The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1874-09-05
poIitloal Note..
ylEn or soL4il cAaoIlsA nEruallcAs.

A sstrua hl,,o.i ra,,,,,,l;o.,, ,,r;,,no fron,
Rale;ch. N q ,otha W.sh;no,on Na,;onsl
Rennbl;ran ~ ~ snh;cct IN ~ rssnl, az
the slec.;on II that S,ste ana n mgces.
tions savs
Tbe a. o,o.,;o, n ,ha, Stat. c.rr;ss
with !, mn Observation-Disclosures which
can only hs s,a.oa h. an sc,,aI nor,ie;nant
IN ,he strucgle his not ,he voice oftho
neutrality-suspicious. merely of cbo;co az
sertain STATE ogiceTs h an GoFn voar
Indeed / am firmly norsn,ded that in
many instances tho nersons elected were
not and arr not tho cbo;ca of Tho nsonla
Far the of6ccs N which thew have been
elected But il il demonstrable almost
IN m,tboma,ieal cor,a;ntv that !, was a
GREAT unrising of The neonlo 10 cntor mon
the journal Of tho nations history their
unal.er,ble onnosition N the n,ss,oe Of
tho civil riohts hin And Il Z eonallv
demopstra5le that ,ltbongb Gaming I'M.
mediately from North Caroliua h e not
simply the voice Of her citizen, hut il il
the voice of the Anrlo.S,xon race to a
UranfnF 1r lesser Nauraa nll nyar tho unlnn
TO demonstrate ii can only he likened
10 n terrible tornado sweenino all tb;nrs
before II In n d,v MS ;fbv mag;e tho
strongest republican counties have become
democratic. or rntber have voted democrat.
ie: not isolated instances lint from N.
mountains to the seaboard Our marty
has lost nearly every county whore 4 ~.
ouired white men ID addition to tho color.
ed voters to vote with il 10 carry Il
Now, are Anslo-Saxops in New York
Ohio, and Pennsylvania differently oonsti'
tuted from those of North Carolina To
ask the question is but TO answer Il And
while they may be willing. as in Detroit
to associate on terms Of social eouality
with refined and cultivated eolornd mon
such as we're there present. vet when n
vote is taken in those and other Northern
States. and tho question shall he souarelv
presented, whether they will sulmi. "a
social equality with the whole eolorod
race. nv life npon it. they will answer in
New York as Indignantly as in North Gar.
olina. no, never
Now, land | am satisfied that I lint
express the sentiments of ninety.nine hmm.
dredths of republicans of North Caroline
-implore our Northern republicans 10
pause and ponder before thew shall deter
mine to cross the Rubicon. If that issue
is forced, the republican party here and
all over the South will be confined thence.
forth substantially to the colored race
That issue VIII carry all the Northern
states where the vote Is at all close, and will,
as certainly as the day shall come, elect a
democrat next President and sweep the
House oil Representatives.
linen why persist IN such suicidal pol
icy The colored man has not asked it,
ana many OF the best OF them do not even
aeslre It. why They know-what our
Nortnern friends do not recoSnize-that
II VIII inevitably produce war OF races
not repe,iion' not sneh resistance to
constituted law as can be reached by mil
nary power. when the negro IN attempt
ing TO use "civii rights Is murdered, do
you suppose the white men could be con-
victeo or II the negro sues under the
the clvil rights bill, do you suppose a jury
couia DC lmpanneled that would find a
verdict ior Nun The Intelligent colored
man Knows IN either case the jury would
NOT because ne knows that which you
know out ran TO apply, namely: that no
law can DC executed which is utterly ut
war win puplic sentiment.
Quo ELEcTIoN.-The full returns IF
the vote on the proposed new copst tuition
in Ohio reveal an UNEXPECTED result on Tho
to permit licenses for tho sale
of liquor to be granted. While tho CON
stitution is defeated BY the oyerwbelmipr
majority OF 147.2s5, the anti.liecnse ma,
iority is 1886. If the clec,;on moams
anything then 1t means that Ohio is a
liquor prohibition State. The vote will
greatly encourage tue political prohibition
lists to Keep up their organization, and to
carry the liquor question into the contests
Tor the legislative seats. The entire vote
on the constitution was light, the total be
lng DOL ,4eo' In the Presidential election
ozS,4zo votes were cast. There will be no
more constitution. making in Ohio for a
decade at least. As the people appear to
prefer to Jog along under their old, clumsy,
and insufficient constitution, 1t will not be
easy 10 induce men capable OF preparing
new instrument TO devote their time and
labor to the cause again. Six months were