The Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1863-1886, 1867-08-29
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The speech of Senator WADE, al
Marietta on the Goth inst, was 0
broadside OF heavy artillery. From
the full report procured by the en-.
terprise of the Cincinnati Com.
mercial, we Gull some OF the most
telling shots, not having room for
the entire speech, which is very
lengthy. At the opening, Mr..
WADR gave out his text, as follows;
EXACT AND EQUAL JUSTICE TO ALL
/ have an old text, my friends,
which l have preached from for
more than thirty years. 1 never
have varied it, and | never expect
to vary it. 1t is this: "Exact and
equal justice to all men without
reference to color, condition or
race" That is my political creed,
which now for thirty years l have
proclaimed from almost every stump
in this State. Tho people have
stood by me during all that time,
and | expect as long as l am faith
ful to the doctrines of that text they
will continue to stand by me. 1t
makes no difference whether things
in the immediate future look dark
or look cheerful. 1 stand by that
doctrine because L believe it will
enable US to so through triumph.
antly under all and under every
circumstance. Applause. @
l believe, sir, that is the doctrine
favored by tho Almighty, and l
believe that he that prcaches from
any other text will not be favored
OF Him who is the father of us all.
RETROSPECTIVE.
What, my friends, has transpircd
since that should cause any intelli-
gent, any honest man to ialter in
the course he took on that great
occasion in 1868. There stood Val.
landigham, a deliberately con.
demned traitor before the nation,
soliciting the people for their votes,
and asking them to advance him
to the highest Office in the great
State of Ohio. l was then not,
perhaps, right here, but l was
around the State pretty generally,
and know there were men in the
State, and great numbers of them,
too, who stood by him then, as they
will stand by his great coadjutor
now.
PARALLEL BETWEEN VALLANDIGHAM
AND Ill UURMAN.
For there is no difference be-
tween the political sentiments Of
Clement l.. Vallandigham and
Judge Thurman. the Democratic
candidate for Governor. Tallan.
dIgham was then put forward as
the candidate Of the Democracy for
Governor, and he was sustained
and supported in all parts of the
State, in all he had done, and in all
he had proclaimed he would do, by
the candidate which the same party
have put forth for your votes TO-
day. They have not changed in
their bad course.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
There is q new element in our
canvass, now, that encourages those
who oppose us to make one moro
struggle for the mastery; but it is
only the logical and legitimate Sc
quencc to all you have done before.
The right Of colored men to suf-
frage is but the legitimate and log.
ical deduction from what you have
already done. That question was
first presented to you. Is there
any man here so blind TO what he
was doing when you came up and
so gloriously sustained our Repub-
lican candidate four years ago, that
he should be induced to change
that course at this timeP
TIE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
And what was the issue last year?
twas on that constitutional amend
mcnt proposed by two-thirds Of
Congress and MORE, to the people
of the seeded States. 1t was say.
ing to these people, if you will
adopt that amendment, you may
come into Congress and be repre-.
scntcd there, provided you will
send true loyal men, who love re-
publican government. Were these
hard terms ? Was there any thing
in it tyrannical or harsh, or such
as honest or just men ought not to
do2 We want no traitors in the
councils of the nation, and by favor
of God we never will have any
[Applause.]
Now, what argument do they
put forth on the other side against
the constitutional amendment that
our Legislature, in their wisdom
and intelligence, proposed to their
constituents last winter? The con-
stitutional amendment put forth by
Congress was this: That ifthe SO.
ceded States would allow tho col
ored men to vote, then they might
have representation in Congress,
based upon their numbers. If they
refused to trust the colored men,
and would not permit this great
measure of justice and human
rights to prevail, then they should