Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1868-09-03
New Series-Vo1. 8, No 81.

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ed Republicans in this State who owe
their freedom TO the Government OF the
United States, and eirenfranchlsement
to the Republican Congress and the Stub
bornness of the Democratic leaders OF
I the South. They know full we'll that
they are the allies OF the white Republic
cs of the State, and that the Demo-
rracv are striving to bring the one into
disrerute and destroy the other. why
this cutlery for Seymour, Blair and an
other revolution? The object is to drive
I the colored man from the polls and place
/ him back into the condition of slavery
except the name. Remember this, my
celored friends. The white Republicans
are the only reliable friends, politically,
you have in this State or this country
! If General Grant and ColfaX are elected,
YOUR rights are safe and our rights are
secure. We shall then have peace. quiet
and prosperity. If Seymour and Blair
are elected, they will try to crush you
and destroy your rights. We shall then
have revolution, war and blocdshed.-
Every Republican, whether white or
| black, must, therefore, see the necessity
of rallying under the banner of Grant
and ColfaX and march to the music OF
| the Union till success shall crown their
efforts, and bear their chief, on the 4th
of March next, in triumph to the White
House.
Toaccomplish this you mustlabor earn
estly and actively. You must form clubs
in every county and every district of the
State. You must see that every Repub-
| lican enrolls his name. You must get
| them to the club meetings as often as
possible You must warn them of their
danger-and, on election day, you must
| see that every one is at the polls, and
that they are neither deprived of their
votes by force or intimidation, nor swim
died out of them by fraud, artifce, or
| trick. My coIored friends, the Demo
crats, appealing to yourappetite and not
to your understanding, threaten to buy
your votes, with hams, corn meal and
flour, and dresses for your wives. If a
Democrat offers to buy your vote, scOrn
him. His object is to buy your freedom,
and your future right to vote. If you
make the sale, your wife should scorn
you. If you sell your vote for a dress
for her, she should burn it in your pres
ence, as the price of her children's liber-
ty On election day go in companies to
the polls, act peaceably, but firmly. Let
no white man drag you about. And be
sure you are not cheated in tickets. If
you can not read, get your tickets from
reliable men of your own race who can,
or from white men whose Republicanism
can not be questioned. If u Democrat
gives you ticket, take it, tear it up and
throw it away. But use no unkind ex-
preston, and offer him no rudeness, un-
less he attempts TO use force, or do you q
personal injury, and you are then justifi-
able in resisting him.
~. THE PLATOON.
But it is objected by the Democracy
that the Republican platform is unjust
to the South that it declares negro suf-
frage good enough for Georgia, but not
good enough for Ohio. Why is this ?
Why is this ? Georgia was in rebellion,
Ohio adhered to the government; GeOr-
gia was conquered with other States,
Ohio, with other States, the conqueror !;
Georgia. with other States, has had to
accept terms, Ohio, with other States,
dictates the terms. 1t is the usual and
simple case of difference between the
eonqueror and the conquered. As FUR
ther illustration, the people of Georgia,
az the dictation of President johnson,
is 1861, met in convention. That con-
vention was controlled by those who are
now shining Democratic lights. The
President, as the representative of Ohio,
and the other conqueFing States, dictated
to Georgia that she should abolish slav-
cry and destroy sOInE Ssiiee, 600 coo of her
wealth. These Democratic leaders said
amen, and executed the order. Nosuch
requirement was made of Ohio. The
destruction of four hundred millions of
dollars of Georgia property-these Dem
ocratic leaders being judges-was good
enough for Georgia, but not good enough
for Ohio. Again, the President dictated
that we should repudiate the Georgia
war debt. The convention did 1t. No
such demand was made of Ohio.
Reputation, says the johnson con-
vention, controlled by Democratic lead
ers, is good enough for Georgia, but not
good enough for Ohio. And in the face
of all this, these same Democratic lead
ers who cringed before President John
son, when he Disseminated between
Georgia and Ohio, and humbly did his
bidding, now hypocritically arrlign the
Republican party for making distinc-
ton between Georgia and Ohio, between
the eeonquerorand the conquered. Shame
ON such hypocrisy and Inconsistency
They are not Democrats in anything but
the name. .
Again, I, and many of those who act
with me, are denounced as renegades
from the Democratic party. What DEM
ocratic party? What Democratic party?
Not the old State rights Democracy, with
which have acted all my life. The
present so-called. Democratic party does
not profess a single principle, nor enter
tain a single sentiment, in common with
the old State rights Democracy.
If so, what is it? All know that the
very foundation upon which that organi-
cation rested was the doctrine of State
primary allegiance TO the
State, and the right of secession. This |
was the doctrine of the Virginia and
Kentucky resolutions, which were the
textbooks of the Democratic party
But this is no part of the creed of the |
so-calIed Democracy of Georgia. The |
sword has decided against this doctrine. !
Who now claims that the State of GeOr-
gia is sovereign? Who says she is en-
titled to his primary allegiance, or pro-
poses to yield it to her? She lost her
right to primary allegiance by her in !
ability to afford protection, and main |
tain her sovereignty in the field.
Who now maintains the right of Sc
cession? We not only lost it in the bat |
but we were compelled. before
we could receive pardon, to swear to
abandon it. Each of you who has taken /
the amnesty oath, swore to support the /
Union of the States. When you did this, 1
YOU gave up State primary |
allegiance to the State, and the right OF
secession. Here, then, the whole foun-
dation was knocked from under the old /
State rights Democracy. What other I
Democratic principle does this new or
ganization profess? Do they oppose a
Riph tariff? Mott takes all the money
that can be raised by tariff and direct I
taxation to pay the expenses of the Gov
ernment and the interest on the public
debt. All agree, then, that il is well that
the rich, who consume most, pay on their
luxuries and necessaries such tariff as
will tighten our direct taxes.
Do they oppose internal improvements
bv the General Government? No, they
do not. As we pay our part of the tax,
aud ns the Northern States are cOnStant-I