The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-12-06
THE CHICAGO TIMES AND Me-
=. GRO SUEERAGE.
[FrOm the Cinclnnatl Ennnirer.l

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always held, with Stephen A
Douglas, that this is a white man.
county, and should always be gov
ernedexclus by white men,
The word white has been put in
to nearly all the State Constitu
tions, in limitation of the right 0
sufragez-put there for that pur
pose sby the Democratic party
whichmade them, 1t is astonishing
the Times should so doubt SO noto
rious a fact, No test of education
has ever found favor with the De
mocracy,-ECinci ncinnati Enquirer,
2"TAe Enquirer appears to delib
erateE ally itself to the Bourbon
element. 1t ignores the fact tha
whatwas true and expedient when
slavery existed is not necessarily
either, now that slavery abolished
-[OMcago. Times. j., %. o'HI'.
"The principle laid down by the
Fathers of the Republic, by the
men Of the Revolution, and adhered
to by the Democracy, that the Gov.
ernmeht. should always be vested
exclasively in The white race, had
no reference whatever to negro
slavery. It's removal in no way
affects its truth and justice, or di-
minishes the wisdom of its policy.
There is no more reason why we
should have negro Governors, ne.
gro Judges, negro Legislators, me-
gro jurors and negro voters now
than thefe was when slavery exist
ed. In fact, such States as Indiana,
Illinois, and Ohio, which had no
slaves, legislated the most sharply
against any policy that looked to a
political or social amalgamatlon of
the races, and prohibited their res
idence and settlement within their
borders, II negro emigration into
Illinois was undesirable in 1862,
when, the people, by a majority of
10000, so decided, it is equally so
now, 1t is a bran-new idea of the
Times, that because the negroes
have elbeen set free in fifteen of the
States, they ought tolhave political
privileges and franchises in all of
the thirty-six States. The Times,
in its arguments on this subject, is
progressing wonderfully, and at one
bound takes what was always held
tolsbe an extreme Abolition view.
If the principle that The legislation
of.the country should be solely in
the hands of white menis sound
as, we believe it to be+-there- is
more necessity of guardihfi itlweH
and O looking after it since the. nel
groes were set free than before. .a
9u"It will be observed that the
Times has a term of reproach for
those who do notfavor negro sun-
rage-they are, forsooth! BoUR-
BoNsl 1t may call them what it
pleases-names do not alter things
or change characters. .,I..
,I% 1t is a sound and sensible idea
that of opposing any mixture of an
tagonistic races and colors in to
one Government-of preserving it
as a pure representation of the
white race, which vastly predomin-
ates, and if it is Bourbonism there
are. an immense number of 'Bour-
bons among u.s. A man had bet
ter be Bourbon than a fanatic or
q fool. RI. ...,.. -...n1 .,f Hr...
i"Our 3 Chicago cotemporary
recommends the panacea of negro
suffrage to the Democratic party
because it is so popular that we
can not succeed without it'll Does
It really believe this 2 Does it
really believe that the, people of
single State out OF New England,
North or South, would vote yea on
he question, if submitted directly
o them9 Since slavery was abol-
shed even the State of Connecti-
,ut, by a decided majority, voted
against comforting upon the blacks
political privileges. Give the peo-
ole of Ohio a chance to vote upon
t directly and they would beat it
oy 100000 majority, at least In
Llama would give an enormous ma
ority against it. Does the Times
ecollect how Illinois voted, only
hree or four. years ago, on the
question ?-largely againstit. The
The Times, even, has not the poor
,lea of expediency in favor Of its
lolicy, which would connect the
Democratic party with 7r a most |
,dious, unpopular issue. But we
10 not rplace it upon this low
,round. The Democracy never
'arter principle for expediency.
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