The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1867-09-05

cracy Of Kentucky treat the Onion sol
dier. 90 will the Democracy of Ohio.
should they get the power. It is the
war cry Of that party. that IL is not sec
tionsl. that it is everywhere the same.
As It is in Kentucky. % in Ohio.
| II is true that there are some men in
Ohio who were good soldiers during the
war, who are now acting with that party
But their position is ono Of humiliation
to themselves. and commisseratiou and
sorrow with their friends. In the Demo
cratic party they are tolerated only not
loved or forgiven When put forward
for Office, they are not standard bearers,
but '.decoy ducks" to allure faithful sol-
| diers into rebel camps and when they
can not longer be prodtsbly used. viii
be cast aside as dishonorable things, for
the fact of having borne arms againss
the rebellion is the mortal Gin for which
there is no Democratic forgiveness.
| In Ohio, where the Democracy have
/ no power, they sometimes nominate sol
diers for office, but Ia Kentucky, where
they have the power. they woali not
nominate enc for the humble Office OF
sfence-viewer." Let the Union soldier
therefore take heed that he be not de-
luded By false pretcnses, and delivered
/
hands of his adversaries. Let him ever
remember that the rebels and their al
| lies will never love him, never forgive
him, and will only tolerate hina where
they must
IMPARTIAL sUFFRAGE-THD NORTH NUsr
BE CONSISTENT. ~,
| The question of impartial suffrage is
now submitted to tho people of Ohio.
| It is proposed to allow shs colored man
to vote upon like terms aud conditions
with the white man. After the great
events which have trsnspired, the great
changes that have taken place, this can
hardly be regarded As an open question.
| The people of the North, through Con
gress, have conferred upon the coiored
men Of the South the right of suffrage,
who but yesterday were slaves. the most
of whom are wholly uneducated, who
have grown up in States where it was .
felony to teach them to read. and made
them politically equal to the whites
And shall they now refuse to do equal
justice TO the small number of colored
people in their midst who are better
educated, far more intelligent, far better
qualified every day to exercise political
rights2 Can you with self respect, with
decent regard to the opinions of man
kind, refuse to execute in this great
State those immortal principles of equal
rights and equal justice which you have
asserted and enforced in other States
You who have squared your faith by the
Declaration OF Independence, who have
proclaimed to the world tho equal rights
Of men, will not, l am sure, stultify
| yourselves by refusing to the colored
men Of Ohio that impartial suffrage to
which, by The example Of your action in
| the South, they are SO fully entitled.
| If you shall refuse, you will then
stand naked before your enemies It
| will then be Kissed scornfully into your
faces, that your s.immortal principle of
equal rights is Only for Southern con-
| sumption, and that the radicalism of Ohio
is but a cheat and q sham.
But let us consider this subject brief
ly. independent of all questions of con
sistency or policy. We admit that God
has created all men equal. We 10 not
mean equal in physical and mental
powers-equal in stature. color or ap.
pearance--but equal in their Iights
Now. where two races are iyin TO.
gether in the same State, and the Ight
to el oose officers TO make the laws and
execute them. is confined TO one race
exclusively, will you tell me that ali are
equal And will you tell me by what
right one race exercises absolute gov.
ernment over the other
We admit that God has sndowe,i men
with certain inalicnable rights, that
among these is the right to life. liberty
| ami the pursuit of happiness. We cali
| these desine. or, if you please, natural
| rights If We have these right, have
VIC moi divine or natural right TO pro-
| tect ourselves in their enjoyment Can
| 4 - - L.
right TO protect? The right OF self
defense is said to be the FIRST Law of ma
ture, and may be exercised By your
| har.ds OF by q weapon, by yoarsrlf or
BY your friend. The law of nature does
not point out how it shall he done. wheth-
| er by the hands or By . weapon, but
certainly embraces the use of thu ade.
quate meana, whatever they msy BE II
/ would be very absurd to say that self.
| Or eservation is the first law Of nature.
| but that the law does not give the use Of
the means of preservation 1t is not
/ less absurd to say that men have di-
vine right TO life and liberty, bat have
no divine right to protect themselves in
/ their enjoyment. Can you conceive Of
| right which another man has right to
| take away, and which you have no right
to defend! II it be admitted that men
have q divine or natural right to life OF
| liberty, then must it not be admitted
that they have q divine or natural right
TO protect themselves in their enjoynent7
And if it be admitted that men have .
natura; right to protect themselves In
the enjoyment Of life and liberty, tha4
right must carry with is the use Of the
necessary or adequats means And now,
what are the neesssasy or adequate
means? If your liberty - invaded by
violence or war, you nay ropel force by =
force But IL e = 1n0porod upoo by
unjust constitufiooo a. uooqual laws, b.
what mems can you ~ pcotes9sd II -
enjoyments 2 / aoswH. - ths Ei0ht q
sufYsge only, or the night q resolalioa. 4
In this country. tie eoly msaas By