Year: 1868

| Nearly one tenth of the Republicans of OHIO
saw fit to vote last October against Impartial
Suffrage. Their folly and wrong caused the
loss of the Legislature, sent very bitter Cop
perhead to the Senate in place of Ben Wade,
and came near defeating our State ticket. And
now the Democracy are giving these recreants
| their righteous desert.


TO the Senate, 10 Copperheads were returned,
with 1S Republicans The 10 proceeded to GUST
one of the IS, on the pretense that he had re-
ceived the votes of some persons who had
African blood in their veins. True, the Su-
preme Court, when it was Democratic, had de-
cded that every person who was at least
half White could vote under the present
State Constitution, but the Democracy over
ruled their own judges and stole the
| seat. Thus REINFORCED, they are now
cutting and carving the Congress lDstricts so
as to give Gen. Schenck's seat to Vallandig-
ham, and stop his noise And they have already
pnt through the Senate bill taking away the
right of suffrage from any and every person
who has a. distinct and visible admixture of
AFRICAN blood" and requiring every one who
may be challenged under this act 20 answer on
| oath these questiOns


In what State were you born. and when and where
Q Were your parents married and, if So when and


s. Had your parents or either of them, admxture
| OF African blood ~
4. Who were your grandparents and where did they.


vei and they married and had they or either Of
| them an admikture of African blood


DO you associate, and are you classified with. white


G. Have You children and If 80, there schools for
coored children in operation IN the township village OF
mtted attend the schools organized for white
children under tine laws OF this statef


There are all manner of provisions for swear
ing Others on this point, and for Furnishing
! those who swear falsely; and then follow other
provisions, of which these are a fair sample:


SEC Any judge OF election the vote or sane
tonng the reception OF the from any person having


distinct and visible adAiXture OF Afncan blood, con
trary the provisions Of this act shall on conviction
thereof be imprisoned In the County Jail not more than
six months less than one month and shall also he
liable TO civil action for penalty 10 the sum OF hye
hundred dollars, which may be brought AGAINST hm ny
any eeotor Of the county district IN which the vote
received in the Court OF Common Pleas OF any county
i'm the state where process be served upon HIM. pro-
yded there shall be but one recovery for each violation
OF this act and failure 10 prosecute or convict shall not


any manner affect the right to proceed for the recovery
SEC. s. That any person aiding nbetting or conselng
any Judge OF election to receive vote. or aiding,
abetng counseng person to offer his vote in yo
laon OF the provisions Of this act or any person IN any
provided shall, conviction thereof be imprisoned In
e @Un sd a Sa e be- tn Se
penalty in the OF s00 which may be brought against
him by elcCtOf OF tne county Ill WHICH
was received In the Court OF Common Pleas OF any
county where process be served upon him. provided
there shall recovery for each violation OF this
act and failure To prosecute convict shall not In any


manner affect the right TO proceed for the recovery OF
| such penalty


SEC Any judge OF election sued for rejecting the vote
OF any person having distinct and visible admiXture OF
African blood may change the To any county he
may elect the Judicial District in which he resides
making an affidavit that according to the best of his be-
| lief, Justice requires such change TO be made.
! This villainous act is to be passed, if it
has not already been; and we suggest that
every Republican who voted against Impartial
Suffrage last Fall have It read to him at least
once per day for the remainder of his natural
life. Nothing can be better calculated TO make
HIM realize what manner of man he is. We
ask the Republicans of Ohio to have One
Million copies printed on large brOadside,
post them up everywhere, read them in all
churches and in every public assemblage, until
Il Legislature shall he chosen expressly to erase
the infamous thing from the statute e-book. DO
let us have this atrocity aired until even ITS
vile authors shall be heartily ashamed OF 1t.