Daily Davenport Democrat., 1865-10-13

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~ Iivuct,sa q Washtagfous T6t rssuti
n their journey may b. inferred ffpm III
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Vish abeuE ~ n1s sn&huaiAso that u
devil u epRpoepA p sxbibit With sefssspc'
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g esa!siy1ig yeSos shs eifsstioa Of Ne
1a(laaa, bat fSe1 ell pette q ~ eoantTx
e = - leagss seceionsl. bot nAsional
= sss .hes sEleYsaS hese a sssir ir s.issn !. .1
shas syPpeli,sd tbf. n. ye19coc reprs
6netion Of the NORTH
The nationality thus sv,nosd By tn
Ip.ei!ss issfets ~ t"d - -
6Ftc'k HID. Il b one which Ignores nsithd
sections nor classes. Il 10 ofa charactss
Whinh 6ooG Bxhibils ~ Wteosusos ~ II
eeoplsesasss Il dsealls. Il chsrgn itssll
wish shs intefStts - we'll Of The South - d
tn NORTH ! M Nstsns attentivsly beeh a
New EngIand end the Northwest Il b pro
pars4 q fapse4 iks reseesttal csas;dera-
ten tG thS epegsn(iene ef South Carroll
end MaeeocAp eetts; and i dose, pot esVr.
a)eok )hs Act NJ I'll cllsstS u p1b1ls. with
ous reeafd 70 color, have claim upon il
cose ae4 ettedti0h. lAF Ia1i
. We abseeys Mr.. johnson iphusd With thii
nA&iousiit9 ID Mia reception of aud bic re-
marks 70 the negroas Who visited him Cd
Tussday, in Washington. That he reoeiv-
ed them .! all. shows that he 10 not diapoasd
70 overlook any cla1s 1t psApls ;ldMd tia,
he talked 70 then - hs did, sginees that Id
y not inct1cd htse w ocsalioi, however
4yorable, 70 sacrifice bis nationality for the
.ess sivlds but less enduring, triumphs ol
partisan demAgogue, His spssoh 70 them
- . recoSniliOh OF the existence of an i'm.
,PertAnt Apicap element tn this ouoatry |;
sood ie 10 eqoAIoya recognition of The ihct
stoAt o1s y . subordinate rather thad On
equal element in the composition Of the ns-
ti0n. Ae does not inform these negroes that
II was they who saved the country nor
does no tell them that they are the equals
Of the white race, and entitled u share with
thia race the ptitfsgts Of political and go
cal equality. He simply thanked them for
the services hey he'd demo the government,
and assured them that their position IN this
country is one not dependant upon the rep
rsee:tatsons ofss,lieal, but upon their own
i most be greatly notifying y phlan
thropnts Of the Greeley, Garrison and
Phillips school, that Mr.. Johnson did not
assuse these negroes Of their perfect equal
ity with the whites. instead Of asurring
them that their status must depend upon
their own action. He not only does not ad-
init this equality, but he tells them that
even their right To = residence among the
white people Of this country is problem"
and one whose solution must depend upon
themselves. In place of having earned .
right 70 vots. they have yet before them the
task Of showing that they can with safety
be permitted to reside among us. II they
Act in as,nannsr 10 demonstrate thaa |
their residence here will not be inoun
sistent with the interests Of the ma
zion, they win be incorporated into this pco-
pie; and their political equality win de-
pend upon their subsequent progress in
merit from that point.
This 10 . national aud Democratic view
Of the negro problem. II recognizes in the
Affican, - he noW ia. . crsatuSs who has .
claim upon our protection and il leaves his
future status a'mAttef dspendant upon him
self. II the negroes, - class, develop ca
pacity for any privileges, nov shs exclusive
posssssion OF the whites, those privileges
viii in time be extended 70 thsm.-Cdicogo |
TSmes.