The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-05-20
the Rampant EaaeFera;Ett;ases
Of RETni Seminary.

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The RamBart UaaeTsra,It,,e,
of RHTai Seminary.
Ne ,gpdcrgradaatss ~ ths Rnralr ISSemi
1ary-, 10 their rccalcitrations acain,t the re.
eeut act of the Legislature, With forbid
lhem. TO vote except at taeir homes, denon
sifaisyery distinctly the value and safe o.
The etgeatiea.Oi which they ure>in The Re
eeipt. They complain Of being disiranehis
ed, aud in ntheir collsge journals, and the
resolutions of their indignation meetings.
eubhrR ia spasaioaic litsra,ure, With all
sthe yigor Of youth combined With the Dis.
honesty of age aud the slallowness of in.
fancy The minors of the Rrral institu.
tion who find the subject 50 painful, are
very sRre that they have been disfianchiscd
and that the act is nsiasamousoutrag Cd
on the canse Of education to the intent TO
made it odiuus. let us have little sober
conversation with these gushing young gen
tlemen.
~ Jour Professors Of A.sFsl Science dc
not tell you 50, il is nevertheless true that
the learning most IMPORTANT to man IS that
Which teaches him to deal eanldly With
himsef-to see things as they. are. and to
tell the&rdih. Your Greek and Latin and
Mathematics, and your little surattering of
Chemistry Geology and Natural ptiloso-
ply does not, by any means, liropfto rigore
transform yon into, intellectual giants or
moral prodigise; and you may Become mas
ters of the entire college curriculum, and
yet possess not one quality or qualification
which entities you to your own respect or
to the confidence Of your fellow man. ag
You affirm that the late law Of the I.agis-
lature disfranehists the students Of the
0hiocolleges; and you state the case as If
as you understand it-evcry undergraduate
of every Ohio college has been dsfranchis-
ed. Now, the law does not disfranehise. a
single human being; and this yoa must
know if f,yon have 4 reasonable acluiiintance
Yith the value oirwordS and the force OF
language. 1t is true that the newspapers
of the Republican party deseribetbe effect
Of the law in the same terms which yon
employ; but the conductors Of those papers
have an object in.so doing. They assume
that YOU are ignorant aud foolish, and i'm
oging that if they can awaken your preiu
lice, and make you believe tbat you are
sufferer; under a great wrong, they can use
fou as implements Of party agitation dur
pg your minority, and be sure Of you as |
olowers when yop have arrived at your
lge of legal manhood. You see that, SO |
ar as the prcsenti is concerned, they were
.orrcct. You young gentleman, the pccu,
lar intellectual Representatives Of the rising |
surrendered yoEr reasons at Ithe |
irst temptation, and walked into the elamsy
rap that was set for your captivity 1'4
The act simply applies prin2ipIe whose |
distract correctness no one disputes. which |
he Constitution Of the State aiIiims and |
which constitutes the general rule by which |
'ur elective system is defined and regulated. |
\ man can be a voter in but one precinct at |
time, and there isno improp riety in the |
fSing, IN all special cases, the |
ule under which the franchise shall be en-
Dyed. This is all that 4 he Legislature has
one; and when the students of Rural |
aminary resolve that they have been Dis |
'anchiaed byit, they resolve that which, |
escrlbed in the plaiuest and simplest terms.
Galsehood. ni# # |
How many Of you, young gentleman are
ntitied tovoto anywhoreG Probably net one |
a ten of the undergraduates Of the Ohio |
olleges have arrived at the age of majority.
he greater share of these earnest pro-
wonderfully. oppressed and !
own-trooddeh members Of society these /
roaming martyrs under Democratic despo-
ism-are boys between the ages of four-
zen and nineteen; individuals against whom |
nkindy nature W and tyranaic law have |
ombned, conlemning them to tarry in the |
jericho of noiiage tor several |
ears Is come, until their political boards
hail have sproutcd, 1t is. hardly aurpris-
ng, perhaps, considering their immataity
hat, in their wrath at the General Assem-
", they forget the still heavier cause Of
elton they have against tie natural forces
{ the universe for not bringing them into
he woril several years before they made
heir actual appearance. II
Ii fany one will take the trouble to .exc-i
iine the catalogues of our Western coli
'ges, he will observe that the great bodyI
{ the Students. of each are from the near
lcinity Of the institution. Three or four
ours travel, at most, will take the major
ortion Of them to the homes of their fam
es: SO that the chances are many to one
rat the student who has arrived at nFsn-
ood can, with very littieinconveGenc. and
'ss Of time, vote at his legal placeof lrosi-
ence.. These are facts whiththese fluent
oung gentleman, IF they had dbcen half as
nxious to comprehend the truth as they!
ere to discover that tiiey were victims and
artyrs, and to embark IN soph homorica
ltraSoganzas to correspond, wOuld have
isily understood ega s,e aaatf II
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