The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-11-12
TUESDAY IN CHESTER
FIELD

Under the above caption. the
Morgan Herald, OF Nov g.. treats it's
readers TO n column and a quarter
OF matter. The article is rcplctc
with Misrepresentation. falsohoods
and abuse from beginning to end
and, il it were not for the purpose
OF showing how completely the
Quaker element OF Morgan county
has carried out and forced upon our
people the doctrine Of negro equal,
ity we should not reply toil.
For some years ba.k, The Dcmoc
racy Of Marion township have com
planned Of their township trustees,
who have always been Abolition
lists, for allowing negroes to vote
the iaw Of Ohio being that he who
is more than half white cannot cN-
orciso .hot privilege. These com
plants have been so frequently
made that some Of the leading
Democrats Of Morgan township,
who heretofore had not given cred
cncU TO them, determined, on luarn
ing that iiCecn negroes voted there
ut the late October election, that
some Que from this township
should go out 70 Chesterfield on the
day Of The late Presidential election
stand at the polls and challcug, the
votes Of these 'ccmmcn o5 color,
should they present thomsclvcs.-
II beng a difficult matter TO &c;
any one to undertake SO unpieas
ant a duty, the idea was about Civ.
cn up, when, on the day preceding
tho day Of the election, Il Democrat
of Marion came into town and in
sisted that some one should 60 out.
Not caring 4 great deal for The ca.
NIFTY Of the Quukcrs and negroes,
the editor Of this paper determined
to go. On reaching Chesterfield az
about 10 o'clock, \ ", he proceed
cd to the polls and learned that but
one negro had voted that morning.
Not more than ten minutes elapsed,
however, before another one pre-
seHtod-his ballot. Tins mausuamu
was John G.. Jackson. Ills connte-
nance. (Nyc beg pardon o! the learns
Cd editor Of the Herald for persist.
ing IN using this term ) yes, ms
CurYTESANcE indicated that ho was
at least throc-lourths, if mot four
iiiths, African, AID his yOJo was
challenged. 1t is useless 70 say
that tins created quito a little hub.
.bub amongst tho-S4eyaiA negro.
worshiPing byslauders. Their feel
inss were wounded 90 an ~indJscrib-
able dcgrcc. Such an insult had
never, within tho memory Of the
Oldest ~iuhabitant, been offered in
odd Marion, to q FREQ American
citizen Of African scent" But, not
wIlhstaudmg their olden time cut.
ioms the challenge was not with
drawn, and John G.. jackson had to
suffer the i~ndignlty 81 being sworn
and answering queries us TO his
qualifications under the laws 81
Ohio.
The examination amounted TO
about the following:
Qpcsuon-Aro you moro white
-thHn black
Answer cannot toll whether !
am white or black. ! have heard
people say my father wa more than
half white and my mother The
same.
This was all jackson knew about
the amount Of white blood there
was in his veins, and the objection
10 his voting being slig made, he
called in Gsa witness another negro
named George Hilton. he, being
sworn, was asked
Question: What 90 you Enow
about John e. Jackson beng moro
white than black ?
Answer know nothing more
chan that the reputcd father Of John
G, Jackson tod mo that he, the fa-
thor, WAS moro than half white.
This wa deomod by tho Judges
Of the election to DO sufficient cvis
dCnco to allow John q. Jackson IA
vote, Notwithstanding tho fact that
scarcely a trace Q fwhite blood could
be detected about hin. Ii we I'M
dorstand the laws of OHIO, We hole
that it Is incumbent on one who
has visible traces Of African blood
in his VEINS TO prove himself TO b,
more than half white before DO ca,
be allowed to vote. Further, 1t i,
certainly an Indispu'able fact tina.
1t Is the best of evidence ofAiricar
blood in such a person that only
the iaintcst traces OF white blood