Year: 1865

publicans--they must come out from the


Niger Party or own up


Grom the Cleveland Weekly LEADER


Equal SufTrage----Tbe Union


Press Of Ohio ON the Subject.
We append some articles from the Union
papers Of the State on the question OF
equal suffrage. 1t will be seen that the
/ press Of the State are taking high and


maniul position on the subject ....


From the Sandusky Register.


The question must be met, and it is idle


to talk of giving suffrage to the negro i'll


the random way in which sentiment upon


that subject has hitherto been declared. =
That the State Convention Of Ohio should /
ignore it is no reason in our mind that it /
should not be discussed and while we ac-


quiesce in the opinions and the counsel of


that body the same time We believe a large !,
majority of the electors Of the State are in


favor of meeting the question Of Negro


Suffrage now. Its necessity will never be


more apparent. The question must be met


and there must be definite and practical


shape given to the issue upon it. .


.. From the Cleveland Hcrald.


The Convention should haze recognized


the right of negro suffrage as principle. Il


1t need not have dictated the terms on





declared for universal negro suffrage, but


it might have been a little more explicit


than an arm $ end reference to the Declar


alton of Independence.


From the Warren Republican.
F No doubt the Convention was unprepar-
ed for assuming positive ground on the ne
, gro suffrage question. We are satisfied that
, the principles will yet prevail when the
popular sentiment has been more thorough
, ly enlightened and educated in the justice
5 and advantage of the measure. To that
p end the liberal minded the progressive and
, philanthrophic will continue to labor conf


dent of the ultimate victory of the right.
g From the Painsville Telegraph.
The resolutions adopted by the Conven-
:. ton are well enough as far as they GO
= But why did the Union State Convention
9 ignore the vital issue of the day-the ques-
: ton of negro suffrage?


= From the AIahoning Register.


J., If any man who was legal voter five
q years ago in Virginia or North Carolina
d votes to-day it is because the National
e Government thinks it expedient to allow
him to do so. Ifit should see fit to enfran-
chise others it cannot be denied that it has


the same right to do so. What then is
meant by saying that the question of suf-
frage must be settled by the States? What
E States? Whatever the theory may be
+ there are practically no States until the
government recreates them. And how can
State regulate the suffrage until the I'm
tied States has stated who the voters shall
: be, in order that the State may reorganize
itself. la the present situation there can
be no State at the South except by direct
: authority of the Union, and the Government
has the same right to give the blacks the
,,h tnfo b.y 10 ri, bo
, whites.


From the Springfield News and Republic.
Negro suflrage-a doctrine which We be-
lieve the whole loyal community will yet
4 recognize essential to the public safety.
From the Ashtabula Sentinel.
Believing that the right would be pro-
= NOTED by declaring it for universal suffrage
we desired that this convention would so
, declare particularly when it was the freely
expressed belief of almost every individual
delegate. We desired an expression on this
subject that would admonish the President
I of our views of his duty in the case, and so
0 far as we could thus influence his policy,
we should do so promptly and speedily,


From the Summit County Beacon.


But it is wise for the people of the North


to create a strong, wholesome public sent-
I ment that will support Mr.. johnson in ta-


king strong grounds hereafter in support of


universal suffrage at the South


e From the Mahoulug Register
e The friends of free suffrage in Ohio, who
!. hoped for an emphatic expression from the
t Union State Convention on the subject,
+ should not be discouraged. The question
: is to-day the leading topic before the public
: every school district until the election takes
,,1o ln nnt tp1
, by the press and public speakers, have ta-
o ken as decided grounds in its favor as the
s Democracy have taken against it


The failure of the Convention that met
: at Columbus last week to take any
}. stand on the issue, by no means banished
g it from the present canvass. 1t will be
: brought up and discussed at the County
o Conventions at every political meeting
e Gen. Cox, our candidate for Governor, is at
d this moment an ardent advocate Of free
c suffrage. Let us see that the men who will
/ this coming fall be elected to represent us
p in the Legislature Of the State, shall also be
II right upon the question.
) The resolution adopted by the Union
o State Convention are such as will be en-
o dorsed by every loyal man. They are ex-
: cellent as far as they go but we regret very
n much that they do not 90 great deal fur
$ ther. We expected and We think that the
'e people also expected that some of the great
y vital questions of the day would at least be


touched upon, ~ r..


The Cincinnati Gazette the Ohio State


Journal, the Ravenna Democrat the Lor-


ain County Nows and other leading jour
Is nails have also declared themselves in favor
70 of equal suffrage to whites and blacks, but
u u we have not their articles at hand.