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Editorial
September 9, 1867
Daily Ohio Statesman
Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio
What is this article about?
Editorial argues that Civil War soldiers did not fight to grant Negroes political equality, citing nobler motives, and quotes Governor Cox on the war creating irreconcilable racial antagonism preventing fusion in one political community.
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Did the Soldiers Fight for Negro
Suffrage?
If there is a single soldier, serving in the
late civil war, who shouldered his musket
and periled life to make the negro his po-
litical equal, he must be an exception to
the rule that other and nobler motives im-
pelled him.
Governor Cox, educated as an Abolition-
ist, in his famed Oberlin letter says that he
is "unwillingly forced to the conclusion that
the issue of the war has not been simply to
embitter the feeling between the whites
and the blacks, but to develop a radical an-
tagonism which makes their permanent
fusion in one political community an abso-
lute impossibility," and in this Governor
Cox spoke the truth if ever he spoke it be-
fore.
Suffrage?
If there is a single soldier, serving in the
late civil war, who shouldered his musket
and periled life to make the negro his po-
litical equal, he must be an exception to
the rule that other and nobler motives im-
pelled him.
Governor Cox, educated as an Abolition-
ist, in his famed Oberlin letter says that he
is "unwillingly forced to the conclusion that
the issue of the war has not been simply to
embitter the feeling between the whites
and the blacks, but to develop a radical an-
tagonism which makes their permanent
fusion in one political community an abso-
lute impossibility," and in this Governor
Cox spoke the truth if ever he spoke it be-
fore.
What sub-type of article is it?
Suffrage
Slavery Abolition
War Or Peace
What keywords are associated?
Negro Suffrage
Civil War Soldiers
Racial Antagonism
Governor Cox
Oberlin Letter
What entities or persons were involved?
Governor Cox
Civil War Soldiers
Negroes
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Negro Suffrage Post Civil War
Stance / Tone
Strongly Against Negro Political Equality
Key Figures
Governor Cox
Civil War Soldiers
Negroes
Key Arguments
No Soldier Fought In The Civil War To Make The Negro His Political Equal
Soldiers Were Impelled By Other And Nobler Motives
Governor Cox, An Abolitionist, Concludes The War Created Radical Racial Antagonism
Racial Antagonism Makes Permanent Fusion In One Political Community Impossible
Governor Cox Spoke The Truth In His Oberlin Letter