Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-14

The following was among the resolutions pre-
scented By tls managers at the Cooper Institute
meeting, in New YORK las. week held ostensibiy
for .tas parpose Of ral,yins support for the NV
President who does not seem a. all to need II;
Resolved. Thlt we hold this trutI to be self
evident. tina. he With whom we can entrust the
bullet 70 save the lie Of the nation, We can Ike
wise entrust the ballot u preserve %; ARD We III
woke the co-oparat on Of the Federal aud state
Governments, aud the people throuS aont the
Union. % use all Lawful means 10 establish a
system Of suffrage which shall be equal and JUST
10 all; black as well as while.
This IS the formula which in better grammar
seems generally TO have been adopted by tae adj
yocates Of negro suF.age. The truth which 1t
asserts % bs s5lf-eyije 9, and which constitutes
the whole argument is selfeyidently no truth.
For the very men who psop)und this theory re-
fuse % eatruss any unde- the age Of twenty-oLe
wears with the ~ballot' although thousands,
hundreds Of thousands under that age were and
are entrusted with the bullet" Until tie
Northern States rem0d-I :ler constitutions and
laws so as 20 make tie liability 70 military seI-
vice and the right 20 vote correspond in poini
.Df time. they lalst ind some other reason for
the claim they a.ser. IN behalf Of their new
Itel.ow.ciazens.' Moreover, large proportion
OF those entrusted with "the bullet in the late
war were uewiy-auiyei foreigners, not allowed
Nv tie constitutions AMI laws OF the Northern
81 ties the privilege Of the ballot And, to meet
the case point. blank we have only TO add that in
most Of the same states the negro is denied by
law thu privilege OF ycticg. The 'e,ormes must
4h,gelore. begin at Lcmc. When they have tried
fho.expe.imsu. OF a,loNiuS az TO yOJc who ale
Ia'Lc or aecept3bis as s3ldiers-minors aliens
nesrse5-tdey N y chen more consistently set up
th.NproqasauJd for ibs benefit OF tie late slave
holding stst1s.
Uboa tae suujs,, Of allowing the negroes to
vote re rather .ise the following proposition Of
,he New YORK wo.!4'.
The way negro suffrage may ultimately cone
sabout !, tsis During thC agitation ci question
several Oi the Eepub.clu states IN The North
win sGm uecIJes 90 the O@liJt-OoN. The impu.
. s.. inc easy "a trying 10 free negro suf-
frage up1u tLe south, wh.e rejecting 10 them.
se'yts is zoo glazing and they Will ieel cOmpe led
norsplVr u. t negroes SCI any value Jn the pri-
vile.t. they are iIel .1 10 where they esse, and
will remove tJ >ta.gs 81 here tavy src most tavyI.
ed ID tley a.C d si-abls citizens, whore indus
1ry con rirUtcs o. jhe general wealth, this is
v65d va. 20 attract Them. Our Western States
have I'm this way, tld against each other Tor lul-
migrants 10 many cases making them voters be-
fors they are nature .zed.
suppose Ohio o. allow negro suffrage and Ken
. tnckv not. The hCu,uCGy blacks, unJing eli.
mate equally gclit a soutquaily fertile wages
utrhal- better, and iu.. political equality in ONO
would cross the river gud settle IA new home,,-
Al the freedmen actually turn out % be tiIi.tle
vaglboLds and v,Erauts, tGis wil be a good rid
dance for KsutucGy .ud q bad bargain for
OH. but o. - sc must an hope, the
freedmen make .Ir-d aud Industrious cit zens,
kcltuc s. VIII % ~.e ind, LeCsel! drained Of her
laJliin- popgl. Ton. VIII b. compelled, ia IrOtec
lion of her interests. 90 Oleg them great iu-
ductm.u.s % stJy .s OHIO oilers Lem % 90. The
agriculture OF hrutucsy must fall into decay
1yth1u. ilbgl-Cf Coz cultivate her soil aud in iLe
competition be,Jtcu the two sides OF the river
she vil. be obi. ,eJ ;o Olsi equJ. advantages.
Nero suffrage il Atctue6y would 10 Ike man.
ner. c0l.p.l tte diJPtOl Il negro suuiage in tie
adioiuiug states a. NHgin.u aud Tennessee. Ana
in this manner 10 tie Lrgtucs WUye 10 be v.lu-
able c.tLecs they viii lcqu re full political equal
ity in all Ia, states wLeIe they needed IN large
numOe IS labJIeTs. IL they 10 not p:Oye 70 be
valuable citizens, the Northern negro sud:ase
states can retract ana put stop " the expert
menL before the IuluN u blacks puts their white
Citizens under the c0atyUl OF . negro majority.