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Editorial
November 9, 1867
Des Arc Weekly Citizen
Des Arc, Prairie County, Arkansas
What is this article about?
The editorial quotes the Cincinnati Commercial criticizing Congress's push for a negro suffrage amendment in Ohio as unwise, noting its defeat as evidence that the North opposes Radical policies to empower blacks in the South.
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The Truth.-The Cincinnati Commercial, referring to negro suffrage proposition in Ohio, speaks the truth after the following fashion:
Of the proposed amendment we will say that it was unwise in Congress to make it a political necessary for the friends of Congress to offer it and support it at this junction: and its conclusive defeat in Ohio must be accepted as absolute evidence that the Radical policy of converting the South into black is not acceptable to an immense majority of the people of the North.
Of the proposed amendment we will say that it was unwise in Congress to make it a political necessary for the friends of Congress to offer it and support it at this junction: and its conclusive defeat in Ohio must be accepted as absolute evidence that the Radical policy of converting the South into black is not acceptable to an immense majority of the people of the North.
What sub-type of article is it?
Suffrage
Partisan Politics
What keywords are associated?
Negro Suffrage
Ohio Amendment
Radical Policy
Cincinnati Commercial
What entities or persons were involved?
Cincinnati Commercial
Congress
Ohio
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Negro Suffrage Amendment In Ohio
Stance / Tone
Critical Of Radical Policy
Key Figures
Cincinnati Commercial
Congress
Ohio
Key Arguments
Unwise For Congress To Force Negro Suffrage Amendment As Political Necessity
Defeat In Ohio Shows Northern Majority Rejects Radical Policy Of Empowering Blacks In The South