question of the
future which it is not now proper to discuss--"it is beyond the
range of profitable discussion;" and if he has the Democratic
veneration for Tammany hall, he will say with Colonel McCook, "How
can I tell what the Democracy of New York may do?"

Notwithstanding the decision of the late convention, it is probable
that the real sentiment of the Democracy of Ohio is truly stated by
the Butler county Democrat:

"Our position then, is, that while we regard the so-called
amendments as gross usurpation and base frauds--not a part of the
Federal constitution _de facto_ nor _de jure_--and, therefore, acts
which are void, we will abide by them until a majority of the
people of the States united shall, at the polls, put men in power
who shall hold them to be null and of no effect. We adhere
strictly, on this point, to the second resolution of Hon. L. D.
Campbell, adopted at the Democratic convention held in this county
last May; and to refresh the minds of our readers we reproduce it
here:

"2. That now, as heretofore, we are opposed to all lawlessness and
disorder, and for maintaining the supremacy of the constitution and
laws as the only certain means of public safety, and will abide by
all their provisions until the same shall be amended, abrogated, or
repealed by the lawfully constituted authorities."

The new departure has certainly very little claim to the support of
Republican citizens. What are its claims on honest Democrats?

Colonel McCook, to make the new departure palatable to his
Democratic supporters, tells them that a repeal of the fifteenth
Amendment would fail of its object. That the right to vote, once
exercised by the black man, can not be taken away. Is this sound
either in law or logic? By the fifteenth amendment no State can
deny the right to vote to any citizens on account of race or color.
Suppose that amendment was repealed; what would prevent Kentucky
from denying suffrage to colored citizens? Plainly nothing. And in
case of such repeal it is probable that in less than ninety days
thereafter every Democratic State would deny suffrage to colored
citizens, and the great body of Democratic voters would heartily
applaud that result. The truth is, no sound argument can be made,
showing or tending to show that