Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-10-08
The Minnesota Democracy.

TUE Democracy Of Minnesota, like their
brethren in Ohio and Pennsylvania, Nrc
very anxious to get Office They have been
out in the cold very long time, In Ohio
they talk of grccnbacks and negro suf.
frage; in Pennsylvania, their candidate
being u "bloated bondholdor," they ignore
tho subject of taxing the bonds, and say
nothing of grconbaCks. They dodge, also,
the question of negro suffrage. In Wis
consin, a few days ago, they nominated
man who had supported the war, and they
congratulated the world upon the fact that
slavery had been abolished The Mime
sofa Democracy have just held their con-
vcntion, and they, too, have trimmed their
sails with view of reaching an anchor.
age in office. Their regular platform was
about ms meaningless Ns II could be and
so an "old liner, h--ono Of the ALBANIAN
tine Democrats who claims to have made
the voyage in the ark with the fathers
offered n resolution opposing the Fifteenth
Amendment. Then ensucd scene, the
like of which had never boen seen in
Democratic convention. The resolution
was opposed Negro suffrage was de.
Clarcd to be n "dcad ISSUE" and that man
was proclaimed an enemy To his party
who would attempt any longer to refuse
political equality to the negro This, ho
1t remembered, in Democratic Canven.
tion, This, in the nineteenth century.
This, in the Northwest This, while
Lee and Brcckinridgc, and Val
Andigham, and Pendlcton, and
Frank Blair are living, This, too, with.
out Obtaining any satisfactory answer 20
that memorable and time honored question
of the Democracy, "Do you want your
daughter to marry ncgroy" This, when
California has voted to exclude the Chinese,
and the Democracy of Illinois and Indiana
still believe that negroes, having flat noses,
dark skins, and splay feet are not human,
but u species OF beast, No wonder the
man who opposed opposition TO negro sul-
tragc was brave. He preached new goS,
pei in the Democratic synagogue He
went back" on the fathers, lie pro-
posed to disregard the wishes of the De
mocracy ot Kentucky. lie was for fore.
ing that sovereign State" To permit her
negroes to vote II was, us the reporters
say AFTER an impressive sermon at camp
meeting, "a refreshing season" Old men
were there, and young men were there.
There were present men who, one wear ago,
at New York, vowed eternal brotherhood
with Wade Hampton; who had declared
that To elevate the negro 10 political equal
~ was the degradation of the white race,
To whose special custody this nation was
committed. But, alas for the COucasiansl
The negro had found champions in the
Democratic camp The negro had at last
become fragrant in nostrils hitherto
offended at his proximity. The old
law and its anti.Atrican commentaries
were solemnly burned, and the conycn.
tion,-the Democratic Convcntion,-by
a vote Of over two.thirds, solcmnly and
formally accepted the men with Hat noses,
black skins, and elongated heels rs fellow,
citizens, equal, in all things political, with
the rank and nle of the Democratic party.
This was not done without u struggle
The old story OF the curse upon Ham was
repeated, The resolutions of '0S were
quoted. The Democratic platforms, from
the days of Felix Grundy TO those of
Frank Blair, were read Works ON the
origin of species, showing the distinctive
differences between the white and the
black man, were exhibited, "Shall we
admit negroes to our tables" was stcntori.
ously demanded, All this, once product.
i've Of so much enthusiasm in Democratic
conventions, was received with Ominous
silence.
One Democrat, tired of his long exile
from official trust, said that il the oOaven.
tion opposed negro suffrage, il had better
nominate candidates who were used To
being beaten. Another said that the
Democracy had, out Of Difference 10 their
Southern brethren. fought the negro but,
as the Democracy down South were them.
selves running negroes for office, and were
all in favor of negro suffrage, he did not
see why they in Minnesota might not do
the same. The progressiycs" were
called upon tn wrest the party from the
control of the "immoyablus, that Is, the
old togiesi and the progrcssiycs did rally.
and did declare that they would not say
another word against negro suffrage or
the Fifteenth Amendment