New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-04

WEDNESDAY MORNING, JUNE 4, lsa5
Democracy and Suffrage.

Tho Morning Ners in attempting To do Justice
N Mr.. Van Buren, respecting the Convention OF
1872, and the Right Of Suffrage thus expataies;
As for the true history Of the point in question Il
49, simply this Prior 10 the revision Of the consl'n
ton In Isll the property qualification was general De
ing applied 10 both the white and nesf" races, IL"
main object Of the convention on the par oi tne p'o
critic nary of which Mr. Van Buren, was The leader
wa 70 extend the sufragean object % ccurr' "a'iu
70 the Fcdcraists in that body Frustrated I'd u' ~
position to H. the latter next sought TO MAKE u "Du,
he feelings Of the people by pushing II 70 NE sN'
of includine negroes well A. whites m ,he unlN'i-"
free suffrage This II that Mr. Van Buren ana ll'
Democrats in the convention oppOsed-icaFhg w "'Hs
sufRr>ge 10 stand on ia footing. Inc n-sI"" /"
Ibis feature In our state Constitution (ihe sb negro
ouslihc atom wa a negative rather 'nan pos''' ~
declining apply 10 them the extension az , -
time applied 10 the white race. I'M y ~ H. |r
of whist IL often regarded a singular anomaly ~ o
Constitufion this seeming recognition 81 'he yer, W.
Democratic principle Of property test o. I''t- - .
do not think this feature very hkey 70 pa e'sas'
secood revision Of the Constitution without mooH'a
tion' The negro suffrage will probably DE el,"'i -
tended or aboshed altogefhcr'he latter beng 'he H''
probable alternative OF The TWO.
Il the News satisfied with this statement D'S
II not know that prior to ls2l the Free Cluze"' u
New.York black as well as white, were ch'i''co ]"
vote for erery Miag INT .Se''0tors without proper
tv Qualification The Senate was chosen by froe-
holders only, and rntormfy Democr"'"' Tor
manv wears prior 10 eel while the House was quIie
Frequently Federal The Convention OF l-2l abol-
isbcd the Freehold Qualification in voting tor 5ena
,ors by A vote Of One Hundred Yeas 10 NINETEEN
NAYS. This is the vote on what the News terms
"an object Of course hateful TO the tederalis's III
that body" Bot the so-callcd Democratic ieaner''
who had strcnuously urged that Man and not Money
should be the basis Of Suffrage turned short cor
per ON the question Of Suffrage for Blacks ana III
sisted on imposing Freehold Qualification on uci"'
mt for single exercise Of the Right Oh Suffrage Du'
for ererv exercise This they carried by woe III
II 10 80. in body which gave 100 to - against
Property Test for any but Blacks. we cannon
imagine on what principle such vote Is J"s'"o''
II seems to us that JAY, Van Ntch'hS' h'''n"
WILLIAMS. &c sinncd far less palpably against 'he
broadcst Democratic principle in voting to retain me
Freehold Suffrage for a single branch OF the dover'-
,ncnt than did Van Burcn. Young, Crdmer, Bo"'
man. &c in voting to deprive whole class OF CHI
Gems of am voice at all in the Government unless
thew possessed larger Freehold which II was per
ccy notorious that not IN twenty OF them Ola or
probaby would ever possess. VIII the News un-
der,ake To show in what Ineligible sense MIR Jay :
votes are L; be deemed Aristocraiic and Mr.. van
Burcn's Democratic
The News Significantly inlimaics that The De
mocracy will now try to be little more consistent
and less selfcondemncd in their oppression and VIII
endcsvor to d.prirc he Blacks cf Any SHDT0se ~
all, Property or No Property Thank you for the
frank avowa, 'Forcwarned is forcarmcd ana til'
advocates Of real Democracy will now have ia'f
chance 10 try conclusions with iis spurious name
sake The issue cannot be- doubtful