Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-03-14

The coming issue OF the republican party
now that they think negro slavery abolished
viii be negro suffrage. and the right OF black
men 70 vote and hold Office. The leaders are al
ready sounding that key note. and the rank and
6ls Of the party viii soon be called upon to fol
low. This they have so often done before on
kindred issues, that We see no reason TO doubt
their willingness 20 come quite up TO the demands
which the sbolitionists will make upon them.
Men Who have rushed blindIy into the various
traps laid for them. during the prosecution of this
war. will hardly stop now to enquire into the
effects Of any new degradation demanded ct their
hands They are pregressiU. people.
We have latterly noticed that the original abo-
lition party men-the class that now control the
policy of LrScoLS--are breaking the ice for ne
gro suffrage. and educating the republicans up to
their own standard At the opening OF the war
these persons we're for confscstion. emancips-
ton. ths setting aside of state laws and nsti,u-
lions. and abolisbing slavery everywhere. When
democrats predicted that thewhole republican par
ty would sooner or later be forced into the same
channel and that it dare not resist the abolition
faction, they we're called 'copperbeads" and dis
loyal revilers Of the administration. who wished
TO embarrsss the war. by pretending that the re
pubIicaus favored an abolition policy. In few
months. however, these same indignant patriots
we're As decided as their masters in advocating
LIScoLs's proclamation. and all other measure
looking 10 the emancipation of tho negroes al
the south Thus far, at least. the abolitionists
of the old school have had their own way and
the rank and Gle of the republican party have
pulled kindly in their harness. A new issue Is
soon TO be tried however and it is to be yet seen
whether the honest and considerable men of that
party will submit to further terms OF degrade
ton. We hope, but fear
Az one Of the signs of the times, We read, In
the Washington papers. an account of the pro
ceedings of what Is known as the "Nationa
Freedmen's Association" at which SALMON p
CAAsE, (chief justice of the u S. supreme court
presided Mr.. CHASE Is remembered as one o
the original abolitiouists. who has done more Il
corrupt this nation than any dozen men within
its borders. he made a speech at the w shing
ton meeting. and it Is thus reported in the Intel
ligencer
THE speaker referred to the various christian
and patriotic associations that have been formed
This great Freedmen's Association is intended
TO raise the negro up in the scale Of humanity
IL sends to them teachers, and raises the despisec
race high in the scale of virtue. This is one o.
the sublimest features of the war. 1t is remark
able how aud in what manner the war has
brought to notice the great and gigantic evil Of
slavery. The people led and the president fol
lowed. First came the act OF emancipation
which will make the name of Abraham Lincoln
remembered and honored in all time APP
plause1 Then followed the discussion whetheI
the black man should be permitted to bear arms
and now we have thousands of them fighting
under the banner of the republic. The black
man has been emancipated. and he must now
be enabled to realize the full benefits of free
dom. II resnains nop to arm him seith the ballot
Applause. When these things are consum.
ma ed and the new dawns; when all labor
shall be free: and every right shall be guaran'
teed TO all men. then this country will chal-
lenge the admiration of the world for the free
dom Of its institutions" Applause
Mr.. CHAsE tells the meeting how gradually
himself and his friends have led the president
along in the enchanting path OF abolition virtue
and how the war has been turned to ''raise the
despised race" 10 the scale of humanity. And
then he comes down to the marrow of all the
plans which Freedmen's Aid Societies have 10
view. They are nothing more nor less than to
arm the negro with the ballot. To that com.
plexion they will come at last.
But there was another SAUL among the proph
cts at the Washington meeting. THEoDoRE TIL
TON was there, the editor of The New York Inde
pendent. and one of the adranesd men Of the re
publican party ne too. had good deal TO say
about the EMISSION of Mr. LINCOLN during the
next four years. de thus expressed his hopes
and desires:
You Who applaud the abolition OF slavery
what will you do to lft the slave up? The
slavery question has passed away. but the negro
question comes next, and must be met. The lie
gro laughs at the idea or colonization, for he
knows be shall remain here The strongest nan
in thu country is not Lincoln. Davis. or Grant
or Lee. but the poor despised negro. He. like
Samson of old, put one strong around the south
and another around the North. and in bis strength
and power crushed them together. The negro
has received some minor gifts: but he must have
more. he rsusf hsoe eifi-easkip. This does not
carry with il necessarily social equality; but the
nseyo must haze political equality tcfh the sokifs
MAR This - really the spirit of our govern
meut, and 10 must be applied to all classes II
IL duty We owe 20 lift up the slave. and We
must conquer the prejudice that exists"
Perhaps this man talks too plaiu FOE the re-.
publicAns and his speech may De unpleasant to
the most Of them. But What OF thsf So was
his talk about negro emancipation at the begin
ing Of the war. But they swallowed all thu,
and much more ,hA, they disapproved Of then.
and may do the same with his negro suffrage
nonsense. He declares that 1.-The negro must
have political equality with the white man. .
TILroS means jus, what be says. and so does
CHAsx. They are both men of earnest zeal. and
viii no, allow the republican party 10 dsobey the
crack of their abolition whip. The past proves
this Let conservative republicans take heed Of
.vhs, they do. Bu, this i not all. There is yet
another degradation prepared for the white man
and women Of tbs country Negro suffrage and
the right TO vote. y not quite all that the Lin
coin dynasty means 10 inhieI upon the nation
In the telegram IRON W ashin ston, published in
The Cneinnau Commercial Of Mondy morning
the 9Th. Ne hnd the follo~ing. heading aud all:
CoLoEIp NIEroRs AT Tur NnIrE uoISg.- The
Chronicle oil day SAYS. In speaking Of the "a
eepiion At the Executive Mansion last night.
that many colofel person appeared 10 pav their