The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1865-08-09
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massachusetts Republicans
The JacObin Policy in
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ofthS theoryof universal Negro sulffag
by proclamation have given the result o
the practical working of that policy
moments consideration. Were they /,
stop and examine into its logical and in
evitable result, not only in political bu
in a social point Of view, they would dis
cover thatit will surely lead to eondi
tion of things which but few men woulc
be willing to stand before the American
people and advocate. Univarsal and un
restricted Negro Suffrage, on the basis
demanded by the Jacobins, is net ques
tion which affects merely the political
status of the Southern States nor will it.
results in social point of view be con.
fined to the people Of those States recent,
ly in rebellion. 1t goes further, and
penetrates deeper than all this. 1t strikes
at the very foundation of society, North
and South, and must, by the very nature
Of things, resolutionize the social conven.
tionalities of the American people. Those
who look upon it only as a measure to
prevent the leaders Of the rebellion from
regaining their power take only super.
fieial view and overlook its mts: impor
tant features. gsi sa ,.eg.t (,
In order that tho public can better
comprehend the real bearings of the radi.
Gal Chase policy on this subject, we pub.
lish in another column the address of the
Republican State Committee of Massa.
chusetts, summary Of series OF reso.
lutions passed by the Connecticut Legis-
lature, and table, carefully prepared
from the census returns of 1860, show
Ing the number of counties in the South.
ern States in which the black population
exceeds the white. Facts are stubborn
thugs, and the data there given reveal q
new and important feature Of this sub,
ject, not alone in theory, but its startling
realities. 1t presents the question Of
negro Suffrage in light which no states
man can overlook, and which no fanatic
can gainsay. 1t presents lesson which
all must study, considerations which must
be carefully examined, and arguments
which must be weighed before safe and
intelligent decision can be arrived at on
this vital question. The Massachusetts
Republican committee, in their appeal to
the adjustment of the South, "demand
that absolute guarantees shall bo given
Tor the extinction OF all casts" between
the two races. They require, still fur
ther, that call usages, customs and tradi.
tions shall be abolished" and that these,
with loyalty, shall be the tests in all cases,
including right to vete, "whether the
Constitution or laws prescribe it or not"
in other words, political and social equal.
ity of the races in all and every condition
Of society, as well as political ard official
prelerment. This takes the negro, as he
emerges from the degrading influence of
years of bondage, with all MS ignorance,
uncultivated tastes, prejudices and super
stitions, and gives him an immediate
voice in the settlement Of oil questions
of State and National interests, including
the very entionplities Of society,"
This abruptly overrides all existing bar
riers in these several spheres to such an
extent that its effect will extend 20 al!
sections Of the country, North and South,
East and West, and develops state of
affairs which does not exist in any nation
in the world. m tt s. s.. r.
To comprehend the real extent to
which the Jacobin policy, carried into
practice, will revclutionise EXISTING rules,
politically and socially, j. is necessary to
draw comparison as to the condition of
the two races, and also to ascertain the
numerical strength of the blacks and
whites in the several States. The tables
of population which we give elsewhere
furnish the statistics necessary to show
the latter. twill be seen that there is
not a single State which has been in re.
bollion but that has q number Of counties
in which the black population exceeded
the white when the last census was taken.
There are also three States-Louisiana,
Mississippi and South Carolina--in in which
the black population preponderates over
the white in q majority of the counties.
This preponderance in many irstances is
three, and in some counties four, to one
Under the radical policy negroes will be
elected members Of every State Legisla-
ture, and in three States they can have
control, enact all laws, and elect men of
their own race and color to the United
States Senate. This, in at leqst three
States, not only gives the blacks full con-
trol ofathe social status OF the people,
but in sending blacks to represent them
in the national Legislature introduce, n
new feature in Washington society and
The equality between tho
white man and negro which the Jacobips
wish to establish will, therefore, place
'he latter in hehiglRst Legislative tribp.
nal of the country, upon equal footing
With Senator Sumner and his associates
n all public and private duties while he
emains the representative Of Massachu-
ettsI insthe United States Senate. e The
amo will be true as to the representa-.
ives from every other State, q All this
rould be brought under the the inaugur.1
tion ofrthe Chase radical policy within i
he noxttwelve months But it may be
rgued that the negroes would not at
empt such q ridiculous move as the send
ng Of one OF their race to- tho Senate
: present. On the contrary, this ia the
cry time they would be moro likely To
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