The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1869-06-24
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BY THE EDITOR.

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The Republican State Convention is now in
session at Columbus. If the party makes a
platform coming up-to the work as it should,
most Of my paper win be taken up until Octo-
Der with political matters. On the contrary, If
few week kneed conservatives from South
ern Ohio undertake to run the party on some
policy dodge, will at once commence the pub
lication Of continued story
The following article from the Columbus
Journal, has the ring of the pure metal:
Let us have no slinking or lodging on the
Fifteenth Amendment. Il is the essence of what
we struggled for during all these years. Until
this government shall be IN fact what IL has al
ways been in theory-a government founded
upon the consent of all the governed irrespec-
tive OF race color, class, or religion--our work
Is not complete, the job is not workmanlike
| Give us this guaranty-that every citizen shall
have an equal cOnsenting voice IN the govern
ment-and we rest. We believe that Congress,
without the Amendment, has the right under
the Constitution TO regulate the matter but II
! is well to be secure.
We carry no additional weight in the Fif-
| teenth Amendment. Every election for nearly
! ten years has been fought with this ultimate OBJ
jcctive point in view, and nothing but the cow
ardiee of milk-and-water conservatives has post
poned 1t TO the Fall elec tons of 1869 to settle
the questions finally. twill be no great dis
tance In the future when our children will look
with aInazement upon the historical assertion
that We, protesting to be Republican, judged of
a mans capacity and right to vote by his color,
the klnk of h is hair, the width and elevation Of
his nose, the length of his heel, or the shape of
his shin bone.
A subsequent number of the Journal contain
cd the following:
After reading an article on the 18th amend
ment Issue, In the Journal of Monday, the
Statesman Historically asks twill the Radical
Convention BARE To make plank of that issue,
and put 1t in their platform 2h
In those good old days, when the Statesman
was nn organ, certain man 'son of the
South, friend of the ''organ," democrat by
the way, asked jceringly will five of these
Yankee mudf'lls dare to come down here and
grapple with one Of our Southern warriors?"
Well, the mudsllls went down, not exactly in
the proposed proportion, but apprOxlmating
thereto sufficiently for all practical purposes.
Over in Holmes county, few years ago
band Of the faithful gathered themselves toSeth-
er unto one place, with the ayowed deterlnina-
tion of daring Somebody to do something, aud
this reminds us off man, who after daring twice
and being kicked twice, Indignantly dared his
prosecutor to kick him all day"
Democracy has borne good many kicks, and
II is in a suitable condition just now TO dare us
to kick them all day.
In answer TO the Statesmans wild interroga-
tion, we dare reply for the Republican Conven-
tion, In the afirmiLve because, first, it is the
real issue in the canvass; because, second, 1t is
the conclusion of series of battles, which, as
the champion Of the oppressed, the Republican
party has been fighting, 10, these many years,
because, hird, We have come of, more than con-
querors In all previous contests, and now, with
the prestige of many previous victories on our
banners. we rally to the coup de grace.
The Republican party has been an honored in
strument In the hands of Jehovah lnoverturning,
and wiping out the stain ofAmerican Slavery III
our land, and VIC propose to fight it out on
that line, and none other, even to the end.
To God and to America we owe this service
To ourselves, and to our children, we are bound
In the performance Of these obligations.
The Statesman invariably turns pale when
either Its political friends or enemies dare o
take positive stand on any issue.
Its policy is then, to take items for future
reference" To this end we cordially invite the
Statesman 8 attention to the columns of the Jour
nal during the coming canvass"
If all the Republican papers In Ohio would
take that bold ground, we could carry the State
by Hfty thousand majority d. NJ.