The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-08-30

them Out OF Congreaa. ).
Senator DooLTTrIF. % Bnflalo, the other
day, In reply to hh 'inttfvuphng question,
"why should The negroes OF tue South not
vote ?" presented the attitude which
scuENcK now maintains We quote $3.50.
Tfhe tnkols litey AhSphluot Vote, ! tell
my9 irl@N tlifist W stafig thlsf In the
southern states thercis amass of colorcd
population. aulpng, .whieh nlne-tenths ,pf
the men haNelib sehso Of family and fAm-
ily' ticsA4 4lttcnimldons applApsol land the
women have no sense of virtue; aud the
man who would build the foundations of
human society upon n population like that
knows nothing OF republican government.
Long applause. | say that 10 base suil-
rage on the negro population of the South
burlcsque of republican institutions,
laughter aud applausel, aud we ourselves
would be the laughing stock Of This World,
Loud cheers ! can understand how In
the Northern States, where there are few
colorcd men brOughtWp M ireemen among
freemcn, with the habits and thoughts of
frccmen, and with families like ireemon.--I
can understand now IN some of the States
such q population may be admitted tO sniff
rage. But In the States Of the South, situ
nted as they are now. with this population
la It's present conditions. there Is no man In
his schscs, IN my Judgment, who would
get up to defend negro suffrage there.
Loud applause. There is still another
aud more potent renson than the one have
statesl. i told itlast fall--'leneral Grant told
nlc and authorized me 10 state "; General
sherman told and authorized ne 10 state
IT,, President johnson told me and nuther-
ized me to state, it--that the attempt to
force negro suffrage upon those States now
would inevitably lend 10 Il war OF races.
['Thats sou
sand let me tell my friend who sits there
and makes so much objection llaughterl
some facts. lCfics OF put him out !" "Let
him belH Ties qtIiet now!"l We have
lately Had riot IN New Orleans Inter
rmption.l There was Clique of men In
Washington who began acOnspiracy that
has lately culmnated hi New Orleans
That conspiracy was this 10 undertake to
get up new revolutionary governments In
the southern States, based Onfnegno suf-
mage. There was a convention IN Louisi-
ANA convention, Whose functions had
ceased two years ago, whose President re-
fused TO cali ttdgcther, majority of whose
members were unwilling to sit-but this
conventions, urged on by some revolution
lists in the city 0f New Orleans, sought To
como together, and for what? To pass new
amendments in the state of Louisiana to
give suffrage to Che negroes. What was
Tie .conscquenceG What General Grant
told me Is true--that the attempt 10 place
thesetwo races ia large numbers side by
side upon an equality ID free government
Will of necessity, breed u war Of races. APP,
plausel which will result in the end in de-
stroying the colored race. Aud there Is
not TO be found on this earth n man from
whom the colored rare should Zee as they
should ilee fiOm that man who undertakes
by force or otherwise, 20 brihg about negro
suffrage upon The States of the South at the
present time! Loud continued cheering ]
| No, there Is not proposition that can BE-
conceived 80 cruel so heartless, so unre-
lenting In Its consequences upon the negro
race and IL will, Il undertaken, cover the
whole Southern country with blood" M