The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-09-19
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aud as citizens; Congress has decided
that they shall have the right to vote.
A prominent Democrat Of the city
the other day that the man
must be a knave or fool who would
cave the oolored people of the South
10 the tender morcics Of tho whites.
This is my opinion and therefore l
favor manhood suffrage. Give the
negro the ballot, and you give him
the means Of protecting himself,
Having adopted the priucipIc Of
suffrage at the South, Che
Republican party could not consist
emily adopt or favor different poll
cy in Ohio. ! favor il upon this
ground. | favor IL upon the still
higher ground that IT IS RfoHT
Slavery put the word "white into
our constitution. let US see chat free
dom puts il out.
The Confederate Democracy oppose
this measure, professedly upon-thc
ground that it is a radical measurS.
But they seem TO forget that msnhood
suffrage, in the carly days Of the Ne
public, was a Democratic measure.
In seven Of tho original thirteen
States that won our Independence std
adopted the Constitution, tree negroes
votod. They also seem to forget that
in eight Of the Southern States free
negroes voted at cne time or smother
Instead Of adopting new principle,
therefore, we are merely roviying an
old aud very good one. .t 2lh4E
Thore are in Ohio about G,006 cols
ored mou who, under the coustitti-
tioual amendment, would be sdlhittqd
to the right TO vote. Demoernts are
very much alarmed lest these negroes
may, because of this privilege, rise in
the scale of improvement until they
get to be their equals or supericlrs.
Well, if the right to vote will ca use
the colored mau to rise, that is
strong reason for giving il To- MIN.
Amy measure that will tend to eleve:o
MAN, whether he be white OF black !
am in favor of. Any measure that
will teud to oppress MAN, whether
he be white or black, | am opposed
to, | am in favor Of promoting the
happiness of the human race, and /
rejoice when see the burthens Of ths
poor mau made light aud his condi.
ton improved. Therefore | fayor
equal rights to all mem No class
should be more radical on this point
than those who fear the oppression
of capital. Those who would oppiess
the black man because he is poor aud
helpless, would, for the same reason
and in the same spirit, oppress the
white man, if they could. Let Us be
careful, then, seeing there is will 10
oppress, that the power is taken
away.
THE FINANCES. .r
You have read in the current hiS.
tory of the war of cases where the
enemy, in the gray light Of the mofi.
ing; advanced upon our lines carry
ing the Stars aud Stripes, and clad in
the blue uniform. The object was to
surprise our men. | am reminded n
this by the recently adopted policy ot
tho Confederate Democracy Of this
country with reference to the pay
ment of the public debt. All At
once the leaders have become virtu-
Gus. They are in favor of paying the
debt. This, Yallandigham says, win
surprise the Republicans, who exr
pected the Democrats to favor repu-
diation. We are only surprised thGt
the leaders Of that party should be 50
silly as to take the people for pack
Of fools. The trick is so transparent
that man with one eye, and thai
only half open, can see through Il
Now, do you want a definition
Democratic de6nition--of the psJpo
sitiou to pay the debt in greeubacks
Well, here it is. take 1t from thI
La Crosse Democrat, a paper edite'
by Brick Pomeroy, of whom you hay'
doubtless heard. He is an orth5to,
Democrat, and belongs to the VaIlan
T digham school; aw
Reputation Of the National
Bank swindle is snro TO come, and
that quickly. Better now than after
we have paid taxes for one or adoken
years. The idea of calling in the
bonds, and substituting greenbacks
for them is reputation, but sagar-
coated to relieve the bitterness. 1t
is the tindeT-or the tender. s3ss
"Call in the bonds. tt
" Issue interest bearing greenbacks
for them---dollar for dollar.
AS interest accrues, Issue scrip,
and scrip upon scrip, till those who
want paper money can buy trunk
full for a dollar
Pay neither principal nor inter.
est ia coin, but in greenbacks, OF sfed-
back script. Employ presses aud
paper mills, aud run them eternally,
the vorkmen to be paid at night from
the stuff they printed during the
day
Call it what you will--sugar. s0SE
it as you may-it Is reputation. aiid
to this the Democratic party y =
already pledged, and no man caa, afssi
this year. be elected to Congress OF
the Presidency who is not pledged fol
reputation, and who is not bray,
and true enough to stand there faitzRr
full guardian for those who have uc
friends at court or in power.n =
Are you in favor of that policy
The proposition to pay tho debt ia
grcenbacks is, as he says, repudiation
sugar-coated. If I have 20 swallow
repudiation l prefer to take Z raw.
Let US SEQ what this greenbaok
theory woals load to. The Govern
ment ccn INV take nm fha honda n