, 1865-05-17
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In some form as snc Ct the clenente ofrecG
struc.iou In The South, that the only trlc
cal question seems to be to what c.:tep 81
With What conditions, ifany, sla1lI: De gran
Cd. And here let us rcma,k, that those vt
nfEus that the people OF tue Northern Slut
have nothing 10 do with this question
universal. srf1rapc at the Sout1 arc onl
aipgtpg In our teeth the old shareholder
mind your own bns'ness." " which Las who'll
lost lis former power. We hare come t
learn, Gud shall not so5n forget, TINT tn
national power is bar:ed By n
State lines, from lecis,atng for th
national welfare, and that the nat:o
alone is thc Judge what legislation its vel
fare requires. We are bound to admit NJ
rebel southern State into, ,,tlc Union under tn
Constitution until We ere satisfied that it,
Constitution is Republican. Now in snut}
Ca1oliAa more than bali the citizens of tn.
Un,ted States Ere negroes. Abonf all Of tb,
loyal citizens Of that locality arc colored, Il
is not impossible that The proportion q
negroes to whites may Increase thess
untu they are two-thirds or Tires.
fouIths Of The entire population. It is coz
ceiva3lc indeed. though morally impossible,
that the blacks might become substantially
the entire population Of State in wAieh
they arc already largely in the aseeudcucy.
ls it republican kxn Of govcrnpe5F which
now excludes from this suffrage moe than
half the arms bearing population of SLATE,
nnd which under conceivable circumstances
might exclude them all. God forbid that
We should be guilty Of xny suca
judicial blindness. Even the ptos1a.c1y
organs Of Northern opinion, the New York
Herald and World have advanced to the point
OF concsding the necessity that in reAdmtt-
ting the restored Safes, the black men suAll
BE- represented ut The bnllot-bo1. let ~
neither Tennessee, West Virginia, lIkrJlaui,,
Louistana, Missouri uor Arkansas have in re-
m:dtljug their constitutions introduced ne.
gro suffrage, We may s4!tly infer that to
those eu the ground there may exist ohjec-
Ions wli.l those at distance Iave net
cqna1!y considered, and that therefore
tbele wi1l ariko anorg the loyal I'm
ionists and even Emanc!pationis.s In
the seconstruct!nc st2tta, many oppo-
ncnts Of negro suttrage- We believe
the opposition to negro suffrage will
Only bo made the stronger by the
interpente demand Of few imprac:ica1le
uc1 for IN inai1 :rim.nafe suffrage without
reG1rd 10 intelligence or other qualification.
II ths advocates Of negro suffrage are 10 un-
wise Y to demand thst It shsl erply toall, the
nrasule will be de1t&ted altogether Hitheut
doub'. and for the present, at least, without
remedy. Look Tor example atS2uth CArouRa,
f-snnh,t"a - s;.1s..s. y. 49, .n1 "1,ts 1,e o'-
;a1,:s...-.sz.. 'Ne oeeAs' WIN ~
S..t~ ' suA "o1so con1sol 1ne
s '1s "n'1en themselves conio no. ~
~ ~ e.' -. ~ " ~ o.net poas'eA sisot'
eAeept ~, ~ tne snhesaace oa Inc oiae6
.o'e "H1e tue 1"'a "a"e Popuianos
~ eaen s:ae n"n'u oe "na"S ~ ee ashs:eo
~ ~, o'sc4, ~ W.. uol oe 'niso os II, e.
''.c'a's "r1ie tue n"-ef y ~ ,snofant a.
nath ~ eta.e =. '.1.tt, acu 'hou.enas o.
esst .1es 4A' ~. ~ An' " rso'.nSfn
.Ioa go. 4sua En' 1v.,ssses, .h ~ no soulne'"
o.@.s' ~, .e.",e' 80. 'us at]H~ pSpa.A'Aon oe
1nAoe ,'e "4| os4s =, W teeun'ss ucisn' NJ II
:.s.. 49, I-'- ~ W. -" o."ee" snou'o NC per-
nfl.so ~ soas.
"a :, :. .-.,11r:rr :. ~ t.a- 49,. . ,ps' ~ 49, a.
1.a,,r,.t;a,, - ~. -,h,,a.a,hs,a, 49,. 80
,,o~,,1.r ,r,;nh c.n h. sn,,,,-d .<i,hon, =, 49,
4,an,.- ,,r;s,at;nr ...;nst ,,,.,ts 49,. 49,
-, 81, aa,,,. msl~s whcthsr wh;t. ~ .,.ns
rho can M rc,d ~ WI, and h.v. M, - r;.h,n ~
n c;ren short ncr,ca, rer,.tved char;table rc.
1ief voe 1.et all Tote 1sho harc hnno-ah,x
3,nrna .,7ns IN oef-n.a ~ 4],a J7,,;on
sncb nlutform as this die.rm, onno,;.,on
for II Is directed seainst no class q, co,or and
it excludes only Ignorance and nauneris,n
which aYc the b.ne Of al suffrage. Tbe only
osoa say edae1S the as
tLeir alleged Ignorance ana want of tnde-
ucpdxnce, That thev support Them selvrs and
their families would dftprove the latter, and
that they cculd read and write would neg
ative tic former. As to the soldiers, even
The reb.1 leaders, Lee aud Davis, though
fighting for pro-s1avery reTclt, held that
the soldier must vote. In this respect, the
Coppe1head must follow emit as the servant
cannot be above his master. Theodore Til
ton, in recent address before the American
CcnS. Reunion, read the following extract
from letter from Chief Justice Chase, show
ing at once the views OF three Of Cur m ost
distinguished Statesmen on thu general CUES
t3on:
assem-: ie St vour renninn sn earnest wors On iee
present gre; Dattonai duty or ersntsu: to the
Ec*taeh The Sopth the 5en. ,,pns,cston
~ ~ ~ suh,ect With the rood President whom
have lost, on the morning Of tne e'ex dsy,,
cno may say inst ~ ~ 9,.%s II ,iSht or te.t
5.si .1 Of has lie, fnan on any dry bes5rs. Our
Few p!es,acnt bave the happiness 70 fay. Il
uln whose 1emocs.;sI - - - ia enrndence
.ac5 ~ us ~ .,,-.nt # n,5o;on.f. set
sa.I,',,. Ne "en. ~. T., faxor of cranfinr suf,ra.e
ting n4ss's limit +: ons tn the colo1ea
anoe. 'us 80 cs.,hs-~ e.s+ee In the Sorth.
race N the oou1e'n .,..s..1 49,,
ern States, where OWING 10 1ce.1 en&u 8uu1-
1,o,e 4he nuettfon iS Of less importance, the
oeie' - 11.,-.~s&v vii, y. ..ovar 4hoo
act;on OF LIE GULL. :.