The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1867-10-03
WHOLE NO. 1868.

country rs well as ours; here they were born.
and here they will live and die.
II Is Idle 10 talk OF expelling or exterminating
them. Europe tried this with the Jews through
thousand years ofsystemailc spOliAgion, scourg-
Ing, torture and massacre; yet here are the Jews
to-day. They were hated scorned cnrssd, re-
yIled. execrated, worse than the Blacks have ever
been; pious Christians felt II their religious duty
10 avenge on them the Bayiour's execution;
children spit on them in the market and stoned
them in the street; mobiles and priests c0usplred
with popes aud emperoEs to destroy tue detested
race; the Inquisition racked and burned them;
the rabble hunted and robbed them; vet they out.
lived all, holding their ground throughout Chris
tendon. The negro has like vitality, and Will
endure as they did. q re
The Blacks viii live and viii remain In this
their native land. Fear Of Of their power In
view Of their fewness and poverty, wonld be des-
pleable even j il were not tbe basest hypocrisy.
Having been dragged hitheT bv force and violence;
having been longer in America. In the average
than the Whites have: having done their share TO
make this land habitable by and hospitahle 10
Civilized men; having fought CALAMITY tn uphold
a government ayowedlv based on the InalIenable
Rights OF Man; they mean to stav here and share
the blessings they have worked and fought to
ach ieve. lie who. having desired the triumph
Of the Union In our late struggle, would now cx-
lie them to Africa or elsewhere, is at once VII
lain and fool. ~ ...-
II is happy circumstance that the White Re-
publicans cannot afford TO betrav the Blacks or
DENY them the rights Of manhood. We do not
believe those Of Maryland or OF Kentucky really
meant 10 do 30. They only said to each other,
"There Is a strong prejudice against Negro SUI!
frage, which we cannot afford to brave Just vet:
let us rest on Emancipation for the present, and
advance to Enfrsnehisement by-and- by, when II
will he ensv and safe TO do So" Pope's expression
M f1aFt In Rafa Re eli
very closely. Tbev considered only when they
could afford to be Just to the Negro; not suspect
Ing that such Justice was az necessary to them
seyesas to him. When they woke TO the actual
condition, they were fettered and completely In
the power Oftheir adversaries. They waited for
a more favorable time to enfranchise the Blacks;
the Democrats did not delay for an hour the en-
franehisement ofthc Rebels and now their States
are ruled "a with rod of iron bv the paroled SOL
diers Of Lees Bragg's and 10. Johnston g armies.
Tennessee was warned In time by their fate;
Missouri is preparing to follow her example:
West irginia seems inclined to hold off aud, II
50. viii soon he where MARYLAND and Kentucky
now are. 4 party which dare not be true "
Itself has no right 10 endure.
Two wears ago. one-quarter Of the Republicans
q Connecticut fancied that thev could afford 70
deny the Right Of Suffrage to the two thousand
cOlored men who reside in their State. Last
SWing. their State ticket and two Members of
Congress were heaten for want Of these two
thousand votes That was a righteous retribu-
tion. so far as the Republicans who voted against
Manhood Suffrage were concerned. And Ike re-
suits NAV be confidently expected in every State
which evinces like spirit '.. "a
But good many Republicans are hostile to
Negro Snfagp."
Certainly. There were a good many Republl-
cans hostile to Emancipation. They condemned
the public requirement oft at President Lncolu's
hands rs untimely, unwise, and periloBs Again..
when the Blacks were summoned to bear a manly
part in the War for the Union, they crnakrd that
Kentucky would secede. oil the Border States
would follow her. and the Nation would be no
more Their prophecies were dehed, aud thus
the Republic was saved.
The party which saved the Union bv daring to
be just and faithful may losea few State elections
by persistent fidelity to the vital, vivfyfng prin-
ciple Of Equal Rights to All Men 1t may even
fail 10 elect the next President. Bat, while any
course has It's peris. and the results Of great pO-
lucal struggles are seldom obvious from the out
set, we .hailanv how verify the lrishman's axiom
that ''Ihe best way 10 avoid danger is to meet II
half way" II we triumph In our most advanced
line. our victory is conclusiye If we fail there,
We shalPso0n recover; but if we seek TO ignore
Manhood Suffrage and are still beaten, VIC shall
probably 90 topieces. rf 1.~ sra ofS
Whether an act of Congress could operat 10
GNtaullEu 1lAtiDpu CtlItFEC IUug Tie vii
country we will consideri in its order; but wheth-
er in one way or Onother the right Of each citi-
zen to a voice in making and modifying the laws
under which he lives must be affirmed in our
platform and maintained in our canvass. Tn
struggle for that principle, we should haTe 40 orr
command the whole armDry of pcnocraer, rs i
is understood BY publicists and defined bv lexi-
cographers; we should have the hopes and prae-,
ers of the Four Millions whose iights were az
stake; We shouhl .4,e the active eympa4by 81
the Republicans o. Europe, the approval Of our
own coBsciences. and the respect Of oar vePs
saries. Better even defeat on Eu-ha Q E.nEl-m
But as Emaneipat.Sa a44 a g-.-a e fss e 77Ss,
though each was et hrst aa OLGus e. wetS
bIetbren, led 10 victory and safety, 81 9iasB5na.
Suffrage, heartily accepted, fraAkly aY3wed aud.
fearlessly defended, will bear US on to grand,
enduring, bene6eient triumph, not Tor our party
alone, but for all Humanit7.-N Y. Tribune.