Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-11-20


i0hO dezisth the truth iOhen Il eomsth unto
him ?"
After all the experience of the past,
It is both amusing and distressing to
listen TO Republican speaker spend
ing his voice and sweat in compliments
upon this foreign element, and in a
lying and disgusting argument to prove
we are not bound in honor to make
you our political equals. The swad-
dling-band would be a suitable garment
for his lean loins, and the infant
school should not suffer him 70 escape
its semi-parental care, and easy but
necessary lessons. He is a bastard
baby, requiring constant care and at
tention. Omnipotence cannot make
weaker and meaner thing out OF any
known material.
give you this sentiment. Do not
forget it:
"The Irishman-false to the country
that favors him. The negro-true to
institutions which oppress and degrade
him."
The Republican party has fallen q
sacrifice to its prejudice and its folly
God gave it large opportunities for
good; it despised them, and is cast
down. To all appearances, it is render
ed completely impotent. Timid lead
ers have disgusted brave people, who,
casting aside wicked counsels, demand
the exaltation of great principles-aHd
they shall Be ezalted. Why, in Chester
county-in West Chester, eVen-sspir-
/ -. ,-oI;t,a;a,. danv ,,o,, 1agt fbax-
should offend. They would not allow
black man to keep hotel, nor a
hotel to keep him in any room more
aristocratic than the kitchen. Popu-
larity stands higher in the estimation
of all such than Gospel teachings. We
will yet give them new and terrible
lessons in theology; and they must re-
ceiVe them or die. We must instruct
them to know that to be 1oih US is not
necessarily to be of US; and that zeal is
only to be priced so long as il shall lead
to proper action. How do all such diff
fer, in marketable quality, from those
Judges of the Supreme Court of the
United States, who virtually declared
that black man had no rights q white
man was bound to respect? Do not
complain if the hounds shall howl, for
sooner or later they will De scourged
into their kennels.
The policy of aprohibitory liquor law,
the propriety OF the sale Of lager beer,
and the running of street cars on San
day, give rise to graver questions with
the maudin many devoted to ethics,
than stupendous considerations involv-
ed in the reconstruction Of rebel States,
or your claim TO sacred franchises. 1t
seems to me we may eventually be
dwarfed by contraction of our OVID
hearts and minds, and a resolute re-
fusal to discern what is plainly reveal
ed. 1t is reasonably certain that in the
coming Presidential contest your claims
will be still overlooked, expediency be
regarded of greater worth than princi-
pie, and We be left to deplore again the
trightful consequences of an unpardona-
Bile folly. A candidate too prudent to
express political opinions, is too dan
gerous to be trusted in high office.
With Wade in the presidency nothing
would We left to conjecture Ito chance.
The eagle would again stand upon a
rock, bearing in his beak an unmis-
taxable motto Frangas non tieetGs."
congratulate myself that The bitter
est personal and political enemy
know cannot fad the sterehy filth OF
demagoguism upon my garments; and
1 impatiently await purer, holier in
strumentalities than we can now COM
mand. May they come quicklyl 1t is
nv settled determination to march
with you, through good report and evil
report, until all shall be gained or al
lost. 1 take the risks. Iwould rather
possess self-respect than public conf
dence.
The Democratic party is your sworn,
irreconcilable enemy; avoid it as you
would the penalty of conscious crime.
The Republican party may be made
Just. The Democratic nsUer. The
former has hosts of scrupulous leaders,
who can never forget their assurances
to you, and will fulfill them, if possible.
They compose the flower Of our mighty
armies, and the soul and intellect OF
the age. The latter is largely made up
of unclean spirits, such as we're suffered
to 90 into the herd of swine. Its head
is the Beast of the Apocalypse-the
Harlot of Babylon, srrayed In purple
and scarlet. Do not disgrace yourselves.
You may honorably iHpLOrs the one
the other you cannot follow with safe
ty, any more than could Solomon 60
after Mileom, the abomination OF the
| Ammonites.
There is but one thing unaccomplish'
ed indispensable to American justice
and American greatness-pOEiticat eqHaLI'
IN. The gain or loss of this, unimport-
ant as it may now seem to the short
sighted, will largely shape our destinies
| have clear convictions Of duty you
have; we should not disregard them
Let us unitedly insist upon the right
and be satisfied with nothing short OF
it. We will declare the negro our peer
at the polls, and oppose all men, and
combinations of men, who may be con
tent with less. Here lies success. 1t /:
still within our reach. Dare We clutch
it?
am well aware that in answer to
the demands of principle come sugges'
tions of policy. These latter make uE
| the logic of towards; and, although
frequently used. are without value
| God commands actioni action which
| shall dignity humanity-a refusal Ii
self-destruction. No people practising
injustice can long prosper. To .acI
properly is to live wisely, happily. The
negro is a man, and who is more? He
NAV be fayorably compared, IN every
| respect, with thousands of others who
I have received all the benIgnities o
government. Give him the ballot, and
you make him Christian and Repuo-
| lican giant in the land. This, his cleal
right, is all he asks. Everything he
needs beyond-education, position, for
tune-he will himself look after ano
obtain.
An eye without faith never penetratei
the vail. The future may well be re
garded with great distrust; but, let me
assure you, love lies in its womb. The
dominant party-dA parties-have long
possessed the power to secure safety tc
you, Up to this moment they have
failed you, but they will soon be brought
to see that salvation is only to be found
in your patriotism. There has lonl
been an accepted time, and there il
even now a bow of promise. If could
L would, upon the instant, make you
voters. 1t is not to.-b be disguised thst
your friends, real or pretended, arc
losing prestige-strength will no
attempt to inform you why this is SO
1 merely make the statement, and VIZ
all feel, and know it is true. 1t may
arise from dishonesty in US. 1t MAJ