The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1865-07-22
from the walla walIa Statesman ]

JEsT So.-Now that the election has
nassed by in this Territory, the Union papers
on the Sound are. beginning to discuss the
lssuEs-issues which they were unwilling to
meet before the election for fear of creating
a division in the ranks of the Union party
Before the election all "good Union men
would manifest an immense amount of virtu-
ons indignation at the bare mention that
as nnegro suffrage" They at once hooted
down all such monstrous ideas as cooper
head les" But now that the election is
over and the Union (party) safe, the men
who were jogging along without an issue
have suddenly found themselves confronted
by one of great Importance, and they are
now discussing it with much zeal,--the
identical question of negro suffrage. The
Standard opposes the schemes of the Union
lists par excellence on the Suffrage question,
and says:
eff this question is to be forced upon the peo-
Die, and we believe it is from the maneuvers of a
few radical politicians of note and influence let
the American people be prepared to meet it:
= The negro should not
be the only recipient of their fraternizing love- if
it is founded upon what may lie considered gem
eral principles of philanthropy. The Chinese are
surely further advanced in civilization than the
senstous African raco but they not the plastic
race needed. And why are not the patriotic wo-
men of America included in this plan for extend
ed suffrage? Are they less prepared to exercise
the prer0gatives of citizenship than the negro
twill do no harm for the people to reflect upon
these matters. The issue is probably nearer than
is generally anticipated. We believe these new
tangled ideas will lead to endless confusion, and
that we should now, at a time when the country
needs quiet to recuperate its exhausted energies,
sanction as little departure as possible from the
original status of American citizenship"
Some person, through the columns OF the
Pacific Tribune, takes'issue with the Standard
on this question: and asserts that the Stand
ard has "never understood these matters from
the start" and says ''this broad principle
universal saffrage) constitutes the ANlMUs of
the Republican party, whatever might have
been the views of the mercenary crowd that
always flock to the ranks of the rising party"
The writer in the Tribune goes on to say
that the people should meet issues as they
arise. and that eff the rights of citizenship
are not accorded to the blacks within reas-
enable time, they will demand them by force,
if necessary. If we deny them their rights,
in time they will take them by force" The
astute individual concludes by saying that
sithe great lesson of the hour, is justice to
the people of color, and as the question of
suffrage is to be decided by each State for
itself, We trust that our ensuing Legislature
will erase all black laws from our statutes"
Now that our loyal contemporaries of the
Sound have discovered the "nigger in the
fence" the people of the Territory will very
likely witness some racy, grand, and lofty
tuInbling in the Union party within the next
few months. But the idea of suppressing
issues until after elections are held is sim
gular way of proceeding, and is about equal
TO the wisdom of the new-tangled farmer at
Salt Lake who tried the experiment OF put
ting in his crop first, and fencing "arter," and
who thereby lost the proceeds OF his labor
from the voracious dispositions OF the cattle
whereabouts.