Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-04
why tl,e Negro rsI,euId Not Yete.

| WHY 1lne Negro Should Not yXote.
M While Senator Doolittle was addressing
aIlarge.n mass meeting of Conservatives in
Buffalo, New York, on the 7thinst., stout
individual, Of nervous temperament, who
had been driven SO dangerously neareOn-i
vittion under the pressure of MIR. DoOlit- r
ties arguments. that he felt it necessary 10
make some demonstration lest he should
be econvertedinto a Union man on thespOtg
against his will, called out, "Why should
she negroes of the South not vote ?,' Mr..
lDoolittIe !caIght the question up with SO
quick pertinent and eloquent an Answer
chat the audience broke in at the panses of
his addressiwhh shouts of delight and en-
thusiasm. He said: .1gr.
n "phe reason they should notIvote, II tell
my friend there, is simply this ! In the
Southern States there is a7mass of cOlored
population, 5aihong which nine-tenths of
thefneh have no sense Of family and FAM
nv lties1-[ tremendous applausel nthe
women Have no sense 1ofyfrtuei and the
man who would build the foundations Of
human society upon population like that,
Knows nothing of Republican Government.
1IIong applause.l i say chat to base sIIt-..
frage ON the negro populatoniOf the South
in their present condition would9 make a.,
bhrlesdtedi Of Republican institutions,
fLauSliter and applause,J and we ourselves
would be the laughing stock OF! theiwOrldi
Loud cheers. II can understand how in
the Northern States, where there are ifewr
colored men brought up as freemen among
freemen, with the habits and thoughts of
freemen, and with families like freemen--b L
can understand how In some of the States
such population may be Admitted to suf-
frage. But In the States of the South, sit-l
l.,at u laf
| In its present eofdition, there is no man
I'M his senses, in my Judgment, who would
!, get up to defend negro suffrage there
I Loud applause ~ There is still another and,
more potent reason than the one Ilhave
stated. told it last fallLGenerala Grant
told me anu authorized me to state it; Gem
eral Sherman tod and authorized me to-
state IL: President JoAnsen told me and
authorized ME to state,it-that The attempt
to force negro suffrage upon thosel States
now would inevitably lead to d war of
races, 'P'That's so.' 1871 l" lNHe1 7di $751;
l. sand let me tell my friend who sits there
and makes SO much objection Elaugaterl
some facts. EGries of Put him outgiLe5
him be!' sHHe's qpiet nowpl Wa have.
lately had riot In New Orleans. Ihtert
ruptioh.1H Therel was Il cliatie7 of men in
Washington who began a conspiracy that
has lately = 9jcttltnihatedo in Newt Orleans.
/ That conspiracy Was this: 10 undertake TO
get mp new revolutionary governments Sini
the Southern States, based Onnegro sufa
frage. There was a Convention In Douisila.
aha9a Cony yetiti0n whose functions had
ceased two years ago, whose President re-
fused to call it togethef,gia "a majority: of
whose members were unwilling to sit--but
| this Convention, urged on by some retolu+
! tiorists in the city ef New Orleans sought
TO come t0gether,I and for what? ?d nc. pass
new amendments IN the State Of Louisiana
| to give suffrage to the negroes. siW hatwas
| the. consequetee ?Ln What General Grant
told me il. fufeH77thSt the attempts otoPlace
these two races in large numbers side by
side side upon All EQUALITY fn'Sfree government
will, Of necessity, breed a war of races
lTappianse,5 which VIII result inthe aeh6bin1
desttoyitg thecoldfed race! And jtheferisl
not to be found On this earth a1nan nfrom
whom the ,colored race shouldo flee as'tf1eyl
| should flee from that man who undertakes, O
taby force or otherwise, to- bring about ne-I
lrgro Suffrage upon the states OF theSouth at
1.-THE present time. L6nd continued cheers
ihb1u No, there not A PROPOSE zion thati
X can be conc ceived 30 cruel, So heaftlesspspc
l1tnrel lentiiiS in its c0nsedd9heesn upon the
negro race, and 1t viii, II Gn0eftaken, cOv-.
er The Whole Southefr country with blood
| The indiyldual here reileveup himself OF
his emo ton s-Eyhhitc emotions might prob
bscribeds an tiuintelA fble stdwl3 This
/ MA Iespoh6ed to Thy CRIES hP Puthim 6ntiHl
/ Bat the audience generally y"rather relashed
1.-THE idea of his asking queations of Mni
bDoolirtie, and hoped he would 40 itSiHai6.
\ BIT lie, was, for the, titie tootuTE fofutter-i
j dn9a OJ o'n1I"hNl 10 JqI9A 9lij MON l9YgI
I fSfg9I ai A-l-nI AnRl bssu01,
WhfTE women in New HorlDhreN earning
eIeVhp;tefits IdAy at malsiDg,sbirts. Black
| Republican, members Of OoDgfess are voting
| away ifiil lions of the money pMftinlebV tax7
\ atl6h Dat iBfthe iiPeopleS oincluding thesel
very Monfeh, foo support i'm filthy idlenessi
tetg dkay f0,s Rlrtp,o6s sckd IRgnDlep l7u
A1Iinh u u. inna a K pan frr law mi rpars -,