Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-02
COLUMBUS, o. WEDNESDAY MORNING. OC,

to the spread of usurpation II left aloneg
ana unless the people stop this mighty
usurpation it will spread over you. Tyr
ranny can not have its place in a republic
without corrupting the whole, no more
than a. cancer can Z eat to- death a
human being in a single place. and all the
rest of the body be sounds This shadow
of military despotism will spread over all!
1t Is a baleful- plague spot that can not be
cured, except by the heroic remedy of the
people here. Ia n9m 2Hi1u6Gl nG5 al Is
! = g19d NEGRO MAJoR1rtEs.a goH ! GOD
But there is another, aspect of this Con-
gressional- policy. The Radicals may be
well pleased with it. They may think that
It is well to oppress the white man in the
South and elevate the black man. They
have, by their reconstruction policy made.
every negro in the South voter. They
want You to make him q voter here in Ohio
also, in a week or two. You are not going
to do it2 = Many voices, mo, no. We
will hardly discuss that, for j have been in
the State only twenty-four hours, and ]
know that you are not going to do it. But
they have made every Negro in the South a,
entire white population. What is the re-.
sui? ~ At least six States out of the, ten
that were engaged in the rebellion will be
governed by negro votes. They, will elect
a Legislature. The Legislatures will elect
Senator's They will elect members, of
Congress. They will control the Carolinas,
Mississippi, Louisiana, beautiful Alabama,
and all Of those grain and cotton growing
States that have produced so much wealth
3 for this country in times past. Now gwen
that may not move q Radical voter of OhiO5
even that, you may say. does not concern
you, and that you are willing to let the
negroes govern. Very well ). let us go, a
step further. When the negroes govern in
those States they will elect members of
Congress of their own, race, and you, will
elect members of Congress, from Ohio of
yours, and the two will sit down together,
J and work, and sweat throughout the hot
days side by side in those seats once occn-
pied by the great men OF the country-the
Clays, the Websters, the Bentons, the
; heroes of by-gone times. Their seats will
be filled by the barbarian, the unlettered
barbarian of the South, all by the work
: ings of this policy. ''Ah," says some one,
s'that is an extreme picture" 1t is one
, very close to the reality. Not two years
will roll around till negroes will be mem
( bers of Congress. In. the last session OF
z Congress Charles Sumner; said publicly
upon the floor of the Senate, that he hoped
soon to welcome negroes as Senators. Are
you ready for that, gentlemen !? [Voice;
-sNo."J Does any Radical of Ohio want
I this? There is no stopping place to the
I fanatieism OF the leaders who have seizet
upon power. The Wades and the Sum,
ners, aud all that class of men, intend tt
Z level down the white man North and South
I o,the level of the black man. They say
however, that it is not leyeling down-tha
it is rather leveling up tor you to becomt
the equal ;ot negro. daughter. They
proclaim thenegrO your equal everywhere
and many of them proclaim him your supe
rior. | hold to no such doctrine. God. i,
his infinite wisdom, made this world as w
find it.. He made the, various race
upon !. the & earth, " to suit his m owl
wise purposes. Is every race capabl
of self-government? They say the blael
mani because he is man, because b.
is a human being, because he has feet ant
L hands like the rest of US, and a face and ;
soul, Why, go to the myriad population
| of the East: go to, the crowded and suffo
Gated plains of Asia; look at the mongre
various types of mankind that prevail il
those crowded regions. They are not ca
/ pable of self government; they have never
l. aspired to it, They have been the instru
l. ments of tyranny since the world began
|. Go to Africa. 1t is as old country a
j this it has been peopled aslong, and in
/ finitely longer than our race has been here
i 1t has been peopled since Creations dawn
L They have had rivers, and plains, and fer
|, tile valleys, as We have here. Every
l. chance we have had has been theirs. Hav,
\ they governed themselves there dHav,
they advanced science there? Have the,
b built up free governments there?l On tn
l., contrary look at the little Republic o
-Liberia,-paopled by free negroes from lthi
country, colonized by the Joint efforts o
= the Christian nations of the world. In tn
r last four years Abraham Lincoln asked
lG Congress for an appropriation to buy
| gun-beat for that colored government. t.
| run up and down its rivers, to keep tn
wild negroes iron catching and eatingIt tn
tame ones. 70 Applause and laughter.] j,
| speak et this in, no, disrespect to any @
l. Gods works. / speak of it, though, as o.
| evidence that there are men and races O
men not endowed as yOn are, not made a
| you are, not, as you are the conquerin9
kingly race of the earth. I have no un
g, wholesome prejudices toward the blacl
| man.. / treat him properly in his sphere
| and so / would have tue, Government do
but; he has given no evidence in all the boo
of recorded time, of his capacity for sell
4 3 government or that justifies us in takini
L him into partnership in this Governmen
/ / to help run is complicated machinery. IL
" AT least six States of the South are tn b
b surrendered1to to thel black man BY this Con
" gressional policy. Six States are to. b
given upito3 negro Senator's negro mem
| e bers of Congress, negro local officers, to be
l
brutal passions and dense and profound ie
+ norance. Are you ready to surrender 81
States of this Union to the absolute contrt
l. of the black mani? Are You ready to lis
! ten at Washington aad hearithe roll calle
and hear .Gumbo answer to his name, an
Sambe and Pompey and Caesar answer
4 their names upoa the ayes and noes, whe
l. your Representatives are there making Law
to govern YOU and. your ppsterity aftt
II you? Are willing for so much ign(
NJ rance and so much native inferiority to
10 brought to bear upon your most vital III
l. terests? -
r That, my friends, is but a faint outline
+ the picture which will be realized soon
u this country under the Congressional po
icy. This policy was undertaken for tt
black man, and for his benefit alone.
the negro had not been in the South wi
!. supposes for one moment that this polit
would have been adopted. Nobody pr
tends it'would.- No, these States are und
a. the, ,bayonet,, and are e'held there for the pu
pose as the Radicals say, of elevating al
ri humanizing this man and brother. No
the, Southern States themselves so far fro
l5 degrading or depressing the black ms
since the war, have each one of them pass
the most favorable laws upon his accoun
They have passed laws whereby he ms
l. secure his wages, sue for them in coul
: sue aud be sued, testify in the courts, oW
real estate, and acquire the rudiments
education. The Southern people then
selves have done that for him. That
enough, gentlemen. That is my piatforI
and there stop. Applause, and voice
That's right."l / am for giving him Il
IL means of enjoying life, liberty and pro
erty. will protect him in the courts, al
/, educate him out of his own earnings; for
! people that cannot work enough to scho
; l. themselves, cannot learn anything if tht
are sent to school, [Cheers.l But when
comes to giving him the right to vote aloi
. side of you, Strike down all distinction
between him and you, give him the rig
f I to sit by you in the jury-box, to go to q
, l. Legislature to make laws for your State,
Ia e., II,