, 1865-07-07

The Negro Sn0A1Eo 4ueE1Aon SOUTH
The True Policy OF tho southern
states.
IFrom the N. 7. Herald, July 81
The great object OF the late rebellion wls
an Independent Southern Confederacy. rest
Ing upon the cornerstone of African slavery.
It was rebellion Of the Southern slaYehold-
Ing arjstccrscy for the maintenance and ex-
ten nsIon Of hat ''pecullar lnstitut.on'' from
which they had derived their wealth and their
social, political and commercial power. they
thus plunged into revolutionary struggle,
the Issue otwhlch, aftera year Of temportz!ng
on the part OF the government, Was reduced
to the simple question whether the Union or
Southern slavery ahou1d be destroyed.
Upon thai issue the battle has been fought
ont, and with the overthrow Of Davis and ilis
Ccn{ederacy this Southern Institution Of
slavery has ceased to exist It Ii destroyed,
and with Its death, the compromises ct the
Federal Constitution, the laws Of Cougrcss,
the black laws. of the lA'e slave States and or
the free StateB, and all the political dosmas
and ideas upon which this system Of slavery
depended, must BE- numbered among the
tation Of the Constitution from the snp:eme
Court, under which :" the negro has no rights
{polttical rights) which white man Is bound
10 Eespect," goes with all this other rubbish
Into tie dumping ground of slavery. The
slave States hare passed the ordeal Of q great
ttcn, and all things have becoms new, SO.
clally md politically. Their four millions Of
q1avee are changed to four millions Of free
mtn. They we're cbAttels-they now claim
to be citizens. What Is to b. done with
them?
The President Of the Uni'ed States has
turned over this question to certain specified
loyal white voters in the late rebel States, in
their work of reorganization. To these loyal
whites belongs the task Of settling this uues-
ton in the revision Of their several State
Conssitu' ions, or In the initial MEASURES of
their new State Leglsla' 'ures. Now, looking
Amply st the local, social and Industrial In
tertsts, and at the national politi.al interests
Of the Southern states, 1t appears as plain
to MS 10 that tWo and tWo maze four, that It
is the tuo policy Of said States to concede
the principle OF negro suffrage in their work
Of Slate 1eorganizatlon, whatever may be the
limitations prescribed. Il Is Clearly the In
1elest Of the late rebel States to get back
into Congress % soon rs possible; but there
is great danger Of their exclusion from Soth
houses for at least two yeass to come, upon
this question Of negro suffrage, and they may
possibly fare no better In the next succeeding
Congress, II they persist in the total exclu-
sion Of tho black ises from the batlo box.
The dfsorganjzed Southern States may thus
continue 10 be governed practically bya radI.
cal Northern majority in Congress as refrac-
tory Territories, and To their serlous pfe1u-
dice in every way, for an Indefinite time to
come. =
On the other hand by ccnceding the prin-
clp1e of negro suffrage, in addition to the
Pres1dent's regulations, the readmlssion Of
every State now excluded by Congress Is So
curcd- The principle In question m1y be
conceded Without much difficulty. We be-
lteye that under the present law Of snfffagc
In alaesachusetts and Connecticut, MI male
citizens Of all colers, oyer twenty -oue years
of who ran fend and Urita
to tho ballot box. Suppose South Carolina
should adopt this law, would Massachusetts
or Connecticut have any hight to object, To
be sure, the great mass of the South C.rolina
blacks would be thus excluded for time;
but under this regulation a wide field wonld
masters. But the great point il shis-khnt
''human rights" rs granted in Massachu-
settF, at the ballot box, Will carry South
Carolina. hy the a!d OF Massachusetts, yotes.
lack agafa into both houses Of c C,nsress, and
f-try other Southern State concerned. Let
States bear It In mind that slavery and s!aYe
codes are abolshed that their negroes are
free, md TINT If they arc not maqe the politi-
ca1 allies Of the Southern whites they will BE-
ustd by their Northern political enemies.
Let these things be remembered, we say, and
the ,Rrejcd!ces Of race aud caste, in this broad
political view Of tho kuoject, will not be al
lowed to stand in'tbe way Of the restoration
Of The late rebel States to Congress.
There are, be It also remembered. four
millions Of these emaneipated blacks In the
South. In the cotton States they constitute I
over oDe-half the population. They arc now
within reach Of the politicians, md II not ap-
propriated by the South they will be used By
the Northern radicals, and there is NJ telling
to what extrenitIes the conflict upon the
issue Of political rights between the two races
In the South may thus re carried, II once be-
gun. The responsible Southern whites, how
ever, may avoid all troubles In the future BY
taking this business Into their own hands,
aud b. making the blacks their political al.
lies and followers. The terrible revolution
which has swept away ~th!s Institution Of
slavery, calls for q change In all things
The Southern whites in losing their absolute
command over thelr blacks, and in having
them turned loose upon the community must
now conciliate Them In doing this, the res
ponsible white classwin get wisely in sitting
this r1sIng Northern agitation Of negro sui
lcal balance Of power.