New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-10-07

nublic. 40 ia the other. There is not pins
point of difference between them.
In the South, State after State Conven-
ton ia meeting to declare Slavery aooi'
;sbed and TO forbid its establishment. There
is not even a pretense that one OF THESE
Conventions would SO vote did not the
victorious North exact it as prerequisite 10
readmission into Congress. Every Convention
is careful to do nothing more, and to let It's con-
stituepts see that it does no more, than 1t sup
moses absolutely essential to this end. Our
Copperheads are not fighting Negro Eniran-
cbisement any more venomously than they
foueht Negro Emancipation. And even our
trimmers and twaddlers, who mean to cling 70
rs so long as there shall be dollar in the treas
ury and we shall hold the keys OF that deposit
ory, are beginning to see that they stand III
slippery places and protest that the late slave
holders must concede to the Blacks the right TO
sue and give testimony in Courts OF justice OF
they can't come in. If they can only be made
TO stick 10 this, it will be conceded-with
what Difference to Estate rights" let those say
who can. For my part, respect State Rights;
but hold them quite subordinate to the lnai'eh'
able Rights of Man.
Mr. Doolitte, in his GAINESVILLE speech, uses
an infinity of words to evade and beiog Tue
main issue; but in his later speech, at Milwaukee,
he at length musters courage to face 1t. here
is what he says on the subject:
"But there are some who propose as protection 70
them. what they sincerely believe 90 10,
Is the Right Of Suffrage. Extend. say they 10 inc cor
orcd men in those States this right and they ~ou.d oe
able TO take care OF themselves, defend themselves
against oppression either by the State or by their ormei
masters or by that White race which has 1ohiha'eu
over them for the last two hundred years. nil.
| Now IN friends let assure you that TINS hient
Of Suffrage II il were given TO them, IN mass as lney
propose would effect no such result II the condioh
s-as you allow 1t to be-that the White men 10 inc
are disposed to oppress snd 10 So Of
etoes as they now are would afford them no more
security than given into the hands OF children. innt
night may be finally gwen 70 sy egaadng to those
that have borne arms and have shown themselves ca
pabe Of disohnrgng the dutyt may be one IN h'c. VI
one in ,en-but 70 g'e now 70 le nasS a,;,v and no
protection whatever. They have for two hundred
years been subject the domination OF the Whts race
and although tho war has broken the snnns .,
aiysly nominal freedom For fat this day they vert
TO the polls vote If they did not vote 10 please Tue
dominant race. hsy roS'd not come ""e az '''
ALL this, Republicans! yon have heard re-
itcraed till you are sick of it. 1t is the eternal
sng.song of Slavery, modified to suit tho exi'
genccs Of the case. Every word oft is quite Is
cogent against that Abolition of Slavery by
Constitutional Amendment, for which Mr.. Doo'
Titles vote stands recorded, as against Negro
Epfranchisement "The slaves don't want 10
be freo"-"They don't know what freedom
means. and wouldn't know what to DO Win II
l-"They would be exterminated by the Whites
characterization would prove curse TO them,
&c. &c.-We have been hearing this SOFT OF
logic all our lives, and cannot need to answer
it now. 1 beg you only to consider well the
fact that Mr.. Doolittle proposes to SURRENDER
Four Millions Of our loyal countrymen, many
thousands of whom have shed their blood ior
! the Union, into the possession and power oil our
. and their enemies, who have murdered not less
, than one thousand of them since the War was
closed. and have never yet brought one OF the
nurderers to Justice, and who Mr. Doollttle
says) would never allow them to exercise Freely
the Right of Suffrage if they possessed it-and
who he proceeds to show, will never let them
live at peace in this country. now that they are
free. 80 my soul come thou not into their
secret to their assembly, mine honor, be not
thou united"
Mr.. Doolittle has much TO say of the respon'
| = Hp,tpt a rat
party." and of the folly and blindness of those
who are effective only in opposition. But what
further use or work does he propose Tor oui
partyi To ratify the Constitutional Amend
ment. That is already practically secured. II
il as sure 10 be ratified this Winter rs CHRISTMAS
10 come. That done, what more Are We
thenceforth TO rest on our laurelsl Rely on 1t,
whenever We shall have ceased to impel public
opinion in the direction of Justice and Human
ity. we ehall sink beneath it, waves. OF two
shams, the People will naturally prefer the
, older more systematic, more imposing, more
audacious. We can govern only 80 long as VIZ
are noblcr, humaner. juster, than our antag
; onists; and I, for one, rejoice that it is so. Tc
me, power brings only additional labor, care and
anxiety; and whenever Gods work can be bet
} ter done with our party in opposition,
: hope it will be found there.
But this matter of Black EnfrancbiSemen'
stands far above any question of success or dc
feat; for it concerns our honor and good faith
r The slaves owe their freedom. under Providence
} to us. In despite Of all the Rebels aud Copper