New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-21

general amnesty in return for the concession Of enan
chisemen to the negro could hardly have orlelnael ~
the malice OF their most vndictive enemy In sneci
II is equivalent TO this: You are under our nee ana
exposed to all the fury OF resentment but, II you
will accept your slave as your equal, and share WIN
him the rights of freeman, We may permit you 10 60
unwhpt Of justice. IL II possible the people OF tne
South entertain proposal so revolving 10 All .ne
instincts Of their nature II they please TO invest inc
negro with the privileges Of citizenship let them en-
dow him of their free aud independent choce put 10
purchase their security by the surrender OF their bOno
IL degradation of which we do not conceive them 10
be capable They have said the negro unit TO vote
viii their exemption from the menace OF prescription
enhance his qualification for the exercise oil politlca
powerf No; If the White mon are to be dragged down
TO the level of the negro trust the people OF the
South will not be participants in such perVefSoh OF
and nature The outrage may be innicted upon
them bat not without their fault can thoy De iadp 70
approve and rGtify IL. The protest oil an iDnehioio
though unayang opposition Will at least save 'heir
honor"
Letting this pass without remark, beyond
reminding Tire Ne,cS of the Catholics remark to
the Protestant who was coming out very strong
against Purgatory, that he might 60 further
and fare worse we turn to The UoHdS more
cautious, see-saw oracle-as follows:
"The Radicals who were enraptured two o. three
dv 400 at the sudden conversion Of Senator Stewart
of Nevada TO Negro Suffrage begin 10 fear they nave
caught Tartar since they learn that the resolution
offered by Mr. Stewart was drawn by bis iather
..
Congress But they need feel no alarm, rs the sudden
admission of all the southern negroes to the elective
franchise is opposed by mass OF arguments ana hss
of prejudice sufficient to prevent II apart and insur'
mOuntabe together STILL Mr.. Stewards proposition Is
the faircst yet presented from the Negro Suffrage sde
IL offers 10 the South that, If II will accept UNIVERSAL
Suffrage il shall have In exchange, Universal Amnesty
and complete exemption from all penal conse1 uences
and political disabilities growing out OF the l'eDeiOh
III the Radicals believe this proposition has no
chance Of success they will advocate 1t as means OF
covering tie odum Of naked Negro Suffrage. But II
the South TO show any symptoms OF accepting H.
the Radicals would oppose 1t. Thequeston Would theh
be How will the negroes vote 2 SO long as they re-
NAMED the ignorant Of creatures they now are they
would vote under control Of some kind and IT would
be strange If the Whites among whom they h'e ny
whom they are employed. 10 whom they owe debta
whose Judgment they are accustomed 10 respect uu
not exert a greater ascendency over tbep ,nHh 'h1
Whites OF distant States who even II they understood
the negro mind have no easy means OF communication
with it, The southern politicians have great XII IN
the tactics Of popular elections. What could icw
stumpspe akeis from the North accomplish against TIE
millions Of Southerners, who are on the ground from
years end to years end, constantly modns the negro
mind to their purposesf
AS the negroes become enlightened, they viii see
that their identified with those OF their
section that they cannot thrive by measures that OPP
press and mpoyerish the South. IL the agricultural
interests Of the South is depressed by eIorbtant Ia
riffs such OF the negroes mere laborers VIII sur
fer in their wages such Of them rise to be propiie
tors In the prices Of their products and all alike IN
the high cost Of manufactured goods There ls no
likelihood that such "A people would vote with New
England against their own interests. AS they expect
20 live always in the South they wlnlurIy have ths
pride the preudces the sympathes the antpathies OF
their section and when some Of them begin to use 20
the social scale they viii be likely 10 court TITO
class above than the class below them.
"Whv not then accept Negro Suffrage n the speed
lest solution Of the reconstruction problem Because
IN the first place President johnson has 80 often AS
serted the subject belongs exclusively 10 The states
and until the Constitution Is altered me Federal Gov
eminent has no Jurisdiction it, When proposed as
constitutional amendment The eleven States M cues
tion have complete power TO defeat ~ and the absurd
ity of making voters Of ignorant millions who have not
acquired the independent spirit OF ireemen WIZ PIE
vent their ratying such an amendment AnolheE req
son for not accedng TO this proposition h thht te
Radicals will never offer II IN good iaith. 10 Jar as
they adopt the proposition to couple UNIVERSAL Am
nesy with Universal Suffrage IL Is lure 20 decoy M.
snspectng people into incautous commttes In favor o.
negro voting They will then turn around and say II
IL safe with amnesty cannot be obJeconAbe"t
out It. ,, -
the veto the Radicals. by carrying the next Prcsi-
Dental election would have had an extensive agency
for controlling the negro vote lIy keeping out me
South till after the election, and manipulating the
negroes atrward they hoped 10 prOtrac their ascend
ency in the politics Of The country But since the veto
negro suffrage in the South would not benefit hei and
If they offer 10 compromise on 1t and amnesty II VIII
be only because they confident u will not be ne
cepted before The presidential elections 10 carry which
by excluding the South is their last hope FOR extending
u short lease OF power.
We have thus printed the whole Of The
Uorids article, like that Of The Ncrs, in
order that our readers may see how little
can be said against the intrinsic fairness and
generosity of Mr. Stewards measures. When
diSputant can only oppose a proposition BY
assertions that those who propose it are insincere
that they do Mt want it accepted-that 1t
would not serve their end if it were accepted,
q Z, II hot
objections to offer
We are Inclined to concur in The Uorlds
assumption that Impartial Suffrage would not
benefit A" New England" and "tbe Radicals"
but we hail this as clear admission that it
,ooud immensely benefit tho Southern Blacks.
For if the negroes should generally vote with
their White ncighbors and former masters, they
would do 50 because they were treated fairly
and even kindly by those neighbors-because
not only their rights but their feelings would
be respected by the Southern Whites. AT pres
ent, the Blacks too often look northward for
friends, because they fail to fnd them at home.
When the cause fails, the consequence will
cease also. We cite The World as our witness,
therefore, that Enfranchisement would i'm
mensely improve the social condition of the
Freedmen.
The World is fully aware that not only THE
TRIBUNE but Gerrt Smith, Wendell Phillips,
and the great mass of thorough Abolitionists,
have all along been earnest advocates Of an ad-
justment based on Universal Amnesty combined
with Impartial Suffrage. If Henry S. Foote