The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-09-04

justice. Thus, throughout the south, every
conceivable legal device Is employed TO keep
the blacks DEGRADED and crushed, despised and
benighted and your chief, Andrew johnson,
tells them that they must not be enfranchised,
because if they do, the whites will kill them
Such are the people, according TO the represen-
tation of your and their head, to whose uncon-
trollable disposal YOU propose 70 oonsign the
southern blacks, just aiter scores OF them were
right of suffrage. And not black only, but
whites as WE'LL were among the victims of that
bloody tragedy. The Rev. Mr. Horton, merely
for praying at the opening Of the Free State
Convention, was basely murdered while an un-
resisting prisoner in the hands of the police.
And there are many clergymen whom you honor
and who have honored you, who would rather
be in his place than in yours.
But YOU coOly suggest that
"If Southern society is Gained settled, and occu-
pied with new hopes and prosperous industries, no
armies will be needed. Riots VIII subside; careless
hanvers-On will be driven off or better governed;
and way will be gradually opened up to the freed
man. through education and indus rY, to tull olti-
zenship, with all its powers and Ouues."
I do not see how this differs in essence from
the soft-voiced lullahies which soothed our
fathers into all the iniquitous compacls of the
past. only save the Union, and slavery Will
gradually die out of itself.' That fatal miscal-
culatlon has just cost us at least halt million
lives and five billions of money l thought you
were among those who taught us TO "seek hrst
the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and
all these things shall be added unto you.n But
our fathers had made no covenants with the
blacks guaranteeing their freedom, and lacked
the sore experience that we enjoy. II we fall
where they stumbled, we sin against the cearest
light.
Your talk of the blacks having way "grddu-
dGy opened up through education and industry,
to full citizenship seems very heartless and
cruel In view of the notorious facts that there
Is not one common or public school in all the
Rebel States which a colored child is allowed to
enter and that every effort to secure some sort
Of public system of education for blacks has
been defeated by the Rebel ascendancy there.
In New Orleans the blacks pay Is per cent. of
the school tax, but no colored child IS allowed
to share its benefits. The children of whites
who pay nothing are schooled at the expense of
blacks who pay thousands, but whose children
are never allowed to enter the schools, In the
Texas Convention, the few radicals" struggled
in every way to have some sort of provision
| made for educating the blacks; finally urging
that the school taxes collected Of them be
appropriated TO the education Of their own
children; but every Rebel mean "COnserYa.
| tive"-unted to vote down this and every other
| proposition looking to any education whatever
| of blacks. In full view of such facts, MIR.
Beecher's suggestion is a trial to human
| patience.
How is it that it is always the North that is
| required to trust, and forbear, and hope? The
| South desires representation IN congress, aud
| we respond, Most certainly-to-daY, il you
| choose: only let all your people be represented
| those who were for the Unlonists and late
struggle as well as these who were Rebels. Give
us impartial suffrage, secured by constitutional
|
| reconstruction yourselves" 'Oh no." says the
| South 1--WE will stay out forever rather than
| consent to that" Every well; we can wait"
| say we. 'Ah I" mterposes Mr.. Beecher, "let
| representation, and | guess they will educate
and entranchise the blacks by-and by. Why
should the North be afraid OF the South !" Mr..
B., we are afraid of being faithless to those who
in our great need were faithful to US. We are
afraid OF being unjust. Is this fear ridiculous
But says MIR. b.
"RetusinP to admit loya Senator'S" etc. twill not
| help the freedmen"
What do you mean by 'loyal" Senators, etc. {?
Do you consider General Forrest loyal? Is
Mayor Monroe loyal? Are his numbering police
loyal? Is Captain Semmes, Sheriff elect of
Mobile up TO the Beecher standard OF loyalty
All these sag they are loyal, and copy Andrew
Johnson 10 stgmatizing the radicals dis
uniGnists' and TRAITORS" What is the standard
Of loyalty For our own part, knowing we'll
that 'the South Will be nowise Calmed, nor
paci6ed, nor benefited in any way, by the ad-
mission of representatives who are not the free
choice OF her electors, we take no interest IN
any settlement that shall not be tull and final
When the Southern States shall resume their
place in the nations councils, | trust they viii
be represented by such men as they choose tc
send; but l protest against their elecuon .6 Py
blacks are TO be excluded now, see not how
they are ever to be entranchised. But my frs
concern is that the nation snail maintain it,
| plighted faith, and not
Keep the word of promise to the ear,
But break 1t to the hope"
Mr.. Beecher has achieved a sudden and wild
popularity. In the conception OF every black
leg duellist, negro-klller, and rowdy, from the
St. John to the Rio Grande, he has all at ono
ceased to be fanatic, blgot, disunionist
and become an enlightened patriot and states
man. His praises are freely mingled with tn
blasphemies of the Hook and the ribaldry of tn
sunday Mercury. There is not in all the Ian
| one VINO considers 'niggers very good in thei
place." but that place under the feet of tn
whites, who does not thank him for his letter
S The Thugs of New Orleans are by this time Ell
joying it, and General Forrest would gladly pre-
!. SIDE at meeting called expressly to raLify i
' But there is sadness in many hearts where II
eloquent pastor of Plymouth Church has bee
\ loved and honored-a mourntul consciousne
l that they have trusted too cOnfdingly an
e loved unwisely. Little children, keep yol
j hearts from idols.n
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