The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-05-01

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rish, OF suffrage as i pcrleols that freedom
and Independence equNny promote and In \
CREASE the chastity of both racesf
Dem Perhops so. But surely the in
PRODUCTION Of so many ignorant semi.bar-
barOus voters, 10 exercise their inllnence
over the milking Of our laws, can only tend, |
by degrading the constituency. TO lower
the standard of legisaiion The Ignorance
'of a country. eapnet bopermuted to rule It.
For That 10 Just the reason they give
in Euglaud why oho.seventh of the people
should monopolisS tho ballot TO the eXclu.
sion of the o,hor six se venthso But you in
tho United, States have not found that il !
endangered tho state or Injured the county
to allow ignorant white men to vote. ''''''
Dem, M ON the contrary, thc humber
and less sophisticated class of.yoters have
always shown thoir superior hlpess for the
exercise oi the right OF suffrage by voting
the straight Democratic ticket, without
scratching tr'1' r
For. why that Ia exactly what YOU
complain of the negroes down South for
doing. - ...I...,
Dem. No; they vote the Black Republt.
car Tx ket every time ''HaI''uE 'uI 4
h1r. But AS tho foreigners were won to
the Democratic ticket by the fact that the
Democratic party gavo them the right to
vote aud hold Office SO the Southern ne.
grocs are unanimous sor the Radical ticket
because that party gives. them the same
| rights. Do not their votes result FROM the
same motives aud show the same Judgment
as werc displayed hy The foreign vo ters in
| voting Tho Ocmocratie tiokctp A'a e
Dem Very nearly ! always despised
| the foroigu vote, aud regarded it as the
! heaviest load the Democratic party and the
country had to carry.
For. but would not the foreign element
| have madeo hundred lohl more trouble If
! they had been excluded from voting. iba,t
they have made by yoling2 Think with
! what rebclious aud revolutions our coun.
! try would have been torn, IL six millions
OF turbulent Foreigners, tlooing from OPP.
preston in the Old World, had been do.
! uied all political rights in the New, =.
Dem. OF course. The ballot has operated
as tho safety yvalvc through which they
have left of their surplus explosive ten
denoics, d yr.g Boa ..sH .4.
For Or rather as tho piston through
which they have brought 20 bear, TO propei
! the machinery of The ship OF State, those
same peut-up powers md passions which
found vent in revolution aud rebellion in
Europe, . s-He ..r..,,.,I ,....,.. F.,
Dem | perceive that your Argument is
that the result win DO the same in the case
Of the negro. a'l.H '' vel as
,For Why not9 Moreover, has il ever
occurred to you that voting rightly is a
very simple affair." 1t does not need that
every voter should understand all political
questions. If it did, no republic could
oullve its first election.
Dem. True, In voting, as in business
if each man secs what is for his own iu-
terest, and votes according to that ouly,
the votes of all viii as exactly express the
interests of all as il each man saw not only
what, his own interests required but
what those OF every other person in tho
State demanded. .3t, ...
For, Exactly, Now, voters do mol vote
/ for moasureH nor select candidates. The
!, candidates are selected and measures or
principles proposed by two conventions
/, one of each political party, according tr
what those conventions which consist o
. skilled politicians, conceive TINT the ma
! iority of voters will vote for. Thus tive
| political platforms and sets Of candidates
arc presented, aud tho voters choice il
confined to simply taking one or the 'othO
, Of these two. A~fQ7t Hrobi so i' .H'Wua
, Dem. That is so but he may take th,
wrong one, 81 rt4rt.,.-...r,.-. -.,...
For If tho decision of the maiorit,
NClt SuISiHSlNb bS w NlliCl llChel III IlS u
! or wrong, it becomes you to be modest il
Cbjectng to the exercise of tho right o
sutlerage by others, since you have your
self voted on the wrong side at every eec
tion for The past eight years.
Dem You consider it Indifferent, then
whether the race, whom you would Admi
to the suffrage, vote on the right side o.
the wrong '
For. BY no means. Iconsder it impos
, sible that they shall fail to vote right, ac
cordiug to the simple standard we have
agreed upon. viz: tnnt every voter shoul,
ask himself ouly, 4" How will this vote ben
eft me 2" The negro calr tell which part,
pledges itself TO give him education, aud
Justice, protection, equal Laws free accesi
to the courts and the jury box and which
on the other hand, promises to his auceu
master to take away all rights from th,
! negro, TO stop his enlightenment, and Il
: restore HIM if possible to slavery. 1t i
mauitestly his duty to vote for the iorme
party aud against the latter, And with
a few dozen exceptions every negro at TN
South has had enough wit to see whicl
q way his interests. lay, and to vote accord
mgly. @ I'D. ar
Dem, Well,I will not press you to tn
wal on this matter now, will leave yol
to think 1t over a your leisure. Mean
= while the Knklnx Khan are firing guns d
the square, over the great Democratic gain
in the Connecticut election, aud iulrs Z
Gown aud help pay for the powder Chica
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