Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-07-28
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universal Negro Suffrage oy PROCLAMATION, have
given the result Of the practical working Of that
policy a moments consideration. Were they TO
stop aud Examine into its logical and inevitable
result, not only in political bat q social point
of view, they would discover that il will surely
lead to condition Of things which but few men
would be willing 10 stand before the American
people and advocate. Universal and unrestricted
negro suffrage, on ths-hasis demanded by the
Jacobins is not a question which Affects merely
the political status Of the Southern States; nor
vii is results in social point Of view be con-
fined 10 the people OF those States recently 10
rebellion. IL goes further. and penetrates deeper
than all this. Ii strikes at the very foundation
Of society. North and South, and must, ey the
very nature Of things. revolu,ionize the social
conventionslities Of the American people. Those
who look upon il only measure to prevent
the leaders Of the rebellion from regaining their
power, take only a superficial view and overlook
its most important features.
la order that the public can better comprehend
the real bearings of the radical Chase policy on
this subject. we publish in another column the
address OF the Republican State Committee Of
Massachusetts,. a summary of series OF resolu
tons passed by the Connecticut Legislature, and
table carefully prepared from the census re
turns OF 1860, showing the number OF counties
in the Southern States in which the black popu :
latioa exceeds the white Facts are stubborn
things, and the data there given reveal a new
and important feature of this subject, not alone
in theory. but in its startling realities. Ii pre-
sents the question of regro suffrage In light
fanatic can gainsay. It presents lesson which
all must study, considerations which must be
carefully examined. and Arguments which must
be weighed before safe and intelligent de
cision can be arrived At on this vital question.
The Massachusetts Republican Committee. in
their appeal to the people of that State, ia re-
ferTing 10 the adjustment OF the South, " de
mand that absolute guarantees shall be given for
the extinction of all castles " between the two
races. They require still further, that "al usages
customs. and traditions shall be abolished" and
that these, with loyalty, shall be the tests in
all cases, including right to vote, whether the
Constitution or laws prescribe il or not. in
other words, political and social equality of the
races IN all and every condition of society, as
well as political and official preferment This
takes the negro, as he energies from the degrad-
ing influence OF years of bondage, with all his
ignorance, uncultlvated tastes, prejudices and
superstitions, and gives him immediate voice
in the settlement of all questions Of State and
National interests, Including the very conven-
tonalities OF society. This abruptly overrides
all existing barriers in these several spheres to
such an extent that its effect will extend to all
sections, North, South, East and West and de
velops a state of affairs which does not exist ia
any nation in the world
To comprehend the real extent to which. the
Jacobin policy, carried into practice, will revolu
tionze existing rules, politically and socially, il
Is necessary to draw comparison as TO the con-
diton of the two races. and also to ascertain the
numerical strength of the blacks and whites in
the several States The tables of population
which we give elsewhere furnish the statistics
necessary to show the latter. 1t will be seen
that there is not a single State which has been in
rebellion but that has a number of counties in
which the black population exceeded the white
when the last census was taken There are also
three States-Louisiana, Mississippi aud South
Carolina-in which the black population pre-
ponderates over the white in a majority OF the
counties. This prepOnderance, in many instan-
ces is three, and in some counties four, TO one
Under the radical policy, negroes will be elected
members of every State Legislature, and in three
States they can have CONTROL enact all laws, and
elect men OF their own race and color to the
United States Senate. This; in at least three
States, not only gives the blacks full control of
the social status Of the people, but in sending
blacks to represent them in the national Legisla-
ture introduces new feature in Washington So
ciety and legislation. The equality between
the white man and negro which the Jacobns wish
to establish will, therefore, place the latter in
the highest legislative tribunal of the country,
upon equal footing with Senator Sumner and his
associates in all public and private duties while
he remains the representative of Massachusetts,
IN the United States Senate. The same will be
true as to the representatives from every other
State All this would be brought about under
the Inauguration Of the Chase radical policy
within the next twelve months. But it may
be argued that the negroes would not attempt
such ridiculous move the sending of one of
their race to the Senate for the present On the
contrary, this is the very time they would be
more likely to try the experiment than at any
other. They have just emerged from slavery,
end through the teachings Of the radicals they are
pulled up with ideas Of their Importance, and
consider themselves qualified to assume all the
duties of the governing class. Are the people of
this country prepared for that result? Is Sena-
tor Sumner willing to admit the recently eman-
pated slave and treat him as his associate and
equal in the United States Senate2
These are questions which every man must
answer By his advocacy or opposition to the JAG
obn policy of universal negro suffrage and equal
ity OF races. They are tie natural and logical
results OF the extreme radical policy. 1t will not
do for them to claim that the mortality Of the
negroes Of the South since the commencement
OF the rebellion has swept away this preponde-
rance OF blacks from the localities referred to by
the statistics We admit that the mortality has
OoSn greater tnan Tue puDilC anu
that at least one million have been swept away
in the lastfour years; but have there not been
at least one million of the Southern whites
killed in battle or died of disease incident to the
war; The great mortality of the negroes has
not been confined TO adult males, but has taken
with II IN Its sweeping results, male and female.
old and young; while the loss of the whites in
battle have been from the male population,
and principally the voters, leaving larger
proportion of non-voters among the whites
than the blacks, under the negro suffrage
policy. When we add TO this the natural dis
parity OF males, the exclusion from the bal
lot-bo1 of a large class of whites by the
provisions of the amnesty proclamation, is it not
reasonable to suppose that the prepondersnce of
blacks who would become voters, should the
Jacobin policy be put into practice. would be in
still greater proportion thin Is revealed by the
returns of the last census, and in fact enables
the negroes 10 secure majority IN the Legisla
lures OF several more Ststesl Is ls not better TO
stop and consider these startling facts, take our
bearings and see where we are drifting, before
we plunge the ship of State into any such uncer
tain watersI Would it not be better to rally to
the support fine sagaeious reorganization policy
OF the President. and cement what we have OBJ
tanned through long and expensive war, before
we attempt to ina yurste theory so pregnant
with mischief and revolutionary results as the
Chase Jacobn universal Negro Suffrage and
equality programme unquestonably ISL Look
before you leap is certainly safe maxim ap-
piled to this subject
General Rutier ard the guerrilla Mosby