The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-08-26
the people, and therefore, demand it's unoOn,

uuOnA repedl.
Now, that is all bombast, you
know, sir, but it had to be resorted
to keep the Irish and the Dutch qui-
ct. They don't like the idea of al
lowing the niger to vote in fact,
they don't know enough to distin,
quish between political and social
equality. And as they are-our ~best
hold" we have to- be careful. You
recollect, sir, how they refused to al
low the niggers to vote in the
Second and Third Wards of this
city, last Spring. Now, it would not
do for me to admit thai the niggers
were entitled to vote, or some of
those voters might go "forninst'' me,
but the law is on the niggers side;
and SO we understand the expression
"every nation in our platform to
mean just the Irish and Dutch, for
the present, and after they get used
to seeing the niggers vote, why then
it can be taken in its general sense,
sir, and we will claim to have always
been the nigger's friends, too,
under that declaration. Don't you
see, sir?"
Well, yes, we rather think we do.
But in the meanwhile what are you
going to do with the Chinese, who
are among the oppressed of every
nation" and how do you regard the
efforts of your party to "G6ridge
their 'pricileges Of becoming citizens
and O1cners Of soil among u.s." Amt
your position a little mixed on that
subject, Mr.. Dickinson?
DIcKINsoN.-Well, to be candid,
(but you ought not to put it on re-
cord, J we are little lame on that,
but that is the misfortune of our de-
pending so much on the foreign
vote. As l said before, that re-
solution was meant entirely for the
Irish and Dutch, to hold them level
and make them believe we were
their devoted friends. Accepting it
in that sense, they insist on our ap-
plying it strictly to them. And in
order to hold them, we humor them,
and make them believe the China
men are coming over in swarms, to
take their places, and starve them
out, by working for less wages, and
that their only hope is through the
Democratic party. But we know
better, sir. John Chinaman is sharp
and likes wages just as well as any
one, sir, and will get as much as his
neighbor, or he won't work. There
is one trouble with John, though. He
don't whisky well, or Indulge in lager
beer, and then he is such a recent
importation that we can't come til e
naturalization game on him, because
everybody knows he hasn't been
here long enough, and it would be
dangerous. So we have to hold
what we have, and repudiate John.
Still, that is glorious declaration to
go into the campaign with. Glori-
GUS, sir, land here he struck an atti-
tude, assumed q majestic bearing,
and, spreading out his arms, as if to
encompass the globe in fond fra
ternal embrace, he proceeded:)
The oppressed of every nation
here find civil liberty and religious
freedom; every distinction has been
destroyed (by the Republicans. I
should be one, if it wasn't Demo
cratic District J and the men ofevery
cline meet here under the insignia
of our country, (Which my Demo
cratic friends of the South came
near making no insignia at all, } and
they enjoy the glorious beafitude of
citizenship (secured to them by the
act to enforce the Fifteenth Amend
ment, passed by my Republican
friends, of whom I would be much,
if l dared, and relieved from the
expressions Of the absolute govern
ments of the old world, caught away
from the pauper labor of Europe,
and blessed with the abundance
which our happy land affords, be-
cause its labor is protected, (by the
Tariff, which I was obliged to vote
against, "they sit under their own
vine and fig tree, with none to molest
or make afraid" Yes sir; it is
glorious declaration to go into the
campaign on, and spread yourself be-
fore the enraptured gaze Of the mul-
titude, while the American Eagle
screams from its lofty eyre, and
spreading its noble pinions over the
happy throng, it scars and scars and
continues to soar, its eyes fixed up
on the sun, its tail pointed to the
earth, and in its talons clutched a
banner, on which, is inscribed in let
ter Of light, glowing and corruscat-
ing with perennial beauty-"'the
Asylum for the oppressed of ecery
nation''-except Africa and Asia"
During this highly wrought pero-
ration, the features ofour Democrat
ic friend glowed with the fires ofthe
enthusiast; his eyes, piercingIy bril-
liant, witnessed how acutely his
mind had felt the inspiration of his
1t was in vain to catechise
him more; his soul was absorbed in
the contemplation Of his glorious
theme, and we forbore. On another
we hope to have the pleas
ure of renewing our catechism.