Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-02-04
THk saADl, RIeHT TO

al& OAA1 AAtss - - - I
,uring tie var for the Union that
vithin Eve years from its triumphant
.onsurauaation the elective fHanehise
Eould be denied in Ohio to the SOL
diers MANNED and disabled in the SER
vice of the country, be would have |
been regarded as a proper subject for
aa iBquisitiou of Iunaey. The adVe-
cate Of such an Outrage would scarce
ly have been tolerated. much less
oountenanced. snd would have been
assigned by the verdict of an over-
yhelmiDg pablo zOpinion to. al
place and portion. among rebels and
rebel sympathiEers most Virulent and
upregenerate... And yet, through the
instrumentaliiy of an accidental Leg
islature. Of the kind which FeeGrs once
in a decade, this precise proposition
has been not only proposed and advO-
.eated but enacted into laH in this
State. req
The Rep6bIicah Legislature Of 1867
having in view The location Of the.
National Soldiers Home 10 Ohio
passed an aat which we give entire
''That the disabled soldiers who have been
or shall be received into the NATIONAL Asy-
lum for disabled volunteer soldiers, and
who may be citizens Of the United states,
shall be held and deemed to have fheiI law
ti r. Eedenee e Il tae county ~ f6 az, hef @ Io~bs
located and shall be entitled to vote in such
township and county slft5ect % ne E1l19rislol.s
dence shall have. continued prior to the eX-
ereise OF the elective hFanehise.1
The effect of this. It viii Be seen,
was simply to SO modify the laws Of
Okio governing voting rezidepes rs to.
enable the occupants of the Home,
| by acquiring such residences, TO vote ut
the place where the Institution. should
be located, Tais very reasonable. en-
actmeut jeopsFdiEed nobody's rights
and in no wise fnterfered with he free
dom and purity of the. ballot box. Il
conferred no privilege not already en-
ljoyed by any rebel soldier Rho could
prove a year 3 residence in the State,
and was enacted 10 behalf Of ciaas
whose gallantry and heroisw, TO say
nothing Of their patriotic. sacrifices,
fco0ld not have failed in their appeal
/ to any manly and generous nature for
a tribute so slight aud 50 inadequate.
i Negertheless the Democratic Legisla-
ltureof 1868 absolutely repealed thts
lao. affectionately saying to the dis.
abIed veterans "Goto the distant sec
lltiens of the Union from whence you
came and there exercise your right il
Eyou can. Ohio will not tolerate youi
having a voice in the government Of
the country for which you fought
The rebel soldier may come here from
South Carolina, stay q year and vote
but you fought on the wrong side
you come from the wrong section. Il
fyou would exercise the privileges
which the law accords to the rebel Of
to the stay-at- home Democrat, fnC
yonr way back whence you came, pa!
out of your pensions the expense o
a journey ateYery election and make
| it appear that the Home which your
country has provided for yOu is no
4 your home, or else-be disfranehised.'
Partisan spite and legislative mean
/ ness could scarcely descend to greatei
depths than this. Ohio has been dis
efaced BY It and it was in vindication O
the outraged loyal public sentiment o.
| the State that Senator Potts introduced
early In the present session of the
| General Assembly q bill re5enactinl
the law Of 1867 and thus retrieving a
foul blot on Ohio's patriotic record
This bill coming up for the .eonsid
GRAFTON of the Senate on Saturda!
last, 'DeIaware's faVorite son, WI
/ mean of. course the Hon, James r
Hubbell, led off with. the zeal of /
new Democratic convert in Eiolen
4 and determined opposition to th,
measure. Our Senator was as
sured that the Home was located a
Dayton solely to keep General Schencl
| in Congress and furnish support t,
! the family of Lewis B. Gunckel. Hl
thought if the Home had been located
at the White Sulphur Springs b.
!. would have been willing to let th,
soldiers vote, but at Dayton they wer
subject to too many Republican infu
enees, and soldiers usually vote ae
cording to the Influences by Whicl
they are surrounded. He said he IN
l. derstood that when the soldiers of tn
: Home went to the polls tickets wer
+ placed ia their hands by the officers o
the institution and they voted as the
were instructed. He illustrated this b.
saying thataa tenant generally votes a:
} his landlord, and a Iaborer as his EN-
ployer tells him. Aetaa
DeIaware's favorite made no les
. than 70 ur speeches in this strain an,
, finally wound up in virtuous Austen
tion at the beginning of the fifth. W,
may remark parenthetically that w
are sorry that fifth speech was no
made. Had it been we think it prob
+ able there would have been but ON
} vote against the bill, that of our. ia
: vorite Senator only. As il was ther
were7ta00 negatives.
We are pained to say that the spec
ial object of our fondness and PARTIAL
ty was rather severely handled in th
discussion which followed. In othe
words the fair rose and expectancy 0
eur county was mercilessly BruiseI
! beneath the heel of Senatorial logic
Messts. 0dlin, Potts, Jones an,
I Welsh of the Republicans and Mr
Hunt from the Democratic side, ro1IeI
up their Senatorial sleeves and, as III
| soldiers would say, went for him.
5 Messrs. Sehenek and GuuckeI wer
: well vindicated by Mr.. 0dlin from tn
, aspersions made upon them and tn
impntation cast upon the soldiers G
voting as they weret told was indignant
] ] ly repelIed by General Potts. Nj
Hunt (Democra0 who was Mr.. Huh