The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-06-29

with information As to the rebel armies wsre
they driven back to their masters to be beaten
and murdered, and everything almost tended to
convince the slave that he had no more to hope
forfrom the Union than the rebel army, yet he
never faltered in doing all that lay in his power
to aid the government. We do not believe that
men who could not be deceived by their nasts rs
under the circumstances OF that time will be
liable to be misled by them after receiving their
freedom and the right to vote.
L.. In soma of these States there are not in.
telligent men enough to fill the offices who have
not been active traitors These men are at
heart traitors. STILL but they viii control those
States unless the negro is allowed TO vote and
what will be the condition of the freedmen the
few Union men who are there and "the loyal men
who may desire to go there" during the 1.-TWO
generations" that these traitors may be dying
of?
8. We do not propose to argue the question
Of capacity at this time, but If "JoE' will visit
New Orleans and the British West Indies, he
will see many things that will shake his faith in
the truth of his assertion. He admits that ne.
groes should vote if they know enough. If
they are not up to his stan dard is there any dam
ger OF their getting into Office, etc.? 49,
1t Is well enough sometimes to theorize, but
why not use facts when they are at hand and
applicable? We will refer to few that we think
ara to the'point At tho time of the formation
Of the Constitution OF the United States there
was but,one State South Carolina) whose con.
stitution prohibited negro suffrage, and nearly,
if not quite, all the other States allowed eperv
freeman to vote. Has there ever been any com.
plant that the blacks did not vote as intell gent
ly and as honestly ns the whites? In all the New
England States, except Connecticut, (and in that
State till 1919 the negro has been as free to
vote as the white man. Politically they are
equal GLOW about social equality" there7
In every law Of Congress for the Organization of
Territories up to the one for Missouri, all free.
men, black or white, were allowed to vote. In
Canada there is no distinction on account of
color, nevertheless in Chatham, "thee negro
town." the population has Increased from l. 500
inhabitants to G0oo in ten years, and the county
of Kent from 1900 to IS 900 in the same time
The colored population is about 1000 in town
and county. In the British West Indies there Is
no distinction. In Brazil, where slavery still
exists free men are allowed TO vote whether
black or white. Do the dreaded evils exist in
any of these countries? No. Why then should
we fear Thorn
BY the way how Is IL about governments ode
irving their just powers from the consent of the
governed? Our friend has begun the discus.
sion in season as the word "whiter cannot be
stricken ont of our State Constitution except by
a vote of the people at general election, and
that cannot be till October 1868. There is plen.
ty Of time for a man to change his opinion
before that time. One of our best farmers told
us, last week, that a month ago be was oppos
to striking out the word "whte," but now he
was in favor Of il.