New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-02-23
THE rRRRPRKssIBLK CONFLICT

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and spurred by the grace OF God to ride, and
another with bent backs and hoof-like bandS 10
be ridden-that the wise and strong. because Of
their wisdom and strength. have right to 90
as thew will with the weak and simple. Az A
II. Stepbens well said, Slavery, tho incident or
accident of other States, was the cornerstone
Of the Southern COnicderacy-that but for
which that Confederacy had never been. Hence,
every Tory, every Reaciionist. III either hemi5-
phcre-every upholder of the Divine Right
of king-cratt or Of priest-craft- Rebel
sympathi7er by instinct; while every Rcpub-
lican, every Socialist. in the Old World, was
a champion of the Union cause Men do not
wait to reason out such diflerences-the King of
Dahomey, had he been seasonably apprised OF
our quarrel would have joyfully spared his
brother jeff a legion OF his most blood-thrsty
Amazons to fight for their common cause,
though he dotests and supprcSseS all scceSSions
and rebelions in his OWE domain. The higher
law of elective affinity would make him tolerant
of treason and revolution, WHOM their aim is the
conservation Of the copple and the auc'ion-blocS
for beings made in the image Of God.
1t is impossible not to see in the recent utter.
anccs OF our President determination to make
war on the advocates of Human Equality be-
fore L. Law. If he had said to the Black
dele ijlon, Your people must wait. Educate
your enldren; seek knowledge; be industrious;
be frugal; be thrifty, and you viii ultimately
attain all you desire; but Prejudice Is strong,
and you must not expect everything done at
once'-we should have felt that what he said
was reasonable, and counsecd acqWescencc
So if he had said to Congress, There
are some provisions in your Freedmen's
Bureau bill which seem to mo un.
warranted and pernicious allow me to
designate them, and to solicit their
modification"-we should have urged CON-
pliance with his requirements even though we
could not deem them intrinsically sound. But
his Veto Message is 8 declaration Of war-it
can mean nothing else. II was not intended to
convince but to defy Congress. There was not
a Coppcrhead, not Rebel in America who did
us-he talks just as we think and feel We
are confident that it will evoke letters of
appreciation from Rebel fugitiyes in Europe,
Mexico and Brazil-that some of them will
even offer 10 return whenever assured
that - the Presidents policy" is des
tined to prevail. John Surratt may not
vet be ready to condescend so far but he will
surely feel that he has not periled life and in
CURED the pains of exile in vain.
When We ask the Right of Suffrage Tor the
Blacks, we are told that they are too ignorant
and degraded TO vote; when we ask that pro-
vision be made for educating them, the reply is
that we surely cannot deem them in such cry
ing need of education, since We consider them
qualified to vote. Such is the vicious circle
wherein their rights are denied and their pray
ers for justice derded.
Again let us suppose the People Of the
United States TO be Thirty-one Millions, whereof
Sixteen Millions side with us, and Fifteen Mil
lions with the negro-haterS. They Stiile the
voice of Three to -Four Millions of US, and say,
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You have scarcely a party in ten or twelve
States the fact being that we are majority
in most of them and that most Of us are sup.
pressed and nullifed. And this in the abused
name Of Democracy!
OF course, the natural presumption is that all
who would sell their souls to keep and those
who would sell them to get office, piling upon
one hungry party. can secure il present pre-
dominance. What if they do? With power
comes responsibility. With action, difference.
4 blended Coppcrhcad and Rebel ascendancy,
thinly yencered with Office-hOldng and office.
seeking Unionism, could not help assailing the
National Debt, disturbing the safeguards Of
our National Industry, and many other things
equally provocative of resistance. The new
alliance, now being Solemnized by salvos oi
artillery, can have but short and stormy life
at best; but give II power, and it cannot fail
to explode by force OF inherent repulsioD.
We are Of those who would gladly have ac-
cepted an nstalment Of Justice for the Freed
men, and waited for more TO a more favorable
season. But since We are driven TO the alterna-
tive, we choose to claim full justice rather than
acquiesce in its absolute, fiat denial. 1t has
been proved, at fearful cost, that Slavery and
Liberty cannot peacefully c0exist-that ono or
the other must give way. 1t is now to be
proved that the systematic degradation OF race
prccudcs the general education Of any race, and
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