Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1876-10-13

purpose, IL Is proclaimed by leading and
Influential press IN the South, and no doubt
many others, that The colored men mnst be
disfranchlsed, and that the States have a
right todecide who shallvoto and who shall
not The purpose Is openly ayowed Of on.
fulling by State legislation the amendments
OF the Consultation extending TO the colored
race the right TO vote by imposing upon 1t
conditions or disabilities Docs any man OF
ordinary intelligence believe that this pur-
pose would be effectively resisted II Mr.. TIL
den were at the head Of the Goyernmentg
Does any man believe thath would exert ia
whole power TO enforce amendments OF the
Constitution which, according TO his views
OF State rights, are encroachments on the
eovereignty Of the states-and which he
holds That they have right to defeat by
swapping the tie of confederation Would
it6e safe to intrust the Government to
man entertaining such views in regard to the
binding force of the political compact?
FeliOw-ctlZens, II would be an unhappy
day for him, as well as for the country II he
were elevated TO the Presidency; for IL he
were disposed to do right he has none of the
qualities which 1T a man in great emergen-
cies TO meet them with promptness and de-
termination. i am In favor, MS YOU all are,
of securing to our Southern brethren every
privilege and right which we enjoy under the
Constitution, so long as they submit to its
requirements; but il they become fathless
to u, either by open resistance or by annull-
ing any of its amendments by insdious legis-
lation, then we must enrorcc it IN the same
way as VIC did fifteen years ago; for the Gou-
stitution and the Union must stand or fall
together.l Ihave only q few words more TO
say in regard to Mr. Tilden, and | shall leave
him In your hands to be dealt with according
to his deserts. You are, no doubt, aware that
he is at this moment prosecuted by two rail
road corporations for moneys which they ac-
cuse him OF fTaudulentiy Withholding from
thenl-onc suit for S240, 900, and the other
for $4,000. These suits were brought long
before he was. nominated for the Presidency,
withno sinister object, but with confident be-
lief on the part of the directors of those corpo-
rations that he had fraudulently appropriated
to his own use eenormou sums to which he
had no title. II is the first time in our history
that the integrity of a candidate for the Pres.
idency has been thus impugned, and | trust
the result Of the election will be so decisive
that it will be the last There is another ac-
cusation of a much graver character, which
an abortive attempt has been made to ex-
plain-that of defrauding the Government
by false return of his income. ! wish, for
the honor of the country, that he could have
shown it to be unfOunded. To his number
less disqualihcations for the high office to
which he has been nominated, 1t is deeply to
be deplored that we could not have been
spared the modification, as American cit
zens, of seeing superadded the last act of
with which he is charged. In
.cnsc prejudice may blind political partisans,
Dut cannot conceive how any disinterested
nan can give him a vote.