The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1867-08-29


1t has declared it in its platform.
and it will vote upon it on the sec
pnd Tuesday ? in October next.
| Cheers. What are the reasons
urged against it? The universal
rule given to US by the greater char
ter of our liberties, the Declaration
of Independence, that ''all men are
created equeal;n ! not all black men,
not all red men, men, not all white
men, not all slate or copper colored,
Ebut tt'all men are created equal and
wherever man bears the image OF
his race, that Declaration says he
stands upon an equality with all
other men; and we propose to bring
this doctrine to realization. Val
landigham says his principal objec-
ton to it is, that it involves social
equality, Let us look at this for a
moment. There are a great many
things by which, for want Of exam
ination, we are deceived. Why is
it that-the simple privilege@of east
ing a ballot makes the negro our
equal? Allthings else fail to make
him our equal. The fact that he
came from the same divine hand,
the fact that he has the same eternal
responsibility, that he breathes the
the same air, looks upon the same
sun, has the same sensibilities, the
same hopes, the same sorrows, eats
the same food, works in the same
feld--in all things alike save. his
color-and they all fail to make him
our equal. But the moment you
give him a piece of paper with the
name Of cadidate upon it, that
makes him our equal, and all the
Democratic party at that moment
is inssore tribulation How illogi-
cal !! Are our social relations de-
pendent upon the ballot. Because
a stranger to you votes at the same
ballot box does it follow that your
daughter must receive theattentions
Of his son; that your wife must call
upon his wife; that you must break
bread at his table? There is no
sense or argument in it.
CONFLICT OF RACES.
Then, say they in their platform,
it will be productive Of a conflict of
races the black man will rise against
the white man, and the white man.
against the black man, who, being
stronger, the black man must go to
the wall. A, conflict Of raees.!7 Out
Of what is it to come? Upon what
occasion? Who will inaugurate it ?
How will it be carried forward p
Upon what prete1t Andrew John
son seems to have given special cred
it to this theory, taking what he
said on the subject in refer
ence to the enfranchisement Of the.
negroes in the Districtof Columbia
He suid he would produce a con
fictg Of races Now they have an e
lection in the District of Columbia
under that very bill. Did you hear
Of any conflict? Was there any
white or black blood spilled there +?
If there had been, and the blood had
run side by side, you could not have
told which. was the white mans and
which the black mans blood.
Tennessee, under the radical legis-
lation Of that State, authorized the
blacks to-vote and two weeks ago
they did vote,i fifty or sixty thous-
and Of them and they re-e elected
old heroic Brownlow Governor of
the State. Cheers Was there
any conflict there? Did you hear
of any? The whole nation stood
trembling, as if poised upon 2 pivot
OF intense anxiety as to the fearful
results that would follow or accom-
pany the. election in Tennessee
But from Memphis to Knoxville, the
elections were,held as quietly as ever
was an election in 4 old RichIand
county. Cheers. A conflict Of
races !! You cannot inaugurate one.
The black man, who has been under
servitude for so many years, has
shown a disposition Of quitude, sub
ordination to law, and obedience,
that prevents, in him the. slightest
4 suspicion or presumption ofviolence
toward the white man. On the con
trary, he. looks kindly upon, and
talks kindly to him who has long
been his, master, and an oppressive
master at that. And if, in this coun-
try, we have white men who will in
augugurate riot, and b1oodshed for
the purpose of destroying the liber-
ties of the black men, we wish to say
to them, if you wish to inaugurate
a conflict Of races in that way we
will meet you with this Government
we now have, and make you bow
in submission to the higher law
[Cheers. The fact is, this 1opposi-
ton to negro suffrage in Ohio is
indefensibIe. =. s.ssss r-is4sss.2s,5-.S -
It is said that he has not that love
fscountry, appreciation .ofourinsti-
tutlons, that enables him properly
to be q citizen of this republic The
Democratic party, in 1861-62
preached. it and printed It drought
out the land that the black man was
a coward and would not take up
arms, and, if he did that he would
not fight fol. the Government. And
as early as the 23d Of January, 1861
4 Judge Thurman, in IA speech lnnade
4 Eat-aDemocratic Convention in Co
lumbus, said:1 "If they sbelieye the
the slaves of the south would assist
the invaders-(mea the armies
of the North }itheyt are laborings un-
der a delusion. 1T twas untrue.
| Either they would not fight, zorthey
would stand by the soltlfs lfs''a5 What
has history made patent to us all !
! 100000 black men were called from
farm, shop, and field, free and slave.