, 1866-02-28
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1906.


WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY IS, 1905.
THE IRHEPREssIRLE CoSrLHcT.
II VIC look for tho ultimate canses Of the |
present political ngitation nnd cou1lict be-
twrcn the President and the late rebels on the
ore 1,and and Congress md the Loyal people !
on The other, we find them existing ia ea.1ry,
in his first proclamation for the reconstructio1
Of North Carolina. In that proclamation the I
President ndopted the principle that none but
whites iu tho Southern States we're to have |
any poli,ical rights. The freedmen were to
he legislated for by their late masters. We
saw clearly, md 60 predicted, That all lava
made t,y The whites alone, Of thelr own ac-
cord, and not under Federal duress aud cocr- ,,
cion. would be directed to the re-enalAvement
cf tuc freedmen. Experience has proved The
truth Of this anticipation. In Mississippi
Georgia and South Carolina, no negro can
hire house without violating Statc law.
Without home, no continuous fanily rela:
tinns can be maintained, 1md Christian mar.
rage is reduced 10 mere bcastly cohabfta::
tinn. Without a. home, parents cannot rear
their children, nor children provide for or pro:
tcct their aged parents. Without home;
every negro is from birth mere field hand or
housc-servnnt, sub}ect 10 slaves dcSrads;
tiun, without slavc's value or protection:
Yet The first object of Southern sta,c lcg,sla-
tion was 70 prevent any colored man by law
from ever acquiring home. The only rea.
son why similar laws were not passed In all
tic other Southern States was the fact that;
tlty lad been promptly overr1led by tho.
military authorities, and the knowledge that
II was OF no use to pass them until the States
should have again resumed their place in tho
1ni,n. To such laws as the above We only.
need 10 aid laws like those passed In South
t'aro!iua, for returning fugitive freedmen to
their masters, and allowing thcm 10 be
whipped for iDsolcnce nnc disobc iiencc, and
VT DEFY TIC mos. scru.1ni.iug 10 distinguish
between such condition of things sDd The;
restoration Of slavery. /
And vet ull these laws arc the inevitable;
consequence Of .vesting the power to vote in
whites only. II tho Southern States shall be
admitted into Congress with such coostttu-,
lions as those under which these laws were
passed, they will everywhere be enforced,
Public scntiment at the South now fully sane.
tions them, and nothing but the orders Of
military commanders prevent their present
enforcement.
With This state Of facts before them, Con-
grcss could do no less than tntcrpose au cM-
cIcnt Frcedtnen's Bureau letN len such slave
laws aud slave seut1n98 8ts and th freedmen, In
all districts. in Which iii Nterare "discrimina
ted against" hy1ocal law. But such device
is but bungiing one at best, ms 1t admits the
right Of 6tate governments to discriminate
against colored men.' Now, We challenge con-
tradiction to the proposition that If Congress
ct ctucedcs to Southern State the right, as it
docs by Trumbulrs Freedmen'a Bureau bill
TO "discriminate against" the freedmen, It
comedies their right TO re-enslave them. Fo.
slavery is nothing but perfected system oi
discriminating between men, allowing rieh Il
10 one class which arc denied to another L
Congress admits by law that the Southern
States can discriminate between whites and
blacks. and can judge Of The extent to which
they shall discriminate, It clearly admits
The right of those states to .re-cnslave the
blacks. While Freedmcn7s Bureau bills are
good external applications, they do.uot reach
the scat of the difficulty nor remedy the
wrong Why do Southern Legislatures dis
c.;ini,aate aeuinst. the blacks in manner 10
make Freedmcn's Bureau bills necessary
Simply because the freedmen do not vote,
IL Inif laoSe o1 Autu. VINO sAal1 OWL lan0.
tyl,n ran rad and WIN have fonc3,t in our
1..,s -. - ,.. IT, 80.
:lilltSt hhoulo NoAe, eAe cutue VILE I1eoPAt
would know that the irrrprc4sihlc conflict u
q, III end. Though under such provision
not enc in hundred Of tho adult
male freedmen should vote during the present
year, all would see that few years would
give them The ballot. Before the Pncsidcnt's
Grst nrpc]atna,ion of reconstruction was Is
S
tGcd, NJ hne% 1Nat un1ou 0en e1pecas0 lua'
the ballot would he given to the freedmen 4,
,.,rn,+ ~ ....n..,,,.t,o, n. rho,ii
oue eie1"eo' ~ '1e"nsttoe.'oa' dc e"ouAt
have foreseen as = statesman that II It weIt
NOT s,sverr vonld .4r.rrr1e fnr rre.n,atinp
80 ~ - ,~M'N.
ano lha1 any Reconstruction pfoctaMauon CT
Guiding freedmen from voting 'would leAd II
9rs+ r,,rh ,,,4.,oa,us md n,o s1ararr t.o3.1o
!sN 49, - on'' seou' =. .ou
Lion IN the Southern states Rs would rendE'
Freednen.s Bureaus and military iurisdictin.
,S4-.n-
tne only saleGanfo against stafsry-
We cannot believe thai the Chicago TEL
r,,x.x. u.os .1o,,. :, ,,t.,;as+t,, W.. affou
btSI "Ns ~Ao1e AZ '.AA'~it*tAE eac euec
which the present plan Of reconstruction
,yould have nnon the reace nj the conntrv
~ ~. 80 49,.
s. e1 IN LOOKING over or MES We Una tha1 OF
Apri1 Slh last. ufitr HE fall OF. Richmond anS