Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-10-09

birth as, however, / have inherited my
fathers name, and his principles, Il Is nat
ural that l should inherit their animosity.
Nevertheless, 1t Is strange that these men,
his bitterest enemies in life, should now
claim to be the truest exponents of his
principles, but not more strange than that
they should now assert themselves the best
friends of the Constitution of the United
States, and the infallible interpreters of
its provisions, after they have sacrificed
hundreds of thousands of lives, and
thousands of millions of treasure to
trample into'the dust that sacred instru-
ment. q A B.
Such is their consistency, and such 1t Is
throughout all their political principles,
If white Republican addresses crowd
of colored men, expressing his honest SEN
timents, instructing them in their rights
and duties, and advising them as friend,
that action involves social equality, and Is
disreputable.
High-born conservatives, however, can
mingie promiscuously among colored men
at barbecues, eat from the same sheep, and
drink from the same bottle, and they de-
serve the praise of their fellow. citizens
| If q colored man, following his honest con.
victions, votes for the best interests of his
race, and as all his higher instincts prompt
him, he is totally unworthy of the ballot,
and is even unfit to dig a bare subsistence
| from the bosom of the common earth. IT,
| on the other hand, that colored man
proves traitor to his race--votes to con-
| sign himself his wife, and his children to
a condition worse than slavery, for. they
| all say that the condition of an old free
negro was worse than that of slave, he
| Is respectable, and his swartby hand is
| worthy of grasping the sweetest flowers
| plucked by the snowy fingers of Carolina's s
| fairest daughters. By reference to the
columns of the Standard you will learn
that in the town of Chapel Hill, of classic
fame, the ladies, to testify their admiration
for the eloquence of colored Conserva-
| tive orator, presented him with an elegant
| bouquet of flowers. have no objection to
this. The flowers were their own, and
they may give them to whom they please
but claim the right, as long as l observe
the restraints ofpublic decency, of deciding
upon the propriety or impropriety of my
own conduct The time has gone by
when one man was better than another
because he happened to be born in indie.
pendent circumstances, and hencetorth
virtue and intelligence alone shall be the
criteria of merit. Nothing more clear
" shows the utter hopelessness of the so
called Conservative cause, and the politi
cal degradation to which the party has de
scended, than the means employed to In
sure success since they are afraid to leavs
the result with the unbiased vote of the
citizens of the State and country. Any
man who, by refusing employment to al
who will not swear to vote the Demo
cratic ticket, and this is done openly al
over the State, attempts to starve a col
ored man into voting against his dellber
ate convictions and the best interests o
his race, is less worthy Of the ballot thai
the negro whom he influences. @~
Consider, then, the difference betweel
the candidates, Seymour, former Governo
of New York, and Grant, the conquere
of the rebellion. It is true that Seymou
may be the more fluent speaker, that is
may find more to talk about; but whe
, Gen. Grant has anything to say, he
pretty generally understood; since, fo
instance, as his Immediate and uncond
I tional surrender" The former l know
| reputation, the latter personally. GEL
Grant has not the qualities requisite in
! hero of-romance; but the very fact this
, his mind is so equally balanced that n
I one trait predominates, except, perhap
his invincible frmness and devotion
constitutional liberty, fits him to calm th
f domestic troubles of the country his swor
has saved. Butt have no fears of the r,
suit I have too much confidence in tn
= intelligence and patriotism of my fellow
, citizens of North Carolina, and of the ell
i tire Union. With this implicit trust,
Z look forward to the 4th of next Marcl
when Grant and Colfax will take thei
! seats, as the inauguration of new err
! when peace and plenty will smile owe
; the entire country, healing the breacht
/ made by the late civil war while the ol
, flag will once more wave in triumph owe
a happy and united land. te.-I Es