New-York daily tribune., 1865-08-01
TsuE gXNED 0IEsTION.

long aud lucid letter. H~rc Is what he says OF
eniranchiSement
Next comes tie que or % Nero Suffrage. There
is no douf Uu, this measure = looked upon with the
utmost alarm aud hCrfcr AZ tho south. Al present
they are unable 10 gee It in its trao light They have
not ye, began to Distinguish betv zen the propo7l'os
that q 70 has no right 10 c.c aud lint Ie - rot M
20 vote. The former Is al indciersitle one ana the
httcr depends eXtranccus ci cumSianccs Inc OPEN
Ing Of o Franchise to al h, rcg0cs over the age OF
Went7.onc Is manifest injustice. 10 consider this
examine the whole QUO ston OF the privilege ."
the franchise 10 is uot Negro Ssfrage which should
be discussed nut Suffrage NcFy few OF te negroes are
apaDe o.. exercising. lntsgcits. poi.eai ITni.cres
II is answer 10 81, Shat willie ntn arc "ud ~ i"c
condition. since 20 cnargsth error u A0i 10 de
This objection tic Sorthorl STATS vii. make, ard
can sustain. 1t is not improbable, loHeyer, thai they
nay fnd il 10 their own nCres. 10 give portion oi ilo
negroes votes and If sectional pTendices are - e per
petuated this h, thing the North shood most dread
The master and his GAo-cr na! become lNcntical N m
eress, and then each employer controls hy or hunG
Ied votes"
As 10 which. observes IIR TRIBUNE:
l. While we do not insist that an negroes be
enfranchscd, We do ask that, at the worst, no
more exacting tests Of intellectual proficiency
be applied to them than 20 Whites. Ethey are
ignorant, the fault is none OF thers. bat that OF
the laws which forbade th-r education, aud Of
.he accursed institution" that Dictated such
laws. II is not far nor just that those VINO
have hitherto made it . crme 20 teach negro
70 read, and have rigi1ly excleded him from all
common schools, should n2v make his ignor-
ance the pretext Of is lis'ou;hisement
II. It is an answer 70 .he demand That ne
groc5 shall read before lnoy can vote That no
such tcst IS applied 10 Whites. AID ), Is not
true that The evil OF .e-oranC vot'ng would be-
aggravated by allowing blacks 20 vote. 1t is
q great cccravaton o. the wrong OF allowing
tic ayac5ly ignorant and deprayed 10 vote
here, that ,hcy vote entirely with one party. If
there we're twice as many Of Them. and they
were divided with tolcrablc approach 70
equality between the two great parties,
Ito evil ard hc wrong would be
.ar loss tian they are. And the
contcmHcrs ofNegro Suffrage hrov .usr as well
! rs We do tlat. If Whites and Blacks stood on
an cquai footing respecting suiirage, the votes
cf tAc more .rro-ant portion of the two races
wcud tcnc 10 balance each other; and this IS
jCsi Why orr Copperhead Sham Democracy so
istrenuously oppose Negro Enf'anchisement.
'Tlcy want g,inlui monopoly Of the less intel
ligent vote.
III. Bat We insist on the Enfranchisemcnt Of
The Blacks as demanded not only b. Justice
ant truo Democracy but by Public Safety. The
rccans elections in Virginia have shown that
none lutan cx-ReDclisconsidercdf 1T FOR Office by
lhe pro.on. voting class in the ex-Rebel States.
THIS ciar, frankly tel 10 that they are to-day
IN the Uuion only because they are "sutju-
gated" (See Gov. Perry's Speech, and the let
tes of tie CORES pondents Of on the journals.)
They would avowoliy have been Rebels still
Il Grant and Sherman aud Thomas had not
beaten Lee aaG Johnston and Hood. This is
c.ndid, IS honest, and We honor them for it.
We respect and esteem them more than if
they cringed, and grimaccd, and he'd. Bat shis
gives ~ no right TO forget the -Four Millions Of
loval native s0utherners who's. hearts have
been ara are with the old hag-who have joy
fully shed their blood in its defense-who never
needed any reconstructng' to render Hail
Columbia and Yankee Doodle joyous sounds in
their ea,s. TIE ex-Robels Of the South are our
countrynen--We wish them every good and no
Dos7bie harnl-bu. the steadfast loyalsts Of the
South ar no less our countrymen, and we can
not betray them into the power Of those
noto.iously ready 10 wreak on them their dis
appointment, nortiic ltion and spite at the
signal. conclusive failure Of their effort to dis
solve aud destroy the Union. We ask the
South To be Just to her Freedmen so that the
Republic may be generous to her recent and
deadly assai'snts. We ask only that those
southern People who have fought and prayed
for The Union shall have equal rights with those
who fought ard prayed against it. Why is not
this juct and ilirl
~. Ths EorlGs man says that, if the Blacks
are enfrsnchisod, "The master and his laborer
may become identical in interests Very well;
Why noti Is w.l to have them diScordant,
ants gonist, bell serent9 We always aim to be
identified in interest With those we employ.
Why should We DC adverse' For whose bene.
ft1 To wat end!
"Oh, each employer controls fifty Or a hund-
red votes" No, that does not follow. Perhaps
tho "ffty or hundred" "control" the one
quite as much as be controls them. Suppose
ne should be candidate for the Legislature,
seeking 10 restore Slavery, or to come as near
ths, end as possible: Would the "fifty or
hundred" vote for him' Not they No more
would any other fifty or hundred" in the
district. The master would influence his labor
ers' votes only by establishing a real "identity