Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1865-06-15

Carolina what they refused to do at home, we re-
ply that FIVE years have undoubtedly opened their
eyes and hearts, and that they rW do 10 Mt home
whenever the opportunity is offered. And even
ii we thought otherwise we should have no doubt
what they ought to do; for the same principle that
makes it right in one State justifcs it in all. The
opportunity is not now given to decide the ques-
on in New York. but it is in the late rebel States,
through our Senators and Representatives. The
colored citizens st the South are mere than half
tho governed. In South Carolina n large majority
Of the population is colored. We have no more
right to abandon them to the will of the whites be-
cause their color has been the badge of servility
than we have arbitrarily to disfranchse the whites
because their color has been a sign OF treason
And if the representatives of State organization in
South Carolina, which disfranchiscd any citizen of
the State because of his color, should claim seat,
in Congress- il would be the plainest duty of Con-
gress TO refuse to receive them until republican
form of government SHOULD be established in South
Carolina.
IL any opponent OF this view should retreat upon
the assertion that the United States have noting
to do with suffrage in State-that the national
Government cannot even prcscr he the qualIfica-
tons OF voters at the national clcctions-we re-
mind him of the simple f,ct tla. none Of the insur-
rectionary States will ag hin be organized cx-
ccpt upon the terms that the United States ordiin.
Not man will vote in Virginia or Carolina by any
Otncr authority tnan tnat OF the Onlleu
According to 4 doctrine which was proclaimed
rather truculently at one time, whenever what was
called active rebellion ceased in State, the State
was Mt once restored with all its privileges TO the
Union. Active rebellion has ceased in Virginia,
in Georgia, in South Carolina. Does any sane
man propose that the forces of the United States
shall be Immediately withdrawn, and the voters
under the Constitutions of those States be invited
to send Representatives to Congressl No. The
United States Will Withdraw their hand when they
satisfied that peace Is secure. They can not
believe it to be secure unll the State Constitution
shall forbid the State imperatively and forever to
allow an legal disability upon the grounds OF color
or race. And that result should be secured by an
amendment to the CCnstitution OF the United States
making every native and properly naturAlizcd citi
zen. ii unconvictcd Of crime, voter. After that
the NEGRO question" will take care of itself
When more than half the adult male population
of the ate rebel States cniranchised they will
instantly appear to be rs good as any body. Thc
''natural antpathy" will cease. They will be
courtcd as much they now contemncl.
Their most sweet voices will be wooel by dema-
gogues as obsequiously rs those Of ignorant TO-"
eigners arc now. We shall hear Fernando Wood
assert that his lifelong aim has been the restora
ton of his fellow citizens of African descent 20 the
rights 50 long ana wicke1ly withheld; and the
Honorable August Belmont declare that as a free
born American. he has cherished no hope so dear
as the enfranchisemcut of his feow-coul.trvmcn Of
every color.
President Johnson SAYS hat freedom is the right
to work and enjoy the fruits of toll in its most
tensvc sense. That means political as we'll as
personal liberty.