Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-16
VOL. XXxIN.l9 G.14t

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inspired by the ideas of the Republican |
party, neither universal suffrage, or man
hood suffrage prevails. The distinction OF
color alone is destroyed, but the rule of
sex, birth, residence, age, sanity, and above |
all, a.loyaltyn is naintained. Wonderful is
IL not, that amid all the rules heretofore
adopted, no ingenious individual, no self
righteous community has invented Or
adopted theirule of intelligence or virtue.
loryfitness 2s1g gsa} 81 .1z9H Y. c1'7as
The tight of suffrage then is not natural.
1t isegiven or withheld according to the dis
crtt15Af0fgthe governing power. Shall ut
i Oai0 be given to the negro? / answer
n J otCheels anu cries of that's the talk.
a disdaini to respond to the mere vul-
gar abuse that this, is prejudice, or caste
or association. disdain to answer that
brutal legity which asserts this opinion to
belong to those who would delight in ia
fiicting corporeal punishmento or separating
families. l know and respect many COL
ored men and women. They, are honest.
Industrious, yirtuous. L would not only do
them no harm, 1 would do them good.
would open every avenue of mental, and
moral and physical advancement
The means Of acquiring wealth and edu-
cation should be within their reach. But
~ would not give them political power.
They belong to different race
They have different blood and bones and
organization. They have different tastes
and habits and capacities. 1t is not mere
ly a difference of climate or sun, or birth,
or education, or color. 1t is aniinherent and
radical difference Trace, of blood, of nature,
of intellect, of capacity, which no train
ing ansbfface, no associations. or habits,
Eor ordiseipliheRcan extinguish.i God made
them different, man cannot make them the
same or equal. And all the teaching of
history, aud all the observations of our ex-
perience is that the commingling of the
blood, of the white and the black races in
jures both, Go into the Southern States,
where circumstances have been favorable
to this amalgamation; go into our cities,
where affection has sought to establish the
happiness of the hybrid offspring, and you
will see that every animal passion is more
developed, every moral quality more de-
pressed, every physical intirmity more ex-
aggerated than in either of the pure races.
7 The elements of contrariety are so strong
\ fthat combination developes the worst quail
fities of both. There is philosophic wisdom
| in the governments of Liberia and Hayti,
(which exclude white men from political
power. TGheers.l 1t is the philosophy of
the separation of the races; not the sepa-
tration of distance, but of communion. 1t
affords to thenegro the only chance of in
tdependence-it5 enables him to prove
whether he is capable of the cares of gov
ernment. 1t is the same philosophy which
is expressed in the doctrine so often re-
peated by Douglas, ''that this is a white
mans Government; established by white
men, to be administered by white men, for
them and their posterity." [Cheers.l
Neither Pennsylvania, nor Indiana, nor
Illinois, nor, Wisconsin, nor Michigan ad-
nit negroes to suffrage. Shall we, by
granting extraordinary privileges, invite
an immigration of this characters? Do the
laboring men of the State want either the
contact or the competition = Will the re-
sources of the State be built up by the ac-
tcession 4ono s--i-. I. 3. 10
The tyranny of the Federal Government
bmay enforce negro suffrage in the Southern
States. 1t may by the Unlawful exercise OF
mere brute force reduce those States to
negro communities. Shall we open our
EdoOrs to receive their superabundant negro
population, and thus reduce ourselves tr
4 their rcondition?<
The Republicans tell US that slavery has
imbruted the negro-that it has degraded
his nature-that it has inf1amed his pas
sions, deadened his sensibilities, and de
prfyed him of the advantage of culture
Would you then invite him, thus degraded
! by his old position, and thus inflamed by 6
newly, acquired position, to come in anG
participate in the control of our Govern
ment? ..st-
What interest of the negro in. Ohio re
! quires this change? Has the white ract
oppressed him? His lite, his liberty, hi:
Il property are subjected to and protected BY
the same laws as yours. He is taxed in the
4 same manner. His rights are protected BY
/ the same courts, the same judges, the same
Il jurors. the same witnesses the same rule;
! of evidence. 1 never knew, never hearC
:. of casein which injustice was done to {
suitor because he was a negro. [Cheers.
a But this amendment not only admits tn,
negro, but it excludes the white man.
. excludes not only those who have partici
pated in the rebellion, but those who hay,
deserted or avoided the draft. By its term
it would have excluded all those who, hav
ing served till the war was over, left thei
ranks without permission and were techni
caIly deserters. Here was dilemma
Many honest men, especially many homes
Republicans, would have been thus ex
cluded. [Cheers and laughter There wa
not time. to amend the proposition. s
!, the aid of Congress was invoked and |
passed bill which was called the "Ohi
J Deserters' Bill" 1t provides that men VIII
have LETT the service as / have describtt
shall be considered deserters, SO tar asst
deprive them of pay and emolument; bu
not so far as toadeprive them of suffrage
That is to say, in the opinion of Congress;
they performed their duty as soldiers to
y badly to entitle them to pay, but we
enough to be good Republican voters.
Butpassing this view, is the proposition
7 wise and beneficient? Shall we eXclud
any of our white citizens for a political oil
fense? Shall we put such exclusion in ou
: Constitution. when we do not put there ex
!. clusion for any other crime? Shall we sa
u that the boy, who was just coming of agt
who was too honest to lie, and too con
: scientieus to bribe. and too poor to buy
7 substitute, shall, be forever excluded be
g cause he avoided the draft in order that b
y l.might support his mother or sister, or per
U nh
Shall we say to the men of Virginia-ths
= Virginia which gave these five North wesl
: ern States to the Union-that those VIII
obeyea the teaching of political philosc
: ply which was universal among them, G
), yielded to State pride, or sectional feelin!
u IIcluded from the suffrage, but that the THE
u the murderer, the robber, the forger, th
: perjurer, the burner, may come and be we
Z come to enjoy it. [Cries of Mol Mol u,
y Tie tendency of the world.is to tire:
: .lenientIy political offenses. Shall we hel
s reverse the order, and add the vindictiVt
ness of vengeance to severity of punist
Z ment? Shall we repel the intelligence an
y wealth and energy of the white man, an
u invite the ignorance and incapacity of tt
: negro? -HT9 u ..'sa 4't'.
e The Old World shames us by its exampl
y The Emperor of Austria has pacified HUI
. gary--he has put on the crown of st. st
;, phen. On that day he granted amnesty fl
u all political offenses. And the last steam'
. announces that Kossuth-the arch traitor
u the great rebel-the conspirator against I'll
g. life of the GOVERNMENTS elected to SCI
in the very first parliament.
RS An astute observer and great historic
" has said: The wise ruler never treats I'll
" discontents OF a great party as he treats I'll
i conduct of a mob which destroys mills ar
l. powder rooms. The neglect of this di
II. tinction has been fatal to Government
ali strong even in the power of the sword.'
at hear it said that some Republicans vi
n vote against the amendment, and yet vo
A. for the Republican ticket. This
: folly or hypocrisy. This course w