Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1865-07-01
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appear anxious 70 have the people t'c'Iev-
that it is 10, question awaiting a prac-
teal solution This tender iootetincss. a
far as it applies 10 the many. can on,y be
attributed to one cause. d desire TO remain
neutral until i, is certain which side OF
the question is the popular one as affecting
the local party issues of each particular
State or Territory. If negro suffrage is
popular, then they will not be long i'll ar
raging themselves foremost in the ranks Of
its advocates; but if the contrary is true,
they can readily wash their hands of the
whole affair, and cry loudest against negro
equality. Although this, in professional
politics, may be considered a very shrewd
course, we contend that it is neither manly
nor honest. We have maintained that the
issue is upon us, and that the radical fac
ton of the Union party were discriminate
make it the turning point in their political
creed; that they would be satisfied with
no halfway measures, and that unless the
more sober-minded, conservative men of
party should exercise wholesome check
over their visionary scheming, the Union
party might have to bear the brunt of their
unwise action. 10 show we were not pre-
mature in our deductions, we quote from
a no less champion than Harper's Weekly
of May 90. which gives clear idea of the
whole machinery through which they pro-
pose to work:
"It is desirable, upon every account,
that there shall BIZ as little delay as posi-
bic in intrusting the local government of
the States to their own loyal inhabitants.
But it is plain that the immediate author.
ity of the National Government can not
safely be relaxed until that proportion Of
the male adult population of State which
guarantees internal security is empowered
to vote. The question of the hour then is,
when the Government is ready TO allow an
election for any purpose whatever to be
held in any such State, who shall be per-
mitted to votei There IL no au-
thority at present in Virginia and South
Carolina except that of the United States !;
and they, and no other power will decide
who is to vote in reconstructing those
States. The conditions Of voting will be
prescribed by the United States, aud not
by the State Constitutions. And if the
conditions should be those named in the
Constitutions they will be valid. rot for
that reason, but because the United States
so determine"
These -agitationists pretend to be-
lieve that the question is merely one Of
local interest, and subject to local legisla-
ton, and that it will not become legiti-
mate issue in National politics. 1t will be
seen. however, from the above. that the
question does assume wider scope than
they may care to admit. 1t was made
direct issue in December last, when Mr..
Lincoln indicated his plan for recoustruc-
ton. and prominent leaders Of the radical
faction then declared. and have since re.
affirmed. their determination to oppose in
every shape the return of the late rebel
States to their allegiance under he Consti-
tuition. unless the negro should have
voice in the reconstruction Of the State
governments. Equal Rights in the
p. 7rst1se. understands the matter in its
tru- light. and thu editor OF tha, paper
knows tall vel ,hs, b. dodges the sues-
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