Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1867-12-12
Remarks of Col. Baber,
At the Great Democratic Jo.liicRtton
Meeting at Columbus, Ohio.

repeated calls ia behalf Of the thousands ol lOT-
mer political opponents who united with you
in achieving the late signal victories over Rad
icalism in favor of constitutional government,
against negro suffrage and military despotism,
claim a right to Join with YOU in hearty con-
cratuations that our common country may yet
be saved.
AT this late hour, after the able and eloquent
speeches to which you have just listened, no
thing is left to me but to sum up IN brief the
| lesson of the late contest. Here in Ohio,
where is the 40 1000 majority OF the Radical
n rtv? The little bombshel that You sent IN
/ { cir midst last winter in the shape OF reso-
/ luton from the Franklin County Democratic
Convention, challenging the Radicals IN the
! Legislature 20 submit to tneir own people, the
practical application of their iavorite dogma oi
negro suffrage here at home, has split this ma
| 'ority into three parts-one-third, $4,000 voted
| for Judge Thurman aud the Democratic ticket,
thereby showing their couStancy 20 principle,
rather than party prejudice; another third, 10
| 600. voted directly. only against the negro Sui
frage Amendment land the remaining third,
! $4,000. were silent; and thus, with an in
creased vote of $4,000, our noble State 10y so
| 600 majority broke the backbone Of the Jaco-
bin party.
Now. my friends, it is we'll clearly to under
stand the fundamental idea underlying this
great revolution. Charlatan politicians and
! fanatics, vanly imagined that as the people Of
the North and West voted to keep Kansas free
and negroes out of that territory, because they
/ wanted the land for white men and their de-
scendants. that these masses could be used at
will hy party leaders to make helots 10 former
negro slaves of their own race and blood
| Fools! the very Anglo-Saxun passion to pos
pessEaud hold for It's Olrn race all the land that
| it can acquire, then so successfully appealed to
on that issue. is now operating TO prevent the
surrender of the fair lands of the South to the
! domination Of the negro which would practi-
cllly and eifectually exclude white settlement
and immigration The people need only TO
understand the effect Of this Radical PROJECT OF
! AGi .anizing one-half of our territory rs the
fruits Of the war for the Union,' in the lan-
quage Of Wendell Phillips, and at the next
/ Presidential election they will sink beyond tho
reach Of resurrection the men who, to perpetu-
ate party ascendaucy, would bring rum on
! their hrartaStones.
/ Your soldiers who went forth to battle 70
preserve this country under one Government,
one Constitution and one flag, never fred gun
| thus TO degrade men Of their own blood and
! lineage. 1t was vile conception, niscege-
mated by Puritan ianaiCism and shoddy stay
at-home patriotism Never bad great party
in power. al the end Of civil war, such an op-
portunity of natoualiziDg itself and securing
| its perpetual asceudancy by the exercise OF
- atesmanship in adhering to the Constitution
an the objects for which the war for the Union
WAS supported by the honest masses. The
leaders. however, after two years o. wrangling,
! have sinned away their day Of grace, aud the
| Rump Congress soon 10 assemble will, IN ITS
,lesprratinn. endeavor o. consummate the foul
conspiracy it concocted against constitutional
government by admitting Senators and Repre-
scntativcs. elected by negro votes IN bogus
| State Governments. erected by fraudulent reg
i,trations. under military despotism, with the
ultimate design Of cheating the people out Of
tie choice of the next President Of tbe United
! States. through bogus Presidential electprs.-
Let MS meet this usurpation boldly. 10y declar-
| iur every where that the scheme will NEVER
b AcoulEscED in. Let the people proclaim,
and stand fcarlessly by the determination, that
II Senators, no Representatives N Congress,
no Presidential electors, will ever be BEC0G-
NIzED who are chosen by franchise, forced
uron State by Congressional usurpailon.-
That no length of time, no mOckcry OF c0nVcn-
tiuns under the forms of law. can sanciiy such
an outrage But that the Senator's, RePresen-
tatiyes in Congress, and Presidential electors
chosen by White men under the now eAIsunS
State governments in the South, are the OSLf
ones we will recognize as legitimate, until Their
respective State Constitutions are altered by
their own free will and consent Of those who
are lawfully voters under them. Uulur then
tn the breeze the flag inscribed with the motto.
"White men shall govern the American Union,
and we will not be voted down 10y negro cleo
tors, manufactured by bayonet rule Under
this sign you yil conquer, IT, disregarding all
divisions as to men, you will close up your
ranks as TO measures. Enter prematurely into
NO Presidential commitments, as b candidates.
Wait until your Radical opponents, now con-
fused IN retreat, shall present their candidate.
Disorganized chased aud half frightened, they
are now endeayorng 10 retain their hold on
Office. by frautically clutching the cOat-tail Of
Gen. Grant. But let me tell them, that the
people are wide awake aud will vote upon nea-
sures. and not men, and that Gen. Grant, OF
any other candidate, who stands on Negro
Suffrage military despotism platform, will ikc
General HAYES after the elections, declare that,
"the negro is out Of politics for year, fbe
American people will stand no dodsngon TINS
issue. Fond as they are Of military glory aud
revered as Washington himself was, be could
not carry into power party, who aitef Oetiay-
ing the most solemn pledges made 10 OBTAIN
men and money IN the war fur the Mon DO"
seek TO perpetuate pTty Po"er by legislation
"out,ide" Of the Constitution, and Is puiun5
the heel Of military despOtisrn on one bali The
country to establish negro suffrage there, Tor
the purpnse Of ruling the whole. let Us then
ali sand shoulder to shoulder, steadiast ~ 10
principe. tolerant az 10 candidates, and when
the next National Democratic Convention shall
name the man for President, victory shall
perch upon onr banners.
A merchant in Warren, Mass, who wears
false teeth, lost them recently aud sPsnt yomo
time In a fruiti,as search fDr them until the
idea finally seized him that be had s~al-
lowed them. and that he should die IN con-
sequence. After several days Of Intense
anxiety IN view of bis approaching end, be
made bis will. resigniBg himself b. his late, and
then found the missing teeth III tie pocket Of
a cas,-of pair Of pAntaloOns.
A genius once undertook - name and CLASH
IS the different sorts Of fools in the world
" First, the ordinary fol second, the fol ~bo
il one and don't know il Third, the fol, who
is not satisfied with being tool ia reality, but
undertakes in additnn ~ pay tie fol"