The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1870-01-21

gument to show that the people are
the source of all power, and that a
nation perishes when its Government
is divorced from the people. The
State owes every citizen protection in
his civil and political rights, and the
time has come when these rights
should not be dependent on color or
prescription on account of race or COM
plexion is despotism. Mr.. Hunt Illus
trated this position from philosophy
and history. / speak these words,
said Mr.. Hunt, in behalf of the DEM
ocratic party. That party can not af-
ford to resist longer the spirit of the
age or battle against the rights Of man.
| want that party henceforth to take
as its basis the mOtto-Liberty, Fra
ternity and Equality.
Mr.. Cory said: The opponents of
the measure are inconsistent. They
declare that the 18th Amendment de-
stroys the rights of the State, and yet
they say that if the liberty of the peo-
pie would vote, they would assist in
enforcing it now. The people have
pronounced in its favor. 1t takes
away no right of the people. 1t SIM
ply protects the right of individual
men.
Mr.. Jones combatted the idea that
the colored man can not be trusted
We trusted him in the darkest hour
of our rebellion and he failed us not
Surely, then, we can trust him now.
Mr.. Wade was glad that the first
time his voice was raised in this cham
Der il could be raised in behalfOf right.
Gentlemen tell us there was once a
time when the people did not approve
coIored suffrage. True; and they might
go still farther back, into the dark
night of despotism and slavery, when
it was held that the cOlOred man had
no rights that the white man was
bound to respect; but shall that in
fuence avail now. The gentleman
from Delaware read to us this morn
ing from JOsephus to prove his point,
but there is another book which he
has neglected to read. In it he will
find these words: ado unto Others as
YOU would have others do unto yOu,"
and that is as applicable to politics as
to morals.
This finished the evenings work
On Friday morning the Senate again
went into a Committee of the whole
on thesubject. Jenner DEM opened
the debate and made personal speech
against some structures the Republican
debaters had made about his party.
Mr.. Holden Dem. said gentlemen
talk about their constituents. Now
if every man, woman and child in his
district should sign petitions and send
them up here asking him to vote for
this amendment, he would not do so.
He swore to discharge his duty rs a
Senator according to the best Of his
ability, and with his conscience his
had nothing to do.
Mr.. II. said he was not opposed TO
the freedom of the African. He
would say amen to their being free.
The Democratic party has no Objec-
ton to their being free. In the course
of time, if they show themselves
worthy of it, the Senate of Ohio and
every other State may give these
Africans the right to vote. But not
now. The mass of the Southern
Africans are still less fitted for the
suffrage than those in Ohio. They
know but little more than the brutes
that perish. This is a white mans
The white man made
it what it is. The African had moth
ing to do with it. The African has al
ways shown himself incapable of gov
erning. He has never established and
an independent national |
Ity EXpel the white man from this |
country and give it up to the African, |
with all its improvement and wealth, |
and in a century it would be a howl
ing wilderness. passed through ia
naica some time ago, and myself /
saw the effect of Africanism there
Much Of the land was overgrown with /
Drambies and other wild grass and
horns. But am willing to leave the
natter to the people. Why will not |
gentlemen consent to this?
The debate was closed by Mr.. Root
n the following pithy speech.
Mr.. Root, (R. said he would offer a
ew remarks from a conviction of du.
y. He was pleased that the debate
lad been conducted in spirit of court
sy. He doubted not the good faith
Nth which ever Senator would give
is vote.
l will first notice. said he, the GER
Ieman from Delaware (Mr. Hubbell).
Ie spoke bitter words of the Republi-
an party, and said it was gnilty of
Well, if l had been treat
d by that party as the gentleman
rom Delaware has | shouldn't think
much of it either. Laughter. But
was the Republicans of the gentle
mans own district who refused to
end him back to Congress, and he
ught not 90 make the whole party re-
pOnsible for it.
/ come now to the Senator from
Butler lMT. Campbell. He said he had
lever been charged with excessive
nOdesty. But l charge him with it ]
Iere. He didn't do himself Justice. i (
with pride his noble serv-
ces in behalf of the cause of freedom.
choose rather to think of him as an
American Representative in the halls
f Congress, eloquent, iberty-lOving
nd bold, rather than the Democratic i
senator from Butler County. Will |
he gentleman allow me to recall an
Incident at Captain NOW GeneraD
herman's wedding? a? {
Mr.. Campbell-I will if the gentle {
IAN will not expose any of my youth
II indiscretiOns.
Mr.. Root-The gentleman cannot
lake terms with me. will tell how
Webster and others caressed him on /;
nat occasion, and welcomed him in
} the ranks of liberty's champions.
AS to the Senator from Hamilton I
Mr.. Hunt l must say that he gave
xcellent reasons why he should not
ote as he said he would. His speech
Tas so complete case of .felO dc SC
hat it is ne use to call in the Coroner {
hold an inquest, Laughter.