, 1865-07-13
NIGHu AUFEskAGE.
The EleS8 Of Lifelong Democrat
An Aunett Convert,


MonrIE, Ala, june 81, 1855. !
have come down TO thls part Of the coun.
try with the Intention Of casting my lot with
1t for the future, AID feel impelled to seed
you line 10 tell Of ny impressions Of tho
people. have been, for some elx weeks, IN
daily contact With Southern people Of all po-
litical shades, and, though am poor talEer, j
l am coed listeGer. AID not q Ecry bad
hand at forming conclusions from great deal
Of hearing. I came to the Gulf States full Of
aeat,ng the negro before We could extend
10 him the privilege OF suffrage. He
Was ignorant: he was bigoied he
wns ptejudicel; ha c:nld not he
t,usted With the privileges Of voter untu
be had attained . cef.ain standard Of educa-
tlon; Well, s'f, VA r.. nessr farther T., y away
BY the hour TO the familiar, social, unses-
tiaiDed talk of Southern people; and have
been 6o1ry 10 conclude, from oil that have
htard, that The damnablo leresy OF the
States-rlght doctrine, upa1 which, With
imagined eEils threatened to the institution
Ct slavery, they based their acse Ct secession
rictiona as It cver was. They hare failed to
establish the success Of their principles at tho
bayoneL's point u1d the canuon's mouth, but
thusc principles lie as near to the hearts Of
The great mass OF them as ever, and true
loyalty 10 the Government, as constituting .
At the North, is entirely foreign to the breasts
Of the masses IN the South. The
same hostility that was openly displayed In
arms exists secretly IN the breasts Of the
southttn people, and is ready at any time to
exert Itself, nolonger In overt nets, but in
every possible pacific way. TO thwart the
unity and the progress Of the Republic. On
tic other hind. tho negro has but one ptln-
cjple aud one affection. His principle Il de-
yo1ion to the Union his affection hart
whole for the cause TINT has restored him to
manhood. No douits Of the justice Of the
eanse Cross hls m nd. No clouds Of easulsts'
raising Obscure bis vision. His instincts
, .16nc point ont to him the path be Is to
t1esd as 1:sS ssaap: sod point II out un. y.
| s1iugly. Who 50 saie to tsns;; 3ith tue ballot
Ed e. LIN ass9 a. III ha aTts and a
t1oW NOT. He may not know 80 much Of
book-leaIning as his rale1.skinncd brother,
but he is less likely to be, deceived In what
pertains to the advancement :tuf ali
members Of the human family, himself in.
cluded. and II you could see, as hare seen,
Tie co1ul1d people Of these Southern cities,
sitiirE At their door-stcps, in the moonlight,
on hot evenings, teaching each other to spell
and to count, regardless Of the comments Of
those who passed By, you would not te allow
in coming to the belief that cven the aup-
posed Bn.uunt OF education necessary to ona-
ble thGm to vote intellisenty will not! b.
leug wnn,ing. ], for one. contrary to allmJ
previous expectations, am fully convinced
that the only safety for the South Is lo the
extension Of. ffeu Suffrage TO the people Of
all colore, and I mean to throw myself into
the advocacy of this cause with all my en-
.crgy. Far better Is the instinct that teaches
ls5alty to the unlcn than the false education
trust the future Of olr country to the instinct
that inevitably leads to the right, or to the