The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1866-02-21

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the enmity between, the aeGloredr man and
the lnon-slayeholders.a The mhiteman Was
permitted to vote because Governne ii, was
derived from him. lIie. is a part and par
eel oEthe political machinery. 80 -,
Isd Nhw for the rebellion or rreyoiutiou--and
when sou come back to the objects OF. this
war, you find ,ha. the abe!ition Of slavery
waslnot one of the objects; Congress and
the President himself declared, that il was
'wased on, our part. in order 10 suppress the
rebellion. The abolition of slavery. has
come as al incident to the suppression Of
a great rebellion.s as an, accident, and,as
an incident we should give L the proper
direction. ~ Y,lgrTgles ,ti, 81 .,s,,.
ID Theycolored manwent ipte this rebellion
a slave ;tby the operation of the rebellion
he came out . .freedwanr-eqpal to freed
man, in anyroihsr portion Iof The country.
Then there isa great deal depe for him on
this point. q The non STAKEHOLDER swhe, was
forced into the ,rebe lion, and was loyal as
those that lived, beyond, the, limits of, The
State, was carried into it, and his proper
lty,y and in a number Of instances, the Lives
OF such were sacrificed, and he who has
survived has ;cpme out sof it With, nothing
gained but Q great deal. lost. IL -,s;..jt,v.s
g Now, upon a principle Of justice. should
they be placed in a condition different from
what theyswere befoses On the one hand,
one has gained great deal; on the other
hand. one has lost a. great deal, and in a
political point Of view, scarcely stands
where he did before. = vfl ~ s.av 81,
o1Now. we are talking about where we arr
going 40 begin. i We eshays, got at the hate
that existed between the two races. The
query eonesIup whether these tive, races,
situated, as they we're before, without pre-
paration, without time, for passion and.e
sitemeat to be appeased. and without time,
Tor the, slightest improyemen whether the
one should be turned loose upon the other
ard be thrown together at the balIot.box,
with this enmity and hate existing between
them. The query comes up, if right there
we don't commence q war of races. think
understand this thing--and especially is
this the case when you force il upon peo-
pie without their consent. .d
You have spoken absut government.
Where is. power derived sfromf We,say
il is derived from the people. Let Us take
il so and refer to the District of Columbia,
by way Of illustration. Suppose, for in
stance. here. in this political commuuity,
which to certain extent must have gev-
eminent, must have law, and putting IL now
upon the broadest basis you can put it,
take into consideration the relation which
the'white has heretofore borne 10 the color
ed race, is il proper to force upon this
community. without their consent, the cleo
tive franchise, without regard 10 color,
making il universal
Now, where do you begins Govern
ment must have controlling power; must
have Judgment. For instance, suppose
Congress should pass law authorizing an
election to be held at which all oyer2l
years Of age, without regardi to color,
should be allowed 60 vote, and majority
should decide at such election that the
elective franchise should not be universal,
what woald yeu do aboutits Who would
settle III: Do you deny that frsl great
principle Of The right Of the people 10 gov
ern themseIvesi VIII you resort 10 an ar.
bilfary power, and say majority of this
people shall receive state Of things they
are opposed toi
Mr.. Dsuglas.--That was said before The
war. 3t m
The President--I am now talking abou;
o principle, not what somebody else said.
Mr. Downing. Apply what you said.
Me. President, TO South Carolina, for in-
stance.
The President.-Suppose you 90 to South
Carolina suppose you 70 10 Ohio. That
doesn't change the e'prnciple AZ all. The
query to which have referred still cones
up when Government is undergoing fun.
damsntal change. Government rommenc
ed upon this principles it has existed spo,
IL; aud you propose now TO incorporate
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