The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-07-11
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4 ArroRSEr-etSERAL OF ohio. 3
Pending Constitutional Amendment,
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/ What then I? sOhio must follow in
ttthe wake. = It may bestlistas qrful, il
may touch her CaueasiadpriFe, ;but
\ it is inevitable. Ifshe would pre-
.tserve unbroken hnbfekell the bonds
'lof q common union. witll2its; pfice-
bless heritage of glosies, and liberties
land BLESSINGS, she must yield to ;the
c1egic of eventsi8 Resistance is Iob-
;fstinacy-the blind infatuatioh of I'LL G
/; Egyptian. Pharoah and they~who
\ PERSIST in it viii be overwhelmed in
Ethe sea OF, pro gress. Can the politi-
ticaI ties which unite Ohio and South
tCarollia continue permanent 4aa en-
7during, can the yanenities of fellow
+ship and tesnity be perpauafed
and cordial with negro exclusion in
i the former. and negro enfranchise-
ment in tlre-fatter?
+ In Ohio the Caucasian element
preponderates lin the South Carroll
ma the African. The degradation OF
the black race cannot more strongly
mark the policy of theformer, than
its dignity and elevation will engage
the attention of the latter. Burden
the black citizen of South Carolina
with degrading disabilities in Ohio,
and you provoke retaliation against
the white citizens ofOhio by impos-
ing upon them like disabilities in
South Carolina. What follows p
An interruption of fraternal relai
tions-a fresh cause Of quarrel-it
may be internecine war.
Can the forecast of craftsmanship
discern any different result? if
the lessons Of the past shed any
lightron the future. While the AT
rican has aspirations for the cleva
ton Of his people-and who can say
he shall not have whilst he is SEN
sitive to the rights Of his manhood.
and who will depricate him for it =
while he has spirit to resent indig
nifty and injustice to his race-and
WHO shall seek to repress it? the
black citizen Of the South will press
his claims to the impartial protec-
tioii and equal privilege Of scftizen-
ship in the sister States of tie North,
and while men have heads to think
the right, and heart to feel it's i'm
pulse, and courage to follow its die
tates, his cause will raise Up friends
among the ardent, the generous, and
the just. Agitation will ensue, then
strife, retaliation-fnally blows
1t is vain to deprecate it--impossi-
BILE to prevent it. Either Justice or
this will come.
If the latter, with what end? A
conflict arising from Injustice per
sisted in by the states of the North,
and retaliation for this cause on the
part ofthe South, can have no doubt
full issue. The bitter resen ments of
the Southern whites for past discom-
future, are unappeased and implaca-
Bile; a generation hence will find
them only slnmbering. With these |
passions ranking for revenge, and
only glad to have some pretext for
future revolt; with the affection of
the Southern black, alienated Ivy
our persistent injustice to his race;
with powerful auxiliary made enc
mics, if not aliens, by exclusion, in
our midst; with the profound SYM
pathy of the just at home, and gen
erous abroad, enlisted in his cause,
a divided North and a united South
is the inevitable result. National
rupture, or impartial justice, is,
the alternative which the /
future holds is reserve for us.
But do not believe that rupture
will come. The skip Of Union is
freighted with the hopes and inter
ests oftoo many millions to be foun-
dered by its crew upon shoal SO
patent, so easily and so safely to be
avoided. But enfranchisement will |
come The North will eonfornr+its
policy to the rule of citizenship in
the South. To this it will be
compelled by the force Of public
opinion and consideration Of poit-
ical necessity. With impartial suf-
frage firmly established in the South
as it will be, no political organiza-
tion can permanently maintain ma
tional existence in the opposition.
Such an organization will be as pow
erless in South Carolina or Georgia
as would pro-slavery party in |
Massachusetts. Political consider
ations viii therefore ultimately drive
all parties into the support OF i'm
partial citizenship. Negro enfran-
chisement-justice to the African
race, finding root in the soil where
his shackles fell, will sweep back |
with resistless force upon the border
and the Northern States, and raise
above them one common standard
of universal manhood.
In this direction the tide is set
You may deprecate agitation; it is
but the incident of accumulate opiI-I
pinion, as it's torrent, break through |
the dixie and levee of prejudice which
in vain seek to confine it. You may
obstruct its current; but the gather
ing food will overleap the barriers,
and sweep to it's destination. 1t3rhay
not be reached this year or this de-
cade; but it will be reached Ken
lucky may for awhile interp6se the
resentment Of her pride; but Ken
tuck will yield. Maryland may for
q season continue to manifest. her
spiteful impotence; but say to- Ma
ryland, "Cease, viper, you knaw>a a