The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-08-30


rage to the horse, but that would
not "destroy the essential difsvnc.
established By the Creator" i,
would not cause the horse to walk
erect; it would not change the col
or of his coat, nor increase his men.
tai capacity. The writer has a the,
ory Of his own, which he calls sour
theory" and he gives the public the
benefit Of it. He says: "The Crea.
tor made distinction; He marked
it by color, and by intellectual su-
periority, if you please; He, also,
"made man upright, but he has
sought out many inVentions."-
And right here, we would say to
the writer, that it is one of these
many intentions, Sought out" by
Radical -Rump-Repu to ex-
tend the right of suffrage to the
negro, to which we, as Democrats,
object, and against which we enter
our protest.
The writer, by way of parenthe-
sis, here leaves sour theory" and
goes into the mulatto business
and in his usual style of argument,
makes a low fling at his superiors,
the Democracy of the South in
regard to the origin of the mulat-
to. .,.
The only notice we propose to
take, of this part of the writer's
argument" is to suggest, that if
aoe were called upon to give a def
milton of the word mulatto, which
would, at once, be descriptive Of
the animal, and disclose its origin,
we should say that mulatto means
a cross between a Yankee school
master and an Africanized Ameri-
can.
But to return to "our theory
He says: "Now we ask, is ther Q
any white voter willing to say that
the Creator, who intended him to
be above a negro, has not given
him brains and manltneSs to main
tain his achtte standard" That is
just the point, Mr.. Editor. We
think the white voters have "brains
and manliness" enough TO maintain
their white standard. But how
shall they do it9 Will the "white
standard" be most effectually
maintained" by voting with the
writer OF that jumbled up article,
in your last issue, and with the
Hon. H. S. Bundy, ct i'd omne genus,
who, voted to FORCE negro suffrage
and negro equality upon the people
of the District of Columbia, against
their will as expressed at the bal
ot-box,-the only spot, on earth,
where they had the power to legis-
late upon this subject? Or will The
"white standard" be better main
tanned by voting with the Democ-
racy, who have never willingly per-
any person with q ."vlsable
admixture Of African blood" to
vote at any time Or in any place?
We submit the question to the
"brains and manliness" of Vinton
county, fully confident that they
have the ability to discriminate
and the wisdom to decide.
The writer says, further, "Con-
gess legislated negro suffrage into
the District of Columbia, but Con-.
gress has no power oGer the State
of Ohio" The writer can not, how
ever, deny that every Republican
member of Congress from Ohio
VOTED TO FORCE NEGRO SUFFRAGE into
the District, and that the Democrat
remembers rOted against the meas
we. Now, it is only fair to pre-
sumo, that each of those Republi-
can members, from Ohio, 5e1iered
It right, and TO the interest Of the
tchite citizens Of the District, TO al
'Oao the negrH to cote. Is IT NOT p
And it is equally fair to presume,
that, if it was good for the white
men of the District of Columbia, TO
lave THE NEGRO MADE HIS EQUAL AT
HE BALLoT,Box, 1t acould be equally
IS good. for the aohite men Of Ohio.
Should you not think so? AT least,
t must be so in the judgment of
hose Republican members of Con-
,ress who voted for the measure,
md also in the judgment of ali
hose, at home, who endorse their
votes on this subject. And we
lere make the charge direct upon
avery man, who is a candidate up
IN the Republican ticket this fall,
Congressional, Judicial, and Coun.
y, that they do, individually en-
lorse the vote of Hon: H. S. Bun.
ly, for the bill extending the right
If suffrage to the negroes of the
District of Columbia. and that thew