The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1865-06-15
Negro Suffrage,
The Tribanc, in the course Of some
remarks on this subject, says

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! Negro Suffrage,
The Tribaao, in the course Of some
remarks on this subject, says
"We are very willing--Snd believe The
/ Unbuists, white and black, would he
| lwiHing--.to accept an installmcnt Of ius.
ticc, aud have the whole matter settled
amicublc and finally. Ii the Southern
Statcs will provide that every 5lack who
can read inte ] gen ly, who owns real
cstatc and has paid tax, shall be voter,
We Would gladly ueceal this as settle
mcnt Of ycNcd question though v wou' d
probably not, for the present, enable one
negro in hundrcd-.pcrhaps not one In
five hundrol--to vote. Hut 1.-THE blacks
are 10 he pruscril Q and banned Ior,v r
If they are TO bc taxed by the votes Of
whites who pay no tax, yet allowed no
voice in lcvying thvsc taxes or spending
these pfocccdss-if they are TO bo held
cycrmorc as oulcusts aud lepers in the
land OF their birth-sii they are 10 be de-
barred from all political rights By the
votes OF "Thrco Millions OF Rebels" aud
told that this is their punishment for hav.
Ing aided TO overthrow the rebellion, why
then VIC think the republic will owe
them righted, aud we shull incline to
make that effort"
Very few consiJcrotc men, In any sec.
ton Of tho country, will dissent from tho
general tenor Of the views herein express.
ed. The day of drawing line Of ds-
tinctlon, ns to legal and political rights,
between men on account merely of color,
has passed away forever, We shall
never again see Doctors Of Divinity sus.
tanning slavery as divine ins,itutior,
her learned cllnologis,s arguing that n
negro is not q man, nor Supreme Courts
deciding that any class Of men have no
rights which other classes are bound to
respect. The War has destroyed all this
mass ofopinion ot prejudice by sweeping
away forever the gigantic and iyrunnicgl
wrong on which il rested. The negro Is
no longer slave; he has proved himself
a man, aud has abundsn:ly vindicatCd his
indtC nsblc TIL, 20 the rights of mar.
hood. The negro, therefore, is entitled,
just like every other subject Of govern.
mcnt, Ia vocs in that government,
subject only to the restrictions and cx.
ccplions which would undct the same
circumstances, be applicable to every
other class Of citiSsns, When foreign.
ers come TO this country, although they
become at once subj ,ct 20 our laws, they
are not allowed 4 share in making those
laws until presumably qualified to do so
by preliminary residence OF years. IL,
instead Ut living in foreign country,
they had been kept ia ubicct slavery,
forbidden TO learn to read or write, de.
prived of allihc privileges and rights OF
men, and held as beasts or chatiels, sub.
icct in all things to the will Of owners,
the reason lor postponing their rights 10
vote would be still stronger.
This is precisely the case Of the negro.
There are thousands Of them throughout
the country, fully qualified already by
their past training aud experience Tor the
exercise Of the right of sullragc-nnd il
will be wise and just, as speedily as pos.
siblo, to remove whatever disabilities in
any State now excluded them from the
polls. And just as last as the great mass
Of those whom the discharge OF such
trust, should they also be admitted to its
exercise.
But the question which ambitious zca'-
OTIS have sprung upon the country, is Of
quite another sort. Chief Justice Chase,
,uving the spec'a functions of his Office,
has claimed in public harNu-ucs for the
great body Of slaves whom the war has
set free, immediate access to the ballot
box in every Southern State, Senator
Sumner proclaims that unless this result
is reached, the war, which crushed the
rabcllion aud saved the Union, will have
tecn wagcd in vain. Aud Wendell
Phillips, rising to still higher and more
congcniul heights of unpIinciplcd auIoci.
ty, mcnaces the country with rcpudia.
ton Of the public debt, if the federal gov.
ernment fails to make universal negro
suffrage condition Of the rcadmisson Of
the Southern States, These mon take
no thought Of the fitness of men to dis
charge the duties which suffrage inyol.
YES.
They regard the right to vote as u
ma ural right-inhcrent in every human
being-and to be conferred upon enIrun.
chscd slaves without the least regard to
their ability TO exercise il for their own
or the public COOL. Their fanaticism
will overreach itself. 1t will defeat its
own obi,ct--and there is danger that it
may create reaction in the public mind
which will deieat other measures for the
welfare of the negro rae.
The country will approach and discuss
this subject with n just appreciation of
all the difficulties which it involves
The claims of the negro to all full share
Of all political and legal rights will be
conceded just us soon as the concession
can be made compatible with the public
good. .-New York Times.