New-York daily tribune., 1865-06-13

railways were denounced as fanaticism-by the
prop-,etors Of the street stages We remember
the time when telcgraphipg was piece oi pure
concrete fanaticism. We remember Inc uhe
when cheap postage was condemned as inc
crlYty notion of fanatic. We remember the
time (and now we como back 10
the first point) when no who thought
Human Slavery TO be not immoral, but
dangerous, was proclaimed in pulpts and from
platforms roaring wild beast Of a fanatic, to
be caught, Gagged, scourgcd, bound logged IN
dicted, hung, Time seems to have demon
strated-i.t least it has TO our satisiactlon-that
he who supposed Slavery to be God-ordaincd
institution, rs sacred as the gospel and as per-
manent a. the church, was the true fanatic.
Bishop Elliot of Georgia has not yet recovered
from his delusion. The Nation is ant-Slavcry.
in spite of Abraham, Isaac and Jaco5--it Is the
pro.Slavery people, few, dispirtsd, not over
respectable, who are the fanatics now. VIII
they allow us to extend to them the assurances
of our kindly and cordial commiseration 1t
Is no tolcrabe fate to be Loft 10 hug dclusions
after they have been abandoned by tho majority
Ito see ones faith demonstrated to be folly
to fad the Deity all at once dcserting His
special institution, and leaving it at the mercy
of events every one Of which is fatal to its per-
petuity! The wise will revise their theology.
The fanatics ike Bishop Elliot will not.
1t is fair to suppose that man who is filled
f,ll II oH, at tlo horc crUOastjon of
Colored Suffrage will seek for consolation by in
genious.y dcvising ways ard means to keep
Slavery in substance, although it may be noml.
nally abolished. If we arc wise, we shall find
in this identical feeling the best possible argn-
ment in favor we will not say Of the justice, bnt
of the policy. Of giving the Freedman a vote, if
not to protec. himself then to protect us from
the ingenious deviccs OF those who sought the
life Of this nation for the sake of a cause which
had 10 resource but yiolencc--oftlose who will,
if left to themselves, forever keep their re pect-
i've states IT, a position Of antag0nlsin to the
UniOn---of those who care nothing for names, II
they can get back the old authority-oi those
whose second nature it is to regard the Black as
thing to be plaged and cheated and ground
10 the dust--of those who long to 90 OH
in the old ways of auiocratic and IRE
sponsibc power, and TO live fatty upon
the unrequitcd labor Of othcrs. The poor
man has no weapon but his vote. The
fanatics Of North Carolina know this ~ well az
we do. and. under a Government pro'essedly
democratic, they would keep much more than
the majority always disanncd-deienseless
against class legislation, against personal wrong,
against moidy prcjudlccs, against well cniti-
waited and still Gourshing ha'reds Who would
himself he a so.called Freedman, with 10 Ger.
tain status in the body polite, nominally free
and really in bonds, NJ the mercy of laws i'm
posed without his consent, and with no resource
against cruelty, save the poor one OF unques-
tioning obedience to every ianaticai require
ment OF those who think themselves half gods
simply because they are white or half white
He who hopes TO patch up something in imlta-
ton Of Slave which shall serve his purposes
quite as well rs Slavery itself. is just the man
full OF passions. prejudice, dclusions, hatreds,
,ophistrics and savage pride, who cannot be
trusted with an exclusive electoral power from
which there shall be 10 appeal. He is simply
n fanatic He would have made an exquisitoly
rcmorseles- door-Lcepcr IN the house of the In
qusiion lie would have lent hi, tinder-box
TO the cxecutiOuers Of Huss. He would have
bastinadocd Christians with pleasure in Aieppo.
He has the merit of positive belief, and the
demert OF hugging error aiIectionately to his
heart. The nation has settled upon policy of
which emancipation Is the basis, and which, this
fanatic tells YOU beforehand. he is determined
70 do all H. his power to defeat What 'hallwe
sayl Shall we say: Certainly, dear brother;
keep al the political power in YOUR State; do
Just as you please with the majority Of the pop
uation; deny to that majority the smallest
voice in the mana cement Of public aHalrs: con
troll at your sweet viii the wages OF the laborcr,
the hours Of labor. the enforcement Of contracts,
the acquisition Of property, the disposition Of
estate ." Shall We say that Then. before
making these proiu'ciy generous conces-
,ions. had We not better burn the Con.
siilutun, which secures to every state
a republican form ot govcrnment--nOt a Rus
sian or an Austrian form, mark you but II re-
publican form, which really means, according
to- the le-, modem usage and Interpretation, y
democratic iorm! But, hot being fanatics, We
are not readyto put the Constitution INTO tine lire.
II has cost us too much 10 defend it--htndreds
Of thousand of precious lives and millions upOn
millions oltreasurei i y evident that We have
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