Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1870-08-03
where is the COnsrsteney.


We hear Of men-State Legislators
recommending the people to accept the
situation and regard the atrOciOus and
Infamous amendments as dead issUesJ
las thing as iTrevOcably fixed as the
laws Of fate. These men pretend to be
Democrats, too, who opposed the XIV
Amendment on the stump, in the Iegis-
: lative halls of the State when il came
: up fOrratitlcatiOn, and even entered their
protest against it at the close of the last
legislative session.
Now, what caused them to oppose the
XVIII Amendment, and protest against
it in the very hour of the last legisla-
tive session, and then shortly after re-
gard it as dead issue and advise 9TH
ers to accept the situation which had
been forced upon them Illegally by
force, fraud and intimidation? ~
Did they oppose it in the first place on
the grounds that it was socially n gigan-.
tic evil and a violation Of the law of Ma
/ ture and blasphemy against the wisdom
of Jehovah? After it was .frdltdUleRtlg
ratified did they protest against IL both
as a crime against humanity, and a hold
wicked, defiant violation Of the Federal
Constitution? IfsO, have these wrongs
grown less grievOus-the crime against
society, the u5uTpatiOn of power and
fraud upon the States, less heinOus-in
the lapse of few months? F? By no
MEANS and yet these men now acQuesee
IN the enormous and appalling evil, aud
advise Others 30 submit TO a foul wrong
which d6grades them to the level of the
negro, rObs them of their rights. and
changes the entire structure of the Gov,
eminent! =
Negro suffrage, OF social miseegena-
ton with negroes is inherently wrong.
and no power on earth can make it
right. The people, or the States, NAV
De so mlsled as to confer suffrage upon
negroes by their voice, and yet it would
not be socially and morally right, though
politically it would receive the recOrIi-
ItlOn and sanction of the Government. !
But as it is, negro suffrage has. beeD
forced upon the States and the peODle |
dgGtHs5 thetr consent, by the fraudulent I
and f0rcible adoption of the XVIII
Amendment 1t is we'll known that I
the majority, or seven tenths of the 1
States, are directly and absolutely on /
posed to the negro suffrage, and that we /
are indebted ~ fraud and the bayOnet |
tor fastening the banefuI curse upon the /
people against their wills; and this is Che |
vital and important point at issue, for if I
the people submit To sueh base usurDa- |
ton OF power, and encrOaehment uDOn
their sacred rights, they confirm the in |
lquity, and permit traitOTOus scOundreIs
to change the form of our Government /
from one of consent to one of force
from free government to a black des- !
pOtism
Then what do we gain by accepting
the situation, even as a matter OF 'ex- /
pediency' ? Simply nothing more than
deception ana utter defeat Of all efforts
70 regain our lost liberties and rights F! I
The issue must be made openly, fear
lessly and boldly, upon the broad plat
form, that the reconstruction acts aud
the XIV Amendment were forced upon
the States, or their peoples, in viola
ton of the Federal COnstitution-over.l
the sovereign rights of the States-and
that so long as the evil remains 1t is a
lire issUe-a deliberate attempt of parti-
zan sfQQndrels to overthrow the white
government Of Washington and JsfTer-
son, and reconstruct a black, hideous
nonstrOsity upon its ruin !-Buyer
County Democrat.