Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-06-29
RICHMOND WHIG.
THURSDAY MoRNING....JUNE 20, 1865.
From the Baltimore & azetie.
THE NEW AGITATION.

The strife is over, but so short time has inter
yened since the fnrling OF the battle flags that,
turn whrre We Will. We End eli arOuGd Us The
traces Of the terrible war which has been wagcd
for four long years. Those who have been called
on 10 mourn the dead, are. not yet cOmf0fted-
The sick and wounded have NOT regained their
olden vlgOr. Over the fields which have been Ge5.
oia.ed Nature has not resumed hey former ssay.
Those who have been IMPOVERISHED have Just be.
gun 10 realize. in its full bitterness their change
Of fortune Thousands who have been thrown
out OF employment are anXi0usly seeking for oc-
cupaton, and know not whether, for some time 20
cone, they eau feel any certain assurance OF
being able u support their families. The cOun.
try requires peace not merely the cessation OF
conflict, but peace, politically and socially. Bat
this il is not 10 have. At tlIis very momert new
S .hsmc has been brought forward aid ID being
pressed with all the vehemence that characterize
the old auti.sl very ag alton. On the new
question OF negro suffrage Old parties will row
divide, and another Struggle is already in.u-
rated that may last for Years, and which Will,
before il is settled, inevitably bo productive
OF some tremendous social or political CON
vulsion- The piIty which makes the issre
has not on.y stated il frankly, but has ayOTcd
It's determination 10 force 1t upon the people, and
have i5 abs8eEed now. 1t has called To aid the
caur hes and the pesS, AMI the old political ma
chiuery that was found 80 eiectiSe in securing
the triumph OF the emancipation policy; aud II
has ente ed on its WOsk with 50 Berce a spirit
that il manifest!y the design and wish Oi the
leaders to give the negro the right TO vote even
though Gil tie rights and interests OF tic white
man uGe sacrificed TO gain thet end. They have
no thought OF calm discussion or Ot cOmprOm!Se.
They viii simply agitatc, aad tell the negroes ~
do the sane thing. They seAd their emissaries
among tGem, aud say this Il your right. take H."
Ihe Chief Justice OF the Supreme Court Er.
Wendell Phillips the irGepressibie Mr.. BeecheT,
and scores OF agiLatOrs whose names are familiar
To cur ears, are already up and doing. They sle
nstgQ.inS the cOiUTed race, North and SJdtd, 10
action and the result OF their iLildmmatory
teachings is becoming already apparent. Al the
Annual Conference Of the ArcaR Methodist
Episcopal Church, IN Brooklyn, last week, j
c0.Ored preacher spoke as follows:
In the South there viii, however, be another
revolution yet. There Is deep undercureGt of
feeling running among tie saves, and they feel
this-lhat they have beea IN bondage too long
All they ask is simply the Tightto 1--we and to have
the prolestOn Of the laws as Othe: mea have
Unless the Government give the save the righ; Of
ancbize thcie Will be trouble. Loud cries Of
Yes u Take away the right OF franchise from
the black man and th:ie VIII yei come tic darkest
IieIiOd in our history in the Southern > ates. The
whites down there Will rise up sJG.e Of these
mornings and l6d-l was going 10 say it. Laugh.
ter You Know what mean
That such revolution as Is hioted at would he
aided and abetled by all bose wh) tell the negro
that be has as much rsnt to vote as 10 eat MAJ be
safely assumed. And lie persons who say this ale
the majority OF the radical party.
Having organized and Initiated the struggle
the agItators thus fling down the gage TO Gr.
johnson. The Hoo. Mr.. Ashley, OF Uhio, gives
the following account OF q very emphatic decla.
rClion made by him ~ the President.
81 mercy sAid TO him that the ant!-slavery
party had des.rJJed the old Wing and Democratic
partes-that the weeks OF these parties were
now scat;ere and sirewn along tle political
coast-and that we intended, under tod, 10 cruSh
aly party OF any man who stood up against tie
universal enfranchsement OF the pcyple."
That the designs OF the radicals will be resisted
is very certain aud il Il not less 50 that the char.
acter OF that resistance viii he such as nay in
vOlve the p3lce and safety Of the nation. such
is the prOsvect before Us.