Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-13
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And now the question comes up, how
can these difficulties be avoided and yet
confer upon the negro bis rights9 lhaye
no doubt the time will come, and thai i
10 not far distant, when the rebel States
vii confer upon the negroes the right OF
suffrage | would give these men just
emerging from slavery, period Of pro-
baton and preparation; I would give
them time to acquire q little property;
time to get little education; time to
learn something about the simplest
forms Of business, and to prepare them
selves for the exercise Of political power.
At the end Of ten or twenty years, let
them come into the enjoyment Of politi-
cal rights. By that time those States
viii have been somewhat filed mp By
emigration from the North, and the me-
gfoes will be 10 the minority for they
have no emigration 10 swell their in
crease, and their proportion 10 the whole
would grow smaller and smaller Their
influence would then be destitute Of any
danger A conflict with them political
~ would be no more likely to happen
than il does now in Massachusetts,
where negroes have exercised political
rights for the last twenty i've years. l
believe this Ia the way this thing viii
work itself out
There is AnetheF thing that win coa-
tribute TO work out this great result Il
Is an amendment TO the Constitution that
may be adopted much more readily than
the prop6sition Of Mr. sumner Il is
the proposition to make the basis Of rep
reseusaiion depend, not upon population,
bat voters, be they white or black The
effect viii be TO drive the Southern men,
By degrees. to enfranehise their negroes,
for the purpose Of increasing their rep
ressntation in Congress aud enlarging
their political power The gentleman
who frat proposed that amendment is on
the stand-MF. Newcomh. the editor Of
the Indianapolis Journal II already
commands the general appreciation CT
the public mind, aud ! would like 10 see
the politician that can stand up and OPP
pose such an amendment To continue
the present arrangement, giving the
South representation on two-ffths Of her
negroes, witt out comforting on them any
Of the rights Of political power, We
could not and would mol submit to. The
reason for saeh inequalily-slavery--is
gone; aud there is 10 reason why repre-.
sen.ation and political power should not
be apportioned according 10 the number
Of votes AS said, this will drive The
people of the South 10 extend their
rights of suffrage - ass 81
! wish 10 say few words now In re-.
gard 10 parties, and frst Ia regard 10
the party calling itaelf Democratic
That 1t is not entitled 10 the confidence
of The public in any respect, 10 clear "a
anything can be. That Il is thoroughly
tainted, completely saturated, With the
virus Of the rebellion; that Il broke the
national faith in 1854 BY repeating The
Missouri Compromise; that it took meas
ures during BachanAn's administration,
for bringing on this rebellion, are facts
that cannot be denied. That Buchanan
and the eonspirators under him aud Ia
Congress, in 1861, proclaimed to The
world that there was no power 10 coerce
State or suppress the rebellion, aud
that thess States might proceed, without
molestation, ia the work Of disintegra-
ton. II opposed enlistments aud con
scripsiona, deprecated the nationsl cur
reucy, encour ged foreign nAiious to
interyenes and, as the las. GROWING act
Of wickedness, al Chicago last summer,
while We we're engaged in the deadly
struggle for the life Of the nation, that
party proclaimed that the war was a
failure, and called upOn the Upited
States Government 10 abandon il. Il
ask il such an organization aa this is
now entitled 70 receive the public conf
dsnee2 They may suddenly change
their professions, as they have done In
New York, changing of sheir "gray
backs for The boys 10 blue" bat The
people see through their disguise, as they
did recently ia -, and gave an Addi.
tional six thousand to the Uaion ma.
jority Cheers That ia the way
think they viii do ia Rll The States.
10 my opinion, the preservation ofthis
power Of the Union party IL Of the Mt
most impoFtaace 70 this people--not to
the mere politicians engaged IL leading
that party--but 10 the naiion, TO those
who love the national credit, The nation.
al glory, and who would hand down this
Government, so gloriously won at the
point OF the bayonet The Democratic
party has done everything to defeat us
In this struggle, and cannot nov Be \
trusted We mnst preserve the intseri.
~ Of the Union party; and we can bet.
ter do that BY preserving our harmony |
than By seeking TO build up another |
wing on the doubtful policy of negro I
suffrage. Ia attempting to do that. We 1
are in danger Of destroying our infa. |
ence add losing our power The people /
OF the Northern States put down the |
great rebellion, and If they Are true to /
the great principles baptized 10 the
blood Of the wss, they can stiIl pre-
serve their power and control the Gov
ernnasns 1910
Governor Morton. having thus diapos-
I'd Of political matters, spoke Of the part
be had taken in regard to the commnta-
lion OF the sentences Of Messra. BowIeh /
and Milligan. II seems that certain |
parties not very friendly 10 hin have
busted themselves 10 representing that
be has not acted in good faith 10 the
Union party IN he matter. Thny we're
10 death By Military Com
mission on the I0sh Of Dscsmber. The
pap rs we're Immediately laid before
President Lincoln for approval. Hs re-
'1seu 20 kake any achOu on tnem. Inc
Governor never had any .eommunica-
ion with him 10 reference to the matter.
de refused, up 10 the day of bis death,
he l4th Of April, o take action in RET
srence 10 their cases, but gave aasnraHce
o the counsel for The defence that Rpoa
be return Of peace be would not com
mute their punishment, bat pardon aud
urn them out into society.
After Mr.. Lincoin's death, ard John
on came into power, these cases were
'ronght before him By the Ja5g- Adyo-
ate. President johnson soon issued an
,.der for their execution This was 81
er tie war was over, and the Necessity
OF their death bad passed. bad bsen
be man whose life they had sought TO
axe, for the purpose Of oyerturnlng the
,tate Government, and 10 crafty their
saliee Their schemes had been bFo0ght
3 an end I had outlived their nfofs