The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1866-09-06

"hOhONOl OuO DthOSo ptioo JuSJ laws 10
protect the freedmen, the Bureau will
cease, The Democratic hobby of the
'nigger' was therefore nearly "played
the party tool
The second measure in which the
President and Congress disagreed was
the Civil, Rights bill, which is de-
nounced as infamous by the Democra-
cy North and South-as depriving white
men of their rights, and giving ne
groes the right to vote. Let us look
at this. Mr.. Mckee here read the first
section of the bill, and proceeded to
show that it simply declared all men
entitled to protection in their person
and property and made four millions
of emancipated "chattels" really free
men. He said there would have been |
no need Of such law but for Judge
Taney's infamous decison that negroes
could not be citizens, and chad no
rights which white men were bound
to respect" Those who say the law
gives negroes the right of suffrage are
either dishonest, or don't know what
the law is. Even Reverdy johnson,
the great fugleman of the Philadelphia
Convention, says the bill only confers
civil rights-and does not confer po-
titicdl rights. Civil rights are those
which belong by nature to every man,
woman and child. All are citizens of
the United States, but citizenship con-
fers no political rights, such as the
right to vote. These are conferred by
the local laws of each State.
But why, said Mr.. Mckee, do the
Democracy of Ohio complain of this
Civil Rights bill? 1t was fact that
the people of Ohio, for the last 18
years have been living under the very
same law, passed in 1848 by Demo.
cratic Legislature! Even Judge Ranney
voted for it. He referred to the re.
peal of the "Black Laws" by which
the negroes of Ohio had their civil
rights restored to them, and still en-
joy them to this day. If the law was
just in Ohio, why not in Kentucky or
Louisiana Though it had been in
operation in Ohio for 18 years, he
could not see that the white people
had yet gone down to the level of the
negro. He rather thought they stood
higher in intelligence now, thar
ever before. Democrats act as if afraiC
to give negroes an equal chance, lest
the negro should prove himself theil
superior. Onion men have no such
fears. The Democratic ladies in Ohio
a year or two since, carried banners in
their professions, inscribed, "Fathers
save us from negro husbands" He
was thankful that Union ladies needed
no laws to prevent their marrying ne.
grOes. Why should not negro have
the right to go where he pleased? Nc
man can enter your house against YOU
will. "Every mans house is his cas-
tle," says the old maxim, "and 1 have
yet to see the day." said Mr.. Mckee
} t'when even a Democrat could entel
my house and stay there any Longer
than l could invite him out" No
all this talk about "negro equality,
was absurd. God made equality, anC
} l am willing to recognize all men a;
, my equals. And this is all there il
of the Civil Rights bill. But it is said
some Of its provisions conflict will
Southern laws. Then those law!
should be repealed.
!: Mr.. Mckee then referred to the
Constitutional Amendment proposed
: by Congress. He said Congress be
: lieved those who fought for the Gov
ernment were better than those wht
; fought to destroy it. The Constitution
; says treason is crime, and Congress
believes the nation has right to pun
, ish treason. Men whose hands ar
red with loyal blood are not fit to b
the custodians of our liberties. HI
} read the first section of the Amend
ment, which simply repeats the dec
laration of the Civil Rights bill, as Il
, who are citizens of the United States
e Why was it necessary to repeat this il
the Constitution Becausethe Demo
a Gratis denounced all acts of Congress a
Q unconstitutional; therefore we put j
e into the Constitution itself. a-.
Y He read the second section of tn
9 Amendment, fixing the basis of repre-
r sentation. What was the object {
e that clause? 1t was that we migf
!, have equal representation throughOU
S the whole country. Under the oil
a law all the white people of the Sout
: were counted, and uireeJyths of all tn
d slaves. That was always unjust, BIT
e now these slaves are all free, and II
i stead of three-fifths, there are .fUe-fiftf
! to be added to the number, of white
e If this were done, the South woul
have her representation largely ii
d creased, and one Southern man woul
It be equal to three or four Northern me
u in political power, as they claimed
! be in physical power and courage
Il the beginning of the war, but IL
p "Lincoln hirelings" as they called OF
10 brave soldiers, soon taught them TIL
3 they were mistaken, What are II
u facts in regard to this inequality
d representation 2 AS an, example, tai
lie Alabama. With white population
IS 347, 900, she has as many Represent
le tives in Congress as Iowa, with
x white population Of $4,000. Thr
t, millions Of white population In Il
20 Southern States have as many Repr
10 sentatives as Ohio, Indiana and III
st nois, although Ohio alone has near
I'd that amount of population. aaw 4r
8, 1t had been charged that Congrt