The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-01-30

it. They are for "White Mans Gov
ernment," with a Copperhead at the
helm. Whether we run Grant, Chase,
or some third person, for President,
they will do their worst to defeat him.
V. Gov. Chase and Gen. Grant, we
will assume, are both favorable to I'm
partial Suffrage. Whichever wins he
will have the Republicans support and
the COpperheads' deadly opposition.
But with this difference:
Gov. Chase has for twenty years
stood up for Equal Rights irrespective
of color. He stood for the principle
when its advocates were but handful,
and when Slavery was rampant, ag-
gressive, invincible. There has never,
since l848, been doubt of his devotion
to Impartial Liberty. He did not fall
ter when he stood in the Senate all but
alone. If he is nominated, he need not
say word on the subject The Con-
vention need say nothing. He is q
platform within itself--a very broad
and firm one.
Gen. Grant, l have assumed, is essen.
tally in accord with Gov. Chase on this
point. But many do not know this,
and will insist on asking pointed ques-
tions, which must be answered.
"When did the General first take ground
for Impartial Suffragei How much
does he mean by the phrase3 Why do
such men as Montgomery Blair and
Thurlow Weed profess to be for him if
be does not hate 'niggers,' and seek to
grind them under his hSel7 How came
the Copperheads to think of making
him their candidatei Why have they
seemed to laud him down to this hourl"
When these questions have been fairly
answered-as they must be-Grant
Democrats will be as scarce as white
blackbirds.
vi. Meantime, we shall have strength
ened the enemy by creating very gen.
eral impression that we are afraid Of the
suffrage issue. For, however hearty
Gen. Grant may be on the right side Of
the Main Question, it is undeniabls
that neither be nor bis friends have
been in haste to declare themselves
thereon. The General has kept quiet,
while such suspicious Grant oracles as
The Times and The Commercial Advertiser
have persistently assailed Impartial
Suffrage. q.
VII. ! do not know a single person
who has clung to the Republican stand,
ard in view of "the chances" yet who
fairly hates the concession of political
franchises to the Coored race, who is
not red-mouthed for Grant. Be the
reason what it may, the fact is incon-
testable.
VIII. Were Gov. Chase nominated
and elected, that would be the end of
controversy respecting political rights
as affected by Color We are in tur-
moil now, because Andrew johnson
has betrayed and deserted those who
elected him, carrying the vast power of
his office over to the adversary. But
for that, the South would have been
quietly reconstructed and settled
months ago Elect Gov. Chase, and
the yet implacable Rebels would imi-
tate the strategy OtCapt. Martin Scott's
coon. They would realize at once that
further resistance could not avail, and
would come down.
TX. In 1858, Edwin D. Morgan was
chosen Governor of this State by II, ,440
majority. He at once recommended
Impartial Suffrage. Two successive
Republican Legislatures enacted and
reenacted it. 1t then went to the peo-
pie simultaneously with his canvass for
reelection, and was voted down by l4o,
3Sl majority; yet at that very election
Gov. Morgan was rechosen by 63,460
majority. So Gen, r. B. Hayes was
chosen Governor of Ohio last Fall, and
the entire Republican State ticket tri-
umphed with him, though Impartial
Suffrage was voted down at the same
election by some 40, 900 majority. And
precisely similar results have been ex-
hibited inWisconsin and in Minnesota.
The few weak brethren who vote against
Suffrage for Blacks, or withhold their
votes on this question, vote regularly
for the Republican candidates.
Such are some of the reasons which
seem to me to counsel the Republicans to
challenge public respect and confidence
by nominating for President their ablest,
strongest man-onein whom the whole
country will recognize the fullest en-
bodiment of their principles That
mar, respectfully submit, is SALMON
P. CHASE of Ohio, now Chief-Justice of
the United States-a native of the East,
a long resident Of the West, ofspotless
private character and unsurpassed pub
lic services. We can elect him; for we
can triumph on our principles if we
have courage and faith to trust the peo-
pie to uphold them. What is needed
is general enlightenment. Put ore
million copies of our best Republican
journals regularly for the current year
into the hands Of the labOring class,
showing them why they wOuld be false
to themselves if they should vote to dis
franchise fourth OF their own number,
and we must succeed. Our sorrow, hith-
erto, has been that we have seemed
afraid to be manly, logical, and JUST
while false sentinels on our watCh-tOw-
ers have been exciting prejudice against
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