The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1893-10-19

iy the slaves of persons who took part
in the Rebellion, or sympathized with
the same, would be grossly unjust. to
Ohio, which bears large share of the
financial burdens of the General Gov.
which slavery did not exist at the time
of the adoption of said Amendment
therefore,
RESOLVED. By the General Assembly
of the State of Ohio, that we, in the
name of the people of the State of Ohio
enter our solemn protest against the al
lowance or payment OF compensation
for slaves by Congress manumitted by
the adoption of said Thirteenth Amend
ment to the Federal Constitution out Of
the Federal Treasury to the above
named States or any other State.
RESOLVED, That copy of the fore
going preamble and resolutions be for
warded by the Governor to each Of oul
Senators and Representatives in Con
gress.
Mr.. Neal both voted and spoke
against this resolution. He was true tt
his early training as the descendant Of
slave-owners in Virginia and to his sen
timent as copperhead in Ohio during
ent in this respect. He was opposed te
negro suffrage, to allowing negro mill
tary companies 70 participate in the in
augural ceremonies of Governor Hayes
to the so-called reconstruction acts OF
Congress, to any protest whatever by
the Ohio Legisla ature against the pro
posed payment to former slave-owners
of the value of the slaves manumitted
by the adoption of the Thirteenth
ton, and he was opposed to bounties
for negro soldiers and to good schools
(or to any schools, in fact) for colored
children. While he was in the Ohio
House bill came up to regulate colored
schools. 1t had in it a clause which
read: In no case shall colored children
be received into the common schools oi
this State other than herein provided
Lawrence T. Neal voted Aye on this
measure And in doing 30 he was en-
tirely consistent, the regulating" ht
favored most being that which would
keep most colored children out of the
schools altogether.
| On Tuesday, April 7, 1868, Mr.. Neal
by his affirmative vote as member oi
, the House of Representatives, as re-
corded on page 636 of the House Jour
nal of that year, requested the Govern
or of Ohio to fire so guns in honor o.
the defeat of negro suffrage in Michigan
on Monday, April 6. Mr.. Neal mus
have fairly danced for JOY when he go
the news that the colored men of Michi
gan were not to be allowed to exercis,
the right to vote, the same as whit,
men, for this resolutions not only re
quested the Governor General Ruther
ford b. Hayes) to have the guns fired
but wanted the guns to be the larges
that could be found in the city of Co
lumbus. Just look at the resolution a
it stands on the official records. 1t ha
something else in it that will interes
the reader. 1t was introduced by MI
Eliel Headley, who had the honor o
representing that rock-ribbed old Demo
cratic county, Monroe. 1t read thus:
RESOLVED by the General Assembl
of the State of Ohio, That the Govern
or is hereby requested to cause to
fired at o'clock tomorrow mornin
$50 guns in honor of the great victor
achieved at the ballot-box on the ct
day of April, 1868, in the State of Cor
necticut, by the friends of constitution
al liberty over the tools Of military del
pots and in defiance of impeachers (rt
ferring to the impeachment proceeding
against, Andrew johnson. whom hatefr
fate had placed in the Presidentii
chair M
RESOLVED. That Immediately afte
the firing of said guns that the Cover
or is also requested to cause to be fire
30 guns, of the largest in the city of @
lumbus. in honor Of the defeat Of negl