The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-07-04

he endured with you the pritations
of the bivouac and the tent. When
the storm burst upon your serried1
ranks, he shared with you its pefiis
and tsscars. When the hell-houtid
of treason beleagured your fleeing
footsteps, to drag you back to the
prisons of skeleton death, he was
your pillar Of cloud by day ahd of
fire by night, to Guide you to the,
shelter OF your. counttys flag, His
blood mingled, with yours tipotl h
common altar, in one comtnoii catise.
1t is possible that il he had been less
true, less faithful, less devoted--that
if his black eolenns hsdi been com
bined against, instead of with you.
We might not now be here exercis
ing the privileges which hitherto he
Ihas sought in vain at our hands
Under our laws the traitor, with
hands red reeking with the blood Of
slaughtered patriots, may, upon a
residence of one short year, cast his
stained ballot to neutralize your
own: and shall we spurn away the
patriot black, inferior though he
may be, who aided You to lose
from our throats his gloody grasp !?
No! No! Liberty, whose temple his
blood contributed to cement, in
vokes us; manhood, whose rights
his strong arm assisted in vindicat-
ing, implores us; gratitude, which
springs impulsive from the generous
heart, appeals to us, to do the black
man simple justice, Will we, can
we, deny him?
But another consideration for the
extension of impartial suffrage still
remains, which it may be wise for
us to treat with the sagacious pru-
dence Of wise craftsmanship, rather
than with the folly and whim ofpas
sion or prejudice, lest the disas-
trous error which preceded emanci-
patton may be repeated in our deal
ing with the kindred question ofen-
franchisement.
History demonstrates that no ma
ton can permanently maintain in
ternal tranquility, which contains
within it subject race, bearing nu-
merically any considerable ratio to
the ruling class. Still less is this so
where the subject race excels in num-
bers. Their mutual jealousies are
the source and cause of bitter resent
ments and continual quarrel, until
put an end to by determination,
expulsion Or coalescence in the en-
joyment of common citizenship.
The centuries of Moorish domina-
ton in Spain were centuries of
strife and for two hundred years
the subject Saxon continued to sting
the heel Of his Norman oppressor,
until the full recognition of his
manhood was wrung from the ty-
rant at Runnymcde. The Ameri-
can States are not-cannot FORM.
exceptions to this great fact Of his
tory If the nation could not per-
manently endure, having within it
a race Of slaves, deprived of man
hood, much less can it maintain in
ternal peace, having within it a race
Of freedmen, numerically superior
in some of the States, to the domi-
nant race, deprived Of the privileges
Of full citizenship.
The number of the excluded race
in Ohio is so inconsiderable that her
repose might long continue undis-
turbed if she stood alone. But
Ohio has no separate and independ' t
existence. Her destiny is linked
with that of her sister States with
which she is united, by a common
bond, in one common country
That bond will be broken, that na-
ton will be dissolved, whenever the
incompatibility of it's parts provoke
implacable resentmcnts and retalia-
ton.
The impartial citizenship Of the
black race in many of the Southern
States is a matter of inevitable des
tiny. No power on earth but the
sword can prevent it. Inferiority
i Of race will not restrain, superiority
will not control, the force of immu-
table justice cooperating with the
power Of numbers. Either citizen
ship, or military despotism, or ex-
termination will result. / do not
believe that determination will re
suit the barbarism of the most bar
barous age does not justify the pre-
sumption. I do not believe that
military despotism will interpose
the liberties of thirty millions OF
freemen and their posterity forever,
will rather intercede for the enfran-
; chisement of a despised race, than
invoke into being the instrument OF
their own swift destruction. | dc
! not believe it will be necessary to
repeat the example of Runnymede
But the enfranchisement of the black
race in the States wherein it's mum
t bers Approximate those Of the eau
casian, must result from a law of ne
cessity and the force of numbers
and any attempt to stay or defeat
5 it will but repeat the obstinate ant
, stupendous folly of attempting tx
5 resist the inexorable laws and phys
ical forces which impelled to eman
cipation.
| 1t is in vain to urge against thi
march of destiny, that impartia
4 suffrage will incite a war Of races
S This might, if true, be reason VIII,
e it should not-none, however, tha
will not be accomplished. Blu
the objection is unphilosophical.-
1t Cannot be nationally contende,
Il lat u war of races will ensue with
on a just cause of quarrel. Ifbotl
be accorded the impartial means o
prote citing and defending the right
which equally pertains to their man
hood, no just cause of quarrel ca
b