Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-11-20
THE CHICAGO TIMES ON NEGRO
SUFFRAGE.

The Chicago Times, of Tuesday, follows
up Its former article in favor of impartial
suffrage, md urges that intelligence shall be
the only test. 1t says:
The Chicago Times and the Democratic
party have discouraged the enfianchisement
OF the negro population of the South, be.
cause of the patent fact that it embraced
hundreds of thousands of class so rude
ana ignorant that the extension to them OF
tue privilege of voting would be most in
Jullous ueDasement and cheapening of the
elective franchise. To this the Radicals
nave replied that they only asked for "im-
partial suffrage, and that they did not de
mand the eniranchisement OF all the blacks.
ihey have protested to wish merely that
distinctions on account of color should be
abolished
law making suffrage dependent upon
the Intelligence of the man, irrespective of
color, would leave the State governments OF
the south in the control of men who could
conduct them properly Only small pOr-
ton OF the negroes in the South can read,
ana from this fact we may judge of the eX-
tent OF the entTanchsement which would
immediately occur under such law. Such
law would obviato the objections which
nave been urged against negro suffrage on
the supposition that il was to be unqualified,
and II would also recognize and assert the
llea that political privileges should not be
determined by complexion.
81, mere mere Is now an excellent opportunity for
the republican party to prove the sincerity
OF lls professions touching the exclusion Of
the Southern States. If il desires only the
extension ofsutIrage to the freedmen upon the
same terms with the whites, leaving to the
respective States TO decide what those terms
shall be, It is more than probable that the
NDllln ai a. -
IS more than probable that she will consent
That Intelligent negroes may vote. She has
hotnlng to lear from impartial suffrage.
ihese considerations do not affect or touch
the revolutionary course of Congress in de-
h9lnB admission to Southern members That
course IS in direct defiance of the Constitu.
IiOn. Upon the pretence of protecting the
freedmen, Congress has usurped powers and
passed laws which, if generally and strictly
enforced, would entirely subyert our present
system OF government The constitutions
ana election laws of several of the Northern
states were overridden in our last elections
aud the civil rights bill, in its terms, places
,ne olate courts under the supervision of the
feIeral The policy of Congress is to make
ltseli supreme, and the negro is the cover
under which il works in its seditous and
partisan plottings
We want TO get it from under that cover
lhe God and humanityn pretence has bro
ken down one provision after another OF the
constitution until many people have come
" VIC conclusion that Congress may set 1t
aside at pleasure. The Union is broken The
PRESIDENT and Congress are engaged in a
controversy Which seems not unlikely TO lead
10 civil war The prosperity of the whole
country Is retarded, and the South cannot
repair the ravages of the war because of her
uhse'tleu condition and the general belief
lhal capital invested there will not be secure
me Government is "going straight TO the
ueNll, albeit business in the Northern States
IS III prosperous condition. The prosperity
cannot long continue if our political troubles
continue ana Congress goes on in its attempt
to make itself supreme Let MS force tbe
pau men who have so long deceived tho
people under philanthropic professions 10
lhe defence of their policy on other interests
,ilah those where the negro is concerned
Let us cure the prevalent and fearful disease
ol Niger on the brain, " as hypochondrin
Is Is, sometimes cured, by humoring The patient.
nose who consider impartial suffrage fairly
VIII discover that its homeopathic character
VIII not WORK any serious injury.
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THE Charleston (West Va.) journal riyes
the following MS the latest Conservative nlat.
form. P'"''
Big Niger little nigger, old niger.
Young Niger, he niger, she niger,
N.lgger up, niggor down,
NNlgger preacher, nigger clown,
Niger hence, nigger thence,
Theresa niger in the fence
.
HEENAN, the bruiser, in New York, and
Is sald TO be in training for Congress.
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SHOOTING STARs-New Orleans police
men.