The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-07-25

State was on the hoor, could we'll bo-
lieve he was listening 70 q negro.
| never heard the great Henry Clay
but once, aud then he spoke Of the
Democracy a. the "wah party In
peace, and the peace party in wah."
Any one curious 10 this study Of lin
gual peculiarity can understand what
| say by listening TO our former seq.
ator, Allen, who caught she habit
from Henry Clay, or by hearing the
present Democratic candidate for
Governor, who caught il from Mr..
Allen.
A celebrated naturalist once said
.ha."if you want TO understapd coon
you must cat coon" and the South 10
understand negro has lived on negro
until the harmony between the two is
complete. The negro is, in fact, the
father Of the chivRlry, and now the
Democracy North paopose = war be-
tween the two. II would be uunatur-
al, aud until now, unheard Of. Sat
urn, we sre told, devourod his chill.
drsn but here the ehivalry are called
upon to devour their ancestors. But
while / am talking to you now, the
bravest Of tho South, who 80 lately
led their columns TO the fold, are ad-
dressing their late slaves 90 sour
colored fellow. .citiEens," and inviting
them to the polls. Having lived 30
long politically on the votes Of the
poor whites, they pass easily 10 the
votes Of the poor blacks, and put TO
shame their Northern allies, who
would disrupt the Union aud destroy
the Constitution rather than permit a
colored citizen TO have any rights.
QUALIFICATION FOR CITIZENSHIP.
"A strange doctrine has coma to be
entertained Of late years. In the
theory Of ofself-governn:ont proclaimed
by the fathers, we were told that the
safety Of The Republic depended upon
tho virtue Of the citizens. Nov we
are assured that II depends on intelh
gcncs solely. This is dangerous
teaching and gives up all wo hereto
fore contendod for. Itis the corner
stone of despotism when you assert
that the negro shall not vote because
Of his low order of intellect. The
question forces itself upon US, are all
whites so elevated intellectually, that
they can be trusted. And fear if
we we're consistent, large number OF
our Democratic friends would be dis
ffanchised. The loftiest intellect
among our opponents is engaged at
this monmont in editing the rural
journals on their side, and taking the
Efforts In that line as specimens Of
ability, fear the polls would be clos
ed against the editors at an early day 4,
and If the leaders and teachers have
scarcely brain enough to run an over
shot country saw-mill, what are We to
say Of their deluded followersf Their
right to vote would be In eminent
jeopardy.
Jesting aside, / belive this low,
brutal cry of n white mans govern
ment has lower origin than that.
At the South il meant a government
Of the governing class and excluded
the poor whites, while at the North il
refers to tho negro, not because OF
his color, but that he has been taint-
cd by labor. 1t was slave labor, II
you will, yet it was labor. We boast
Of our Indian blood, II we have any
we receive the Japanese on an equa
social footing. aud yet pour out oul
wrath on race quito as good al
either. Until the late war the Soutl
was governed by an aristocracy, and
its feelings, il not its views, were re
Aocted North. Il was rs hard on the
laborer and tho mechanic as on the
slave and when a man could say to
carpenter, ~ don't want you; i
bought q carpenter yesterday" ne
iusulted the freeman through the de-
gradation Of the slave.
True Democracy is in deadly an
tagonism TO this social and politiea
order, and when it is so changed a
to breathe the atmosphere Of slavery
il ceases TO be Democracy. We no
only stultify Ourselves and turn oul
backs upon the self-goverument, es'
tablished by the fathers, but We cast
dishonor upon the graves Of our an
cestors. We are a nation Of laborers
aud defendants Of slaves. A few pa.
gcs back In our history tells Us, thas
not the rich and well-boru, but the
poor aDd oppressed, sought the
shores of America. And few pa
ges moro bring US to the period when
our ancestors wore iron rings about
their uecks aud worked as slaves, un-
der the seourge Of a master. 1t is to
our honor the we came up from such
degradation, and it is not for us t.
dim our glory as people by forget
ting the past and turning heartlesl
oppressors now that We have . miser
able class in turn TO trample upon,
will not say that Democrats have
forgo item these facts, for doubi
whether they ever knew them. Their
severest term Of repreaeh is 10 cal
US Jacobins, aud they do not know
that this refers to q war between op
pressors and oppressed Of thirtoeI
centuries that eliminated at last in |
triumph Of the oppressed, and that sh'
victorious Democrat OF that day wa
the JacObin 90 heartily abused il
this.
SOCIAL EQUALITY.
But the CRY that browns out Al
Others 10 that Of social equality. W.
are charged with an attempt TO Pu
the negroes on a footing Of social
equality with the sensitive, rsfnes
aud superior Anglo-Saxon race. i
ia grievons charge. II pains us be
yond measure TO think we shoul'
Be open 10 such an imputAti0u. Onl
principal difficulty is to know precise
] ly what is meant. The laws govern
i lug social intercourse are sels-enaeted
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