New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-03

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was ungenerous, because unnecessary their part,
to render bis apostasy bare, black, so hateful
so hideous. In pity, if not in decency, they should
have put something into their letter implying or ln'
sinuating an assurance that he might serve his new
masters without betraying Gods poor and shamng
the honorable record of his past years. But military
| life is apt to blunt the finer sensibties.
Mr. Beecher, thus wantonly exposed, does his very
best. Ifit were not for facts Of glazing notorety he
would have achieved a success. 1.-The eTcfHded popu-
lation," he says, "gr9w more irritable" No. MI
Beecher: the only population of our country to-day
excluded from the right Of selfgcyernment are the
Blacks, and they do not grow mere irritable Inc
White ex-Rebels have reconstructed their several
States and now rule them with rod of ironi so that
Bhits Unionists are fleeing thence by thousands.
Bitter imponitent Rebels now ruling most
of them as Governors Rebel Generals aud
Colonies fill nearly every desirable Office and
stand ready to step into Congress whenever your
johnson party shall triumph in the loyal States.
But the Four Millions of loyal Southerners guilty Of
being born Black have voice in the Government
they shed their blood to uphold and no shadow of
power even in those States where they constitute
majority of the entire population. And Johnson
ism is fully resolved that with your help, they never
shall have. That is clearly tho beings end and aim"
Of your Cleveland Convention.
All your talk of danger being apprehended from the
admission of Southern men" to Congress is decept-
i've and misleading What we object to is the repre-
sentaton Of Southern arstocracy and rebellion to tho
exclusion of Southern labor and loyalty. Mr.. Stew
art Of Nevada last Winter proposed in the Senate
settlement of all our remaining differences on the basis
of Universal Amnesty and Impartial Suffrage Notono
commanding voice raised from the South in its
favor. The men whom what you call the South
have been taught to abhor and dread would gladly
have closed the controversy that basis; but the
South spurned the suggestion. And now you OK
cuse the South and blame us
Your military friends having no word Of hope for the
Freedmen, you constrained to drag in the unwel-
como topic. You scout the idea that 1.-THE negro can
be classified, and separated from the White popua-
ton" Yet that is exactly what is done by the con-
stitutions and laws which you are asked to validate
and perpeuate. Every of those ten States which
you condemn Congress for not admitting to represen-
taon has been reconstructed expressly emphatcally
on the assumption that the Blacks are inferior,
subject, separate race not entitled to any voice
in making or enforcing the laws whereby they
were a. great az Toussent or as ROB as Pury must
ever vote, or sit jury O. hold the smallest public
trust. Any White man may live in immoral CO.
habteton with colored womani but, If he marries
her, no Is punished for it a criminal. Blacks are
grudgingly allowed to give testimony in cases where
Blacks arc parties; but, If a Black sees White rob
and murder another White his testimony cannot be
taken to bring the mslefactor to justice. Thus,
throughout the South every conceivable legal device
is employed to keep the Blacks degraded and
crushed, despsed and benghted and your chief,
Andrew johnson. tells them that they must
not be enfranchsed because if they do, the Whites
will kill them! Such arc the people, according to
the representation Of your and their head TO whose
uncomfortable disposal you propose to consign the
Southern Blacks just after OF them were butch
cred In New Orleans for claiming the Right OF Suf-
rage Aud not Blacks only, but Whites "a well,
were among the victims Of thst bloody tragedy.
The Roy Mr. Horton, merely forpraying Of the opening
Of tho PROSTATE Convention, was basey murdered
while an unresistng prisoner in the hands of tho po
lice. And there are many cergymen whom you
honor and who have honored you, who would rather
be in his plaza THAI ia you've
But you cooy suggest that
"S ,uhern society oelped. settled and occupied with
new soi s1 % s no will be s
freedman through education and industry TO full cit
zensbip. with all its powers and duties
II do not see how this differs in essence from the
sof,yoiced luabies which soothed our fathers into
all the niquitous compacts of the past. "only
save the Union and Slavery will gradually die out of
itself" That fatal mscalculOtion has just cost us at
least Half Million lives and Five Billions of money
thought you were among those who taught US to
seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness,
and all these things shall be added unto you" But
our fathers had made no covenants with the Blacks
guaranteeing their freedom, and lacked the sore ex.
perience that We enjoy Ii we fall where they stun
bed, we sin against the clearest light.
Your talk Of the Blacks having way "grsdualy
opened up, through Education and Industry, to full
citizenship" seems very heartless and cruel in view
OF the notorious facts that there is not or
public school in all the Rebel States which colored
child is allowed to enter and that eTery effort TO
SECURE some sort of public system Of educifon for
Blsoks he's been defeated by the Rebel ascendsncy
there In New Orleans, the Blacks pay Is per cent.
of the schooltoX but colored child is allowed to
share it's benefits. The children Of Whites who pay
nothing are schooed at the expense Of Blacks who
pay thousands but whose children are never allowed
10 enter the schools. In the Texas Convention, the
few Radicals struggled in every way to have some
sort Of provision made for educating the Blacksi
finally urging that the sohool-taxes collected Of them
be appropriated to the education Of their own chdreni
but every Rebel mean Conservative united TO
vote down this end every other proposition looking 10
any education whatever of Blacks. In full view of
,uch facts Mr.. Beechers suggestion is trial to hui
man patience.