New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-02
TIE nrpLE AND THE BLACKS.

The American Blblo Union, its late annual
meetiIg IN this city, considered with perfect
sincerity tho propricty of sending Bibles 10 the
Freedmen. This implies that the book Is to 60
to human beings; because We have never heard
Of any Bible Society instituted for the purpose
Of disseminating tho Sacred Scriptures among
animals. Now. one Of the questions to 10 passed
upon By tie people at the coming election is
that of Manhood Suffrage, which is substantially
. question vi the Manhood Of tho Emancipated.
Tie point, therefore, is whether those to whom
Bibles arc to be sent, and who are presumed 10
be ablc to read them, are fit to vote. o.
There are thousands upon thousands OF men
in this city. who from years. end 10 years end
never enter q place Of public worship. eAcopt
those temples devoted to the worship OF BAG
ehus-men who could no moro read o page Of an
English than they could read a page Of q Hebrow
BiJlc-Een whose electoral IDEAS arc all pugna-
cors--wbo braw in bar-Iooms and canvass in
corner-groccries- who scorn mind and d0G,
upon nuscle-and these poor, besottsd. utterly
uaintelligent creatures, together with those who
own them, and buy them, and sell them. and
drive them, are the very onos who turn up their
pimpled noses the highest at the beasty Blacks.
Yet nobody thinks Of questioning tho justice or
the safety or the propriety OF allowing those bad
specimens Of the worst form of humanity TO
vote--while those With whose education unusual
pains arc taken, and to whom many boxes Of
Bibles are to be sent, are not only unfit 10 vote,
bnt cannot by any process, however extensive
and expcnsive--not by the whole educational
ingenuity OF tho country and the age, be mado
fl to DO trusted with ballot In such ease,
il is for the Society to consider whether
it will not hold its bands, spare IT,
self absurd trouble, coniino Its strug-
giles with human Ignorance and dcpray'
ity to the greasy Caflr or the cu,iculary EN-.
lbroidered New.Zeaiander, and by no means
waste the word of God upon those who are in.
capable Of enlightenment, and probably desti.
tnte Of souls to be saved or Of hearts to be
regenerated; whether sending Bibles to
the Blacks, under such hopeless circum-
stances, DO notta culpablo misappropria-
lion of the Society's furds, and whether they
might not DO restrained by q bill in chapcery
from such q wild md reckless though kind
hearted entcfprise. Fori II the Blacks are not
human, then they are not Heathen, and If they
are -wino, why 1ing to them the priceless pearls
Of truth If DR.. Arnitage would only consult
With dear, saintcd John Van Buren, or the elect
HoratiO Seymour! with the pious Pendleto or
the y,rtuous vallandighaml D dear there Il
no knowing what squandeIing Of money and
Bibles, OF time and Testaments, might be pre-
ventcdi At any rate, lot us know what the
virtuous Slocum thinks nbont il Let 1t DO sub-
mit,ed to Committee Of most Christian Cop
porheads ... .Ifi ,...- --ff.. ~
? At the same time, we must ask permission to
put in our little remonstrance. We have read
lle proceedings OF the Society with much sttcn.
ton, and orc astouished to find that 10 action
was taken for presenting Horatio Seymour, John
Van Buren,, Jerry Black and Gen. Slocum with
Biblesl Singular oversight Extraordinary oanis'
sion! viii it DO contended that these unfortu.
nate men already own tho Booki Where, We
ask, is there any evidence of the fact Where
is. evidence that Gen. Sloeuin ever lead thai
lttle Commandment about conveying" az ap
piled to cottonf What reason Is there for be-
lieving that the Albany spectators ever peruse(
the awful story Of Ananias and sapphiraf Yo
these poor, benightcd unfortunates are though
to be fit to vote, and to mako speeches Of IN
struo,ion to their fellow-citizens, and even to b.
candidates for public Offices. White mon. TOO
And. as White men, entitled TO tho frt Qha!nce
White mon, and nst Blacks-Teal meA and no