Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-06-22
DAILY SENTINEL


.THE COuGsG sOCH
Under this bead the New York Tribune er-
presses the =" hope this nation gill celebrate iss
pext birthday in . some-h., more becoming and
Significant way than has al-ays been attempted
heretofore Referring 70 The expression 10 the
Declaration OF Independence that " all men are
created equal. the Tribune remarks.
I'VE would have that for one teIs of the
thick coming ovations that begin 10 murmur 10
our ears Be there 90 stint TO the reloicngs
over what four years Of strife have brought u.
for 10 Il Just and patriotic 70 make the most OF
our victory. Bot 10 order TO make the most OF
it, ve must remember zhsti las failed 10 secure.
aud hos far short Of the gaOl ne are stll hating.
And that will be another text for another class VI
speakers; for the enthusiast and reformer whose
eve hIes stesdfastly on The future, and whose
faith does no, stop short OF the perhaps
distant dav when the inspiration Of JED
srson shall be moral and political l.w
Of the State How far are We from vet sd-
hitting that governments derive their Just
po-ers from the consent Of the governsd7
Whether negroes are citizens or not, may Dc .
qaestion-vhether they are part OF the people,
Presidential proclam atoms seems 10 leave uncer-
tain. Bot that they are among the gov
erbed," the most conservative" politicians will
not venture to deny-until he il reminded that
only from the consent of the governed can any
Government derive lie right TO authority. aud
then his speculative casulstTy may seek 10 lind
term for the polite al designation Of the emanci-
pated slave which may put him outside the pale
ofeven the exhaustive statement OF the Declare
ton. Let him task his ingenuity vell-still will
he fall TIE irresistible progress Of events pres
upon the country the alternative Of denying
the fundamental dogma Of the Declaration OF
Independencelor OF cOnceding suffrage to the
negro, aud opening % bin those conventions
which are TO resettle the fundsmentillsu OF the
returning States
The Tribune asserts that the Fundamental
dogma Of the Declaration of Independence" is
that "all men are created equsl'-hence, If
suffrage Is denied to the negro. that dogms is
practically repudiated There - another dogma
in the aforesaid document upon which the Tri
bune insists with equal positiveuess. "thss gov
ernmtnts derive their Just powers from the con
seSt of the governed" Not only negroes. but
white minors and women are governed but
in their case does the Government derive its
just powers from the cODsent OF the gOvernedl'
White women aud minors have not the privilege
Of voting. hence. according to the doctrine of the
Tribune. the Government, 40 far they are con
cerned. is despotsm, tor IL is without their aubo
rity or consent White minors between the ages
Of eighteen and txenty-one years, and white fe
males who have arrived at the age OF woman
hood. can vote as inteligently as ignorant negroes
but is the fundamental dogma Of the Declare
ton of Independence" denied because they are
prohibited from votng7 White minors and
women did not vote at the time the Declaration
Of Independence was adopted; they have not
voted since the orgauz alton OF this Government
, under the principles which that document as
serted. yet. until We read il IN the Tribune. the
leading representative oil Republicans M we're
not aware that its fundamental dogms had been
denied. What does the Tribune mean by ICON
ceding suffrage to the negrol.' Does i, intend
that all negroes shall be permitted to vote negro
women and minors. as we'll ss male negroes OF
twenty one years of age and upwards? The ne
groes are not only to be invested With the right
TO vote. but the Tribune insists that the con
ventions which are to settle the funda mental law
Of returning States' must be opened to them
In word. the Tribune, and those Who
follow and approve its teachings. are 10
favor oil the equality oil the negroes, they insist
that the negro must be placed upon the
same level with the white And this is the
doctrine which the Tribune says NUT be the
text for the speakers on the coming anniversary
Of the Nations Independence. His EIcelleucy.
. Governor MoRToS. has consented to be the ora
tor az the Tippecanoe Battle Ground celebration
o, that day. and We submit TO him. as a text for
his discourse upon that occasion. what the Tri
bune asserts TO be the fundamental dogms Of
the Declaration of Iudea -adence"-negro s"f-
frage and negro equality.
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