Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-08-26
Effect of Negro Suffrage in the
south--The Colored Popula-
ton to Control three States.


The issue Of forcing negro suffrage up.
on the South a. the point of Federal bay
onets has been made by the Republicans
Of Massachusetts,, Connecticut, Vermont,
Iowa, and other States, and Chief Jus.
tce Chase is perambulating the country
in advocacy Of the new doctrine. In im.
haton Of the minor apostles of this new
faith, he intrudes this question upon as.
sembagas at college commencenents, and
in dinner-table speeches.
In view Of the issue that has been made
by the sgitators, let is look at the effect
Of negro suffrage at the South will have
upon the character Of the representation
in Congress and the United States Sen
ate.
Taking the census Of 1850 as basis,
it will be found that in twelve Of the
slave States, embracing eight hundred and
eighty six counties, there is in two hun
| dred and forty-fouI OF them an exec OF
negro population
Alabama contains ffty.two counties, liz
twenty Of which there is an excess Of ne
gro population.
Arkansas has dfty-fve counties, With
an excess of negro population in six
Florida has twenty one counties, with
an excess Of negro population in six.
Georgia has one hundred and thirt7
two counties, with an excess Of negro
population in forty-three.
Louisiana has forty. eight counties with
an excess of negro population in thirty
three.
Maryland has twenty-five counties with
an excess Of negro population iu Eve:
Mississippi has sixty counties, with an
excess of negro population in thirty one.
North Carolina has eighty-sevsn ooun-
ties, with an excess of negro population
in twenty.
Tennessee has seventy.fye counties,
with an excess Of negro population in
three.
Texas has one hundred and fity one
counties, with an excess CT negro popula-
ton in thirteen.
Virginia has one hundred and forty
eight counties, with an excess of negro
population in forty.four.
This would give the negroes majority
in the States of Louisiana, Mssissip pi
and South Carolina. In these three
States they could elect six negroes to tho
United States Senate, aud three or four
times that number of Representatives 10
Congress.
In all The Southern States they could
: send negroes to the State Legislatures and
in two hundred and forty-four counties
control the local Offices. These figures
present the universal negro suffrage ques-
lion in social aspect. Carry out the
: scheme Of the agitators, and what can
: prevent the sending of colored representa-.
: sives to the halls OF Congress These
n are deductions from the figures Of the Gen.
4 sus of 1860, and the probability is tina,
d excess of black population is greater al
the present tine than it was five years
ego. The war has doubles swept of a
larger numbor of the whites than blacks
: Besides, it must be remembered that, to
d start with, the negroes will have decided
IF advantage, from the fact that larg(
l, class of whites are excluded from the righ
Of suffrage by the exceptions in Presiden
" Johnson's amnesty proclamation, whilc
- with the negroes are no exceptions what
- ever,
l. New England has led off in favor o
universal negro suffrage. and iChase i
l. stumping the country in its advocacy. L
n- has now become one of the cardinal doc
trines of the party, and we expect to se
10 the Republican State Conve nticn of New
York toe the mark, and give it an unqall
u fed indorsoment.-N Y. Argus.