The Cleveland leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1865-1865, 1865-07-19
The n. 7. sun and Hon. Henry Win.
ter sfaVfs.

The Saa seemed to be in agony over the
telling orstIOn of Mr.. Davis, delivered st
Chicago or the 4th of July snd that part
which deals with the negro suffrage ques-
tion. In q leader on the subject the Sun
ssyg:
"Unless the negro nature underwent q
remarkable transformation when the
sbsckles of slavery we're struck from him,
he is, in his Ignorance, one Of the most
credulous Of the human family; easily de-
ceived and imposed upon. Now, suppose
that negrOsuffrage were established through
the South, what would be the result2 Ev-
identity the negroes would be las clay in
the hands of the potter" The masters for
whom they labor would hsve but little
difficulty in moulding them, either by per.
sussion or threats, TO their W purpcses.7
The Sun falls into the usual error here of
stPposing that white men can make men
believe and act just as they like when they
are free from fear or restraint in matters
Of opinion. 1t is no compliment to the
man of his own lace for the Editor of the
Sun to suppose that they will continue to .
y = 3sEs-ss4 - =. @ss=@AA h"se tho me-
groes when free; but we think The Sun en-
tirely wrong Ia suppOsiDg that with the
bitter experience Of the negroes, they can,
hereafter, be made the dupes Of those who
have PIHsdsred-Rnd deceived them all
their lie long. No can as-urs ths 0sssa of
one thing, namely credulity ofthe negroes I
is not SO great as he supposes. The ne
groes are not go easily imposed upon by the
white man, when the latter is stripped of
his cart whip power. In the matter of
voting this has been proved in British West
Indies. THE former slaves in those Islands,
as soon IS they went to the polls, voted not
in accordance with the views of their form
or masters, but with those whom they be-
lieved we're promoting the best interests of
the country. The same has been proved
in some OF the Northern States. We be-
lieve it to be q fact that Demo
cratic msjorities changed the franchise
of the colored citizens. in New York,
| Pennsylvania, and Connecticut. Is the
| San aware of the fact thstit is the we'll
founded opinion of intelligent eolored men,
that the party was influenced by the cir
cumsLsnce that colored men generally vOt-
ed against It's views. We can also assure
the San, that so far as we, colored men, both
North and South, have erred, and strSyed
from the right way, in being too ~credulOus,
and easy 10 be deceived by white men, we
shall mend our ways, = hereafter sctthe
wiser part. We have fer ONE time been
looking at this subject, and have made it
matter of conversation and prudential re-
mark amcng ourselves. We have resolved
to make it 8 matter Of instruction TO our
children and the less informed among as.
The frequent reference TO this subject of
negro creduhty, etc, in connection with the
suffrage question, j~ustiies US in frankly sp-
prising those who make this an objection
that all intelligent colored men, North and
South, feel that the first duty we have TO
perform now is to free our race from the
selfish influence of white men, whether
they are friends or foes. When the SIN
sees fit to recur TO the subject Of negro suf-
frsge again, we hope it will give q fresh
argument thst will be worth noticing
The AngIo-Afriean. ~.-g,