The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-04-13
The Niger Aristocracy OF the United


.ta states.
Some days ago, in commenting upon the poll
tical canvass in Connecticut, we endeavored
to point out the differences between the party
which supports the President and that which
opposes him. Basing our arguments upon
facts furnished by official documents, we
showed that the Presidents party is the Union
party, and that opposed to him the disunion
party; that the President believes in restoring
the Union, while the party opposed 10 him
believes In keeping eleven States out of the
Union, as foreign, conquered provinces; that
the Presidents party Is the white mans party,
and those who oppose him are the nigger's
party; that the Presidents party regards
ducing the war prices and war rates
to peace standard, while the party OPP
posed to the President is in favor Of
maintaining q large standing army at the
South, and Of employing another immense
army Of government officials to collect the
nigger's wages for him, to take care of him
when he is sick, lazy or idle, and to manage
great national poorhouse for his exclusive
benefit, at q cost so tremendous as to keep up
prices and taxes; and that the Presidents
party wishes to conduct this government for
the benefit Of forty millions of white people
and of all people of other compilations who
may seek its protection, while the party
opposed to the President would build up an
aristocracy of three millions of niggers, having
peculiar rights and privileges, and superior to
white men in every legal respect. We con-
slider these statements in regard to the distinc-
tons between the two parties to be incontrO-
vertible, and we therefore most emphatically
repeat them.
One of the radical journals Of this city,
tacitly admitting that the other portions Of our
article were correct, has assailed us in the
most outrageous terms for asserting that the
radical party was endeavoring to build
up genuine niger aristocracy. "Liar" and
'villain" are some of the choice terms that
have been hurled at us, day after day, to the
disgrace of journalism and the disgust of all
sensible people. We have given the editor of
the journal in question every opportunity to
apologize for his indecent language and to
deny our statements, If he desires to deny them,
in terms betting gentleman. He has refused to
do SO. In the safe impersonality of a paper
conducted by an association he has reiterated
his insulting, violent and dishonorable epithets.
We now propose to meet him upon his own
ground, and to prove the truth of the views we
have advanced. The radical party has orig-
mated two important measures during the
present session of Congress. One of these was
the Freedmans Bureau bill; the other is the
Civil Rights bill. In his veto message upon the
former measure the President declares il to be
unconstitutional; that It proposes to establish
military jurisdiction over all parts of the United
States containing refugees and freedmcn;'' that
"the number Of salaried agents to be employed
may be equal to the number Of counties or
parishes in all the United States where freed
men and refugees are to be found;" that
''this military jurisdiction also extends to
all questions that may arise respecting con-
tracts !" that 1.-THE trials having their origin
under this bill are to take place without the
Intervention Of jury, and without any fixed
rules Of law or evidence !" that mo previous
presentmept Is required, nor any indictment;'
that "from these arbitrary tribunals there lies
no appeals" that the bill "authorizes general
and unlimited grant Of support to the destitute
and suffering refugees end freedmen - that
provisions are made for ''the rent or purchase
OF landed estates tor freedmen and for the erec-
ton, for their benefit. of suitable buildings for
asylums and schools" although Congress "has
never heretofore thought itself competent to
establish asylums beyond the limits OF the Dis |
trict of Columbia, except for the benefit of our |
disabled soldiers and Sailors" and "has never |
founded schools for any class OF our own peo-
pie, not even for the orphans of those who have |
fallen in the defence of the Union"
Continuing his annihilating analysis of |
this infamous BILL the President saws |
that Congress "has never deemed itself |
authorized to expend the public money |
for the rent or purchase of homes for the |
thousands, not to say millions, of the white |
race who are honestly toiling rom day 10 day.
and adds, "nor can any good reason be adj
vanced why, as permanent establishment, it
should be founded for one class or color more
than for another" He further remarks that.
ain this connection the query presents itself
whether the system proposed by the bill will
not practically transfer the entire care, support
and control Of four millions of emancipsted
slaves to agents, overseers or taskmasters
at Washington Resuming the
same line of argument in his message upon the
Civil Rights bill, he rays that II "in effect
proposes discrimination against large
numbers OF intelligent, worthy and patriotic
foreigners and in favor Of the negro;r that
numerous official agents are made to consti- !
tute cert of police, in addition to the mill.
tary," to carry OUT ,.SSis law; that "this Ian
guage seems to imply permanent military
force, that is to be always on hand, and whose
only business is to be the enforcement of this