New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-08-21
RECONCILIATION.


merchants and others held the of the Board OF
Trade in Boston.
Its main purpose is to request sufficient delay in
final settlement of the mode of Reconstruction until
the country North and South is better prepared than
il now can DO determine wisely and safely the va
rious questions presented especially in the matter OF
suffrage.
TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
SIR The Rebellion forced upon the loyal states iong
wa, costly in blood md treasure The military con-
fict has ended and all rejoice al It's teInlhon'
Most of the states which were Rebels are heid IN null
tary possession We shall rejoice when TINS also ter
mn,fes You have repeatedly expressed and distinctly
indicated strong desire 10 relax ana remove your
military grasp Of those States With thus desire we
have the fullest sympathy ihI sooner pca au w. ~ eSab
isAed the sooner will every part OF tins great oouhi!
be active in promoting Its own PROSPERITY, anu '"o
prosperity Of every other part ana oil tue "hoie. -
We believe, however that no one knows pel'er inan
Won do that peace itself will be only an Illusion ana
mischief and not that peace over which We may AL re-
joce II il be precipated 10 the neSiect o ihose tens
and conditions which the safety ana security Oh tme
whole couiry demand and which II Is therefore equa
the right and the duty of the whole country 10 insist
upon. ..,...,
States which rebeed against the nation are numerous
and have many aspects We have no DOUBT 'hat the!,
and whatever may be suggested TO you III Feia,on W
them, will receive from you due considerations uSs
some of these questions upon the safety, the prosperity
and the good faith Of the whole country. ~,
The National Constitution gave to the white men OF
those States votes for three hs Of the slaves III was
there oompact the free states admitted its binding
force and would have intcrfercd with the eAer
else Of this right in those states had Lei not 'oun'
ry renowned by rebellion this and al. their consitu'
tonal rights Bnt we think 1t would be either
Just prudent to restore to them now those thce hs
and at the same time make them present OF the Other
tWOifthS All reasons founded upon The prlncles OF
free md al
and instead of necessity for doing IT, the whole coun-
Try appears to to be under that necessity when
due regard TO safety and security creates MOI 10
do II.
We have made the slaves feemen, free citizens OF tho
United States They mast therefore all, AT the next
and subsequent appOronments of representatives, he
counted among those whose number measures the feht
of national representation. Ii might well be asked
Would II he righ-we ask now only would II DC shi,.
TO permit all the votes OF these coored men 10 De cast
out 10 require that all their votes shond be cast Tor
them by the white men living by thcir sidet There
would be injustice, and We think there would De lnse,
curty in saying hundred men OF any oil inc loyal
States You shall cast hundred votes; but humid
red in one of the dis0ya States shall cast two
hundred votes because there live among them hund-
red men OF different color. Inc hundred men IN thh
State will cast II is true. buhone hundred votes bu II
is equally true that they Will be two hundred votes IN
their influence and power that those hundred voters
will through their representation IN Congress exert
the same influence over the national legislation or the
national policy as the two hundred voters no reside IN
the other State.
For example, LEI us compare some Of the Southern
States with those al the NOI;hen States when come
somewhat near them in population the basis of the
last census. II we take the whole population OF each
State rs the number which measures the night OF repre-
sentation. and suppose that the we men alone OF thc
Southern States caf the votes OF the states, Dlc cal
cuation will show that every hundred OF the white m
habitanis of South Carolina will have ms much power
through their representatives rs two hundred ana lori!
of the people Of Iowa; hundred white men IN Mis-
sssipp will equal two hundred and twenty three men
In Wisconsin; one hundred white men IN Louisiana
will equal one hundred and ninety eight IN Aainei one
hundred white men in Alabama viii equal ono hundred
and eehfy.three In Connecticut and one hundred
white men In Alabama and Louisiana together VIII
equal one hundred and eighty nine IN Indiana ii ~
therefore apparent that H. a. ne 'ohsttu'ion requires
the cOloIed ot the South nr@ all counted III 10
measure the hight OF representation, ara are then an
dsiranctised this must operate P'cpo'i'o|9, as
reimbursement Of the people OF me Noith ana WEI
How long can II be believed that this iuequh. WIN he
endured On what right reason does u resi- III II
be that cOorcd of the South are oil wholly dis
anchsed because wholly unit for The right 81 suffrage
is il also true that the white voters OF South Celollnh
are about two and half times better hicd 10 exercise
this light wisely and periodically than the people Of
Iowa.
In the above csiimate IL has been assumed that the
number of white voters bears about tie same proper
ton to the whole number OF the white population IA al
the States The results above stated would he some
what affected IN OF the Free Stnfcs by the TACT
taat in them cooird persons who do not vote are emu
meTatcd to determine the number Of representatives.
but in Of them IL their number sufficient 10 make
"a
larger pIopoionate oss Of the white men Of the South
than OF the cOOied men in the war.
The class from whom We should withhold the night 10
cast their votes are Enthusiastically loyal; and the
class whom alone should permit TO vote and 10
whom also give the votes OF the other class, have
maintained with marvellous unsnmity. and with re-
morscess determination broken only by utter defeat
which hac for Its single object escape from that
Union which they hated. And asked by
this last class 10 withhold oil political right md power
from tina, class whose loyalty is certain. who will vote
by its inspiration the great National questions Of
ered them. and especially TO the great burden Of
debt which they never forget was the price Of
their freedom And VIC asked not merely to con.
fine the privilege Of voting 10 the dslOyal class but 10
invest them with the votes Of the dsfrauchised and
thus double the political strength Of that class
lately in fierce rebellion and which cannot be expected
if human nature is with them what is elsewhere. TO
be now, very soon. anm2ted by love Of our com
mon country; and especially. IN regard 10 our great
debt must be expected 10 feel It, not M burden only.
but burden thousand.fod heavier because IL war
incurred for their defeat and therefore, 1t must be
feared will be disposed 10 assail il through oil the
years that il ray resi- upon u.s. TO assail the debt the
taxation necessary 10 sustain it, and so the credit, and
good faith. aud prosperity oil the country.
II would be strange thing il we had not the right
10 be more Just than TO do great wrong. and more
wise than 10 expose the country to such dangers. Was
il wrong in the Government 10 abolish slavery and
II wrong now in you TO insist upon its abolition Ger
tainy unless we had and have right TO do 30. But
what right can any imagine, excepting that which
arose from our military power coupled with our Deces
sity q due regard to our security The night thu
founded was and is a perfect right. And the Govern
ment has and YOU its military end executive head
have equally perfect right, resting on precisely th
same foundations and Of precisely the same extent e
require and to insist that political rights in those States
shall not be determined by color If the saei,
and security Of the country require such PROVISION
Justice is always the most expedent thing we do
although it may not always be possible to how IL
! cxpedicnt. In the present case we can. We hay,
passcd through war marked by the most deadly con
Aics of history. We needed absolutely and at las
Welded TO the necessity OF asking military aid from th
colored race; and when asked it. gladly did the,
hear and answer No man doubts that the army o
colored useful TO u.s. although we may not