The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-04-26

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4 fact easier. to do stis without deciding
q even considering whether those States
have ever been out Of the Union thse d
With il. Finding themsslvss sslelp IS
home. il would bs utterly immateFiai II
whether they hsd been sbIead. Let usf
IN ioin in doing the acts nessssafy % re-
store The, uroper prse,ical relatioas besls
tween these blatse sad the Unica, and l
each forever aftGr innocently indulge his
opinion whether, ii doing the acts. ne
brosshs ~ Statss fsen without is4e ehsf'
Union, or only gaye them the proper %.
sistanos, they ssSsr having been ont OF
il. The amount Of constituency, sp TO
sneak, On which tho Louisiana govern 4
ment rests. would be moro satisfactory to
I'll If il contained so, 600, or 80 ,0OO. or
even 20 1000, instead Of Il. 900, as it does
II il also unsatisfactory to some that The
elective frsnchise Is not given to the col
ored man. would myself prefer that il
were now conferred on the very inteili.
gent, and on those who serve our cause
O soldiers.
Sill, the question is not whether the
Louisiana government, 10 il stands, Is
quite all that 10 desirable. The question
| i. will il be wiser TO take it as It is and
help to improve it, or to reject and die
perse Can Louisiana be brought into
proper prac ical relation with the Union
sooner By sustaining or BY describing her
new State government Some twelve
thousand voters in the heretofore slave
State of Louisiana have sworn allegiance
to the Union, assumed to be the righiful
political power of the State, held cleo.
lions, organized . State government,
adopted flee State constitution, giving
the beuefi. of public schools equally 10
black and white, and empowering the
Legislature TO confer the electoral fran
chise upon the colored man. This Legis-
lature has already voted to rasify the
Constitutional amendment recently passed
By Congress, abolishing slavery through
out the nation. These twelve thousand
persons are thus fully committed to the
1 Union and to perpetuate freedom in the
State--committed to the very things,
and nearly all things the nation wants
and they ak the nations recognition and
its assistance to make good this commit
tai. Now, if We reject and spurn them,
we do our utmost to disorganize and dis-
perse them. We, in fact, say to the white
man: You are worthless or worse; we
, will neither help you nor be helped BY
you. To the blacks we say: Tits cup OF
! liberty which these, your old masters.
held to your lips, we will dash from you
and leave you TO the chances of gathering
the spilled and scattered contents 10 some
vague and underlined when, where and
} how. II this course, discourag,ng and
paralyzing both white and black, has any
} tendency to bring Louisiana into proper
| practical relation with the Union, ! have
so far been unable to perceive it. II, OF
, the contrary, We recognize and sustain
the new government of Louisiaua, ths
converse of all this is made true W.
encourage the hearts aud nerve tho arm.
of twelve thousand to adhere to their wori
: and argue for it. and proselyte for j., AMI
fight for it, and feed it, and grow it, ant
t ripen it to complete success. The col
' ored man. too. 10 seeing all united 70
!. him, is inspired with vigilance and energ,
b and daring to the samo end. GRAFT tina
: be desires the elective franchise, will h,
Y not attain it sooner by seeing he slread
: advanced steps towards it than by runsin,
: backward over them ? Conoede thst tn
! new government of Louisiana is only Il
f what il should be as the egg is TO thsfow
d We shall sooner have the fowl by hatchinl
o the egg Than by smashingit. Laughter.
/ Again, if we reject Louisiana we also re
y ject one vote in favor of the proposes
!. amendment 10 the national constitution
To meet this proposition it has been ar
gued that 90 more than three fourths o
: those States which have not attempts,
6 secession are necessary to validity ratif,
g the amendment. do not commit mysel
: against this further than to say that sue
: ratification would be questionable, an
,, sure to be persistcntly questioned, while
!. ratification by three fourths Of all ID
= y States would be unquestioned and M
!" questionable. repeat the question, ca
! Louisiana be brought into proper practi
:. cal relation with the Union sooner By 50.
: taining or by discarding the new Stat
= government What has been said Q
Louisiana will apply TO other States. An
!, yet SO great peculisrities pertain to eacl
). State, and such important aud sudde
J changes occur 10 the same State, an
g withal SO new ard unprecedented il th
! whole case, that no exclusive and inAexi
! BILE plan can safely be prescribed as to de
: tails and collaterals. Such exclusive AM
infexible plan would surely become ne,
cnsanglement. Important principles ma
= and must be infexible. In the presen
: situation. as the phrase goes, j. may b
: my duty to make some new announce
! ment to the people of the South. l al
!, considering and shall not fail to act whe
: satisfied that action will be proper.