Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-08-06
,rhe ETouse on Negro sufTrage.

House Of Congress passed q bill conferring
the privileges Of voting on the Negroes in
lbe Districtof Columbia. This bill passeq
be House BY STota fSyeas 1ie; nays 81
the entire Ohio delegation voting for it. ex-
cepting Messrs. FINoK and LEBLoND, who
are Democrats. Every Republican mem
Der from Ohio voted for it, and among that
number was Mr.. SHELLABARdER OF this'
District. The Republican members voted
for it not because the Negroes Of the Dis
trict OF Columbia are more ihtellectual or
more intelligent than the Negroes Of any
other section everybody who knows any
thing about them is ready to testify that
they have no such advantage over the
Negroes fany other section Of the country;
but they voted for Negro Suffrage In the
District Of Columbia, because they are
determined to confer suffrage upon
the Negroes wherever they have sem
blahce Of right to legislate. Sucha right
they claim to have In the District Of Co
lumbla, They have the right to legislatee
on subjects that pertain to the District OF
Columbia by reason Of the District not be-
ing allowed representative in Congress.
The Republicans passed this Negro Snf-
frage bill, despite the almost unanimous
protest of the White citizensof the District
The Senate has not passed the bill. So, far
as the Republican members Of the House
are concerned they have committed the
Republican party in favor of Negro Sui-
frage. ,'adi ~ l-.,1 All p, a.,,S- Id IN '1
On the 10Th Of May, 1866, the House pass
ed a bill to amend the organic acts OF the
territories of Nebraska, Colorado, Dakota,
Montana, Washington, IDAHO, Arizona,
Utah and New Mexico, which provides in
It's ninth section, "that within the terrific
ries aforesaid, there shall be no denial Of
the elective franchise to citizens of the
United States because of race or color, and
all persons shall be equal before the ldt0. And
all acts, or parts Of acts, either Of Congress
or the Legislative assemblies Of the terri
tories aforesaid, inconsistent with the pro-
visions of this act are hereby declared
null and void" ,,..' ..t. H.. ,.,.,.,,,a,l..'
This bill passed the House by yeas 10,
nays 43. Messrs.y FINCK and LEBIoNDi
(Democrats) were the only members from
Ohio who voted against the bill. Thus,it
will be seen that not one Republican mem
Der from Ohio either raised his voice or
gave his vote against the passage of the bill
to force Negro Suffrage upon the District
of Columbia, or against the bill that seeks
to fasten it upon all the territories ofthe
United States, The Senate has not yet
voted on this last bill. ~ n. t'', t1..
Every Democrat in the House voted
against both these Negro Suffrage bills.
When we consider these votes, and the
passage by the Republicans Of the Civil
Rights bill, the Freedmen's Bureau bill,
and the Constitutional Amendment giving
to the Negro the same citizenship that the
White man enjoys, over the Vetoes and pro-
test of the President, the editor of the Neuc
York Independent (RadicaD has certainly
the right to assure his readers that the Re-
publicans at the next session OF Congress
will make voters out of the Negroes. On
this question Mr.. r.SHELLABARGEB is all right
from the Radical standpoint as his speech
es and his votes testify, and If he shall be
reelected, to all the measures that have for
their object the putting of the Negro on a
perfect equality with the Whites every
where, viii receive his most cordial sup
port. He will have authority from his con-
stituents to dosO. Not only did the Radi-
calls of his party bestow upon him a re-
nomination. by .acclamation; but by reso-
luton they gave explicit Endorsement to
each and everything he did in Congress-to
his votes and his speeches. The man, there
fore, who shall vote for him viii vote an
approval of Mr., SHELLAsARGER's past and
prospective course on the subject of Ne-
gro acknowledgements. 80 rg fo 1s-Hb