New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-22
DENYING SUFFRAGE EVEN TO SOL
DKEFBS.
Another Proof TINT tho Nation Is Ruined


ruined man. and he will stare upon you WIN aS'oi-
;.bment and f,ovvn unou Won with indignation. SO
!, !, with mi, nation She il annoyed and angry at
,h.'oboro. of hoino mined. Nevertheless she has
h., rr,Dod for moys than forty years. From the
,od horr ,vhoD Slavery triumphed over Freedom in
a.. ~; Corprorpise, down to the present no
-. hour aha has never ceased to DO ruiued
nation. -.
Oar nation saw a fierce and mighty Rebellion
oorin nm within her borders ami rpen into the Oh
sanitation OF an independent government. She saw
bsrs and there her little Peace army, or rather
armed police betrayed into its hands and here and
there the Rebels pluudeing her tire asures She saw
them 80 bold ss TO fire at her ships and seize her
forts. snd build up Notifications over against her
own. Nevertheless thing unheard Of in the history
of ualions she did not move Why did sue NOS
Simply because she could not. Why could she not
Simply because ale was ruined.
IL is true that the news OF the taking OF Sumter
proved that the nation was not entirely dead This
electric shock detected some lingering remains OF
patriotism. But that President Lincoln, though
loyal aud loving the right was nevertheless incom'
petent 70 avail himself OF the OCCASION and TO strike
effectively for her salvation was among the painful
proofs that the nation Was still ruinei. ln
with the nation he was dragged and Sebauched BY
Slavery. How, then, could no suddenly rise up in
earnest resistance 10 Rebellion It had prompted
Oh. could ne then have believed that the military
pecesStes OF the county would justify bis Summon
ing to bis standard every sANe in the lgad, how
soon would the Rebellion have been put down Or
even had be gone no further than TO summon 10 it,
at shat nick Of time. the slaves Of the revolted
States. Are We told that tie people were not yet
prepared Tor so strong measure They were
and never since 50 well. Moreover, the measure
itself would have completed the preparations would
have supplied any possible lsck III IT, Nothing IL a.
mighty " convert men 10 the right bravery fof
the right The fearless and unhesiting leader il the
one they love to follow. Had tie tide in our ma
tons affairs been taken at the Sumter fo9d il
would have led her " on to fortune" But our
leader lacked the courage and decision to take IT,
Through his timdity and decirou 1t left ~
eubside with but little profit having come out OF il.
Ana elias how has her voyage Since been " bound
III shadows and 10 iIiseriss ! HE ehihusiasIn kit
died by the outrageous aud infamous assault o.
Sumter was suffered 10 pass away. Very sOOu the
people sank down into willingness 10 hear Gem
sgos ana TRAITORS pate about Ibe Constitution.
In none but "a Iuiaed nation can The people, az the
very time WREN tho hio OF tier nation Is struck al,
give ear 10 sucn praiIGs
Does this late In.lhe-dAy call upon the blacks 10
enroll themselves IL our army prove that nation
Ia not ruinod Far from it-espcCally - since tie
Government has not The anliness to promise 70 see
10 1t that Cap;urea blacks shall, instead OF being
murdered sold into slavery, lie Rebels threat.
ell, be treated as pris0Iers Of war.
1 referred TO tins prss,.ag about the Constitution
IL continues undated q jnls day. Auxety les, We
may lose, the country, but the Constitution,
no lees irrational, and Infinitely ruiuOUs d7n
would be anxiety ~ save not tie iGau from drown
ing, but his ina, from gong down stream.
1, WHO have lever spoken nor written word
against the Constitution, aud who have spoken aud
written more words for II shan die ever any Pro-
Slavery man living OF dead, can afford TO cay that
this przting Ior ~ has Eisde " Constitution the
most OtleLsye Of eli tic sounds that strike npOn my
ear. Slavery" itselfis 10 me lers disturbing
word than this under cover Of which Slavery is
hypocniicaIly served
/ spoke OF the continuance Of this pra;ing. IL
reply " every proposition for q more vigorous
prosecution of tho War. we are s!ill net wiih the
CRY: "Tbs Constitution The Constitution ! - And
sven now, when We would hep Oh the War by
allowing the sodiors Of tue State OF New-loTk 10
vote al her Elections, are met By this same cry.
Surely, surely have here another proof that our
How commanding are the reasons for allowing
xhem TO vote No other class Of uen have en-
ubate night 70 vote for the rulers OF their country
a. these, who are perlhng their lives for her and
doing more than aby snd eli other classcs u save
her. There Is other class Of msn whose nights VIZ
should hold sacred. Then 10 convince theai tha
we love them aud and by them, We should haste1
TO recognize all tLelf ~! hts aud 10 facilitate their eI
ercise. Moreover, that they may be iusI ired to d.
their utmost for their country. they must see tina
they regarded, not de her armed defenders only
but as still her eitlZensEnd her citizens TobJe
Of but protected in, their rights by their fellow
citizens whom they lave left ~ home. Europ-a
army Ii for the rlosL part IuaCc up OF TIE Gregs
the populstioa-of men without acknowledged %
tticsl nshts aud without Character Very onereu
Is our army. /, is composed Of these who, bead
being our superOrs in patriotism and courage, ar
our equals IN ghis, lute!hgeDcs, and Character
Let this be borne III und By all who would diSfrsn
chIse them. l add That there other class @
men whom should feel ourselves strongi
bound 10 honor aad 10 crafty every possible W.
a. our noble and beloved soldrIs AuOtbe
argument for SLOWING the soldiers to vot
Ia, that here OF them who iz Demo
crst and there OF them who Is Republican will
under ether, 20 home 10 play Iii
part In deciding holly contested and doubtful elec
zion. THIS, bsridss damaging the efficiency 0
the army, Furnishes lust ground of complain,
now 70 one OF the parties aud the other
Nevertheless the temptation 70 this violation Of dutl
Is too strong 10 be successfully Tesisied by al
American eItZeus, educated, they are, prize tn
ballot, and accustomed, they are, to it, car
not easily school themselves into conteDtment viii
not cnsLiug 1t.
But it 10 clsiined that the trainers Of the Constu
tion OF our state intended that voting our elec
tions should DO always in person aud never Uy
proxy. Our Pro-Slavey demagogues have made 81
much account Of the Pro-Slavery words Of some o
the trainers Of the Federal Constitution, that the
habit OF interpreting G Constitution III the light OF
what its trainers intended has come 10 Obtain ell oYei
che country. But point oi fact tae intentions o
its trainers az such not TO be allowed 10 euteI
a all into the Interpretation ind meaning Of Coust
talion-no 10 moro than the intentions OF the scny.
ener, who wrote tho deed, into The Interpretation