New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-10-26
THE MORAL or A rOTE.

There are not many men IN thS olalei NehoPci "nV'
if asked to go to the polls to vote for murder arson
| obbery, torture, cruelty, OPPRESSION systematic
swindliug and lynch law, would not Indignantly de-
cline the invitation, and give the propOser, If not
touch of their knuckle, at least piece OF their mnd
We are willing TO believe that many thousands Of
citizens, though not thank God the majority VIII be
deuded into voting the unregenerate and unrecon-
struoed Rebels wish them to vote, by the melancholy
notion that the defeat Of the Republican party Will be
the triumph Of peace and sound policy, and that
nothing stands in the way Of public serenity except
the obstinate adherence o. Congress 70 certain meas
ures OF which tho President does not approve. To
the men who laughed whom we were beaten
and cried when VIC were victorious, during the late
war we have nothing 10 say; bat It IS right that the
weImesning should understand that the defeat OF
the State Union Ticket would be hailed 10y traitors
who are still in the gail Of secession bitterness and
the bond OF Confederate inquiiy. as their victory
and as opening TO their weeping eyes FAIR ystas oil iu-
ture mischief and opporluntics Of again ruling ana
again seeking to ruin Iftbey have any gunpo"dcr LETT
thor would choerully oIpend il in salute ioT Holman
triumphant while whatever breath clemency some-
times mistaken has allowed 70 remain IN bodies long
ago forfeited to the outraged law they would employ
in hailing the overthrow OF the socalled "Radich'
cause and the defeat of the so.cled " Radical can.
ddates The frs. effort of rcyiying molgniiy would
| expend itself upon the unfortunate freedmen
| A man should well inform himself Of the
precarous condition Of this important clas-im'
nortant both morally aud NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be votes
whips and knives and rifles into the hands oil their
oppressors. Please 20 take notice that we do not by
any means include in this category all the late slave
holders. But the busily bad and the actively de-
PRAYED Whites Of the South are rife for mischief, OF
which very few of them accomplish lamentable
deal as New Orleans and Memphis bear witness. The
peaceful and acquiesceut Whites may accept the re-
suit of the war; but they arc themselves, mauger
their coOress complexion, at the mercy OF few men
of violence and blood They cannot protect the
freedmen if they have the will, and the viii
we cannot expect all Of them heartily to have,
while most Of them are in that feeble nervous aud dis
pirted condition which il inseparable from priyation
and disappointment The real outlaws. hard hearted
and heayy.handed knOw-for. at the risk Of their
pecks they have proved to their base satisfaction
that from the Administration they have nothing
TO fear beyond anicable censure and halieanest re-
monstrances They feel how natural and pleasant
and profitable II is for them 20 fraternze with the
JOhnsOnEe1 Democracy auu tue hchh VI any tiN"P"
Of that party however limited would arouse in them
that most doy.sh of instincts which prompts the
strong TO bully and Smte the weak and to Cypress the
friendless and the unprotected. Even now In Arkan-
sas, we are told, upon the best authority the only
safety for a freedman is to demand no rights and to
assert no manhood" Arkansas is far away; but take
from the emancipated tho moral protection which
large powerful and predominant party ofietdom gives
them, and we shall have multiplication Of wicked
ness at our own doors and almost under our very eyes,
And it is not merely question whether We will aoan-
don the Black to the mercy Of brutal and exasperated
Whites. All Of us have pockets, however some OF us
may DO wanting in hearts. Oppression and cruelty at
the South mean anarchy and anarchy means renewed
taxation Of the North. Blindness indifference, prelu'
dice are Injuries which must be paid for. Bloody
brutality in Louisiana indicates fresh Assessments In
New York. National justice alone is cheap, and only
the majesty Of the law Is economical Aud having
thus appealed at TO the conscences and tho CASH
boxes Of our fellow.ctizens leave their course on
the 9th Of November to their own charity pnd dis
| cretiOn.