, 1865-05-19

j. -:'rg TO the policy heretofore advocated
H. us relative to negso suffrage at the South,
upcn the following grounds, viz:
i. That We, i. e., the people of.the whole
Luton as represented in the President, Senate
q, House Of Representatives. Of the United
safes, have no power to impart tue right Of
Suffrage to the negroes Of The South, the
Constitution having left thst question to the
:cople OF tie several States.
2. That ns the Southern States are nil in
tic Onion, no question upon their admission
.r rtIcction can come before Congress, and
erce Congress cannot require negro suffrage
III those States as TIC condition to their ad.
1nisslcn.
s. The sccedcd States nust come In Or re-
II. 10 the Union, with their former consti-
AZ: ions and statute lave, which exclude ne
s..n.uff:age,
=. Tie aid Of the black citizens Of tue
: 1 :. Ted States Is in no way required to bring
4, Sc States back into the Union.
=. It wou' d he unjust to exclude all whites
= are unab1c to read and write and give
i: suffrage to those negroes who can read
sst1 write.
Il. 1fnegots vote they must hold Office,
witch is impossible.
:. Negro suffrage Is new ana w.ld tnro~
IT, which reason, Law sad nature would for
3.iG tue realization Of"
1,e will met these objections IN the inverse
<,:. r in which they are presented, In order to
d, .2ss the least important first.
5.:r correspondent IL simply miftaken in
s-..: . negro suffrage to be a lew theory.
r., pecgces have voted under 1ooser limi-
"a. IS than thosc We propose in New Hamp.
"a. Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode
j, New York, Ohio, North Carolina, and
i. ;:sce. In The three first named they
;. : without qualification. In New York
', : properly qualification. In Ohio II Of
( Ut ali white blood. In Nerth Carolina and
~t -, cssee the right Of suffrage was taken
r4t, thtm by amendments OF The original
q. .,tullous Of those States. Andrew jack
~. :. was rot too conservative to call out the
ay,:a vote Of Tennessee, and were 1t not for
re .cr-o rate In New York Horatio Seymour
.1nu,d now be Governor Of that State. II
,. -roes during ali periods of the republic
1--we voted, is the doctrine new? It 1t WAS
ARE and democratic to Lave them vote
amidst sl&reho1ding communities, is 1t wild
to let them vote after slavery is abollsheds
II neither reason, Law nor nnture forbade
<rse negroes to vote, when they we're SO few
In numbers that the exclusion Of them all
ftem voting would have wrought no great
Injustice, do they now forbid 1t when to ex-
clude them Is to leave half the popula tion OF
eleven States free but unprotected, citizens
but of 8 pariah or helot class, unable to OBJ
4sin their conceived rights BY the same mode
in which we obtain them, Viz. the ballot
boz, and dependent therefore for their rights
on the charity Of their late owners or on their
own strong arms. rising In bloody revolution
We insist that while negro sutttrage Is
ssrc.toncd by enough Of usage 10 make II
rfencctaSle, the exclEtton OF hall or t~o-
~ ds of the free citizens within State
ftem the ballot box, is o "ncw and wild theory,
.rc ,calizst.ou of which reason, law and ma
sure yrou1d forbid" It would convert all
s1a Southern States into 'sTotten boronshs''
sn which few whites would cast the vote
r,r hundreds OF citizens in imitation of tue
.otten borough system Of England. For II
,,ust he borne in mind that the forme. slaves
yto, as sucl, lad "a thtee-6ttta represents
t,ou now barc full representation as ciu
zcns. The Constitution Of the United states
AIT, /, Sec. 9, declares that
.4f,cnreseutares and direct f4xes shall be appor
4,nre5 anopc the 8evcr il states which ma? o. IN
ndcd within tbs pnion afe9rdiag 70 fnef E,
sind,1p thoee bound 10 service fos t:rm Of years
sgl e5euding lnatsns not ta1sd' three 'nt1hs o
aN other petEona.
Reoresentatiyes and direct taxes must there
fare now be apportioned among the South
crn States according to the whole number o
whi.es and negroes. Who are to pay thes
l.. ~,.4 4heeo rnfea an hptH1f nF fh