New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-07-07

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in force and therefore, that DO oanno$ ensuehss the
freedmen; by what right then. doss he ciafranoAiss
INV whom that Law does not disfrsnchisef t.oHf.
am personally In favor OF admitting certain CLASSES
% the free linen to the right OF suffrage FOR nld that
al oo,,ticnl rights or franchises based on private
wealth birth or race rspugnsnt 10 the genius II
| American Democracy; but deny the right Of the TX
ecnt,e or Of Congress to enrsuchse them In any one
of the Stntes row States IN the Unions ngree
with the President that in each OF the States ths'
seceed the electoral law Ia s In force but not for The
reason assigned by him The States that 'ssed ordi'
Of secession by those ordinances ceased to De-
States and though remaining insep,ra5y attached 10
the nationa! omsi, they lost bv their act OF seceeson
MI their political rights In the Union. and cannot u"'
reconstructed with Q. representation. he co"'te' %
states IN the Union not even In amending 'no ConS"
,,,r Rat the suicide Of the State does not nbroySte
he private ricnis Of It's territorial peope Inc ""''i
lean State or nstioa 's one and sovereign. Tho SOW
eelyn,v Is not In the Sotes severaly and never ~rs
Int in mo States united This sovereignty governs no
GENE raj meters through Gencrn Governments" 10
,r,ste or particular matters through particular Gov
,-nmcuts called State Governments. hut II Is one and
hs s,me national sovereignty tnat governs In the stat"
cove,nmcnt and IN the General Government The ACTS
If each dsriv. all their legal farce from the National
sov,ecn. As the rights recognized created. or pro-
tec,ed lythe individual STATE recoensed created or
projected by the United states the n.nona sovereign"
only the STATE or tho United States In conven"n' On"
brora.e hrm neither has a5rogated them. therefore
The, are sin. in force. not by virtue Of the State anih"r
IL, bot Of the United States. expressed through te
convention, not throu III TIE General Government
Tn. question Of snfIr .ge under the head OF
matters which the national sovereign governs th'o"e"
the States seyeraly. not through the General Govern
man, The State. mast 10 recognized and restored
bcsore they can act on H. and the United States can
NJ, on II only In the shape Of an amendment TO 'he
Constitution Till then the United states III c"h'eh
don or nv Constitutional Amendment ennanch'c'
he freedmen the old electoral i'w IN each 81 Inv
seeding States is the territorial law. and determines
he electoral body till the state IL revived aho fe''e"'
10 change ur modification OF that law cth'r o'
Executive proclamation or act OF Congre" Wou'a oe
loyal OF Constitutional
Icomrlaip also II the exceptions ffom amnesty and
Dardon made by the President In his proclamation
10 ,o,h Of Nav. know not whence no derived the
an or 10 ,ssue any PROCLAIM ion II the sort and regard
10th his psrdous sud his exceptions {" iJ"sa'. lie
or,a orlv n, the inv take its couss But question
the right OF The Government to,rest any Of the ht
,oeedsos ,s trnitor, The Rebellion was Q terIiofs
Rebellion. ard the whole territorial people were inp''
,ea IN IL and you cannot arrest and try for ueas"n
rboe territorial peope of eleven or as least seven
ulions The Rebel ion ASHAMED tie dimensioa OF
arroral civil war; az tie Su reme Court decided. 'no
he peonc engaged Ia It, when they have submitted aud
,e,urned IN their aeciauce, not liable to arrest hh'
l. enlistment IA tYaitots. Pubic policy AMI Pohti'a
economy opposo It, The ua'ion canuot snofd ~ "s'
20 large portion Of It's territorial PEOPLE nno "'e
Millions are equally guilty the Government must LAM
II or none
The persons excepted-thst TO- proscribed-abont tw'
billions are precisely ,hst portion oi Ssutlefn se''!
which can least be spaied They sre needed to ena"
he late rcbeious States 10 sustain themselves In w
'nion 10 selfgov erin oomnunites. 10 hang. enc
dsfranchsc them. Is TO throw the Stnte Governmrn'
ITO the hands OF the least efficient the least inieGcn
he m ost ignorant and the r;oet prjrdccd classes
sputhern society. and precisely those who have tl'
L. greatest horror If negro equality. The opposition u
egro equality you aware, Increases In proportion
you d. scend in the socisl scale. The wealther an
uofe intelligent classes Of the South prescribed b.
President johnson the best friends the negro ha'
iut a. poor degraded. aoi -ssSeholdiDg wiitca
Beside tho Southern people bold aud sinoe rev bold
doctrine Of Staie Sovereignty ne dbl before the va
he majority Of the American people. On that doctrln
one Of the Southern people have been robeis OF
rahors for they seeded befrs levying war ssains
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:, $ a polticetheresy. tut have rsrer seen soi'
rctation Of It, attempted refutston not base'
p beresy Of an opposite character equally great
rhe Southern people did not believe 1t bercsy. an
ere not in their judgment either rebels or u,itrs
ut patti lots fighting for the freedom and odependene
Il their country
4 see In this ronson WHY the Government shopl'
ave Lesitated 10 cocrcc them into submssioni bot
% see good why IT should not after they hav
ADMITTED arrest and punish them as traitors an
therefore In favor Of regarding their failure assucen
, punshn ent 81 The Sccessionhts. and OF eondonhs
.hs whole past. II JEFF. Davis haA been guilty q
assassination punish him. but do no, arriign him o
ny one Of those acted with him for treason. lie
, rs follow the Roman maxim;
4 "Paflem suhi"ctis. ct debelare snperbas.'
Very truly yours o. a. BRowssoS.
! EIobe,h. July l. irG5