The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1866-04-21
THE REPUBLICAN MANIA.


! The telegraph says Chief Justice Chasei
: late speech alludedsto the passage of tn
Civil b ghts bill asa great triumph, and sal
hat the next step would be to give universe
. suffrage
Whatever may have been the former opn
] ion of Republicans on this question Of negro
suffrage, every we'll read man must now ad
nit that the Republican. party, as party, i
decidedly in favor. of extending suffrage t,
the whole people irrespective ofcolor or race
Any man who denies it now Is either grossly
ignorant or wilfully falsfes the fact. This
Congress has shown the dominant sentiment
too g!aringfy to admit of doubt. The press
Fapd the leading opponents of sentiment
Throughout the North who sustain Congress
insits action, have spoken too freely for any
one at this day to have any doubt as tosthe POI
sltIon of that party on this question. The
REPUBLICAN, party is. now unqaestionably for
negro suffrage. Even jim Lane, who tavors
the bestowaI of suffrage on the negroes pos
sessing $3.50 worth Of property is. regarded as
a conservative by his former friends. When
a man like Lane cannot keep up with the Re-
publican party IN its radical progress, it is
[evident that the. party must eYrushingt
Iultimatum with.a startling velocity aa
Chase glories in the coming miHenium. No
mar understands better than he the purposes
ofthe rufpgrpolitica1 element, or the means
by whichthese designs are to be executed
The Civil Rights bill lays the foundation of
MISUNDERSTANDING by first declaring all native
born inhabitants. including negroes and Chi
.namen as citizens ofthe United. States, and
isnhjectto ALI therigbts oil. citizens having
established these premises the step to suffrage
lis buta trifing one-and to the attainment of
that purpose the whole energies Of Congress
are at work. Nothing stands in the way now
except the President, a half-dozen cGnserva-
tive Senators, and the Democratic members.
II they fail 10 thwarting the Radicals, every
negro within the boundaries of the United
States will stand on an equality with white
citizens at the polls. within six months A
foreigner coming to this country must con-
tinue to serve five yearsrof probation but
these negroes, knowing no more about the
nature oRthis government than theyknow of
thatof Kams chatka, will drop in his ballot
with a grin. 0nthis Coast every Gilman an
growing upto maturity will enjoy the same
privilege.
The passage ofthe bill by the House con
erring suffrage upon the negroes in the Dis
rict of Columbia is illustrative of the man.
lei. in which this subject is to be treated
hrongh the whole Country. A popular vote
vas taken in the District and over I 900 votes
we're cast against it and but three or four
hundred in favor oft. Nevertheless the dill
assed. 80 st1aT aaI r
Congress, passed. an enabling act author
ling State government in Colorado; but
ecauSe the people refused to confer unlimi-
ed snffrage.by an article in the State Con-
titution, Sumner. objected to the admission
+ the State unless the following proviso f
hould be adopted
"Provided That this act shall not take effect except
it'll the fundamental condition that, within the State
lere shall be denial of the elective franchise or any
her right account of color race and all persons
laA be equal before the law'' ii
The very members who had expressly auth a
rized the formation of a State government G
nally defeated the admission of the State,
ecause hesaboye or a similar proYiso was
OF inserted in the Constitution. Undoubt-
1ly every new State will be required to con-
'rm to similar demand before it can obtain q
place among the States il
The assertion of Stevens that "this is not Q
white mans government" has become a /
fundamental maxim of Republican politics. :
here has been scarcely measure before
lis Congress in which thenegro has not been "
rung in, A stranger would judge from the I
gisatiqpi that there were. no white men IN t
le country. Er
No NEUTRALIFY.-Thosen newspapers which !,
ssumes to be- Union and affect neutrality, +
aiming thatthey are in favor of the Presi- a
ent and Congress beth, in the matter of the 3
tie issue between them, may be edited by v
lie following from the St. Louis Republican,:
The people are now called upon to take sides c
HON to support in this conflict between patri- .
ic and statesmanfke President and set of bots :