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Newspaper
Democratic Enquirer
Location
Mcarthur, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1870
Page
1
Statewide reports detail arrests and seizures related to unstamped goods in Ohio and across the state. The piece critiques officials, notes a Cleveland case where Henry Cary was jailed then released for marshal costs, and cites broader political fury over Reconstruction era abuses, including Grant and Fish criticisms and calls for education of newly enfranchised citizens.
Secretary of State announces a proposed constitutional amendment guaranteeing the right to vote regardless of race, color, or former condition of servitude. It lists ratifications from multiple states and notes New York’s later withdrawal claim, with Congress empowered to enforce the measure.
The Seymour Times argues the Republican party overemphasizes black suffrage and warns elevating negroes to office could wreck the party. It predicts a white voters coalition forming a future party to gain national power and urges preserving the party by discouraging negro office seeking.
The Fonding bill proposes a $12,000,000 appropriation to pay agents for converting existing bonds into different ones and to continue the tax upon the new levy to fund interest. How long will the tax endure to finance the bonds and the enterprise described.
The quote notes that the self denial demanded by vice is far greater than the effort required by virtuous striving, implying vice imposes harsher discipline on character.
A Thursday night gathering at the Court-house in the city showcased a strong black Radical influence. Negro leaders denounced white Radicals as dependents and asserted the negroes hold power in the district, promising to dictate terms for the party and demand negro representation on the Radical ticket for the August election.
The Ohio Legislature authorizes a half mill increase in the state levy for 1870, raising the aggregate to four mills per dollar from three and a half. This boosts state taxes by about six hundred thousand dollars. Critics accuse the Radical party of broken promises on economy and reform, contrasting with Democratic claims of waste in 1869.
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