The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-04-21


! to that proper relation. I believe thaf
3t is not only possible, but in fact easiel
ito do this without deciding, or even con
ssidering whether these States have eve
7been out OF the Union, for when findine
Themselves safely at home, It would o'
utterly immaterial whether they has
sbeen abroad or not. Let US all join II
7doing the acts necessary 10 restore th'
proper practical relations between thos'
States and the Union, and each foreve
after innocently indulge IN his owl
aninieSS neither in doing the acts b.
pIoaS ates from without into tn
htoA, "a 1niv gave them proper "a
ksistance, they never having oeeA out Q
The amount Of constituency, so q
speak, on which the louisiana COY yern
snent rests would be more satisfactory t
Sall if II contained so, 600 or $4,000, o
even 10000, instead of l. ,0oe, as it does
= 1t is also satisfactory TO some to know
{ Athat the elective franchise is not given u
the coiored man. L would myself pre-
3 Her it were now conferred on very In
4telligent colored men, and on those wh'
serve our cause as soldiers. Still, tn
iquestion is not whether the Iousiani
government, as it stands, is quite ali tina
fis desirable.
4 The question il, will it be wiser x
take it as it is, and help to improve it, Of
to reject and disperse it. Can Louisi
lana be brought 10 proper practical rela
ftion with the Union sooner by sustaining
{cr discarding the new Government
Some twelve thousand voters IN thu
heretofore slave State Of Louisiana have
Sworn allegiance to the Union, assum ed
Ito be the rightful~political power Of the
State, held elections, organized State
|Government, adopted free State Con
Istitution, giving the benefit of the pub
bic schools equally, to black and white,
land empow ering the Legislature to con
Her the elective franchise upon the color
led man.
The Legislature has already voted TO
ratifv the Constitutional Amendment re
Gently passed by Congress, abolishing
slavery throughout the Union. These
p 1900 perons are thus fully committed
to the Union and to perpetuate freedom
in the State-committed to the very
things and nearly all the things the
nation wants, and assistance to make
this committee. We have rejected and
spurned them; we do our utmost to dis
say to the white man, 'tYou are worth
less or worse. Wewiil never help you.
nor be helped By yoa.''
To the blacks we saw, this cup of lib
erty which these your old masters held!
to your lips, we will dash from you andI
leave YOU to the chances of gathering'
the spilled and scattered contents in some'
vague and underlined way When, whereI
Il ~ Il III
both TO the whites and!
biScks, has any practical relations With
the Uuion, have so far been unable tot
perceive. If on the contrary, we recog-
nize and sustain the new government of
Louisiana, the converse of all this is,
made true, encourage the hearts and!
nerve the arms of 10000 to adhere toi
their work and argue for it, and proselyte;
.or it, and fight for it, and feed it, andl
grow it, and ripen it, to complete success.
The colored man, too, in seeing ALI
mite for him, is inspired with vigilances
md energy in laboring to the same end
fr:lnt that he desires the elective fran
hise. Will he not attain it sooner bys
sving the already advanced stepsa
oward it than by running backward over
hem Concede that the new Govern
nent of Louisiana Is only to what it
hould be as the egg to the fowl. wed
hall sooner have the fowl by hatchingi
he egg than by smashingit. Laughter. Il
again. if we reject Louisiana we alsoI
eject one vote in favor of the proposed
to the National Constitution. i
10 meet this proposition it has been
Irgued that no more than three fourths1
4 these States which have not attempted
ecession are necessary to the valid rati :
cation of the amendme ent. / do not(
ommit myself against this further thanl
o say that such ratification would beS
Questionable, and sure to he persistently5
while ratification by three
ourths Of all the states would be un
uestioned and unquestionable.
! repeat the question, can Loulslana2
c brought into her proper practical re
ations with the Union sooner by pre-
ars-iy-sS ~ BY aesUrUylng ner new SbateS
Government? What has been said of
.ouisiana will apply to other States, and
ct so great pecuiiarities pertain to each
tate. and such important and sudden h
hanges occur in the same State, and5
-ithal so new and unprecedented is thei
Thole case that no exclusive and in 4
exible plan can safely be prescribed AS
D details and coliaterals. Each eNclu-
i've and infiexible plan would surely be-
ONE new enlargement ImportantS
rinciples may and must be indexible
on presentation, IS the phrase goes
t may be my duty TO make some new !.
to the people of the South
am considering and shall not fail TO
ct when satisfied that action VIII be
roper