Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-10

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A Radical that has Stuck his Foot
in ;it-Wants the Electton 10 be
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The Springfield Adoertiser has lost the
little sense itever: possessed, ifIindeedri it
ever had any. Its leader of Thursday Is
devote I to the repeal of the law of the RAD
ieaf Legislature, which gave students, at
tending College, no matter in what part OF
the State they resided. the right to vote at
the place where the College is located thus
giving men, whose friends are able to send
him to a boarding school, righiss that are
denied by the Constitution and laws to
other citizens. It says lEs7a77 ggs 5soi,iR y
.Happily for the student there Is a fun
damental and higher law in the State than
passed the Democratic Legislature, that
will protect his franchise. The Constitu-
tion of Ohio declares that every white
male citizen of the United States, OF the
are OF twenty-one years, who snail nave
been resident of the State one year next
preceding the election, and OF the town-
ship county or ward where he resides. such
time as may be provided by law, shall have
the qualification OF an elector, and De en-
titled to vote at all elections The Supreme
Court declared the Democratic law to mean
nothing more than this provision, and the
student of the Constitution for short time
wearing Democratic shackles, is again
free" sBsa &b s&s
It is in this very clause of the Constitu-
tion that the repeal of the law allowing
students to vote when absent from their
homes, was based. The student, IT he is
''resident"- is, if his home. is at the
college where he is getting his tuition-has
the right to vote in that township; but If
his home is in another county or township,
he must 60 to that home to vote. So it is
with the laborer. If he goes to Springfield
to work for Mr.. THOMAS, no matter how
long he stays, he cannot vote if his home
is in Urbana, or Dayton, or Columbus, but
must go to the place he calls his home be-
fore he can vote. The law places the rich
student and the poor laborer, who is forced
to go abroad to get work. on the same foot
ing. Yet the iAduertiser complains of this.
But this Radical sheet proposes to nulli-
fy the law, and to make Students vote at
the election next Tuesday, whether
the law allows it or not; and so, in this
manner, by polling illegal votes, Mr..
wiNANs, who is now little frightened
may be elected to Congress. The Adrer-
aser says:
.sIt Is possible that some of the Democ-
facy may have the efrontery to challange
the students votes in this community on
next Tuesday. We hope every student
will remember that the Constitution of the
State and the Supreme Court are on his
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and refuse to answer every question that
discriminates against them as American
citizens. Cast their votes If permitted. and
II not report the fact to the Central Com
mittee, whom we hope will see to the pros
ecution of all Judges refusing them votes"
by this advice, intended mainly for the
negro students in Greene county, where
everything black has the right to vote, the
Advertiser will get its friends into trouble.
The man presenting himself to vote, if
he refuses to answer the questions pro-
pounded to him, even if he be legal voter,
will find that the law compels the Judges
to reject his vote.
The man who offers vote, knowing, as
the students to whom the advice is given
do, that they have no right to vote, are Ii
able to both fine and imprisonment.
The Advertiser advises these Students
whose legal residence is not at the College
where they are being educated, to vote,
and this makes the editor of the Advertiser
liable, under the law, which says that ''any
person who shall procure, aid. assist or
counsel, or advise another to give his vote,
knowing that such person" is mot duly
qualified" the punishment OF such Of
tense Is Imprisonment "in the countyja of
the proper county not more than six
months, nor less than one mouth"
That is the way the Election law of 1S4l
treats such men as the editor of the Aduer-
tiser, who proposes to set aside and to null
lffy its provisions. His dupes, if any one
is foolish enough to take his advice, and
himself, will find that the time is not now
when laws can be nulIified, even to elect
Mr.. wIsANs to Congress. The attempt
may end in trouble by bringing its pro-
visions to act upon the person of the edi-
tor. aI. .os at67H