Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-10-02
MIR. CadweII's speech.

I .L..M IT,. |-a A# -
The speech,of Capt. D. CALDWELL st
Webb's Hall, on Tuesday evening OF
LAST week, was listened to With marked
attention BY a large audience, who
seemed to heartily sympathize with the
speaker in his outspoken radical views
on popular rights On the question of
the Constitutional Amendment, he
speaker presented his reasons in favor
of it with great force and clearness.-
And as this is the question of the pres
emit campaign in Ohio, we take pleas
ure in laying before our readers the
suSjoined nineteen reasons why every
Republican voter should vote up6athe
Constitutions Amendment-Yes.A
These nineteen reasons constitute the
marrow of Mr.. DsdwelPs argument for
the Constitutional Amendment, and
was furnished by him for the benefit
of the Ashtabula voters through the
papers of that Countrywide apply them
as ofequzI force ID our own county viz:
LIST. The theory Of our government is
that Of a purely democratic republic,
and every. limitation Of the right of suf
frsge, is q denial of this thsoFE ard an
practice an approach towards aristcc-
.racy OF, monarchy. -, =
9 At least every responsible male
adult, whose interests are identified
with our country, and whose rights are
not forfeited by crime, should have a,
voice in administration of its affairs.
| 8. IF life, liberty and property are nat
ural rights, it. i equally our natural
right to make uselof the best agencies
to secure them. -
f. 1t is. sntirepublicen and wrong
to prohibit sman from voting because
he is poor, a learned aRd loyal patriot
nay lack properly, a millionaire may
be strsitor or an ignoramus.
s.. In proportion as Constituencies
are limited in the right Of suffrage, the
chances and probabilities of fraud and
corruption in the rePFssehtstion are
increased.
{. In ssrepublc Of several confedera-
ted States each indiyidualin any State,
should have the same rights, and the
same political power as the individual
in any other Of those States. -
Z. With the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States as it o is, negroes being
excluded from voting and Congression-
al representation the same as now, the
most ignorant rebel in South Carolina
has twice and one-ffth as much polit-
ieal power in any Presidential or Con-
gressioBal ELECTION, as any man In Ohio.
s. To withhold suffrage from the ne
gro, is to deprive one-eleyenth of the
entire population of the United States
from either direct or-indirect represen-
tation IN the government which they
must obey and defend ss4
9, This is to be the government Of
whites. It is also TO be the; government
of about four and a-half millions of
blacks, His, and is to be, their. country
and their government. They have no.
other, they helped make it. they have
helped defend It and if we will not
permit them 70 be for it they viii be
Go. The same Almighty Power who
made the white man. made the black
man, 1t is, impious to say ore has less
natural rights than the other.as1s q
IL. Negroes are subject to civil and
criminal laws, they sretaxsd, they are
drafted into the army, compelled TO
bear with US equally in al respects the
burthens of the governments and
should be equal in al respects before
tho law -
u, More tban 100, 900 Of Them serv
ed in the army. They fought brayely.
splendidly, against the traitors who
sought to destoy the government. In
the army or out of it all were true and
10 Withont the right. of suffrage in
the South. neither negroes nor loyal
'whiteseean have any protection against
the spiHt of secessionism and rnfian-
ism, except through the military arm
.QfTthsi gQEeInmsnt,3sr Asv 500 ssf II
n44. Natural right, justice. hlnanity,
eonpeasatIOn .fQTs willing loyalserVice,
cQRslstenayde9dpT uParbsskEsllas pro-
ssetioRS Ger Them, dsnsas That the
sishsof s9ffEagsbee8tended oithem
n1allth States tud ,bs3csl5 o. q
.u43s AheE votes d4rl49 Faez present
year.iakhe pstIiet-efvG olumba and IN
Fsaaessee EAsRA them hst enlF capable
ofIesAepcHng hsRsslFes 9TepeFiy at
elections, bNteapAbA Of EdgRgAner-
riRgRAad acting saFlessE fof4oyslty
AndisgsHstE easeEsIsdsI OBJ nvob
az WhlA RavnensRd ythebEecon-
sW9etion eftke EebA States, that ne
groes shalbVote we should not hesitate
to PeTmittbem to vote in Ohio. G
,T1F. To 7adeRbShe amendment IN
Ohio. BIO deprive cur enemies Of the
argument they are so anxious TO pre-
serve. ssNeU&ctse it upon the South, /
but Siii Eotaa6optit yolrseIEes.Ha
.ailS9Itis y principle which thu Re-
Publican lv0tefsb of TrumduH Goshty
have onghprofessed. Now we have the I
opportuBity1snd it is loursdutg toeputitl
into praetidesa ISAAC nnrod 90 Efotcf Il
l9. Every ticket polled at the ssner-
al election On the Sth of October which !
has not printed or written upon it
tConstitUtionAl Amendment, Yesyi Isl