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TUESDAY, JULY "a, 1865.
EQUALITY OF MEN AND OF
MATES.
Congress and the President, the former rep
resenting the Republican party and the latter
the various elements OF the opposition, have
Joined issue before the highest tribunal known
to our Institutions, viz: the People, and that
issue Is now to be tried. and the verdict reu
dered at the tall elections, The rallying cry
Of the President md his party will be
Equality Of States, ;" the essential principle
of Congress will be the "Equality Of Men"
In obedience to tbs doctrine OF the Equality
Of states," Coppcrhcads and rebels will deny
that loyal States or the Federal Government
have any right to exercise authority over dis
loyal States.
In like obedience to The doctrine of
steqnality Of men" lhe Republican party win
deny that the whites Of The South as race
have any right to rule tho blacks as race.
In pursuance Of the doctrine Of equality
Of siatcs' rebels and Coppcrheads will claim
that the negro ought 10 be handed over TO
the Government of the State In which he
lives, 10 be restrained Of the rights Of citizeu-
ship Us it may ste 1T.
In pursuance of the doctrine of the "eQual-
lty Of men" the Republican party will
claim t11ht the State which would enslare an
American citizen is not worthy TO exercise
authority ovcr him, Is not republican, aud
must I've scnodelled 60 that every citizen
may defend his liberty by his ballot
Hence m immediate, 1ull md complete vim
dication Of the principle OF equality Of
men " cannot be bad without submitting to a
temporary inequality Of States and, on the
other hand, the equality Of States cannot be
Immediately recognized without abandoning
that Of the equality Of men. If wha. is now
orga' lied as the State OF South Carolina be
held 10 have the same rights as the Ssate OF
Massachusetts,, then slavery would BE- restored
tomorrow. II, on the other hand, the black
citizen Of the United States has the same
rights as the white, and If it he the duty of
the Federal Government and the loyal States
to secure to him those rights, then South
Carolina must be held in q position Of In
equality and infesiority not only to Massachu-
sctts, but to every loyal State, until the rights
Of the Ilack citizen shall he placed on par
with those OF the white.
While these are The essential and logical
principles involved in the conflict, the policies
of tie two parties arc not 10 wide asunder-
Politicians as class being more practical thsn
logical, bring their policies nearer togethe1
than their theories. Thus we find that the
President though champ5onins the "equality
ofthe States" has himself trodden that prin.
ciple under foot by Getting wholly aside ten
State Governments, and has aided in enforcing
the principle Of humnn equality at the
sacrifice Of the principle OF State equal
ity by compelling the seeded
States to abolish slavery. So also Congress,
though Its opposition to the Presidents policy
Is inspired by the principle OF "equal rights
for all men," 10 opposed to equal rights for
all the States, has yet adopted 1eeonstruc,
lion policy which comedies the rights o.
States 10 make their citizens unequal BY
Withholding from part Of them the ricn, te
vote and hold Office. Neither the President
nor Congress Esyr yr1ocicxllyvioGica1ed: :he trut
fundameu.&! principles on which they cla!u
10 stand
Il mar te 1kEet, .xH O. Hkst xethosit1
we Aszesz s3H1 <1erE< nt s1Ees Il he pzin
cph q dms 3as1E, zn1 essp,.55:y ofHzo Is ,hs
EsfEzGam u 1a.t xEiE. Ne sakwer thai
rssas 1ars A '7'oliry Ct q8.1y Is expressed /.
<nrtE fl1-aao-1nt, II IDA Or tptri1 Is Away
so,1ed d1v1 mo rs eatchwords. These ar
n-cEr 11e equality Of S12tes and the superior
drh;A Of white men over black, on the ont
sand. and equality Of men and the snperio,
lights OF the loyal States over the disloyal
IN the other. Neither OF these principles il
advocated dlsintere4ted1y in the polit,ca
seusc. The ohnsou party, maintaining til,
equality Of Etate at the expense oi the eqnal
Ity Of man, will, by the suecass Of their ptin
ciple, gain the votes OF at least eleven States
and viii exclude indefinitely eight hundred
thousand hostile voters from the polls
On the other hand, the Republican party
advocating the equality ofmen, will, by til
success Of their principle, gain the votes c
three or four Southern States, and o reinforce
ment Of eight hundred Thousand voters. Thu
each party hns not only principle but
stake TO contend for. Each party may b
eaid to be stimulated also BY powerful ger
timent, amounting almost 10 passion. I'll
Prsident's q party are aided by hostility to til
negro, while the party Of Congress, the Reput
lcan party, though acting more from principl
ID hnv rf Noo1a
and less prcjudieed minds than the oppos
- fion, have e4ill enough indignation agains
rebels to Jeel thnt loyal colored mAn ough
though they wonld have been more reluctau
man, apart from bis loyalty, should hav
equal rights with white untaintcd BY rebel
lion.
With both parties their doctrine rclatlg
TO the rights oi men is the origin of the
doctrine relative to the rights Of the State
The President and his pn1ty hold IL
forms cover for the inequality Of men.
the rebel States were left to. themselves the
would re.enslave the blacks. On the 9th.
hand, the Republican patty hold the reb'
ststcs in temporary inequality aud sui
equality OF men. Hence the ps1nclple OF ii
equality or inequality Of msn is the prImar
and fundamental principle which gives RI
to the reverse principle as to States.
1t becomes uS now 10 inquire why The II
publican party Is sure 10 eucceed in such
contest.
We answer We are sure to succeed becaus
our SUCCESS Is consistent with, and will tull
yindlcate both the equality Of men and tt
equality Of States, while the success Of Ii
rebels and Copperheads will vindicate ne1the
The Republican, party Is only temporarll
opposed to the equality OF States. When III
seeded States rsorganlze on the prnc
pie o! equality Of men, the Republlca
party Will welcome them to . perfcc
equality Of sta,es, thus rindlcatsng both {
these cardinal principles. On the contrnr
the opposition party do not oppose th
equality OF black men with white rs ten
porary sentiment, hut externally rs long 6
the didei cuce In color remains. They cnlh
tor an endless War, md the SUCCESS OF the
policy Will produce endless conflict till II
overcome. They do not, like the Republ
cens, look forward TO = near period whe
both principles shan he fully vlndicate.
when both NIL men and all 9intes shall !
equal, but they expect to maintain the In
quality Of men forever. They eIpe
The e00, 600 whites In South Carolina to pt
petunlly rule 900, 900 blacks. But "a Stat
are conposed of men, 1t might be forcse
that the equality Of men could not be ov.
thrown without destroying also the cquAai
- OF States. Thus In the case Of South Caro-
~ 40 r%bc an mn 1rbftax hava their Do1ffff