The New York herald., 1865-06-12
Important Proclamation of the Chase
Faction, Who Got Up the Recent
Cooper Institute Meeting.
SOU r II RN RIaHTs,
Manifesto Of the Rebel Vagabond, George N.
Sanders, in View Of Another
Southern Rebellion.
President j johnson Denounced ON
Both Sides,
&c., &c., 60.

The Chase Faction on Negro Suffrage.
FRIENDS OF HUMANITY AND JUsrIoE:-shal colored
VOTE while it is given white tTaitorsS Shall traitors
pc rewarded for their treason by giving them the
franchise while loyal men punished for their loyalty
BY taking 1t awayf Shall treason be rewarded with this
distinguishing right because its skin is white and loyalty
be punished with the degrading brand Of treason
-excommunication from citizenship, because its skin
Is dark? Shall colored soldiers who have fought to
protect our government be punished for such bravery
and loyalty by taking away their rights of citizenship
ernment be rewarded for sch rebellion by making them
citizens and voters and giving them the power to rampe
the blacks under their ieet2 Shall treason be honored
and rewarded? Shall patriotism be degraded and pun
ishedP Shall white rebels be enthroned in power and
voting which Is the right OF citizenship Shall the VOTE
which s their means Of defence for US we'll for
be taken away from them because Of the color of their
sknP
The proposition to deprive tho loyal coored czens of
their vote and to put and against them the sole
power Of the State government into the hands of rebels
q the great measure OF reconstruction proclaimed by
Pres dent johnson The traitors in the rebel States
beed for the purpose of pepetuating their own despot
Ism over the blacks President johnson proposes
ward the rebellion and the traitors by reestablshng
that despotsm Shall this proposed measure OF the
present admin sraon be sanctioned and sustanedf Let
the people answer The constitution refers the right of
suffrage to the people, without distinction Of color. By
the Declaration OF Independence and the constitution all
men have the right of representation, without distinction
OF color
BY the declaration Of our fathers the denial and with
holding OF the right Of representation slavery rather
shan endure which they overturned the government Of
Great Britain by arms and established representative
government on the ground Of the equality Of all
fore the law They guaranteed the benefits Of this repub
can form OF government to all the people, without dis
Shall the great distinctive measure Of tho present ad
minstraton be to take away the right Of representation
soe right TO republican government and the enjoyment
Of the same from than twofths of the whoe pop
uiaon Of the rebel States from the only portion Of
pop iaon who are unquesti0naby loyal 70 the govern
mcnt9 Shall thr right of citizenship be taken from the
only loyal inhabitants who have fought for the
wno the
oeed! Shall this be the work Of reconstruction by the
In $780, whom the whe rebels carried the rebel States
dom was t447, 222 the colored population Qoyal 1895
ing nearly four millions Of loyal persons from the rights
of citizens, POLITICAL civil and social and giving to five
eouthern country over and against the loyal blacks
Tho population in North Carolina, on which State
President johnson proposes tho first trial OF this pan
and its establishmt precedent Ia follows between
white and coored, between rebcls and loyalists:-
e2s, ,942 whites, 362 $50 colorcd BY the constitution
the right Of representation belongs TO ALL President
johnson proposes that one half the peope-the rebel
lious haif-sha take 1t away from the other half tho
loyal half who shall never be permitted % enjoy IT, by
jsined the Union negroes voted North Carolina having
rebeled and the rebellion being subdued by the aid OF
the negroes North Carolina is to be restored and the
negroes punished for their loyalty by Being excluded
from the right TO vote In 177s by the Articles OF Con-
federation the people voted without distinction of color
States free colored men we're voters.
When the constitution adopted by the States in
l780 only State exclud and branded tho colored
man. and that state South Carolina Tho consttu-
tions of Massachusetts, Rhode Island Connecticut New
York, New Jersey, Pennsyvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia North Carolina Georgia provided for the right
OF voting without distinction Of color The Virginia
declaration Of rights declared that all having suf
6cient evidence of permanent CO nnon interest with
attachment TO the commuly, have the risht OF sui
frage In Tennessee late 1925 Cave johnson was
elected TO Congress by negro votes.
Shall the rebels aud traitors OF the rebel States be
day rewarded with the privilege Of voting while right
soldiers Of the United Staesf Let hear the words Of
President Jeierson:-
with what execraon shoud the statesman loaded who
permitting half the citizens thus trampe the ehts
Of the other transforms those into dcspo and these Into
enemies destroys the morals of the part aud the
patriotism OF the otherf
This the eff ct Of the OF this administration
proposed by President Johnson. Shall IL be sustained
How will It work In 1850, when South Carolina re-
ceded she had only 291 900 white inhabitants rebes
l12 40S colorcd inhabitants QoyaD. The meas urc Of
President johnson proposes TO give the government
5o 0s into the hands Of the 29l 900 traitors Mississippi
had 90l white Inhabitants rebels) TO 437 404 coorcd
Inhabitants loyal The measure OF President johnson
puts the 43 40s loyass the feet OF 400 600 tra
tors In Louisiana 357 456 whites rebcls TO $50 54t
colorcd persons (loyall In Alabama 526,27l whites
tcbcls) TO 437 736 colored Qoyal. And Snail tho
rights OF these byasts be taken away by cur govern
ment and the rebel portion Of the population ovc
adopted Let every who fights pas for the gov
eminent vote lie. every man who fights paws exer
else his just and cqe rights In election Lot those only
who fight against the government have the right o
voting taken away let those who support the govern
mont and fight for have the right Of voting and enjoy it.