The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1866-04-26
nllL OF RIGHTS LAW.
[From the Athehs Messenger.l


Elsewhere we publish Il full synOp-
sis of tho civil rights law A large
class of our community who read So
called Democratic newspapers, think
the bill gives the right 10 the negro to
vote 1t does, no such IL thing. II
simply gives the negro the rights
Mr. johnson long since :old tho rebel
lious States that the negro must have
in the reconstruction, with this addi-
ton, wherea a State denies these rights
then and not until then can II negro
suein Circuit Court 0i the UnitcdStates
with the right Of ofappeal TO the Supreme
Couri of the United States. ... MI
In other words where State refuses
to protectthe Frcemen, it gives him a
| Court in which he can sue H-r.a
There is no distinction in crime on
account of color of the criminal or the
iniured party. If n negro murders a
white man. or a white man murders Il
negro, the crime is murder. This is
Democracy in Ohio ..H
4 Ii the negro concludes to move his
residence, il gives him this right and
this has been simon pure Democracy in
Ohio ever since we Democrats repeal.
ed the black laws. .1rr1 l9@ COY q %.
: lt.gives the right to n negro TO testi.
fyin Courts, and this has been Demo
cracy in Ohio ever since we Democrat;
resolved in l64S to uso "aIl constinl.
tional means 10 amelioratc the c0nhi
ton of the slave, " and to to"fnally cradi
cate the evils Of slavery" and in pursu
ancc thereof repealed the 6iack idWS u
, Ohio, all OF which, even W. Re, q
Golden indorsed andstill does in Ohio
, Yes, but the negro can become ,
, juror. lie can? Each State by il
law regulates who may bo II juror, unt
( how, and If u State sees proper To plac
: II negro in the jury box who can com
D plain? This law don't say whether b.
shal or shall not be. In Ohio it h;t
, been Democracy ever since our Demo
cratic Court, with JLdgc Wood rs it
Chief decided that if an individual ca
= show that he has the smallest degre
4 more OF white blood than negro bloo
that he is then IL white man and Gu
: be voter and Il uror u.
! But it compelD the white man to eli
% at the same table with the negro, s
a says the CrcIeville Democrat and TIL
; Onio Eagte 1t says no such thing ,bu
d these editors and their friends, the
# being the judge, say they are now o
$ an equality with the negro, il is amer
:, matter of taste, and if they prefer
n eat at the same table with the negr,
= we.say 60 in gentlemen, it is the negr
d that ought t. fear the respectability :
This thing Of eating with tho negr
V depends very much on attending an
surrounding circumstances We hay
d seen better white men and equally ;
s respectable white gentlemen us thcs
y editors, cal with negroes and were gla
oi tho chance u fclt proud that the n
! gro had something in his havcrSack
e sharo.ii it WAS only parchcd corn Al
\. petite has Il great dc.l TO do vii
A. squoami,hness, and may have wit
u, even Democratic iastidiousness Upc
K the whole, after careful eXaminatlc
~ OF the law, wcthink tho bill Democra
% &c, and only object to'he cons'ructi'
:" put on it 10y rebels aud their symp
i thizcrS in claiming that II raises the
nt up TO the regros equal, Im.. H.'