn those who entertain such
atrocious views, to beware, lest while they
seek to enslave others, they be not them
selves enslaved. Suppose they succeed in
comforting the elective franchise upon eight
hundred thousand negroes, do they not SET
that those negroes would hold the balance
of power in the United States, and that bal
-ance Of power would not only control the
Democratic party, but dictate with an
iron will to the Republican party itself:
Have you forgotten that General Cox pro-
poses to make a gift to the negroes of four
of the most productive States of the South
and to give them black representation, or
kthe floors Of Congress? Have you forgotten
that on motion OF Charles Simmer, a negro
of Boston was admitted to practice In the
supreme. Court Of the United States al
Washington, and that If he has the right tc
appear as a lawyer before that Court, ht
has the equal right to become Chief Justice
OF the highest Judicial tribunal known Il
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