Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1867-09-19
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"LEGGIN FOR VlNTON
|CoUNTYl-The Scioto Gazette.
lis Hleggin'" for Vintoncounty.
IIt thinks the Radical leaders
here need help. We find the
following in last tuesdays Ga
zette:
1.-THE Constitutional Amendment Is growing
in favor, as it Is more fully ventilated, In
little Vinton. The Union party 10 this coun-
Nv confdeRtially expect 70 poll 2 clean ticket
this fall. CaptP. Mark and Jones, Senator
Bradbury, Col. r. e. Phillips and Cyrus o.
French, Esq, are canVassing the county In
favor Of the Constitutional Amendment and
the Union ticket, waking the people up TO a
fuit sense Of the Importance Of the issues IN.
yolyed in the present political contest"
There it is, voters ofVinton
county! Do you wish to see it
written palmer thanthe Gazette
editors have written it2 Read
Iitagainl Youcan see thenames
Of the persons who are canvass
ing Vinton county in favor of
the Constitutional Amendment,
giving the Negro the right OF
suffrage, the right to hold Office,
the right to sit on juries and
TRY men of your own color, the
right to force his children into
your schools and into the seat
with the children of your white
neighbor who is notable to send
his children away to q select
school!
Do the people of this county
vet understand these disunion-
lists? +os,9s ta.ag
These same men endorse the
political sentiments of 1865,
when the Rev. j. w. BUsHoNG
said, at West Carlisle, Ohio, on
the2Sth ofAugust, that
"whoever lived i've years would live to
see the negro vote, and hold Office, and that
resolutions to that effect would be introduced
into the Legislature this winter, abolishing
all distinction on account of color. Why,
we let the IRISH, the DUTcH, and The ENGLisH
vote, and why not the NEGRo7 Are they mol
just as goodH For my part l know a great
many negroes better calculated TO enjoy the
right of suffrage than q large portion Of the
white people" osa
When asked what would be
the result, should a war of races
ensue, he replied, and the above
named men who are now can
vassing this county in fayoro o
the amendment endorse it: !.
"That the s~o.called Union party w0UEr
UNITE WITH TIE NEGROES ind wdgl
a par of determination against all whites that dt
indOrse The dogma Of perfect equality 8etVsq
the races"
\ Now; why all this Z
We answerin the language Of HEN.
EY WINTER DAVIS, a Maryland Adolf
zionist, who, in his speech at Chicago
said r4
ave need the Vote, Of tho color.
ed people; il is numbers, not intelligence
i .lo4 $50. - A. hoIo, L. u % Az. .:.LI
intention, and not philosophic judgment
that casts the vote" ,3.,
The reason why these men SC think
and talk, is that they endorse the ex-
preston of the Lancaster (Ohio) Ga.
sette, "a Radical Disunion paper Of
June, 1865, which said: "a negro has
as much right to vote as an Irish.
man." sssrts ~ ,a ,f7 IA
And, again, in the language Of Rev
il. W. BEEcHER, who said, in 1865
that vGsJ3a agaa ~
1.-THE Negro soldiers are more faithful thar
the white soldiers on guard duty The tread
of the army under the b'yOnet Of the black
man is safer than under the bayoneto Of thu
white soldier"
And, again, hear the Ninton Record
of Sept. II, 1867: 81
ut will be only about thirty days anti
the negro is the equal ota Democrat"
Whatdoycuthink ofthat, Democrats
Irish and Germans2
Why, should that be 'more fully
ventilated2" m sa
That is what is called waking the
people up to a full sense Of the I'M.
orfance of the issues involvedp
communicated.
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