The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-07-18

and the nature OF men, that they can
resist it. Self.protection will require
them to do it, and they will do it,, We
have now, in the State Of Virgins, bc:
licve, not less than thirty or fifty thou.
sand loyal men, and out Of their number
you cun not Gnd, Of that superior raco.
6vo hundred out Of that City thousand
who will 20 to tho polls and say 50:
Why? Because they bavo not tho moral
courage to resist public opinion and tho
papers Of tho country. Now do you cx.
pcct TO turn loose in inferior body Of
mon to bc manipulated, to be argued
With, to be reasoned with, to DO controlled
by unanimous body Of superior mon, :
Ind conceive that tho negro race can 70. !
sist such an influence when your. own !
white race can not do it? They hare men
10 the Democratic party that, before an
election, will persuade them that as they
made tho war, and as their freedom grew
out Of tho war, thoy arc indebted to
them for their freedom, and to nobody
olsc. They will make them believe moro
than that. They will mako them believe
that tho Yankees are for reducing them
to slavery again, and that they arc thcir
only projectors. l know their tricks and
their habits. They ,oiU eat uith tho |
negroes; they ,riU drink toith the negroes;
M'y rW steep ,cith the negroes, and they
ciH curry them to the polls !Me neat day d"
cote. ,..
If this inferior race, upon whom you
propose to confer tho right Of suffrage.
shall give disloyal votes, it is . bod thing
for US. If they give loyal votes, il is
worse for them. Take the States Of Mis-
siSsippi and South Carolina, for example.
whore there is a majority Of tho negro
population, and whero they could out
vote the whites. They have no ono to
instruct and inform them, and teach
them wha. IS right. They arc under tho
control Of those who surround them. It
they werc to 90 to the polls and give dis.
loyal votes, is there any man in itbis coun.
try who wants to strengthen that disloyal
element, North or South? Suppose they
give loyal votes, just imagine tho conse.
qucnccs. Suppose that in tho city OF
Charleston, OF in tho city Of Natchcz, or
in any par. Of those two States, or 10 my
own State, in tho city Of Richmond, that
tho white raco all 90 up and voto on ono
side, and tho negro raco upon the other
side. Suppose there should be an auima'
ted contest, o Presidential election, be-.
tween Gen. Grant and Con. Leo, for ex.
ample. You would 6nd evory whito man
10 Mississippi and South Carolina voting
for Gen. Leo, and you would find tho
colorcd race, who wero but yesterday tho
slaves Of tho masters, elbowipg them at
the polls and out.voting them. What
would be the consequences You havo
not had much mob law In Baltimore.
Your city has the reputation Of being
very quiet and pcaceablo-where it is
not known. Do you suppose it would
produce no irritations, no rescntmcnts?
tell you that it will be attended with
tho determination Of tho raco: They
would bc driven out Of the land by this
superior party. All I have to say to you
who arc in favor Of negro suffrage is, I
have given you my advice, and told you
what think will bo tho conscqucnces-
that you will thereby add to tho strength
Of the disloyal element. Unless you do
something to put the States 10 tho hands
Of tho loyal men Of tho Government, for
their own protection, and for the protcc.
f ton ofal alike, you will add immensely
to the strength Of tho Democratic or 70.
cession element 10 tho South. IF you
choose to do it, as I said while ago, I
shall not rebel against it; I will submit
: to it. But you must not ask mo to REQ.
ommend it. I assume no share Of that
responsibility.
, In the present condition Of things
, there is to be q great effort made to get
t up new party and q convention il
called to meet in Philadelphia some
, time next month, / believe. 1t Is 40 en-
barrussipg question for mo to know-not
8 az, Mr.. Webster said-where am ! to 90,
Q but how am to vOtc2 No, It 10 not an
, embarrassing question. That WAS slip
? of tho tongue. shall have 90 embarrass.
/ mcut abontit. IshaNvotc( for The uneond'.
l tional Union party Of his nation. There
f may be a great dealo ofradieali!m :" Il; but
/ nsvcr ,a,o u party in whieh there yea, not
E rndicaliin,. I do not object to little
rudicalism. Radicalism is sometimes lit.
, Ito too fast, and sometimes conservatism
, Is a little too slow. But you have . me.
dium between tho two that will regulate
, lit. g..
: I an not to abandon those who sgres
, with mo On this great, question OF tho
restoration Of this Union because there
arc radicals 10 tho party; and when, If 1
do not sgree With them, have to 90
0 into another party, whore there is more
? radicslism, and more obnoxious radio.
. ali,m than I 6nd 10 the great Union psr.,
ty. OfoH radicalinn, dat .ukieh Is most
, obnoziou to me Is the radiedlisn' Of De.
moeraey. And will vote With any party,
, do not care who or what it i1, TO beat It
, down and keep it down. Much q l saf.
fersd and much a. 10 oil suffered 10 tAis
war, / ,oould, 70 help me God, ts: cttmS
, ovxr, rather go through asothsr rebsllseo,
, than to X. hat parry ressored, oad 70 -!
he qreat .oar carried on By tic Gopers...
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