Journal of freedom. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1865-186?, 1865-09-30
.JustIce TO the North.

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4bo Southern leaders do not do themselves
the Justice to read both sides of the .ques-
ton. Taking it for granted that papers
representing their own peculiar views
always tell the truth, they rely on their
statements, and are consequently led
astray in many instances. five take the
New York Nea0s as authority, we fine
that the Herald. Tribune and Times are
all enemies of the South but we defy
any one, having a desire for justice, tc
find fault with the following argument
which we extract from the Tribune, and
which may be considered a fair expose Of
the demands of the "radicals -"
"wHAT REMAINS OF THIS CONTEST
A suggestive article, published some
days since in The TRIBUNE is an extract
from The Mea0s, appeals to the Southern
people to stand shoulder to shoulder and
fight "what remains of this contest, -
The phrase is suggestive, and deserves
attention. Those who argue that the
war has sufficiently chastened the wicked
spirit of Slavery, and that we have only
to throw open the doors and bid the
leaders hurry back to their old seats in
q the Senate, and their former position in
army and navy, leaving the negro behind
in the nondescript condition o~ftreedmen,
. should read attentively the declarations
of those who claim to speak for the former
Rebels. The contest is far from being
ended. The people of the South have
long had a great advantage in the Union,
the monopoly of political power occasion
ed by the sad defect in the Constitution
which made labor a test of manhood in
the North and a commodity in the South.
This discrimination, giving the power of
States as populous as Maine into the
hands of a few plantation-masters in the
Carolinas, has always given the South a
preponderance in the national councils,
and. united it's leaders in their schemes of
aggrandizement. OF course, these peo-
pie do not wish to surrender a monopoly
which was 80 useful in The days of their
power, and which" promises to be more
useful in the days of their extremity
Nor do we see any indication of it's cessa-
ton. We are gradually pardoning back
the Rebels to privileges which no North
en- community enjoys. A delegation
from Louisiana will come to the door of
Congress, and claim admission from that
reconstructed State. That delegation |
will consist offve representatives. They
claim to represent 379, 626 white people, |
1888 free colored men, and 331 1875
freedmen. According to the policy, these
seven representatives really represent the
SURFACES of 96,329 white men who are of
RO0 and h0uo %ho ~S0h4 10 ro4 T. ILL.,
SO, 1929 white men will have five
voices on the yeas and nays, and those
volces the probable echoes of men like
Wells CGovernor) and Cutler fSenator.)
The 81 ,O49 freedmen, of the age to vote.
have nothing to say. The State ofMainel
will also have a delegation offve in Con-
5ress. Those five, however, will repre-
'ent 1853, O87 white men of the age to
They will only have five voices on !
she yeas and nays to balance the five of
Louisiana. The difference in favor of
Louisiana is, therefore, 71,756 white {
.oting men. If the policy is just-if 4
louisiana has her rights and nothing |
71,756 voting citizens of
Aalne stand disfranchised in Congress. .
70 make the illustration clearer, let us !
AXE Connecticut and South Carolina I
ZACH has four members. Yet in Con- {
13O, 2e1 white voting men are :
equiced to elect the delegation, while in q
'outh Carolina 68, 155 can do it. If !
Carolina is right, then 81, 127 sons '
connecticut are disfranchised in Con- 9
ress. Georgia has seven voices in Con- l
,aess, and yet these seven are chosen by L
s1,oO9 white Georgians, or just 2,229 9
more than Connecticut. If Connecticut a
treated properly, then 1928. white F
men in Georgia have the power of three a q
b
Unless we otherwise determine now
nus power will be retained by the South .
-States-perhsps increased. Thew
assert that freedmen, no longer be- q
slaves, must be counted as man and t,
nan IN the apportionment, and not as o
.!nTee-htths of all other persons" Sol
.eSlly these men will have their political :,
9oWer strengthened to the amount of v
Of all the freedmen in the q
10y! ~ giving the States the right &
.sserS HSsee the question of suffrage and 81
,or. ulng to Congress the question of ap- G,
,ooI omn!mIIent' we take the Southerners o
;onth WIZ renewed privileges. Will these +
he worh nen use this power to hasten CO
b;nL Of reconstruction 2 Not, we fl
rant,, unless Is they have all their demands it
they surrender Slavery be- T
Sney cannot help it, and after Il
gnIng 0 u years to keep il. And Vet Il
I'll. men Tho feed with the Repub- f,
. party shed tears of well-remunera- =,
~ 10Y, and say, "Behold how gladly +
- !. outhern brethren abandon Slavery. =;