Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-07-19

cause Of the Union, can she espouse that
Of equal rights? She has poured out
her best blood in defense of a great cause
VIII she have the moral courage to
ehaInuToh the weak and raise up the
At infinite cost she
vfndicated her vsIoFaad patriotism viii l
she without cost equally yindicate her 4
justice2 She nObIy placed herself on
the side offreedom when that side Was /
popular, will she have the Independence /
to place herself there simply because 1t /
is rfghtG She has punished the wrong /
with the sword, viii she rebuze it with /
the ballot? She has fought to maintain
the principle that government derives
its Just powers from the consent Of the
governed. viii she also speak for it ?
Ifshe will add these to her. achievements (
her name will be one of the proudest in
human history.
Ohio now enters into a contest in
which the issue is fairly made up be
tween right and preiudice. On the one
side are arrayed the noble sentiments
of Justice and consistency, and on the
other the base passions which consume
the charities Of human nature and
make the heart Of man rankle with
hatred of his fellow. No brave soul
6ramples on the weak simply because
it can. No magnanimous spirit creates
artificial barriers to Keep down the low
Iy. It is a mean, a contemplate spirit
which prompts a man to put his foot on
/ the neck. .ofa weaker and humber NOR
tai because he happens to be the object
/ of popular opprobrium. And if such
an act is mean in an individual how
much more unworthy is it of a great
/ people: What shall be said Of a State
which .tramples down with the heel of
Legislation an unfortunate raceF Can
there be any motive for such an act
aside from pride, selfishness or preju-
dice? There is none, and it is to these
motives exclusively that the Democrat
ic party appeals to induce the people to
4 vote lzozzsa- the -eor7stitutiszzaf amend
ment. And shall it be recorded of them
IN history that to crafty their pride
seIfishness ahd' prejudice they did this
liniusticef If it is it viii be written K
their shame and to that Of their chill
dren's children.
A man who permits himself to b
governed by such motives ought to b
ASHAMED to confess it, and the party
. which appeals to them thereby acznowl
, edges the weakness of its cause. WI!
, will not the Democracy trust its cas-
, with uninpassioned public Judgment
! WHY does it not make it's appeal to rea
son and argument instead of passion
and prejudice Why does it circulat
. as campaign documents disgusting pic
! lures which can only address feeling
= which will not be confessed by an in
. dividual who aspires to intelligence AM
. deoency? Is this worthy of a part.
= which has right on its side and justic
for its creed ? Is it not rather an ap
peal which insults the Judgment an
s does violence to the sentiments Of tn
!. intelligent voter? Would not any sue
! man be ashamed to confess after cleo
2 ton that he had been governed in hi
e vote by such a despieabIe document?
f Yet such are the arguments pre-
s tsented by the Democratic party in thi
II campaign. And that too by a part
y which processes to be in favor of maH
Y ing intelligence a qualification for th
r ballot The people of Ohio viii pU
l. such arguments under their feet
i, They will trample them in kin
8 dred filth. They will vote down th
T. party which resorts to such unworth
l. means of misleading the public min
10 as they have again and again voted
i down before. They will vindicate then
O selves from the insinuation thus mad
l. that their prejudices are stronger tha
IT their judgment or sense of Justice.
n their behalf, as we believe, we CT
II shame on the Democratic party Of t,
l. day, which asks them to vote again
Ic right to crafty prejudice. We cha
70 lenge it's proofs and arguments. "
t. defy its unfair appeals and dare it
l. the tribunal of reason. It viii not al
IF pear, or if so well knowing that II sha
,e 90 away oondemued by the voice Oftl
= people who, Vanquishing it, will al;
re- gain a greater and nobler victory /
oft showing themselves superior to Il
b Establishments of sOphistry and Il
le power Of prejudice, and will win f
p their noble State the right to have i
to scribed. on her escutchen. the mott,
A. TTy,olt, qa,i Sc Utncit.'