The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-04-02
RANDOM THOUGHTS No. IA.
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I do not claim that the Democratic
party is the DEVIL but that it is the
servant of the devil, doing his dirty
work, I have not the least doubt, and
hence it mapifests all the assiniue pro-
pensities and characteristics of its mas
ter, the devil.
Ever since can remember, the Dem
ocratic party has been the great cham
pion of human bondage, oppression, in
justice and cruelty. Prior to the Kan
sas outrages, all parties aCquieSced in
the existence of slavery in those States
where it was tolerated. But this was
not enough for the old ass, the devil,
and his imp, the Democratic party. So
they must needs have the Dred Scott
decision, claiming that descendants of
Africans are not American citizens
that they have no rights which white
men are bound to respect, and that the
constitution of the United States estab-
lished slavery all over the United States.
Here the two asses, the devil and the
Democratic party, overdid the thing.
Their joint action elected Abraham
Lincoln, and Congress in sympathy
with him. If the two asses had stopped
here, slavery would have been let alone
where it then existed. But they must
commence a war to extend slavery. In
the spring of 1861, wrote and pub.
lished an article in which ! stated that
when our fathers rebelled against the
British Government, they had no
thought ofan independent Government;
but that independence was the result
Of after action, and that the continuance
Of the pro-slavery rebellion would re-
suit in an amendment Of the constitu-
ton, abolishing slavery. l will re-pub-
lish that prophecy hereafter The war
resultedjust as l then predicted. 1.-THE
two asses had stopped here, they would
have Jared much better than they have
done. Congress offered them the most
magnanimouS terms ever offered to con.
quered rebels. They rejected these
terms, and the result has been negro
suffrage and supremacy in the South,
and the impeachment of Andy Johnson,
the third ass Of the great partnership,
Now we come to the present time,
Last fall it was decided that men less
than halfwhite cannot vote in this State.
Had the asses let this decision alone,
they would haye reaped some ndvan-
tage from it. But no. True to their
instincts, they commit the fatal error
in the Jones--Onderdonk contest, by
which they decide that no man with
one drop Of African blood in his veins
can vote. This had been repeatedly
decided otherwise by theSupreme Court
of the State, and while the asses, all
three Of them, to wit: the devil, the
Democratic party and Andy Johnson,
are bowling about the sacred binding
force of decisions ofthe courts, they ig-
more their own doctrines, and go against
a chain Of precedentS established by the
courts, as ruled by both parties, for
twenty years. But the asses are
not yet satisfied. Only last week the
Ohio Senate passed bill compelling
township trustees TO reject all votes
where the voter cannot swear that he
has not one drop Of the blood of Ham
in his veins. This will ne doubt pass
the House and become law. The re-
suit will be that all men will get their
votes in a very few years. The Re
publicans who last fall voted against
impartial suffrage, will make haste and
retrieve their character for justice and
honesty,
Let me make another prediction,
Unless these asses stop short, they will
land where Pharaoh and his hosts did,
when they rejected every warning,
The three asses, the devil, the Dem.
ocratic party and Andy johnson, will
re.establish slavery, or attempt to do
so, just as soon as they get into power.
The "Kuklux Klan," secret organiza.
ton of traitors, are committing brutal
outages upon the negroes. This will
reach its limit sometime, The negroes
have exhibited degree Of forbearancG
, unknown in history, But this torbear'
auce will one day end. Quite recently
an attempt was made to assassinate .
judgeiu Tennessee because heiS friend
of the negroes 1t is said that the ne
groes are organized and armed, and i
these secret traitors take the life of theil
friend, they will wipe out all rebels
within their reach
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