The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-10-04
VOICE FROM IN FRESHMAN.
Il SEGxgEECANT ARTICLE.
For Impartial Suffsagc--YcS.

E'Bg nsb:AFel3E Hf1f3 sc~" ess
from tt Ililh Republic
THE leopard may change his spots, bat
mau must hold on 10 his darling rraiudices.
II seens 10 he contrary to human nature to
throw olE it. narrow bigetry, and array it,elf
in The heavenly robes of liberalily. The
freest people on earth have their prejudiccs
aud iliiherali>n,s, ard always find it impos
sible 20 e tie notes ia their own eyes II
is lheleio.c, bard to lad even an individual
who has not some Of the dregs of bigo,ry in
his Daturr, rs part of the ''sins -of the
fathers visiting the children."
The wo,l1 is moving, however. There
has be"n a general smashing up of dead
empires" within the last seven years Pre-
vious TO that time, four millions ofmen, here
iu free America, were lsgalzad cbattols.
Slavery wss an institution over whose
sacredHess the 80 yis of the Constitution was
thrown, ard 10 eater Is foebid len ground,
unless with shoes off the feet ard with 6ated
breath and reveren'iGl awe, was DEATH.
Who thai las Witnessed The emancipation
of 4 900, 600 of men VIII despair Of the ulti-
mste triumph Of freedom over despotism the
world over? 1t remains for the country that
smashed their iett rs 10 complete he work,
and make the slave Of yesterday freeman
Indeed. 1t il useless ioT mcn 10 eyade the
subject OF iiopari1l suffraee by sophistry-
useless t. bring up that tyrants plea against
giving men their freedom, that they are
no capslla of using their fieedom judcons.
ly.' sTte men who have the souls for fight
ing and dying for freedom can be safely
trusted with the simpin privilege of the bal
LOT. Tn party who would deprive The
blach maA al his f1li rights 10 'equa'ity be-
fore The L!S, would also deprive whi,e men
OF tbls me lights, di'! the opportunity Of
fer, Or tter selishness require them to do
So Ne appeal 10 our country men who,
having escaped from s} stem Of slavery
fullyas bad rs that which was washed ont
in the bioed of its supporters IN America, to
rise above 81! petty prejudices, and give
their voices and votes to secure the rights of
the prosecuted. Shall We, country men, Ike
the ,hipSreat ell mariners who having been
hurg uptn the rocks beyond the recch ofthe
angry sea, fling back all Others who seek TO
escape from death; or shall we, b ing safe
ourselves, cxte:d a charitable hand to all
sufferers, and welcome them TO that re fuge
to which We we welc3mCd ourselves by
others? The eyes of the nation are on us
Our duty to America demands tha', having
received all the grand privileges to which
ci;zers arc entitled, We should not be the
seIfsl ngratcs that would deny to others
what we demard for ourselves. Give the
black man ijhtrty without tie ballot he is
still a slavc-and baity Will not suffer
thereby. Having escaped from slavery, he
viii know how 10 sympsthize with strug-
gli"g atoms; aud when the time comes that
Ireland feels able 10 strike for her indepen-
d nee. every black vo'e rim America will cast
his bale for freedom against tyranny. The
only objection otfarsd by the enemies Of
universal liberty against lie black maus
right to tie ballot, is his ignorance That,
having escaped from 4 Slavery where all
avenues Of intelligence were religous'y shut
ont from his darkened soul he is not FIT 10
use the ballet. The great trouble is that
were he admitted to full c;tizsnshipLe would
use the ballot against his enemies and the
enemies of Liberty. The English Govern
irert--sO high in their regard for cDnserya-
tive prohibit the ballot and the
use Of arns by the Irsh people. They say,
give those ignorant IRISH arms and they Will
ki | each olte,I Give them The ballot. and
they viii not use it iudiciouslyl The Irish
people would use that ballot and bullet
sgainst The tyfanis 4 ho have robbed and
murdered them, snd ihis tie tyrants know.
Willie etuinns miles long, and monster talk
meetings, are legal and fostercd by this
same GoverImet in Ireland, men are incar-
ccr8ted in British dungeons for "hat boring
gun caps in their V. 81 pockcts' A. for the
ballot; the Irish cannot be truscd with it,
they are too ignorant. Oh, countrymep,
how blindly ana criminally have we rot ap.
pied this English aigune1t against the
black man. Why should we be afaid to
give tbs Injured and pesseculed race the
right to protect them5elves-the ballot
when the great Intelligence ot America is
nos afraid? Away with those narrow ex-
coses. They are too fimsy to hidet g retl
motive, which is damnable and unaccount-
able prjudice,
We must vote for impartial suffrage, or
sultify ourselves. In the name of ireland,
which has never been false to liberty, we
appeal to the Itish voters of America to act
as becomes men who are seeking 10 res ore
their country s lost liberty. ! he Irish race
in ireland have been always true 10 prin-
ciple, aud one Of the grarde.t acts in the life
of O'COHneil was his refusal to touch the
money c1ned from the tears of the slave.
| we. desire The sympathy Of America foT the
cause Of Ireland, we must not be uiggardly
in measuring G cut TO others what We want
ourselyts.
While thus appea ing, in a selfish and in
terosted point Of view, 10 eur people, We
would have them take their stand for liberty
on higher grounds than SELF and that is, i'm
mortal principle Let our people fiirg eff
the scales Of bigo;ry and declare that all
men ale entitled to Flife, liberty, and hapi-
ness" Let them 20 to the polls, not only in
Ohio, hut in ev.re State 10 the Union, and
yofa fnr TD,partial Suffraco-NpSi