Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1866-02-09
LETTER FROM INDIANAPOLIS.
[corre,pondenee Of the Indiana American
''TnEy WOULD HAVE 1T So

THEY WOULD HAVE 1T so.
After one Of the bloodest battles Of Ro-
man history, and the defeat of the insur-
gents, the conquering general, walking
over the heaps of slain enemies, said /:
They would have it So" he meant that
their fate was the inevitable results Of their
own madness and folly. Such results are
not uncommon. Ten years ago | showed
from the record that Mike Batzner was
thief-stcaling, by the connivance of the
County Commissioners, in unlawful charg
es for bailiffs. Yet the party trusted him
with the Treasury of the County. and he
took a larger pile, but not mere dishon St
ly, and now he is admitted to be what |
then showed. Several Of his then eonied
crates have developed much Of the same
character, and others are ouly waiting a
good opportunity to follow in his footsteps
But the Democracy rule, and the Democra-
cy will have it so.
For twenty five years have tried to be
an Abolitionist, and once in while have
enjoyed no little abuse therefor. But my
plan contemplated the taxing of the nation
500, 100000 with which to compensate
the stakeholder for his less, and SO gradual
u process Of emancipation as to allow the
freedman to be prepared for his change,
and to produce no sudden jostle in the in.
dustrial pursuits of the country. But the
Democracy would not hear the proposition.
They even forbade the utterance Of such
sentiments, much less their careful consiG-
Grafton. The result is now known. The
Democracy has freed the slaves, at a cost
more than a thousand times ~. great as the
plan proposed, to say nothing of the loss
Of life and the destruction Of property
They ,could hare Il so. Though the des-
truction of slavery was an Abolition meas
uTe, yet the mode of doing it belongs to
the Democratic party. They said we should
not vote nor write nor speak except ac-
cording to their notions, and they took the
sword in hand to compel us to comply
We whipped them drcadfully and set their
negroes free They lcould hare Il so.
Even after the negroes were emancipa-
ted, comparatively few of the original Alb
ulitionists desired their immediate enfran-
chisement, but the Democracy persist in
Sucn course as renuerS feeumcn Du-
reau ENTHUSIASTICALLY soH haze Il so.
In the ||s<rict of Columbia the Democracy
elect rcbelsolders and officers to posi-
tions Of Ti4portance, utterly refus ng to
vote for men who had fought Democrats
in arms This made the emf. anchisement
of negroes. almost the only loyal men in
the District. an absolute necessity. THY
tcW haze Il so. And finally when a ma
jority of the loyal men of Congress wished
to confne the voting of negroes to the
more intelligent classes the Democracy in
terposed, aud compelled us to enfranchise
all or none-they lcould hare IL so.
Since Democrats are so set in their ways,
| am half inclined to let them persist. |
believe the negroes ought to have been
freed, but not after the Democratic meth
cd. | believe they ought to vote, but only
after better qualifications than most OF
them now have. But if the Democrats
insist on all or none, let them try It. |
am quite sure that they will have negroes