Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-27
A Pretended Abandonment of ihe
Negro Suffrage Issue-The Jour
nal ssStOOps 10 COnuuer.o ~

Negro Suffrage Issue-T'he Jour
nal 'StOops 10 Conquer" -
The following, from the organ of Adju-
tant General CowAN, and of the Negro Stuff
rage candidates, is worthy of attention: X
'The STATESMAN desires to commit the
Union State Central Committee to the
proposition that the vote for the Constitu-
tional amendment is inseparable from the
Union ticket, and the vote against it insep-
able from the Democratic ticket. We hope
the committee will do no such foolish
thing."-J ourndl.
Union State Central Committee to Its party
platforml That would be horrible,
wouldn't itP -.-,- " IA
The 10Th of June Convention, which
nominated HAYES for Governor, and GoD-
MAN and WEST for reelection as Auditor of
State and Attorney General, put in their
platform this plank: fsf-A see
"4th. That, imbued with the spirit of true
Democracy, and believing that the powers
necessary for the purpose of attaining the
ends of Government ought not to be re-
stricted to a privileged class, but should be
vested in the whole people without unjust
or odious distinctions or qualifications not
equally attainable by all, and further be-
lieving that these sentiments are in strict
accordance with the spirit and tendency of
modern civilization, WE PLACE OUR
SELVES ON THE SIMPLE AND BROAD
PLATFORM OF IMPARTIAL MAN
HOOD [NEGROl SUFFRAGE AS EN-
BODIED IN THE PROPOSED AMEND
MENr TO THE STATE CONS CITU-
TION APPEALING TO AND CONFID-
ING IN THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE
DEnDT NuVn ADDpnUE
AT THE BALLOT-BOX.
Now that platform is repudiated-the
Negro is to be given up-the whole con-
cern knocked into cooked hat, because 1t
would be lifoolish thing" for the State
Central Committee of the Negro Suffrage
party to declare that a vote for the Consti-
tutional Amendment is inseparable from
the Negro Suffrage Ticket. 81.
We have always understood that when a
party makes platform, and men receive
their nomination on that platform, that
party fealty demands that the candidates
share the fate Of the principles they pro-
fess.. The ticket is made up of Negro Suf-
frage candidates-the platform is Negro
Suffrage Jeurndl is Negro Suffrage
the partyis Negro Suffrage-and without
Negro Suffrage there would be nothing
left of the concern; the assets would not
pay the cost of burying it.
Still the Journal refuses to fight the bat
tie on the very issue its party made, while
holding out inducements to the Negroes
that it is for their benefit the battle is
made, and to the Western Reserve .Aboli-,
tionists that the Negro is still all in allwith
the great Republican party, that sheet re-
fuses to ..come to time" and, in order to
propitiate the few anti-negro lovers of its
party in Southern Ohio, it virtually throws
up the sponge and backs down.
This is carrying out the secret circular
signed by the Chairman and Secretary of
the Negro Suffrage Executive Committee
and sent to Southern Ohio, and carefully
concealed from the Abolitionists of Ashta-
btIia and of Oberlin, informing thosewho
could not bend the knee to the darkey that if
they would only vote for the Negro Suf-
frage State Ticket and for Negro Suffrage,
candidates for the Legislature, they might
vote as they pleased on the Constitutional
as much as they pleased
on the Platform-without at all impairing
their standing in the Negro Suffrage party.
From these facts it is not at all to be un-
derstood. that the Jotnhal or its party, in
tend to giveHup Negro Suffrage. ss' They
know that twill be defeated in Ohio at the
election on Tuesday week, and they know
and feel that Negro Suffrage in Ohio is -es-
sential to their future success IN Ohio. They
are now but " STOPPING to conquer "-deceiv-
ing their supporters, SO as, by trick to
force Negro Suffrage on Ohio and all other
States OF the Union, at the very moment
they profress to abandon it. This is the
plan by which they hopeto effect that OBJ
ect,. ,,.-I --..-...,..-....., -.-,
Negro Suffrage will be defeated in Ohio.
This fact is patent to all. It being
pressed in the canvass as the issue, endan-
yers, if not defeats, HAYES and the ticket
# which he is head. To prevent this, and |
o elect Legislature composed of q ma
ority of the supporters of Negro Suffrage,
s now the last hope of those who wish to
make the darkey the political equal of the
White. If this is done, the Legislature, by
n approval on the part of the State of
)!rfs of a7.sjoint resolution of Congress- in
avor of giving Negroes the right to vote
nd to hold office in all the States" will aid |
d SO fastening Negro Suffrage in the sew
raj States of the Union that it will be i'm
,ossible to shake it off when it is once
dopted. HI0,i1 d}t,ia
That is why the Committee refuse to de-
lare that voting for the Constitutional
Ame ndment is inseparable from the ticket
hat supports it--7that is the reason why
nen are allowed to spit upon the Republi-
an platform, if they will only agree to
'ote for candidates who spproveit.7 si j
The only way to prevent Negro Suffrage
n Ohio, is not only to'vote against it, but
o vote square against all who support it.
Unlike the Journal, we proclaim that
'ote aqai,ast the Constitutional Amendment
living Negroes the right to vote and hold
fice in Ohio, lis inseperable from the Demo-
ratio Ticket-tbat any man protesting to
e Democrat who loves the Negro more
han he does the principles of his party
nd the redemption of the State from Abb
lition rule, and has made up his mind to
ote for Negro Suffrage, should also vote
le Negro Suffrage Ticket for State and
,rcounty officers, for the principles of the
bolition Ticket and those of the Consti-
Itional Amendment are one and inseper- ,
Die.
he Orators for the Great Mass
--,n Meeting ON Monday. -rfss-dl