The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1867-04-30
From the Marietta Register, Radical
DO You want Your Daughter to
Marry a Niger!

their freedom. Secondly, you conferred
upon them the right Of suffragei and
thirdly, they will demand and you VIII be
compelled to do away with all barriers to
social distinction; thus admitting them to
the social privileges of your freside.
Hear what Mr.. Plants, your NJ. c., says:
81 would strike BLACK and WHITE
alike from all laws, making our legisla-
ton to descend, like the dews and the
rain. and the sunshine of our common
Father, upon all, and with like impair
tiality.
The tender place, and one Radicals
dislike to have touched or brought for
ward, is, that the conferring of political
equality upon the Negro, will inevitably
cause them to expect social equality as
the next step up on the Abolition ladder.
Here is the FIRST paragraph of his pas
sion, which is considered; in Radical par
lance, argument:
SIS the fool who asks the above ques-.
ton, answered?-fool or knave, which?
Knaye probably fts him best"
That extract pleases us muchly; it
shows plainly that we hit the right nail
on the head in propounding the question
which heads this article, and which the ed
itor was unable to answer, except by abuse.
Again: 4
Is the knave who edits the Woods
field Spirit of Democracy answered.
that knave (orefooD who goes into hys-
terics in every month in every year, lest
has daughter shall be forced to marry a
nigger.' IF she have the inclination
strong enough she will do it in spite Of
him, law or no law. No law-no person
proposes to force her to it. nor advise
The editor scattered badly that time;
at the presen: writing We are not aware of
having daughter. Last fall your party
denied that it favored Negro Suffrage; the
doctrine was secuted as being the heighth
Of absurdity, by every petty stumper of
your party. Now you favor that which
was frowned upon, and deny favoring So
cial equality, and fly into passion and
call US ugly names when we charge you
with it. But We do not intend that you
shall conceal the real issue-Social Equal.
lity, unlimited, by that which your party
has placed before the people, political
Equality, andthat covered up with the in
tention Of deceiving. ti'
The editor propounds silly questions
aLet us ask: What has the suffrage
question to do with your Cor my) daugh-
ter marrying either white or black
man2-what more than with her purchas-
ling bill of store goods? She will buy
the goods if she wants them, not without
and will never consider the matter oi
suffrage as at alltreubling her in the ease
So should hewant to marry--eyen should
the daughter of the editor of the Woods
field paper desire to marry negro-it il
not at all likely that the eright Of suffrage
in any of its phases. free or restricted
white or black, equal, impartial, or wAa
not, would be taken into the account
We don't think the Constitutional Amend
ment proposed in Ohio, would once come
into her mind-do your
1t has nothing to do with our daugh
ter, cause, ahain't got any" But will
yours, the future is fraught with the ter
ri6le consequences attendant upon socia
equality with the Negro. That's so.--
Should she, your daughter, desire to wee
9 negro, she would, under your teaching
never consider the evil consequences, AM
more than her father does the perversior
Of truth. 81
Thelast p
Now, "write. YOURSELF down an ass,
and very mean one at that, or own up a
once that you are raising a false issue, on
! that has nothing whatever to do with th'
! question at stake; that you are dishonest
| ly, after the style of villain, appealing
to the lowest passions Of weak human ma
ture; that you are Wickedly striving t,
excite the basest prejudice, without rea
son, and contrary to all justice"
Exactly what you said last year, whei
enlarged with fasoring political equality
Pardon US. We would much prefer tina
you would write Yourself down. a "Dam
phool," exceeding -Doesticks' friend il
Ethat.particular. The "raising of false is
Sues belongs exclusively to demagogue'
of your school, of which you are fai
Representative. The editor in charge o
"a paper, the Register for instance, VII,
Twill lqwrite on the merits Of question
with the deliberate intention of mislead
ing his readers, is fit only for the com
panionship of liars, for honest men t
curse and dogs to bark at, and should b
Stunned as dangerous to the. communit
in which he lives. -
Register that ! aol :
is The Radicals have made the question
IshdU negroes Uote, hold Office and sit OF
ljuriee the'issue for the campaign of 1856
lint Ohio. Shall Ohio be ruled by qctit
men orsby the miscegenationists2 Tha
is the question: The Democracy are 70
dominationl res s 80 sl