The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-05-04
Appropriating the Negro.

In the bill for this purpose, of which
we believe Morton is the father, any
white man who is guilty of the helm
Gus crime of hiring, bribing, intImida
ting or persuading the innocent and
unsophisticated black lambs from vo
ting the Radical ticket; or interfering
or meddltng with them in any man
ner, either by o~bstructing the polls
or refusing to step out of ode black
gemmon's" way the moment he ap-
proaches the voting place, is to be ar.
rested, tried in a United States Court,
end imprisoned for not less than elk
months MOI more than two years, and
pay a fine of not less than five hund-
red dollars, in the discretion of the
Judge, and be imprisoned until the
fine Is paid. As Congress has as
much legal right and assumed power
to enforce this as it has to enforce the
Fifteenth Amendment, and as the sub
lime indefniteness of that amendment
furnishes warrant for any enorElity,
there will be no dispute in those halls
as to It's constitutionality, and no hes
itancy as to its ~praeticability. 1t will
therefore become a law-so-called-
and will be enforced with a jealous
partisan strin- ency.
Under it. woe be to the white man
who dares to obtrude even his coun-
sci or advice upon the favored negro
save only in behalf of radicatism, for
he is ainenable to the statute. Woe
be to any member of the White mans
party who seeks to catch the negroes
vote, for his sable adversary will lay
information against him, and his word
will go for nothing beside that Of the
i~ncorrupIibie darkey. Thou shalt not
refuse the ''man and brother" employ
ment, whether you want him or not,
neither shalt thou discharge him there
from, whether his services are longer
required or not ; neither shall he be
turned away because of insolence,
l~aziuess or neglect, lest he 'fdeliver
thee to the Judge, and he to the off
Ger, and thou be cast into prison
Verify thou shalt by no means come
out thence till thou hast paid the ut
termost farthing." A poor white
skinned radical you may tamper with
or discharge at your political pleasure
Or personal caprice, for he can be
kept into the party fold with a small
Office, or has not sense, decency or
spirit enough to be true to his own
race and color. The superior negro,
however, is indolent and tender, there
fore you must let him do As he pleas
es and pay him wages out of your
pockets for doing so; he is weak
minded, therefore you must not i'm
pose upon, pursuade or reason with
him /; he is radically venal, therefore
you must not offer Kim brides, pres
ents or inducements; he is timid and
cowardly, therefore you must not
threaten or intimidate him he is Pc
culiarly proud and sensitive, there
fore, when he approaches the polls,
you must move your offensive carcas
ses out of his dainty way, and with
hats under YOU arms, bow to and
cheer him in his noble and unselfish
effort to vote himself into office tor
the purpose of ruling you and spend
ing the taxes you are required to pay.
How do you like it, white man of the
North =? All! vile coward, degraded
subject of q remorseless despotism, |
you have no right to like or dislike it.
A dusky idol your masters worship,
and you must cringe and bow before
it. The negro is privileged above
you, he is made your political superb
or, and is ordainedby law to be your
Go then to your white wife,
and confess to her that your votes
have made the negro your ruler; tell
your fair-haired children that you
nave robbed them of the government
g~randsires left in trust for them
surrendered tie rich legacy to usurp-
ers and tyrants, and its blessings and
privileges to the highest types of the
brute creation; tell your family how
you have wlonged them and
how culpably you have degraded
them, and your high spirited wife
will seorn you, the proud spirited
mother will despise you, a-d your
children, inheriting some of their
mothers soul will curse you for the
humiliation you have entailed upon
Them. ana the legacy of revolution q,
your stupidity or cowardice has left
hem. :
Yet the bill is being considered, and
md will doubtless be promptly passed
1t will work grievous hardshirs in {
hat it will open the door for political
persecution such as this country has
never known before. 1t will effectu {
Ally place the white man at the mer-
~ of the negro. If the white man :
refuse to employ him, he will swear {
hat such refusal a prompted by {
luminosity, that propositions t
were made to influence his vote, and I
MS virtuous refusal to be thus con-
.rolled was the cause of his denial s
# his services are no longer required, |
'r a personal grudge of any kind be
engendered, or a political dislike to c
my white man be instilled, he will i
hesitate to pnrjure himself for the
purpose of reeking vengeance, and the
provisions of this statutory instru- q
nent of an Infamous organic fraud +
will be invoked and inflicted by a ma !
ignant partizan court. The white
nan who so far degrades his rare by
oursuading the negro vote to the 9th f
n than the radical ticket or the man G
who happens to stand moment lon i
ger at the voting place than is abso- q
utely necessary, and thereby sob a
a privileged "man and broth t
r" even for a moment, will be made o
o i incur the penalties of this nefari- :
,us act, the one for "tampering in t
my way" with the new-made voter, /
nd the other for "uulawfully OBJ C
tructing' him in the exercise of his n
nrero0sfive This is a synoDsiS !