The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1866-11-29

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ais not the late defeat aatributsl,Ae
more largely to this administration than
to all other causes combined 2 What Ia
there in its composition TO eesn.aand
popular eonfdences Who. belonging
10 it, is entitled. by reason of his ante.
eedents or cf his craftsmanship, to the
confidence or the respect OF the Demo.
cratic party? Certainly is not Andrew
Johnson, nor William H. Seward, nor
Edwin NJ. Stanton. True, this admins
ration had a right policy, and the Demo
ratio party, in overlooking the chief
men comprising it, and thinking only of
he rightfnlness of the policy, displayed
patriotism whose purity was never ex-
;elled but the policy having failed
nd having failed. too. through the fec
,leness and folly and offences against
,ublic propriety of the administration
Why should not the Democratic party
ban.lon the dead body, longer ndhe-
ence to which is death also to itself?
What next Can the DemOcratic party
ucceed until the negro question shall be
often out of the wayl 1t cannot. Why
OF? Is not negro suffrage inevitable,
al is not the quickest way to get the
egro question out Of the way, TO at
,nce concede the suffrage, making issue
My on tho degree to which it shall be
honceded! We know that many Demo
rats have not reached this advanced
REV Of the casc, and that such stiil feel
realty inclined to revolt at the propo-
ition of negro suffrage in any degree;
nut let US tell them that it is always wise
accept the inevitable when the inevit-
Bile comes. Negro suffrage, we say. is
Inevitable, and whether it shall be quail.
led or universal depends upon the
.romptness or otherwise, with which the
Democratic party shall move with re-
erence to it, The South will speedily
ielded qualified negro suffrage npon the
lotion of the Democratic party; be-
,ause, if for no other reason, she will
DON see, If she does not already see,
hat if she do not yield it, she will ulti
,ately be compelled to accept universal
'egro suffrage: ssssss -, ss-
UFFRAGK, or suffrage dependents upon
he intelligence Of the man, irrespective
f color. as is now the rule in Massachu
etts-the negro question will have been
isposed OF, and the occupation of the
'orthern Republican Radical party will
e gone forever. Not one inch of ground
ill it have to stand upon; and the
ountry can once more turn to those ma
,rial questions Of public policy the
light disposition OF which is SO essential
, the the public prosperity. It viii be
pom these questions that the Democratic
arty will triumph, and it viii be BY this
riumph that constitutional government
nd our federal system will be preserved.
It shs nsaszes~t~ T. wiu not wait,
q this suffrage qnssts0n. evGH fors tRs
lotion of the Democratic party. Tit
e wise, it will loose no time in putting
, motion the necessary machinery by
-hich it will at the same time save itself
'om humiliation, preserve its own self
espect, rid the country OF the most vexa-
Gus question that ever distracted any
ocntry, kill the worst political party
lat ever existed on the globe, and put
ie Union in the way Of speedy restora-
on. This machinery consists, OF course
I conventions to revise the State Consti.
Itions.-[Chicago Times editorial },
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