New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-01-20

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where he Ircuices Of caste and class have 70 legal
embodiment or political encouragement She shall be
central mart for the interchange Of he products Of the
North ard the South tie East aa1 the West through
the rivers OF her great basin and the system Of railways
ceateTing in her metropolis. She shall be highway
FOR tie commerce OF the two oceans borne by the inland
tars.t lines that carry tho frei2hs between Europe
and = sin. She shall profer secure and gurrded To-
pose al conscicnccs and all religious beliefs united
hy any secular control yet upheld and oncTced By q
pubic sentiment upon which faith IN God has taken
neW bold iiom The experiences OF an Unparalleled Ia
ti0nal Preservation.
Loi il be announced that IN The new era which has
come ours is 20 be TIE first Of States. with TIE largest
freedom and The widest charities Let this DO State
where with tie administration Of inAcxibe Justice the
Abandonment If mere part isms, and tie dOminon Of
industrial pcltics, eli the advances OF staGte'aw pro
cress toward combining labor and capital rather than
placing them in tie cruel antagonisms OF tho Past
whore the light Of hope is shut ont by the fundamental
law from no human being Of whatever rece creed or
color but where free people heodlle the stroke OF In
evable destiny thc horoloca Of Time in tho great
cribs Of chnuscl progress, guars the RIGHT Of permit
ting the position and privileges OF every man to De snch
~ bis virtues talents, education pa;foiis enterprise
industry, courage or achievements may confer upon
him
These be brave words'-worthy ard mem
orable-but how much do they mean3 Are
the Radicals Of Missouri, is Their Governor,
while pro1erng ard commencing Missouri a'
"an asylum for all nationalties and races and
peoples, ready to make their protFer good with
regard TO that portion Of their own native in.
habi.an.s who had the misfortune to DO born
Black Or ore their Largest freedom and
widest charities" reserved for strangers nom
over seas, to the prejudice OF portion of their
humble neighbors, whose industry laid the
foundations oftheg wealth and whose blood has
been freely shed for theoyerthrow Of formidable,
red handed treason
These questions must be practically answered,
and that right soon. The Convention now sill
ting mus. decide whether tie Blacks shall re-.
main outcasts and scris or be stimulated TO as
pire to ali the responsibilities and immunitieS
of citizens. ain the names Of Truth, OF JUS
tee, OF Freedom aud of Progress" we iinp!ore
ihe Radicals not to stultify themselves, but to
establish their new political ediice on founda-
tons az deep aud broad as Humanity itself.
Mr.. Theodore Tilton, in letter We printed
in our last, urges them TO make every Cit
i7en who can read legal voter, go that Suffrage
shall be based on Intelligence, not Color.
This would enable every man not already a
voter 10 become one at a very early day. The
incurably or obstin0tcly ignorant, 10 matter Of
what color, would be nOR-yo,ers; the intelli-
gent, though but moderately so, would enjoy
the Right Of Suffrage. OF oourse, there would
be anomalies under tits az under any
ether criterion but probably fewer than under
any other Il could not be pretended that tie
great mass of bonighted and brutalized ne
roes, Just Ibetated.rom lifelong bondage, could
take the government into their hands; while,
on the other hand, every citizen could say, II
debarred from voting this year, con surely
vote next year if see ct to qualify myself: if
do not, the fault will TO wholly my own.
We see not how this could be improved, under
existing circumstances. And we once more
entreat the Radicals If Missouri 10 take care
that their acts DO not shame their principles, o.
rather, their professions.