The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1869-09-22


crushed beneath its exaetions. I can
not say that economy and honesty |
mark the collection and disburse'
ment OF the revenue, when the Sec
ret0ry Of the Treasury pays one
hundred and twenty dollars for a
bond which he may redeem for one
hundred dollars, and when the Com
missioner of Internal Revenue wishes |
above all things, that he may send
a Supervisor to the Penitentiary.
: I can not say that all is prosper
Gus, when agricultural products are |
SO low, and employment SO scarce,
and wages so reduced, and interest
on mOrey SO high, and good honest, /,
honorable men in every branch of
commercial and mercantile and me-
chanical industry are on the very |
verge of hopeless bankruptcy. And
because can notsay ali these things,
can not turn from them with such
entire complacency to consider
whether the last Legislature sat a. |
few days too long, or did right to
create the offices which Governor
Hayes recommended, or to allow
counties and cities and towns TO tag
themselves.
If it be true that the session of
this Legislature costs more than the
last, it was because the last Repub-
licaR Legislature increased the per
diem of the members. And if the
Legislature unWisely created some
offices which the Governor recon-
mended, it is also true that they re-
fused to pass an expensive and obi
Gus registry law, which he twice
urged upon their favorable attention.
The scheme of reconstruction of
this Administration, its action to-
ward Virginia, its administration of
foreign affairs, its neglect of American
citizens who have been imprisoned
or murdered in Ireland or Cuba, its
utter shamelessness in selling high
offices, its utter want of appreciation
OF its grave duties and responsi ibiliti-
es, all these are tempting subjects of
discussion, but refrain at this time.
will discuss Federal politics so
far only as they directly affect the
people Ofour own State.
FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT,
1 oppose the adoption of the Fif-
teenth Constitutional Amendment,
because it is material radical change
IN our system of government I: be-
cause.it destroys the relation of the
State to the Federal Union, which
the Constitution established, and
degrades them; because it takes
| away from the States without their
consent that essential attribute of a
self-governing community the right
to determine who shall exercise the
right of suffrage.
| I object to its adoption, because It
was intended to, and it will, intro
| duce negro suffrage in Ohio against
the will of her people. Two years
ago, the people of Ohio, without dis
tinction of party, by an immense
majority, refused TO amend the State
full Iargument-after full consideration
of negro suffrage. see no reason TO
believe they have changed their
opiBion. Yet now the attempt is to
be made to force them to submit to
the system which they so emphati.
cally and deliberately rejected. The
Convention which nominated Gen
eral Grant declared, as part of its
creed: "The question of suffrage in
all the loyal States" And yet in
one short year the test of loyalty and
patriotism, by this same party. is tC
deny to the States the regulation o.
the suffrage.
object to its adoption, because By
the strongest implication it conferE
upon Congress, and reserves to the
States the right to exclude from the
ballot persons Of our own white race
because of their nativity or theil
creed, or their want of education, oI
their poverty, and prohibits the ex
ciusion only of another race. AnC
thus, il the Interpretation of Senatol
| Morton and Senator Howard b.
correct, under this amendment O
Congress the States may exclude.al
Irishman, or q German, or Catholic
or Protestant, or poor man, from
the enjoyment OF the suffrage, bu
may not exclude the Negro or tn
Mongolian. s- .s --.s.
CHIMES Z IMPORTATION.
Iobject to its adoption, because g i
is part and parcel of a scheme Il
food the country with a forced i'm
pOrtation of an immense number @
Chinese-of coolies-and thus for
second time to bring into our nids
an alien peace and to repeat in.
more difficult form the social an
governmental, questions which hay
so unhapphy divided our people.
The opening of the Pacific Raj
| road, the demand Tor labor at tn
| South, the desire for nimbler hand
and less yoracious appetites in th
factories, have turned the attentio
of spectators to the teeming .popU
lations of the East. They find thes
warm and fertile countries deusel
crowded with a patient, degraded an
en- race. ...- ..--
"Their skilled laborers get thre
! or four dollars per month, and wit
this they seem content. They Wor
D from daylight to sunset, and haV
but a single holiday in the year.
II Their food consists of rice, salt,
Is few vegetables and sometimes fish.
y The plan proposed is 10 bring in
t mense numbers of these people heI
q TO supply the demand for labor !
n the fields, and the factories and I'll
It shops. We in Ohio have not appr
y ciated the importance of this move
/ heathment. - -
5. protest against it now, in TIM
as before 1t is carried Out-before the
8 come among us-befOre we are col
t fronted with duties, and obligation
n and interests growing out of the
q presence. They are an alien, an il
n ferior and idolatro us race. They hay
d not our tastes, or habits, or manner
re or development, or religion. The
10 esAOaAOt ~ ~ 1SCC14C lSAl4EoAloS OEfr
If enjoy the right of suffrage. AIMS
It gamation would injure, both the
is race and ours. Isolation will gfV
i'd rise to great troubles. England, II
L; land, Germany, Norway, Fran
at have an overhoWing population
at our own race, similar to US in bloc
1e In manners, in habits, and In reli
l iOus fRith-an Industrious, sturd,
~ self-reliSnt, self. prospecting peoPI
II They are tit to become citizens.
Id They will mix with us, and OI
eommingled blood Is purer for Il
OF association. Let US invite them wi
If open arms to come to us Let
n people our country with the bC
re races of men.
a. But the Chinese win give US che
labor! G'Eenp hlGn5dR Ed6or. / de
Ve pise the word. 1t signifies q GRIN
ot and shame. It signifies squalC
IN degradation, ignorance, vice. A
as not laborers men-our fellow. meI
nd They have bodiPs to IoIOtheN al
in stOmAehs to feed, aud minds to ed
rA- cate. and aDiritS tn aIavafa and C