The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1868-04-24
THE VISIBLE ADMIxTuRE BILL.

Ono ot The most disgracolul measures
ever enacted by any Legislative body
has recently passed the Ohio Legislature.
BY its provisions tho judges of elec tion
are authorized 10 challenge the votc OF any
man whom they suspect to havo African
blood in his veins, and unloss tho individ,
ual take mn oath that he is innocent OF that
crime, the penalty inflicted is that oil polt
zeal disfranchisemsnt.
Neither Justice, Education, Patriotism,
nor Morality, have any voice in this docis
ion, prejudico alone prevails. We regard
such legislation as properly belonging to
tho darkest period OF the middle agop
when fendalisn prevailed, or to the palmy
days of Rome, when the patroian ruled
the plebian with rod of iron. Who are
these Solons of the Ohio Legislature I
What are their qualification for tie func
tons of Legislators! On these points, un
der tho date Of April 6, the Columbus cor,
respondent Of the Toledo Blade gives the
following illustration; 't''
a significant comment on the Justice
as well as propriety of disIfanchising the
visible almixture race, occurred at the
principal hotel in this city, day or two
since by the entrance into tho dining hall
of tho hotel, in the presence Of at least one
hundred guests OF an e.g u 8. iSeaafor, a
State Senator, aad q promjaem Representa-
tipe IN tho legislature, tho two latter hav.
ing voted Tor disfrauehscmeni scarce forty
eight hours before, all so heastly drunk
that neither OF them could hold up their
heada or walk straight. What made this
revolving spectacle even more signi6cant,
was tho fact that the waiter OF tho hotel, a
geptVel colorod man of evidently more
white than black blood, who, under the
decisiou of the Suprone .Copr,, was no
douht onuued 20 vote, paraded this trio OF
Legislators aud bruteS through tho entire
Ongth OF tho diniug hall, saying by his
manner, these are the mon who say such
as are unworthy OF suffrage. And what
perhaps adds even gteaier signilioaucy to
this disgusting scene, was the notorious
fect that the vote Of the State Senator re-
(erred to. secured the constitutional ma
| ior'ty TO the law Had he not voted the
| bill would have failed. Take this revolving
soeno with all its attendant circumstances
it is not only disgrace 10 humanity, bu
without parallel in the history of legisia
ton,
This is thu Kind of legislation, with it,
attendant circumstances, which tho intel
ligent voters are asked TO endorse au,
perpemate by their votes this fall
VIA not every honest proper minded
Democrat, those who desire the good o
thor country and the Justice aud equalit,
: OF her laws ponder OH such scenes as ih,
foregoing, and ark themselves. can lhe im
pOrtant and sacred interests OF the govern
meat be safety committed To tue onstod,
and management Of lawmakers who thu
ru'hIessly violate alt the prophecies OF life.
NIX VoMcA,
Wei may that allie correspondent sig
himself Nax yo,oieA.' Such losislstio
would siekea even Hottentot, OF a Fege
eannibaI, n
II is by just sneh argumen,s Of iaferiorit
as these gentlemen adVauoo--that oil elias
aud personal hleriory that the Irish pc,
pie have hcen for ages oppressed by thei
aris,ocratic yrauts. Who is there iroI
the Ola World that has not heard Of tn
superior blood 0owiug in tho veins Of N
aristocracy Will our naturaliEad citizen
acquesce in tho conclusions Of such a,
basing 1ogiOs VIII they aid in esIablishin
such degrading distinctions Of caste, o
this side of tho Atlantic 7
Let it not be forgotten that the rul
aud the logic by which the man OF colo
> is deprived of his rights TO day, may /
turn be applied TO the pOor white man il
J the hiure.