Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-19
An ExuIauation!

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An ExpIa atlOn!
The Highland Ne,cs (Republican) ven-
lures an explanation to its position. on
the Negro Suffrage question. And such
an explanation The editor thereof is not
opposed to the proposed Constitutional
Amendment that seeks to hand over to the
Negro the privilege of voting and to dis
| franchise certain Whites. Not he. "On
the contrary" some weeks before the
Suffrage. Amendment passed the Senate"
he-didsIaake-deelaEat that all men, wo-
men and children, should know, "distinctlQ,',' >,
that be IS sip hyof Of ofadmitting colored men
Is the light Of Safrage ;Ybut nevertheless,
NE edid' aconsider the submission of the
| Iqasstidh % ttspsop1e, at his tias, as prsnsa1
tare, and likely to cause its defeat" Inasmuch
as he had thus distinctly" given his views,
and inasmuch as he did mot commit him.
self pro or or con on the Amendment last
week, when he published it as an adj
vertisement, we thought ourself war;
ranted in the conclusion that he did not
take affeetionately th te Amendment.
This, the Netcs would have US un-
derstand, was temerity on our part.
The editor thought couple of weeks ago
that the proposition would encounterade
teat-not in consequence of Democratic as
sault-but because "there were some good
and reliable men in the Union ranks, who
had not yet got the better of their preju-
dices against the colored man." So, it
would seem, "prejudice against the colored
man is not peculiar to the Democratic
party. 1t appears to have strong hold in
the Republican organization.
The, eeditors of the Ne0s, affects to
have seen an illuminating light, as COM
pared with which the drummond light
is as is the small, fiiekering taper to the
full glare of the gas light. He describes it
as ''a new and Wonderful light" and that
it sis illuminating" their pathway like
the pillar of fire. which led the hosts OF
Israel through the wildernessr' What a
magnificent light this is, and it consists,
according to this veracious authority, in
ssthe Democratic party in the South" dis
''are actually making speeches to the ''nig-
gers" asking them for their votes, praising
them for their industry and intelligence.s
The sum total of all this is, that inasmuch
as the Southern Whites are attempting to
make the fairest terms possible with the
Blacks who were lately their slaves-be-
lieving they can make better terms W ith
them than they can with the Republican
malignants in Congress-that the good
and reliable men in the Union ranks" who
have mot yet got the better of their preiu-
dices against the coloredlman," should i'm
mediately discard those ."prejudices" and
labor for Negro Suffrage in Ohio. The
Nescs editor exhorts in the following Ian
guage:
"Let timid Union men take courage,
then, and don't be afraid to give the color
ed man his vote; for if the Union party in
Ohio don't do it now, the Democracy will
be very apt to do it next year. The edict
has gone forth in South Carolina, in Geor-
gia, in Alabama, in Tennessee, and all
through the South, that the negro is "a
man and brother and has right to vote
Gov. Orr, Gov. Brown. Gen. Wade Hamp-
ton, Gen. Iongstreet, Beauregard, and all
the more prominent Democratic leaders,
who have long set the tunes for the party,
have commenced to pipe the inspiring
strain of Negro Suffrage and before many
months go round, the music will reach the
Northern Democracy
That ought to be conclusive with Repub-
licans. Because "Gov. ORR, Gov. BROWN,
Gen. WADE HAMPTON, Gen. LONGS TREET,
and such as they in the South
who did figure prominently in Is the Rebel
lien," have taken up the cudgel in behalf of
Negro Suffrage, how can Republicans refuse
to give that measure their most'active and
support? Would it not be well for
the Republican State Executive Committee
to employ 6 eoV' ORR, Gov-RnoTrr' Gen.
WADE HAMPTON, Gen. LoNGsTREET, BEAU
REGARD to.stump Ohio in behalf of Negro |
Suffrage? Southern men gave their assent |
to the address and resolutions adopted at
ihe 18th of August Philadelphia ConVen-
ion, and, because they did so, the Neeos and
;he whole brood of Republican editors did
vehemently. Should we look
lpon them more graciously now because
hey have taken to advocating Negro SufT
rage? vi