New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-06-09

for nat having been Drawing pOitcian-' i"i nav Az
been .een ialking TO Wing. and for having places
that hungry fellows want, goes on very briskiy
and spies and insormers doing a brisk business
federalism and the Right Of -unrase-The VI.
News.
The Morning. Ners first asserted that tne @''''
qualification for Blacks in our present Cons'inuo"I
was n<gofire rather than posfice ac'--oec''l'"7
10 apply TO them the extension at the same '''
,,led 20 the White Race" We showed this TO ue
untrue and the News virtually comedies maj lns
Democrats Of s2i did deprive a large class pre-
v;o,.,v voters OF the Elective Franchise. On what
ground We cannot find in the reported Debates
nor in the News any allegation that they had eHer'
cised their rights oorupty--that they had ever
raised riois Of the Polls attempted TO smash BAL
Boxes when the apprehendcd result dlo no.
please thcn--the head and front Of their Offending
IL contained in the charge that the co"red o0.' Z"
Neu. York and AbaHy had generoi|y ro'ed W.
Fedora, Ticket The News, indeed talks oo''qu'
~ of their being badly educated driving coaches
hacking boots &c. But until it is proved ha' 'ne"
.ar..,;,,., deficiency results from a wiliul negec
Of opportunity on their part, and ,ha' coa''
and boot backing are essential disquannca''o''
m Intelligent exercise Of Political rights inc ca'H
not made out and when is the Cons'to''o" 7no''U
.,,.,;s., tho, coacbmen and boot blacks, not Black
~ .bsI be- deprived of Suffrage. Our own bebci
is that All these classes vote quite az upnshuy d
many who fancy themselves much better ana 'p"'
many men would be more usefully employed sho
honester politicians if they followed coachdnvins OF
boot polishing than they now are
VIVA, we ask is that our Political Institutions
shall be based on and made consistent VII" SIM
well defined principles. OnT fundamental Prlhc'P
II the absolute equality Of nghfs III the human
Race and this we shall MAINTAIN, endeaVouns u
make our institutions conform thereto 50 lar ana -
fast as this may be done peacefully cons'iiuuon'"'
and in thorough Difference TO Law ana o'uo'
Rut If the Elective Franchise is TO be regarded A.
,nnosing Public Duty rather than declaring fo'
son., RIGHT and imposing the duty only on nose
onalfed TO discharge it, then we insist thai the o'S
elimination shall contemplate essentai ana no' ''
,,er6cial differences If destitute man. an lgnor'
man an imbece, pauper, Is to be eSciuucu "'
the Constitution so specify, but do mol nave 1"
mart of class excluded and the residue au'ho'iA"'
~ veto W. know no i0,rcr orders = The News.
while reproaching the old Fcdcrasis Tor thcf P'""
oon,emp,'-of such itself falls into that very error
-Rn, the News. while it virtually reirac's one
;..,o,o,,en, ncrssts in another that the aboh
ZION of the Freehold Qualification in voting for sen
stors was "of course hateful to the feder"l's's
the Convention of 1921, aud asserts tnat
.r IN, freehold qualification in voting Tor Sfna,3''
UNA sboished by large majority wa- prcaur, Wv
had large majority III INT tNh
venton o.
Now ,hisis no, true The man Ambrose Spencer
who moved and urged the retention OF the OLD rec
hold Senatorial qualification had been jealous ano
.N.c,;vc supporicr Of the election succcssVey o.
Jefferson Madison and Monroe and though at thai
time connected with Gov. Clinion's State Admins
,ration. was no more Fcderallsi than van pu''"
;nlsle Among the leading Fcderalisis III Inc 'on
ven,ion were Rufus kipg. James hcaf. SiepRc'
Yam Rensselaer, and J. X. Van Rensselaer, not one
of whom voted for the Freehold Qualification.
Rne,s King voted against it; SO did John Duer' So
did Messrs Brcese Lansing leieri- PumpeAy
Ten Evck and f. Websier-all, If we mistake mol
Fsderalists We do not know who else were
Federalists in that body. but we believe Ontario.
Uerl;mer Greene. Ulster. Rensselaer, and W ashing
Inn
find but three of their trcatgtoar Delegates yoi'nl
for the Property Qualification. We pre'nm.
there were several Democrats in their Delegations
bu, il il elaringy untrue that the Federalisis a. a
body resisted the abolition OF the senaiora'
restriction
We think we need say no moro 10 convince l"'
candid reader that the current Loco Foco trick o.
= a.. IN dot a.
bv-eone party animated by sy siemaile hatred o.
or contempt for the poor and humble Is rcple''
with Injustice and iasehood The great party whici
framed and adopted our Federal Constitution am
took liz name therefrom-which nobly rallied roui'
and sus,ained the Administration W ashington an'
was overthrown by the errors OF John Adams "h'
the superior tactics, energy and strategy oil SadVe'
sar;es-held many opinions with which we have n
fellowship and did some things winch we canno
.,orove. vet we doub, whether this country ha
ever seen or is likely soon to see amore honest hsn
minded or patriotic party portion OF 'na' parry
in view of the very meagre diffusion oil knoW'eds'
The close OF the last and the commencement oil IN
nrssen, century when Education and ln'e1IiSenc
xere mo, ne-fourth what they now are ana IN view
s,h. sc,ua condition OF the destitute portion OF III
Community. did undoubtedly believe that Propert
ought to be represented none branch OF our 1o',r'
ment No as 10 have cheek on the Asrar'an or oih'
excuses into which the destitute and ignorant m'sn
b. hurried Say this was an error II yon please
bu, consider the time and the circumstances con
.ider the absolute void Of any experience Oh u
working of Universal Suffrage IN the history oil nS'
kind save for brief period IN the midst OF u
French Revolu,ion) and then judge them as c"ndo
.h.D dictate. A man might very naturally De OF
no..a 10 Universal Suffrage IN 1900 or e'ca ~
and ye, heartily in favor of il in lsiA The NsF'
we reggie, to perceive is ye, behind the intelligence
of,he age" l, coniounds social equality Win ~
hncal Franchises and resorts to arguments ass"s
Black Suffrage which substantially mvalida'e tn
rieh, OF oil the poor and dependent to vote
The News asserts interrocstivcly that the Dem
ocrais who voted to exclude the poor Blacks mon
Political Rights &" had just voted TO extend the >ui
.frsge universally to the poorest classes of th
White Race" This is not true. The Convention
Of 1921 expressly ami repeatedly refused to adop
the principle Of Universal Suffrage. 1t confined tn