Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-01-28
Tbo DDe,r,,o,Scrstlc Party.

TuE New York Legislature on tne y.n
instant. hy a party vote Of 10 70 ~ IN yle
Senate sftf l6S to B8 In Che Assembly,
,,ssscd a resolution resembling the rstinea.
lion of The Fifteenth Amendment made py
tho last I.osislature. The indications are
that thnT Htmpnt strength OF the DelnO-
craticlArtyi In Ohio will be put Iorth TO de-
feat The ,ainendlnqnt there: Ihe parry
platform and nominations IN inoiana IN
dicato q Hkc furpcse there, II the Demo
cratic marty can carry tho State. Il
eipdications OF the drift Of Demo
cratic impulse SLOW that as heretofore,
tho paftv relies on anti-negro pxeiudices
and rassapna as the strongest, and, atpref.
ont, inc only bond Of conference between
its mornhnxs. The Fifteenth Amendment
simply gives 70 the black man through.
out the Union the same weapon, without
which the white man has never yet been
able 20 enjoy OF preserve political freedom.
To suppose that the black race can defend
their ffosdum without the ballot, or that II
can really be free without the ballot, is TO
suppose that IL Is superior to the white race
in this respect. The real hostility 10 the
Fifteenth Amendment is the damnthe.
niggor.anyhow sentiment, and, on this
platform, the Democratic party, after go
ing into tho rebellion upon u aud getting
whipped upon II there, after going INTO
reconstruction upon II ana getting WHIP
ped there are drifting into a new cam
paign, 80 much because they think
the platform . good Aone IS because they
lack the wit or opportunity 70 agree on
Il issetsled, therefore, that at loast one
year more must be wasted in fighting oyer
issues upon which the sense Of the
whole people has been fully taken, and
which have boon decided by their votes
in favor OF. the Republican party. On the
single question Of Radicalism the Repub-
lican sarty is about the lpst drilled, best
oflicertd, most resolute, determined, over
whelming, and irresistible political party
the country has ever known. so long rs
the opposition will consent 10 go into the
hght'on that question, Republican major
tiles will know no diminution. Begin
ming on the low ground that slavery
should not go into the Territories, advanc-
ing toaho higher ground that II should
not be made means of strength TO rebel
lous armies, then striking for She naked
right OF the slave to control his own per
son and services, then rising still again to
the position that he should have free nc.
cess "a our courts of justice, then that he
should have the ballot in all the rebel
States. The Democratic party has, by its
refusal TO make terms of peace at any
point, compelled us to advance at last 10
universal suffrage throughout the land, on
the broad basis of the declaration that
"all government derives its just powers
from the consent of the governed" Oh
no other issue can we SO easily preserve
the status quo of Republican ascendency
Until this issue is settled reconstruction i
not setGled. Until reconstruction is set
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and all the treasure, blood, and agony
of the past ten years are spent II
vain. vFhis is the logical popular convic
tion. This is felt, aud therefore needs no
to be proven. But IL proof were needed
how easy TO supply IT, Unless the Fiji
teenth Amendment pass, impartial suffrage
rests merely on State constitutions, re
versible at any hour amer the States ar,
restored. III impartial suffrage at th
South rests on State constitutions IL will
be reversed, and the colored race will sinl
again, from citizens and equal working
men, ,who know their rights and dar
maintain them, into sscrfs, pariahs, out
casts, and refugees No Legislature q
the Southern States, elected by whit
votes and unrcstrained in its legislation
will ever leave the blacks, as class, thoi
liberty The road from denial of the bal
lot as the starting point, straight down t.
slavery as tho goal, is short and straight
The restoration of slavery is the rcstora
tion of war. All this is plain; and ii need
only the heat and agitation of u politicl
campaign, conducted ON this issue, to brinj
1t out in its true colors rs the same oil
fight between Freedom, Union, and tn
National Government on the one hand
and slavery, secession, anarchy, civil war
and national dissolution and death on tn
Other sOnthlsissue the Americanpeopl
can and will never reverse their verdict
Tho longer The Issue Is Kept up the NOR
dcterminedly and inVotUrately they wi
fight for tho confirmation of all past vic
tories, and against the overthrow of
single result of the war Chicago 7ri6un