, 1865-06-28

ton. 3ush those whom they can no 1onSe,
control with the lash? The opposers of the
Government, North and South. cannot afford
The Woods and Va1lan dlghAms Of the North
depend entiv1y On the Aoldens and gharkeys
| Of ths South In the next Presidential contest.
Tie grand results Of the war are to be dis
tusbed, ard, as faT as possible: set aside the
desperate alternative is presented eith3; 70
submit to the terrible logic Of the Wat, or By
get posseEsion Of the Government, and make
JEFF. Davis as great and'glorious martyr Is
Abraham Lincoln, Is thievieW Inconsistent
With the principles Of Southern men and the
| Coppcrhead leaders at the Northf think
rot. VIII the Southern States, under such
circumstance. allow the negroes to vote!
answer, No. The negro is too loyal. He has
learned too much. He loYes freedom too
well TO ride With his former master. He
I must, therefore, be crushed. Since It IS left
to the South to f1 his position, and Ii there
ia 20 other remedy It Is PLAIN that he has re-.
ceived AZ the benefit he will ever get from
the rebellion. Freedom Gang Eium the Mill
tary hand Of the Government; 1t was all the
moVe1nment could give him In time Of Hpr.
Not that would underr2te his freedom: bY
no means; 1t is great gift. But 1t leaves I
him deieE seless.. To expect that those who
once owned hin % completely 20 they owned
their bonses and their horses, will add fur
ther blessings to those the Government gave
him. that 1t might strike. down the rebel |
master. fs to hope for imp3ssibflitfes. '.--.-F
Tie South viii ntver tighten the chatns on
itself, The freedman must look elsewhere |
snd he is bclplcss The Government save
bin freedom, subject to such restrictions az \
his former mater may see 1t to Impose upon /
1t. Liquidation Will surround him with such
multitude Of difficulties and dangers that
bis condition will he little II any better than
iva rA wi 10 xA.S. Ii. I
In the Ncrthwext who, denies that the one
hundred thousand and more co1osed soldiers
who have barred their bosoms to the STORM.
have not well ea1ned the privileges Of citi-
zenshap for their whole race In the Souths
Az be Is NOW free man: where is the justtce
those who arc to make and administer The
laws to which be must, in any event, render
obedience? Has he not as clear right to ali
that be has earned as the disloyal mastcr has
to rtfatn what be has so Justly lost. And b.
tween the two, In honor and instice. ouyht
we not to give thu preference to the ioyaI
man as against the tf1itorr What has The |
color of the skfn OF tho quality Of tho b]nnd !
to do IN such question: 1hs negro has
proved himself the .rhiter mau 50 fir rs low
atty goes, and should be clothed With all
that his master forfeited when lie took arms !
against the Government. Color and blood!
Why, It Is we'll known that most OF The F.
F, VS., mud leading aen Of South Carolina,
are the descendants OF ftlons aud prpstt. {
Eutes, who were banished to the Ame1Ieau | !
sShen true manhood seeks Ia color and blood !
ts supporters to IN honorable bcraIdry. {
Woald not be In hurry to enftanchjza. !
.ae NJ GTo could be satis1ed that the South
) In nohaste to make his present and future l
condition blight, and tbs freedom he owes q
b. ssing. Holding the rebel ain, North =
md South, to be the next Presidency. I and 9
.nxious that the freedmen shalt be ptit into I
inc to prevent q probable disaster.
j.. Convinced that the negro hes nothing !
good to hope from the South, I think It Is the
lnty Of Congress to come forwArdHnd perfect Z
lis freedom by enabling him to protect HIM l. y
'rlf. Congress presc5abea the conditions Of =
itzenshp rslat,ve 10 Foreigners coming to = !
{ tile the Fteedmanss claim. Let our next l.
;ongTess take uP,tae subject and do itself =
reat honor, and the negro great act.o lbs. b
Ice, by cnffaachizing all Of the are Of twen- T.
- ne years who cap, at theend oftwoyears, :
gible hand, aud who have not, during the
w0 ycare been convicted OF auy Infannnns q
rlme In court Of Justice. q
This preparation wils'do away with the ob- b
:ctious urged By 80 many that the blacksarc =
90 ignorant to understand such privilege b
nd Would therefore be the passive instru. &c
aents ofde magogues, &C.. Yet this objection n
pplles as strongly TO tbs poor whites at tho sc
o1th to-day, as it can possibly to the blacks; u
nd u Is notorious that IN point Of natural CT
1te1ligence tie blacks at the South are much a
uperi0r to-the poor whites in these States. /:
have no fears that the freedmen will not / n
ote wisely. It would be a. Just retribu.iod L 9!
hal the slave should measnre mp in manhood l. I!
nd political rights with his master, ana keep 7
he lever In his OWL hauds,' not only for his / 4
Wn protection, but as security for the ,d'
ood behavior Of the South. These objects e
ftaiued, the Government would ever be In |
be hands Of the loyal ; and It would have no ~
loIe patriotic supporters and defenders than 7
le free cbiidten of th7se whose chains we're q
rcken By the most glorious martyr Of the u
,st eighteen hundred years. b:
Yours, du., IN