The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-02-12

enter inso oomo SOFT OF COMPROMISE NOItn
and South, for the joint expulsion Of tho French
from Mexico. The Richmond Enquirer had pro
viously limited ct something Of the kind. In any
event, Louis Napoleon and his Mexican protec-
torsts stand In tho way Of our Southern States.
Tho readiest way to dislodge him lies In the
return Of those States to the Union. Thus, with
tho restoration Of the Union, there will yet be
"scope and verge enough" for Southern con-
federacy In the extension Of the Monroe doc
trins over Mexico. The only difficulty in the
way Of peace and this programme Is Je6 Davis;
but his power viii vanish with his expulsion
from Richmond, and peace will como from an
other quarter. :.
The Almighty bigger Again-Ths Rsdi-
Gals DofessiAg the Constitutional
Amendment. .~1 <a..-s 49, I ~
When We pssgested the amendment to the
consusarion abollshing slavery, We supposed
that saoh measure would at once end the
anti-slavery agitation. We regret to state that
1t has not achieved this result The amend
ment has passed both houses Of Congress and
is now in process Of ratification by the Legis-
latures Of the several States; but the radical
republicans are agitating the negro question as
violently and absurdly as ever. Senator Sumner
has recently introduced a resolution declaring
that three-fourths of the States are not three
fourths, and he supports that ridiculous asser-
ton by the most puerile Of arguments. Not
satisfied with this We find him stalking into the
Supreme Court and applying for the admission
of big buck niger to the bar. Afraid that
Sumner will get ahead of him ID devotion to
the black race, Senator Wilson has moved that
niggers DO treated like white men in all the
public conveyanccs in the United States, and
he asks Congress to enact law to that effect.
We regard both Sumner and Wilson as mono
msniacs upon tho negro question. They are
men Of but two ideas: one idea being the
almighty niger and the other referring to the
best mode Of riding into Office on the almighty
nigger's back. In his resolution that three
fourhs Of the States are not three-fourths,
Senator Sumner shows an ignorance Of arith-
metic worthy of Provost Marshal General Fry
and q contempt for the plain provisions Of the
constitution which would disgrace even rebel
II he may ttms amend the constitution BY reso-
luton, Whist Il to prevent. him from amending 1t
upon any other pointxhich may suit his fanaticai
faney7 n no can put Congress sbsvs the con-.
no will DO able, upon that precedent,
to do pretty much a. he likes, and can change
our form Of government, by resolution, 1t his
sweet will. He has just mado . nigger Su-
preme Court lawyer, and what is to prevent his
mixing nigger Chief Justice, or even Presi-
dent, by joint resolution, II his present motion
prevails and he can secure majority Of both
houses to endorse his wild schemesf Tho con-
stitution expressly declares what it means by
threefourths Of tho States. and Senator Sum-
ner's resolution ia, therefore, practical amend
ment of the constitution. But If he can amend
the constitution by simple resolution Of Con-
grcss why need the States vote upon the
amendment abolishing slavery Why not con-
slider that a law, because Congress has passed it,
Surely an amendment abolishing slavery is not
of half so much Importance as an amendment
fourths, and that less than three-fourths are
equivalent to thrce-fourths. The first amend
meat only abolishcs domestic institutions; the
second revolutionizes the arithmetic Of the
world. Senator Sumner may be as right in his
theories as he is wrong in his
but, If he be right, all the rest of
the world is wrong, and We hope that the Sec
rotary Of the Treasury will not hesitate to apply
Senator Summers own rule to Senator Summers
salary. For if less than three-fourths are equal
TO three-fourtls, then less than tho whole Is
equivalent 10 the whole, and the Treasury will
save something by paying Sumner of upon this
new principle.
Senator Wilson Is just as decided q fanatic
as Sumner; but he is crafticr, not so well edu-
Gated and not quite so oratorical. His resolution
In regard to the conveyance OF niggers over
railroad and stage Lines upon q complete
equality with white persons does him no credit
whatever, and will mako him no political CAPT
tai. Car and stage companies are governed
entirely by public opinion concerning this negro
question. IN some localities the people delight
to inhale the bouquet dAfriQse; in others they
object to il and will not have II al any price.
We hold that 1t Is utterly contemplate for Con-
grcss to interfere in these local matters. The
honorable gentlemen have just as much right
to pass a law declaring that white men shall be
treated like niggers as they have to enact that
niggers shlll be treated like white persons II
this sort Of Legislation il 70 DO the order Of tho
day, we shall have revival Of The pleasantries
Of the snufiing Puritans Of England, when
their Parliament ruled tho roast a. our Con-
gres seeks 70 do now. Thon every man
who had plain John or Henry for his
nsmo was looked upon % heather,
and Praise God Barebones and Smitc-'em-hip-
Gnd-thigh Smith were the cognomens In vogue.
The millennium Of Sumner and Wilson will
arrive when white men are considered outcasts
and pariabs, and when one must be niger to
be respectable. Then, ~ in ancient times,
Punpey, Cesar, Scipio and Brudder Bones win