New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-27

,oco.ted him as follows: "Sir, give you notice that
,b;s !, tbo sacred soil of Pennsylvania am one
of her magistrates and in her name and authority
aud in virtue of that Federal Constitution which you
bove sworn to obey, | command you TO turn back
II inst possible that the General would have ordered
The Justice to get out of the way but more probable
that be would have simply kept on without vouch-
safug the judicial magnale word
We lave been engaged in fierce, desperate pro-
traced struggle for the very existence OF inc hePuoHe
whereof tho Constitution is but on incident VI uo"
there were those nomnally our side VINO Said tney
upht for the Constitutions but never heard oil tneh
hurting anybody) In the progress OF that struggle
became necessary to call the Blacks to the rescue Oh
the imperied Nation Had we made them no
promises whatever, our obligations resulting from our
per and their services in ayerng it would not have
been essentially lessened. Had we been worsted,
they must have shared our misfortune and gone I'M
der the feet of the triumphant Rebels Had weended
the struggle by treaty or compact, they must have
been governed by the terms Of that compact But we
were not worsed we did not compromise nor end the
war By treaty; we were entirely and absolutely trium
phant and hold it moral obligation thence resulting
that we shall guarantee and secure their absolute per-
feet Freedom To prove unathfu to this obligation isto
this responsibility, sprnging directly from the Ma
tonal rescue from ruin, hold far before and above
the letter of the Constitution.
The soundness and urgency of this view would not
have been so papabc had the Rebels, after the utter
collapse and disappearance Of their Confedoraey,
evnced grain Of common sense. Had they 80 acted
that their friends might have pausibly argued that
the Blacks were safe in their hands, we might have
guessed, or trusted, or hoped, that tho most vital
rights of the Freedmen would be respected and shielded
by State action; and there upon gone to sleep But
the last shots Of the war had barely ceased to echo
when Southern legislatures assembled by Mr. John
sons Provisional Governors began to concoct and en-
act laws bearing exclusively on the Freed
men which would have disgraced the worst
days of Egyptian or of Algerne despotism For IN
stance: no reasonable person ever objected, while
Slavery existed TO laws placing the Blacks in Slave
States under police surveillance and fOrbddng them
TO keep or bear arms; but such acts became absurd
" tyranncal from the moment wherein Slavery dis
appeared and the wrenchng Of their arms by Rebels
from honorably discharged Union soldiers, undercoor
Of State authority solely because the Unonists were
Blacks, was very cowardy mode OF renewing the
war Of Rebellion. SO of all acts revived or re-
enacted which shut Blacks out Of the witness-box IN
cases where only Whites were parties, or inflicted
on them any kind of disability which was at the same
time an indigniiy. This kind Of legislation (see Nc
| Pherson's Manua) was common 10 all the Rebel
States, though that of Mississippi was probably the
| worst rejoice that South Carolina has had the
good sense 20 repeal her share Of il, aud hail her
notion in this respect greatly conducive to an early
restoration of the Union But it is proved unsafe to
| trust 10 local authority aud opinion, which may be
right to-day aud wrong tomorrow: we must place
the essential rights Of every American citizen under
the express guardianship Of the Federal Constitution
That will be the end of controversy until then, even
unsuccessful attempts to abridge them will prove
| grave and general calamity
/ have said that favor both Universal Amnesty
and Impartial Suffrage on their respective merits,
| each without regard 10 the other. hold that the
North is bound TO insist on Manhood Suifrage-not in
the South only, but in every State and Territory
because the service required OF and rendered by the
Blacks in putting down the Rebellion-that it would
be per6dy and baseness IN view Of oil the facts, not
to insist on this hold the South bound to accord
Suffrage to tho Blacks, as important and useful,
though humble, portion Of her people, whom it is
her interest as well as her duty to concli-
ate and satisfy, even though the North
interests and duties Of the North on one side and the
South on the other-yhat is best for each, or either,
Is best for bolh-the only collision is between their
respective resentmepts and prejudices. The North
wants to keep at least the leading Rebels under ban
indefinitely; the South--that is, majority Of the
dominant caste at the South-wants to keep the
negroes under foot-despised, powerless, and often
abused by tho White ruians whose crimes the better
class dsayow, but neither prevent nor punish. The
loyal North has demonstrated her ability to
keep the Rebels out of Congress- the Rebel South has
likewise proved her power to prevent indefinitely
the due ratification of the Constitutional Amendment.
This deadlock affords to those whom i must con-
slider the moro generous and farseeing minds of
either section an opportunity which, once lost may
never return. Even though the South able to
force her leaders into Congress- they could not hope
for full restoration to power and public favor; even
though the North were able to force Impartial Suf
frage on the South, it would prove Of little value
while resisted by strong majority of the dominant
caste there But let North and South strike hands
on the basis Of Universal Amnesty with Impartial
Suffrage, and the resulting peace will be perfect, all
embracing and enduring. Each section will gain
everything and lose really nothing
As to how the Blacks will vote if enfranehised, /
have not inquired, and do not care to know. That
they will not vote for the establishment of Slavery
nor for their own Acknowledgement to exalt to
power those who burn their schoOl-houses and mob
their camp.meetings take to be soli-eyident. They
may make some mistakes at first; but experience will
tend steadily TO their dimnution and correction. do
not concur with the careful mother who insisted that
her son must be kent out of the water till he should