The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1865-06-14
From the Cincinnati Commercial.
Negro Suffrage in the South,

The policy Of the President in tho
great question Of reconstruction is made
known by his North Carolina proclama-
ton. In the first place he will not rec-
ognise the present State Governments, but
will appoint Military Governors, and
have Conventions called. In the second
place. he will not insist upon the snfran-
chisement Of tie blacks as an indispensa
bic condition of securing to the restored
States republican form Of Govern
ment." The Determinations against col.
or that are contained in the State Con-
stitutions of the States that were COM
mitted to the rebellion, will stand for the
present. Itis possible that the President
will give the influence of his administers.
tion toward the enfranchisement of the
blacks, but he will not attempt to force
this measure by the direct exercise OF
his power as Commander-ln-chief of the
armies and Chief Mag gistrate of the United
States. So much must be inferred from
the North Carolina proclamation; and we
may add that independent of that State
paper, the views of the President con-
cerning these matters, were not reserved
for some days before the proclamation
was issued. He was entirely conscious
Of the gravity Of the question, and of the
weight Of the responsibility that he as
sumed, and became fixed in his convic-
ton Of the line Of his duty only after the
most anxious deliberation. p..4
He was not lef: long in doubt as to the
character Of the opposition he would
Arouse, or the quarter whence its greatest
fury might be expected. The outcry of
Wendell Phillips was the first expression
Of unqualified hostility to reach him. but
he may have consoled himself with the
reflection that So violent a person was
not likely to be fountain Of wisdom,
and that it would be impossible for the
most eloquent and common scold Of New
England to abuse him with greater ma
lignity, or more profusion ofepithet, than
he lavished upon Mr.. Lincoln, who, less
than year ago, was repeatedly denounc-
ed by Phillips as "the slave-hound Of Hi
nois." More importance attaches to the
words of Charles Sumner, who. In his
eulogy on Abraham Lincoln, delivered
before the municipal authorities Of Bos
ton on the lst of June, said: # ~
"Surely the same authority which may
limit the electoral law Of slavery may en-
large it. II the National authority can
do any thing about elections; if it can
order an election; if ID can0regulate an.
election; if it can exclude a traitor who
is still at large. il can admit loyalist,
whose only incapacity Is his skin. |
1.-The colored suffrage is now ne
cessity. But beyond this. in making it an
essential condition Of the restoration OIL
rebel States to the Union, we. follow, first,
The Law OF reason and of nature, aud sec
undly, the Corstitution, not only IN Its
lext. but as interpreted by the Declara.
lion Of Independence. BY reason and
nature there can be no denial OF right on
account Of color: and we can do nothing
which is thus irrational and unnatural.
By the Constitution it is stipulated that
he United States shall guarantee to every
State republican form of government
,ut the meaning Of this guaranty must
Dc found in the Declaration of Independ-
'nee, which is the controlling preamble
II the Constitution. Beyond all question !