Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-02
NO..ii39.

licrossed, wherever they have had equal rights |
and equal privileges, in all respects. the |
white man has deteriorated, he has sunk in |
the scale of existence; the red man and !
the black man have not been elevated. but |
the white man has been pullen down. You
can degrade this blood of yours by ming.
Hing itwith that of the nogro, you can de-
lgrade your privileges, you can degrade
lyour institutions, you can eheapen them.
Eby dividing them with such a. race, but you |
can never lift this race above what tie AL
Emighty himself intended it should be.
1 Must all men be equal?g In one sense they |
must They have the right to life, liberty
and property, but eqhal privileges In every
respect exist nowhere in this world. God
failed to make the races of men equal. He
IlikeWisei failed to make the races of the anil
NAL creation equal. The beasts of the field
tdiffer, the birds of the air differ, all nature
lldifers. onesthing from another, and this
I worn-out doctrine that the negro is your
4 equal ought to have the seal of contlemna-
I-tion set upon it. this fall in the State of
lOhio.i % eli1Ht'f--Eel "al 2hihre- \
~ Nnh 'si NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
+ Ah,you have a cropping out here of the
Congressional policy. Let us see how 1t
lis, reaching over here into Ohio, This
Il Radical Congress. in reconstrueting the
South. makes every negro voter there
They say what is good for the South, is
good for the North, and the Wades and the
Seheneks7I know them all, l. have been
alongside of them-and your Binghams
. and your Shellabargers to be consistent,
4 land I commend them for their consistency,
hsayT that the same pol ofieyf shall prevailJi in
; Ohio. As theytare establishing negro suf-
Efrage, negro equality. and negro majorltiesl
J in the South, by their Congressional policy,
Il thing in Ohio. We will strike out the
word white from your good old constitu-
tion,pi Ia voice, s'They won't do it this
E.falLnI L don't, think, myself, they will.
Il But some patriotic fellow who never went
!, ], to war any more than did, laughter. at
= this point. perhaps, says, ''Ah the reason
> I'VE must give, the negro this great right at
,, the ballot box is, that, he was loyal and
| fought the battles Of the Union, and but
for his fighting we never would have saved
> the Union" Well, SO far as, their saving
, 1.-The Union is concerned, they haven't saved
2 it yet. That is, for US to do, for the Union
5 is not saved. But give them the benefit OF
: their argument. ~. is.-,i'f..i-7 -1-.,...
THE WHITE BOYS IN BLUE. .i 10
81 Now, when 1 arrived in Zanesville last
fweek, about a thousand voters came
: down to the depot. with band playing and
= in procession. There was a time, not long
= = agoilwheu Democrats were not thus well
/ coined there in this manner. But Colonel
: Fouke and mvself were escorted to the
were worniI read white Boys in Bue''
: rf-[applause]- and 1 read upona bigflag
: Eon, Main street.. 1.-The Headquarters of the
. . White Boys in Blue!" Aye, the whole State
:, of Ohio will be the headquarters of the
J ssWhite Bows in Blue" a week from next
. Tuesday. (Cheers But what do the White
!, Boys in Blue think of these Radicals, who
q q tell them that but forsthe negro, but for
: this inferior being, but for the African,
n they could not have restored the Union
q ithey could not have whipped Joe Johnston
= fcould not have driven MIN to the sea, un.
q q der the guidance of your glorious Sher-
4 man, could never have made Lee surrender:
q In my opinion, an answer will soon be
: given to. this libel on the white soldier
: which wilhpnt it to rest forever. I37 1
Il h cosT OF THE CONGRESSIONAL POLICY.
Having thus discussed the Congressional
n policy in some OF its features, let me dis
: euss it in another which presents itsel
I with great force to the laboring, tax-pay-
i ing men of this country. You have got
l. this policy: it is a fact fixed upon the
Is country. You have negro suffrage under
= it throughout the South ;vyou have negro
:. supremacy in many of the States, and those
l. principles are. spreading to, the State OF
! Ohio. Now,rif there is Radical here, OF
y in the State of Ohio, who looks upon this
. policy with approval or simply with, indif-
e ference, let me, ask him it he is aware OF
e dollars and ,cents2 There are many things
p pthat, look we'll in the, abstract but if they
ls fshOuld prove to be very expensive theiI
u appearance would materially change You
e may be in love with this Congressional
q lipolicy, but do you know, how, much ex-
ppense it is to the country? The bill is rem
. ldered tOuyou, and you pay it. The tax
= gatherer, COMES and gives you the account
'e and tells you to settle it,. He receipts it
a What is this jtax,gatherers bill upon the
ot nation?i The Congressional policy requires
~ standing army covering five military
d districts. to enforce negro suffrage at the
IS point of the bayonet. That's the use made
& tof the standing army. Who pays for it.
l. Here comes IN the point for the Radiea
X taxpayer. You have got negro suffrage:
e. yes, and you paw for it. The standing army
,, makes negro suffrage throughout the South
n 7 and the standing army costs YOU money
+ "Well,r says one. show much? We hadn'
z Thought OF that?" Let me tell you in {
isl quiet way. In his last report the Secretary
of War estimated that the expense of tn,
pc army this year would be about two hun
4 dred and eighty-fye million. dollars.
'e was in Congress long enough to know tina
u all such estimates are, always under instead
e. Fof over, and, instead of two hundred AM
~ eighty-five million dollars, we may safelv
q conclude that taxes to the amount o
* three hundred millions year will
VI have to be- collected to support thi
s, standing army with which 10 entore
ea1 the Congressional policy gof reconstruc
~ tion in the South I A voice., You ar
TO talking sense."l 1 am not talking yer,
en we'll, nor with much ease, for got up ou
VS. of sick bed to come here !; but still thin
ct / am talking sense when show the peopl
o. that this policy has not only dismembere,
oe their country. not only destroyed the states
n not only belied all theIpromises made dur
ing the war, not only given up six or sevel
OF States napr0 an nrpmqcV hut tha ho
IN ilikewise madey you slaves to the tax gather
,i- Ter. Three hundred millions of dollars /
ne an immense sum of money-you can hard
III ly estimate how much. During Mr.. Bu
no chanan's administration. and when he ha
cy the Mormon war upon his hands, the Who'll
e. expense the Government was about SS5
er 100000 a year for all purposes, for civ
lr- purposes as wellas military--but little NOR
nd than one-fourth'of what the single item {
W, Congressional policy now costs this people
I'm Yet storm was raised against Mr.. Blu
an chanan,' and the country was stirred to
ed degree of excitement never till that tim
lt.1 known, because it was said he was profit
ay gate and was spending too much of th
rt.5 peoples money Mr.. Wade, Mr.. Sherman
ynl and the rest of the politicians of Ohio, no,
OF is this thing? Tell the people why it
N that they pay this enormous sum to carr
is out this policy. A policy will carry itse
m' if it. is just and right. Houare paying th
es' to elevate the black man, to enfranchis
ne him; to give power TO him, to send him
p- Congress to make laws for you. You al
nd not only thus degrading yourselves, ,bu
YOU are footing the bill at the same tim
au ~, But this is not all. This black race is S
" !, wise that it ought in Radical estimation
no to govern the country; so wise that
ns ought to vote here in Ohio: so elevate
,hf and so loyal that it must control States
" and yet, in the same breath, it is admitte
m re that you must feed and clothe the pegr
~ ~ ont of your pockets, by supporting a