The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-04-18
Suffrage.

which presents itself bofsre the com
ing political campaign is whether col
Or shall longer bc the publication 70
suffrage, or whether all men, withou
regard to race ornationality, shall OK
erciso The right orifuueliise.
No longer .ctit bo,said iu Ohio, Z,
40 applicant for The privilege Of th,
elective franchise, 81 know you can
road the Consultation OF tho United
States aud your own State II know
you arc taxed to support our insiiIu.
sions; know you arc admitted into
ell the courts Of the United States
~ an attorney 70 represent our citi-
sens | know you fought to save our
country in It's hear Of peril; | know
you never have rebclled against our
country ] know you arc loyal but
the magnifying glass shows us that
the color predominates iu your COM
plexion, and the Constitution Of Ohio
will not let you votc.N r
This color qualification is simply
one of the "relies of barabarism,
an oifspring Of slavery and the ward
Of ignorance aud prejudice, which
Eve should blush for shamc) remains
upon our statute books, while South
Carolina, comedies to the freedmen
thc privilege to vote, and puts among
her delegates TO Congress negro for
representative! While Wado Hamp.
ton says in ono Of his speeches, that
property and education should be the
only consideration in political rights.
IL Is related of tho Democratic
members of the Legislature, that
srery oae9f them rcpRiiated he IDEA
tint he opposed giring tie negro ne
ballot on ACCOUNT or MS COLOR | In
other words, the democratic Solons of
Ohio don't oppose negro suifrego be-
cause the black man is "nigger N
Verify the world moves, aud tho
democracy move with it We haze
hopes Of thom yet. fr fff
The clause Of the proposed amend.
meut which DISTINGUISHES robcls, do.
sertors and draf, stockholders, fxos an
impassablo gulf between tho loyal and
diAloyal, and establishes the principle
that mono but loyal should rule. SO
evident is tho justice Of this clause, it
will meet with scarcely enough oppo.
sition from the democratic press to
keep il before the people.
Every vote that ia cast at tho o.
tobcr election will be counted either
FOR or against its adoption--cycry !
vote not expressly for the Amend
mcnt viii be counted against It,
All just governmen,s derive their
power from the consent OF the gov
erned, aud to the people we look for
its adoption. Progression is the
spirit of the times We must lay
'side all old party dogmas, aad per.
'onal prejadioos and keep step with
,ae Advancement Of the age. We
must array ourselves on QUO side OF
the other. The South--,he oppres-
1ors Of the negro iu tho past---how
tani convicted befors the world
+ treason-shall the north be their
Of tho presopl, and be-
como enemies to free republican d
government? There Is no oompro, a
mise. Compromise IS a compact with /
treason and league with Satan, We 5
believe that all men arc endowed {
with the divine faculty Of judging |
right from wrong, aud there is no !
middle path between them, The pe-
gro is either man or brute If ho
has reasoning faculties he must nee
cssarily be man, for brute cannot
reason aud if he be a man, then he
should have the privileges granted IN
common with all men.
Let US throw aside all prejudice
against color, they arc unworthy an
intelligent aud maguauimous people.
In 1864, when the dark veil Of trca-
son drapod us in mourning for our
slain, and the cause Of our
eountry hung trembling in the bal.
anse, prejuiieo rearedits horri 4 front,
to stay the suecor, TO our armies, by
the armiug of the negro, bat the
necessities Of the hour swept Il away,
and our Uoion was preserved, while
many poor negro soldier laid down
his life ON the altar Should prelp
dice deter Us from rendering Justice
now, or shall the necessity Of the
hour, aud the progress Of ciyiliza.
lion, consiga il 70 an everlasting
outombncut among the things Of the
past ?
The Commissioner Of In,ernal Rev
lnue estimated, last December that
the receipts Of his bearoau for the
present fiscal year would be two hun.
tred and eighty.tlve millions. The
receipts to this date, with eleven
weeks Of the fiscal year remaining,
sro two hundrod and twenty Two mil.