Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1866-01-18

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oF the limited states provided that whenever in any
STATE the elective franchise shall be denied or
abridged on account Of color, all persons Of
such race or color shall be excluded from the basis
of representation.
Prepare for the Worst.
The Northern journals and correspondents
those of the deepest radical dye except
ed-concur in representing the President
As firm in his determination to breast
the revolutionary deluge which is sweep
ing away, one by one, the landmarks Of the
Constitution, and threatens to overwhelm the
whole fabric beneath its dark and noisome
waves We still have hope, amounting almost
to confidence that he will succeed but it is
best at all times, in deciding upon future con-
duct, to take it for granted that the worst will
happen, and take our measures precisely as
though it had already arrived. Let us, then,
suppose that the whole business Of the present
Congress-it has no other, so far as We can OBJ
serve, than to Cypress the South in every con-
ceivable manner-has already been settled,
and that the condition of the South has become
rs dcplorablc as radical malignity, armed to
the fullest measure of despotism with ire
Sponsible power, can render it, what is next to
be done
Our answer is the same with that which we
gave the other day, when the question of
new tariff was under consideration. Let us
initiate the Yankees, in this one particular,
and in this one only. Let us turn our disasters
hi Of hR
laws which are designed to crush us. They
wish to secure the perpetuation Of their own
power, by making voters of several hundred
thousand ignorant negroes, so that the voice of
the South may be eifectually silenced for all
time to come; and for this purpose they have
persuaded the negroes that they ought not to
work, though starvation stare them in the face.
Well, then, let us introduce white labOrers US
fast As We can, to till up the void left by the
voluntary retreat of the negroes. BY pur-
suing certain system steadily, we shall
soon be enabled to ovorwhelm the negro
vote at the polls, and make our voices
once more heard at Washington. The suffrage
be sure to disgust the negro population
with labor. Now, foreigners (white men) do
not Eke:to work with negroes. But when they
shall have found that the negro, having become
a voter, is no longer = laborer, they will come
here in preference, and in large crowds. Thus
will we gain strength every year, receive the
principal part of the immigratiOn-and the best
orit-and become, in u single generation, the
most populous part of the nation. The effort
of our enemies to degrade and humilate us will
thus recoil upon themselves. Malice always
defeats its own objects at least it has always
done so heretofore There is no reason to be-
Iieve that the ways Of Providence in the gov
erument of the world will be altered to suit
the malignity ofthe Radicals.
At any rate it will never do to sit with arms
folded, and content ourselves with signing and
complaining. From the bottom Of our hearts
we despiSe signing and complaining people,
whether they be individuals or nations. We
detest prosecuted men, at least men who are
always whining about their prosecutions. We
trust our woes will never be sung and recited
~ those of Poland and Ireland have been,
rendering those gallant nations objects of pity,
which, to the fiery and generous spirits among
them, is the most painful of all humiliationS.-
Let us begin in the beginning to convert this
curse, or any other they may put upon us, into
blessing, as it is always in the power Of man to
do, if he be only patient, persevering, and
true to himself. The entire object Of the Radi-
Gals in Congress is, by degrading us, to per-
petuate their own power. They cannot degrade
Us. A people who have fought as this people
have fought, against such odds as they were
destined to encounter, cannot be degraded
The world never beheld defence so gallant,
though so hopeless. The marvels of Their
uoPYLE and SALANIS sink into mere common
place occurrences, when placed in comparison
with the deeds OF the Southern armies. The
world cannot forget them if it would. They
occupy the most brilliant page Of her history,
aud cannot be obliterated without destroy
ing the book. 1t is vain to think OF
degrading such u people. Our enemies
know it and this it is that renders their hos
tility 50 bitter. But they can Cypress us, and
of oppression never lot us Condescend to COM
plain We are being tried in the furnace of
affection, heated over seven times. Let us
hold on to our Steadiness and Shew that we
are able to endure as we'll As to fght-that our
passive courage is at least equal to that active
yalor which has won for us the admiration of
the world. There is not single oppression
that they put upon US which we may not turn
into a blessing. And then we shall come out,
purified and refined; for it is by suffering that
nations as well as individuals are purified aud
| refined. Be not respondent, therefore, but be
assured that all we arc now enduring will be
for the best in the end.