Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-10-13

II the present exclusion Of all rebels
from political power. They must not
be voted Tor aud they must not vote.
Let them bur aad sell; let them till the
ground and may they be industrious
and successful These things they may
do; bat they must not be admitted at
once into the copartnsrship Of our Gov
eminent
don't like ibe words copartnership
OF our Government Il il 10 copart-
nership We re q nation of one peo-
pie
As veil might the respectable Mr.
kstehum re-lnstate his son at once in
the firm which he has betrayed, and in
vest him again with all the powers Of =
e0partnsr. The father received his son
! Nth parental fection, and fcrsavs him;
but be did not invite the criminal to re-
sumo his former desk 10 Wall street
lad yet Eiward katchnm, who Lad rob-
bed ard forged on an unprecedented
scale, IL as worthy Of trust in the old
banking house as our rebels 10 the gov
eminent of the country. A long pro-
baton will be needed before either can
be admitted 70 his former fellowship. 1
The state Of outlawry is the present
condition Of each, and this condition
must not be hastily relaxed.
Then be goes on to discuss one or
two other questions Again:
]" Ia obtaining guarantees We must
rely upon acts rather than professions,
and light our footsteps BY the lamp Of
experience.
rTAa~.fora& - 49, g.. s.oa..t -
belz to constant loyalists This il only
ordinary prudence. As those who have
fought against as should be di.fean-
ehised, SO those who have fought for Us
should be enfranehissd, and thus reno.
waited State will Be built secure on an
unfalteriug aud natural loyalty. For a
while the freedmen will take the place Of
the master thus verifying the saying that
tbs last shall be the Grss and the first
sAsIl be the last 10 tie pious books OF
the East it Is DECLARED that the greatest
modification at tie dgy ofiudgmeut will
be when the faithful slave is carried TO
Paradise, and the wicked master IL sent
20 He'll; and this same reversal of con
ditions appears 10 the Gospel, when
Dives is exhibited az suffering the pains
OF damnarion, while the heggar Of other
days Il sheltered in Abgahams bosom.
And again: "All these guarantees
should be completed and crowned by an
ame ndment 10 the Constitution of IRE
United States, especially providing that
hereafter there shall be ~ denial Of The
elective franchise, or any exclusion of
anY kind, on account Of color or race
bat all persons shall be equal before the
Z l. A. n l.
depreciation Of the Constitution, three
tourtha Of the States actually eo-operat
ing in the National Government are
sufficient for this change. The words Of
the Consultation are that amendments
shall be valid TO all intents and purposes
when ratified by three-fourths Of the
Legislatures Of the several States or
according to the practical sense, By
three fsartha Of the States that have |
Legislatures II State has no Legis-
lature Z cannot be counted ia determine
ing the quorum Of either House Of Con-
grsss, where precisely the same question
occars. Any othsr Interpretation recog-
nizes the rebellion, and plays into ils
hands By coaeading 10 powwr, through |
Febellious CO. irivapce, u prevent an
amendment to the Constitution, essen.
tial TO The general Welfare
la other words, Mr.. sumnsrs propo
sitiou il, that all person who have been |
concerned IN this reballioa shall Be ex-
eluded from the right Of suffrage, from |
al political powsrs for an inde6ni.e
time, and that the negroes 81 the rebel |
States shall be enfrsnchised, full politi-
cal power conferred upon them. Let
as consider what Is TO be the effect Of |
the adoption Of this policy. If you ex-
Glade from the right Of suffrage every 1
man who has been concerned iFA the re-. |
bellion. you will perhaps omit Tennes. /
see and Louisiana. You will exclude |
tweuty cut Of twenly .oae white men. In /
some Il would be greater proportion. |
This would give you only.one white vote /
out Of every twenty one persons II you |
eufranehise vi the negroes 10 those /
States, you sill haze al least twenty me-
gro ves 10 one white vote 10 the work /
Of reconstruction; and 10 the States of |
South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and /
Florida you will have larger proper
ton, pefhapss thiFty colored votes 20 one /
white ore Now what is 10 be- tha effect /
OF thatf The FIRST effect will be that
you will have Eolored State Governors /
Under such condition Of things the ne
gro would no more vote for white men
than you being white, would vote for /
black men. Human nature Is the same,
whether under white OF black SKINS
AID there would be nothing that would
confer greater pleasure upon men of
that race, who have heretofore been
tf0dden down. than the elevation Of 9
man Of his own color. As sure as We are
living they would E~tort upon us that
which We steadily practieed upon them.
IL you give them votes, they will elect
men Of their own color, and We have no
right to blame them. ask, when have
the negroes Of the West India Islands
ever elected white man TO Officer
Under Mr. Summers plan you viii
give the negroes an overwhelming ma
joFfty IN every one Of those States, aud
that they will exercise that power By
electing men Of their own color IL abso-
lately certain. You may say il is all
right If they have men qualified to flI
those Offices. There are enough educa-
ted colored men ia the country to ell
every oaise, and no. donbt would do so
Here IN Indiana We deny them almost
every right bat that Of personal liberty;
and IL is 80 in Illinois and elsewhere.
When you present to these people the
prospect Of holding the highest Offices in
The gift Of the people they will embrace
IL They will become members of the |
State Legislature, Members OF Congress,
Judges Of the Courts, and so on Sup
pose they send coloTed Senators and
Representatives to Washington. You |
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willingly sat beside them and not feel dis
graced Bat bow would IL be in those
States where they had eolored Govern
ors, judges of the Courts, &c. z If ever
such state Of things happens there will
be no longer any white emigration to
such States You cannot find the most .