The Xenia sentinel. [volume] (Xenia [Ohio]) 1863-186?, 1865-06-09
From the N. Y. Tribune.
Seven Points

The nation has proved to the demon.
stration that it does not lack physical
courage. The victories Of war have been
achieved, and what We now need Is that
moral courage which will bring us the
victories of peace. Timid men are already
begianing to manufacture a bugabo0 out,
Of the Blacks. In this they will be helped
| by all cx-slaveholders, who, at the die
tates of prudence, have sworn themselves
into a sulen allegiance. In disposing Of
the new elements Of population which
emancipation will call into play, it would
/ be excellent if we coull have the hearty
cooperation Of intelligent Southern men.
To some extent, we shall have 1.-THE
greater the better.
It seems to be hard to make some peo-
pie understand that Labor is Capital.
Once i vas the fashion to tllk Of sending
all the Bucks from America to Africa.
The scheme of carrying 4,000,0 900 Of hui
man beings across tue ocean, kind Of
S0uth-Sea madness iutensifed-has been
abandoned. Those who please to emigrate
can do so-some, perhaps, may 6nd their
account in it-but the bulk of the Blacks
will stay here. This is Point the First.
Those Of our readers who have Ie oV-
cred from the shock of this fundamental
statement, will be prepared for another.
If it were possible to take all the soil out
oftbe Valley of the Mississippi, and to re-
place it by perfect granite pavement, it
is hard to say how any money could be
made out Of the operation. But bones,
muscles, sincws, are what makes land val-
liable. We can no more spare the Blacks
than we can spare the sol. This is Point
the Second.
It Is certain that a laborer who is sys-
tenatcally cheated will be good for little.
Even a horse who is sWinded out of his
grain will fall off in his PAGES. You need
the Black man to till the soil. If you
pay him, he will do it. you try to make
him work without wages, just f'r few
rigs to cuver his nukedness, and little
meal TO keep life in his miserable body,
YOU will fluid his agricultural successes
somewhat limited. Therefore Fair Pay
f,r Fair Work is q sine qua non. Thatis
Point the Third
But mere brute labor is not what we
want. The experiment has been tried ,un>
der the old system, and has egregiOusly
failed. Il is settled that the more a man
knows the better will he dig. Therefore
you must iucate your freedmen. Thisis
Point the Fourth.
a good dcalis said aboutextending to the
Black the Right of Suffrage. We do not
propose here to 20 into that question; but
what We would urge with all our heart
and mind and strength IS, that by just
treatmeut-We viii not say one word about
generosity-by fair play, such as every
dweIler upon this Gods earth is entitled
10, the Back may have chance so to ell
evate himself, so t5cuIGvate hisreasOn and
judgement, so to make himself useful, in
dependent and respected, that nobody will
think any more of refusing him a vote
than of denying him air, light, bread and
water. That is Point the Fifth.
We must meet this question and sll
attempts at dodging it will prove disas-
trous. We should think this nation had
already lad enough of dodging to sicken
it Of that Improbable game for century.
We pride ourselves upon our intelligence,
and especially on that which IS applicable
TO public afftirs; and we are complacenE
not only over our kuoWiOgness, but also
our integrity and justice. If the B aekS
by some magic process could all be
bleached to-day, and rise tomorrow with !
fair cheeks aud straight hairR nobody
would admit that any difficult problem
existed at all. All our politicians would
dof their bats, shake hands with their dis.
colored colored friends, and perhaps ask
them to take something to drink. We are
sorry to say that there are too many white
men who can neither read nor write, who
are stupid, ignorant, knavish, vicious and
violent, aud vote every election day-some
of them, in fact, vote twice, and some Of
them three times. Society recognizes this
as a great evil, au1 Is labOring with might
and main to educate this class into some
thing brighter and better-but nobody
prup1ses to take away from 1t the Right
Of Suffrage. We run the risk, for the
sake Of the great Fundamental principles Of
the Constitution. We are very brave when
White men are concerned, and quite the
contrary when the Black steps in. We
have got to unlearn this wicked fright.
That is point tue Sixth.
. Governments are established to secure
the happiness of all. This, at least, is
true theoretically Of our Government.
Now, people talk about fauatieism, Pseudo'
philanthropy, maudlin sentiment, freedom
shrieking, aud all the rest; but nobody
talks Of altering the Declaration Of Inde-
penience-of declaring that all meu are
not born free and equal, of setting up here
"A monarchy, with an Ornamental nobility,
and a lower class doomed to perpetual
serflom. All we ask is fidelity to the
principles of the Constitution, not in our
mouths merely, but in our hearts and
deeds. Let Us have one thing or smother,
and not hOteh, potch Of arisiOeracy, DEM
ocracy, Slavery, republicauism, and God
knows what beside. If our frogs want q
king, let them say so This is a free
country; so let them speak out! It was
the saving of one thing and doing Of an-
other wh ch vel nigh ruined US. Let Us
have fIelity to the political creed Of the
nation. That is Point the Seventh.