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fWoof truth and the; Kighi.— \ i.t: ni . ‘d nulan!('The Millroi»u*»!l»ii.The ClovcIuii'I X.rM. (fV]1Wi : !inlt;|'•an,/ is dissatUfbd with the “ Slate uUl. r Co liven lion and »l* doings,” and thus -iihloci arcs it:far us tin* ticket m-minnled at Columbus oil Wednesday m concern- , cd, there is general satisfaction. \\ e ., raVi‘ have never known. all I hint's conoid-‘*r»’d. ft 1'inr*! satisfactory ticket I’n*' nu^{,(billed. 1 m belli*.There is sorric grnmbhrg about theplatform, not hut that it is We.'l as far j ^it goes, but many think the qucslion of itegro suffrage should n°t have been dodged. We say dodged..for dodged it was, and there is no useto deny that fad. — jr'~ ;'“u.‘ ; . „ lt;• ! inslitc;nnrc«tluiL»-;on h (]iJin loo far. j ^ In one ease you can keep going ahead. lt;‘. reaching the right point by and by. *mlt; (the fl dtlii-!n one other ease you must take tliei nnel) back track, nhd this is embarrassing. j *nu.1The Convention should have recog- n£,m] hifsed the right of negro suffrage as a principle. Tt need not have dictated the terms on which it should ho gran- »:i!1Jtc:. ted, it hfced not hnvo declared for uni- j Versa! negro suffrage, but it might |p”la have been a little more explicit than ; j,e aL iin arms end reference to the Dec la- a*'V ration of Independence. j° ^ VThe Convention was too timid.— I tne The question must be met. Audit could have been met without appear- j th2 ing to run counter to the President's 1 1 ^ jplall of reconstruction. It would | PeoP* have been tho hight of folly to havei,ilj°. 1 said a word which could be construed j ? iiUo the most distant dissent from theila0.e President. |cmiMThe sin of the Convention was one jou.r -s of omission ; not nearly as bad a sin j fta one of commission. Xo body j etl*i t hurt, Jtnd the future can correct ihej^l*r. matter, but it was diio to the black j J.10 soldiers that their right to vote should j f°‘y have been recognized. I !n
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Allen County Democrat
Lima, Ohio, US
Wed, Jun 28, 1865
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