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

As to Hamilton county, it seems
/ that the great question there was one
Of reform.
So far as two Of the gentlemen from
that county were concerned, il was
| known that they were openly in IA
vor of the Fifteenth Amendment.
+ Yet they were triumphantly elected,
and / doubt not they viii do their
/ duty For the rest of Us, everybody
knew just how we would vote on this
question when they voted for US.
Now, the Amendment itself is right.
As a matter of political advantage, /
would rather the Amendment were
rejected than not. Iti Just such mat
tiers as this that hang like a milestone
around the neclls Of the Democracy.
But 90 for the Amendment, because
il is right. Justice demands il. Our
national reputation demands il. Peace
and safety demand il, and ! believe
God demands it. J was q Radical
when il cost something 10 be 0De, bat
! had a living and abiding f8itL that
right would triumph. John Quincy
Adams once said TO me, 81 viii not
see it, but you may, when the accused
institution Of slavery viii be blOtted
Out.n And it has come to pass. For
centuries the negro race sent up its
prayers to God from the midst OF an
oppression whose direfulness we can-
not even conceive. God seemed TO
have stayed his hand. But the deIiv-
erance came at last. During the war
our success was just commensurate
with our justice towards the colOred
race. We called the negro to arms;
and it is a truth that we sent from the
North into the army of the Union a
larger proportion of the cOlOred than
of the white race. They bid high for
their rights, and poured out for them
a torrent of good, rich blood. Thus
they have made themselves citizens,
and God affiict me if ever L deny
them what they so brayely purchased,
Applause.
The progress of equality before the
law cannot be stayed. 1t will even
run through the GOrdian knots Of
technicality ytOaccomplish to its purpose.
The barrier set up against it here is
the proposition of the gentleman from
Butler (Mr. Campbell), to submit it to
the people. But, with all due respect,
that is shilly-shally. The way Of
amending the Constitution of the
United States is clearly marked out in
the Constitution itself That mode we
must follow, and vote like men, either
for or against.
move that the committee rise and
report that it has come to no cOnclu-
SION.
Carried.
The committee so reported.
Mr.. Campbell moved to strike out
of Mr.. Yeatman's resolution all after
! the word Whereas and insert in
lieu thereof his bill for submitting the
matter to the people at the next Octo-
Der election.
Lost-1S to IS.
Mr.. Campbell moved to postpone
the resolution until the second Mon
day of next January.
! LOst-1S to IS.
The question now recurring upon
Mr.. Yeatman's Senate joint resOiu-
ton ratifying the Fifteenth Amend
ment, it was adopted by the follow
ing vote:
Ayes-Bartram, Bell, Corey, Dun
ard, Jones, Mckinney, Odlin, Potts,
Root, StimsOn, StreatOr, Wade, Welsh,
Woodworth, Yeatman-19.
Nayes-AmOs, Boesel, Burt, Camp
bell, Cowan, DaUgherty, Emmitt,
Hibbs, Holden, l1ubbell, Hunt, Jami-
son, Jenner, Leods, Lord, Prophet,
Winner, WOOdbridge-18.
So far as the Senate is concerned,
this ends the "irrepressible conflict"
in Ohio.