The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-10-12


Now I am not in favor Of negro suffrage;
nor any other suffrage except impartial
suffrage. Oheers,1 And in order that
may he understood, allow me to state my
proposition. | believe that in States like
Ohio, and all loyal States, that Congress-
cannot interfere with the right bf suffrage,
except in two particulars.
Isany State makes law which excludes
q majority of her citizens from the right OF
suffrage, that State can be dealt with by
Congress, because it abridges the FIRST idea
Of American freedom--the right Of partici.
pating in making the laws by which one is
governed aud conflicts with the consttu.
tional requirement that State shall havB
a republican form Of governtient. II ma.
iority were defranchised, that State would
be All oigarchy Suppose Rhode Island
shall pass law that nobody should vote
in that State unless he owned two hhn-
dred acres Of land II would be a long
time before the majority could be qualified
for the land would not begin to go round,
| laughter. In this case, Congress could
say, you have made condition that will
deprive more than half the people OF the
of suffrage; and by the power given to
Congress they would be bound to change
such law
hold further that a Qualification for
fcation, that is, something that every man
can attain to, be it in what you please,
whether property qualification or an
educational qualification. II u State should
say nobody shall vote who has not blue
eyes, It would unjustly disfranchise some.
The idea of manhood equality has been
variously expressed in the Declaration of
Independence, and in different State Com
stitutions aud none Of them are equal to
the definition of Mr.. Lincoln. lie said every
man has the right to be the equal of every
other man, if he can. [Cheers. That is
all claim. A black man can be my equall
am u coward if try to prevent him from
it by law and whenever you hear man
prating about negro equality, it is because
he is afraid of the negro, and hae little
doubt in his mind whether the negro ia
not the best man OF the two. Cheers.
We need not discuss the power of Con-
gress to Interfere with suffrage in the States,
but do say that Congress, representing this
Government. has the right to fix rules and
regulations by which the camps of paroled
prisoners in the United States shall be gov
ernod. Cheers. | would say to these
Southern States: Fix your standard Of
suffrage where you please, provided it be
q standard to which every man can attain.
This is democratic principle, and mono
other is.
However we might dispute on this ques'
tion, there is another proposition upon
which take my stand and where | am i'm
m 'vable and | am doubly so because my
ground is sustained by one of your distiri:
guished fellow citz ms, General Steedman,
who insists that every man who fights for
his country ought to vote for it. lCheers.l
He says, and ! agree with him, that any
man fit to be intrusted with bayonet, in
defense of his country, is fit to be intruste
with q ballot in support of his country,
Cheers | have had somo experimental
conviction in this matter, and say feelingly
that | would rather have a black shiny
face beside me, with rife pointing at the
enemy, than to SEQ rebel with rifle
! pointing at me. Laughter. Therefore
insist, as my personal platform. that who's
over has fought for the country shall have
a right to help govern the country he helped
to save.
; THE QUESTION ABOUT oonoR-EboQUENT PAss-
AGE.
loathe and scdrn the doct rine that thia
is white.faced mans government. | in-
sist that it is u white-hearted mans gov
ernment-a loyal mans government
look to the color of the heart and not to
the color Of the face, for my political friends
ollu lOCos L uh lhuy uhNb ntolu lilAl huH
/ authorised to and did raise 10000 colofed
troops to fight the battles of our country.
and from these | have formed strong con-
Victions. | saw an injustice done TO them
J about which have held my tongue till this
time. don't propose to see another. They
shOuldered their muskets and marched
forth to defend with their lives land that
had never been anything to them but u
land OF slavery. Thirty thousand OF them
slept in their graves of glory for whoever
. sleeps in such graves as those who fought
: for their country sleep in graves of glory,
| be they white or black tCheers
: The Injustice of which spoke was, whefi
: after the close of the war, the armies of the
. United States marched in grand review be-
! fore tho President no colored troops were
t asked to take part in the procession.
thank God one regiment did follow tho
} remains of Lincoln to his grave; but in that
] grand review they were not REPRESENTED,
' an injustice that felt personal to myself
and refused TO attend that review, because
r when they could not march, could not
. look oil. Great cheers.
IMPRESSIVE GLOSS.
The speaker closed by depicting seems
, in the war, when he commanded 3 900 col.
= ored men to take formidable rebel bosi-
I ton, defended by dbdttis. trees and brusn,
which they did heroically leaving $40 dead
, aud wounded in the defenses. From that
hour" said the speaker. al swcre that my
! right hand might forget its cunning, and
my tohgte cleave to the roof of my mouth
; if ] neglected to stand by them, who had
stood by me. judge ye
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A CONTEMPORARY, under the foading
, Worse than Dead Duck" relates the fot
lowing
In 1883 there was a severe stump debate
, between Andy Johnson (then) candidate
for gubernatorial honors. and Gustavus
, Henry, generally known as Gus, the eagle
orator The debate Vas severe, and eH4
cited much interest Andy closed his
r speech with this annhilating declaration
"Wo met this eagle, aud can say, with
an honest heart, thar he has mono of my
flesh on HE Ialons=nOne of my blood on his
beak.h
This was good and would have been d
stumper; but the undismayed Gus imme-
diately rose to his feet and replied
"Tis true the honorable gentleman has
met the eagle, aud bears no traces of having
left flesh upon his talohs OF blood upon his
, 6eak. And It's not strange, my friends for
: those of you who kiioW the habits Of our
national bird know full wei that he never