The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1868-06-11
RepubI lean National Ticket.
II H roR PRESIDENT,
ULYSSES s. GRANT, !,
p. ~ OF ILLINOIS.
SCHUYLER COLFAX,
OF INDIANA
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". +. KAMBUSCH, Neeborn County.
OSCAR MALMRos, Ramsey County.
G.. +. BROWN. Nicollet Comfy,
+. @. JONES, Anoka County.
GRIEF IN OHIO.

= The Democracy Of Ohio, like their
friends in the late Contederacy, or At
the Cross Roads, have their dark and
gloomy hours, their days Of sorrow aud
their moments Of despair. They have
their nost darling plans frustrated,
their fondest hopes crushed to Garth
probably to rise again-and tho pic.
lures Of eternal Democratic sunshine
fad, before their eyes as do the mists
Of morning before the sun. They
build up temples wherein preside the
deities that led this country into civil
var with its oceans Of blood aud mil
lions Of wasted treasure, and bow down
and worship tho demons Of strife aud
internal dissension. They are not with
out their martyrs even, for if the Con-
fedsracy hus its lavis, its Breckinridge
OF its Wirz, and the Cross Roads its
Nasty and its Deacon Pogram, has not
Ohio its Vallandigham aud its DR..
Olds?
Last winter the Democracy of Ohio,
were in tkeir seventh heaven of political
rapture; they were in = majority in
their Legislature, the first time for
years. Need We enume,ate the de-
grees OF ecstacy that prevailed, to tell
the happiness that existed or the tenor
Of the legislation that followed. 1t was
= time Of important action, the Repub-
icans-in their might for years-had
neglected TO Ego for" the African as a
white man should, had neglected to
cast around the loins of the sturdy
black those restrictions that are so nee
easary to keep him down.trodden and
degraded wretch, had failed to pass
those laws 80 essential to secure the
peace and happiness OF the Ohio Dem
ocrats, and worse than all this, had to-
tally disregarded tho statutory, protec-
ton 50 piteous!y begged for, by the f.
males Of that State, who used to appear
in Democratic professions, with their
banners inscribed "White husbands or
none." Wretches, as they undoubted-
ly were-and Republican wretches at
that-must be taught a lesson, and laws
were at once conceived to remedy all
these evils. Three millions Of whites
ia Ohio must and should be protected
from the social assaults of the Forty
thousand blacks, or it would
Lad to-God knows where" ....,l
Among other enaetments of this
good old Democratic body, which 80 re.
minds Us of some legislatures before
the war, was one styled the visible i'd
mixture act by its terms denying Ger.
tain rights therein enumerated, TO all
in the borders Of the commonwealth of
Ohio who had any black blood what
ever in their veins, and to all others,
who would associate with the "shades."
The passage of this law was triumph
and caused intense satisfaction, the De-
mocracy were saved, saved. Prolcng-
ed were the rejoicings over the victory,
loud were the songs Of praise, and un-
paralleled the thanksgivings - that as
cended from Democratic threats, min
gled with the fumes of Democratic
whisky.
But all their exuItation is now
at an end there is weeping and wall
ing-not to mention variety of choice
oaths-tbat exceeds anything heard
from the Democracy, since Lee surren.
de1ed. The Superior Court of the
State has decided the act unconstitu-
t'onal and void, has swept it from the
statutes. The party that has been SO
Loud in it, denuuciations of the Repub-
icans because Of alleged disregard Of
the provisions of the constitution, has
made it cardinal virtue and prated
over ito saactity, violate It Immediately
upon coming into power. We sympa.
thize with the Ohio Democracy in their
su1erings, their tortures of mind and
agony Of body, at this result. They
need it.