Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-05-06
Are Students Entitled ito the OPP
portunfty 10 Vote Twice on the
Same Day? - = = z

wisdom as the Ohio State Journal Cincin-
natl Commercial Cincinnati Gasette, Cleveland
Leader, Cleueland Herald and Toledo Blade,
have caught up and have mendaciously re-
hearsed in resolutions the lie, that by letter,
spirit and design, what is known as Mr..
REx's bill to preserve the purity of elec-
tions, disfranchises them. We have before
us the Journal containing batch of reso-
lutions adopted by the students of the
South Western Normal School at Leba-
non," and they are headlined: "Sixth Gun
of the Disfranchised-Oppo of the
Democracy to Education
| If the circumstance that they are ssstu-
dents of the South Western Normal
School" constitutes them "intelligent and
patriotic citizens" that "culture and ar
dent lope of truth" which they resolve they
possess in an eminent degree, would with
hold them from precipitately running into
print with resolutions that violently out
rage truth. 1t would in them have been
more seemly, had they shown in their
"whereases" and resolutions, that they
have the right to vote at ''any school, SEM
mary, academy, college, university, or
other institution of learning" which
they may be attending for the pur-
poses of education only, and that
the exercise of that right Is necessary
to give to them that finished "culture
and ardent love of TRUTH" for which, like
sucking doves, they yearn. That they need
''culture" which will give them decency, is
a thing they make plain to even the dullest
comprehension. They advertise their in
nate vulgarity and ill-breeding by speak
ing of the Democratic members of the
Legislature as ''poor, partisan dupes," for
whom they condescendingly say they have
spity." These students, with this refined
"culture," and in whose bosoms an ''ardent
love of TRUTH burns like a miniature Vesu-
vius, speak of this law, which demands
that they shall exercise the privilege of
suffrage only as honest men exercise 1t, as
''an Infamous outrage, an insolent and
cowardly encroachment upon the rights
and prerogatives of intelligent and .pat-
riotic citizens" and they say that they
comprise Representatives from all parts of the
State" By their own showing, it appears
that they are at the Southwestern Normal
School" for temporary purposes and not for
permanent purposes. No other class OF
people who may be at Lebanon, for tenn
porary purposes, are allowed to vote there,
should they happen to be at Lebanon on cleo
tion day. Why should any young men who
are attending the Norman School simply
for the purpose of acquiring an education
be permitted to vote? Antecedent to the
enactment of the present law, which set
of self conceited upstarts have used to OBJ
tain little cheap notoriety with, the stu
dents had no right, conferred either by the
Constitution or by Law, to vote at "any
school, seminary, academy, college, uni
versity, or other institution of learning"
which they were attending temporarily.
The general election law forbade it. That
law, however, was violated by such young
gentlemen as those who appear to have
made application for patent right on
/" their culture and ardent love of truth"
and it was to put stop to this violation Of
law that Mr.. REx's bill was enacted into a
law. 1t takes from the student no right or
privilege that belonged to him before. 1t
does, hoaceuer take from him the opportunity to
cote the Republican ticket taoice in one day. 1t
is herein where this law bears heavily
upon these gentlemen of "culture and
ardent love of the truth" This they consid-
er persecution for righteousness sake.-l
Honest, plain and weIl-meani ng people,
look upon it as treating scoundrelly mind
ed persons just right. This is the manner,
and the only manner, in which Democracy
against education, if lit can be
called discrimination. When these stu
dents, who are parading their dishonest
intentions by adopting resolutions which
cruelty the truth, shall make it appear that
hey are rightfully entitled to the oppor-
unity to vote twice on the same day, and
hat to deny them this opportunity is, to
,ffer premium to ignorance, 1t will be
lime enough for the Democratic members
Until this shall be done, the Democratic |
of the General Assembly will |
lave the satisfaction of knowing that they |
lid meritorious thing in enacting this law.
A New Party, with Chief Justice
Chase at lhe Heat.
1t Is given out, through Washington |
special to the Ne,o York Herald, that new
party Is in course of formation, with the
Chief Justice as their candidate for the
Presidency. Senators FEssENDEN, HEN
DERsoN, TRuMBULL and other moderate
are to be large stockholders
n this new party. How much truth there
g in the report, we know not. There is no
loubt that the Senators named look upon
The Impeachment business as criminal
blunder that can not be justified
with the people-and a blunder that all
who shall vote to consummate it will incur
asting political disgrace. If there yet re-
main such men as moderates in the Repab-
lean party, they would illustrate wisdom
~ leaving that corrupt and Goddess party
It the first opportunity. A party that will
10 deliberate wrong TO the Constitution, to
he Union and, per consequence, to the
country, is unworthy the support of any
,ody but knaves and fools.
i'm New York and
Pennsylvania.
On Monday week, In the New York
House of Representatives set of resolu-
ions were adopted in favor of taxing Uni
ed States Bonds and paying the Public
Debt In Greenbacks. The resolutions were
adopted yeas 49, nays SO. All the Demo-
Gratis, with five exceptions, and two Re-
oublicans, voted for the resolutions. The
of the Republicans voted against
hem. The Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post has infor-
nation from a Democratic Senator, that
Turing the session of the Pennsylvania
,tors was held, at which it was ascertained,
that there was only one
Democratic Senator who was not in favor