The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1866-08-02

own race. That gallant, heroic race of
whom, Notwithstanding the fault which
they have eommitted--ayo, notwithstan-
ding the crime they have committed-I
have always regarded it as crime to
take up arms against the good of o1r
common couutry-yct they have shown
themselves to be sincere and devoted liz
their cause. They have ovinccd courage
and endurance; by their gallantry and
By their long suffering in this cause, so
mistaken, and so erroneous, and so Grim
inal, they have shown themselves to be
the equals Of any equal number of men
upon God Almighty's globe Those
who have contended against them are
those who are the readicst to admit that
they hove shown themselves to be the
equals af any other people in the world.
Not only have they shown themselves
ready to admit that these men are their
equals, but they have shown themselves
the readiest TO overlook the past, and
forget what there is need Of forgetting,
aud to receive these men back into the
Government, with all the rights and
dignity Of their respective States unini-
paired, simply requiring from them,
the pledge by which they viii renew
their allegiance 10 the Government of
the United States Cannot we trust
that pledge If these men will give it TO
US! Have we not reason to believe they
are men Of sincerity? Can we not con
ddc in these brave men ! say that
we can say that this is the only way
in which they can be brought back into
the Government aud bound to it by
links Of gratitude, stronger than any
links ofstecl that can be wrought
And now | will ask what foreign ma
tion is there on tho earth that would
not be proud aud happy to receive these
people and give them all the rights of
citizenship enjoyed by any of their citi-
yonsi Would not France be eager to
do III Would not Great Britain be too
proud to extend her dominion over that
proud country, sharing her Government
With those gallant, noble men who have
yiudieatcd their right to manhood in
this contest unparalleled in the history
Of var: Would not any foreign nation
upon the face Of the earth be willing to
receive this peop!cl not receive them
on degrading terms, but receive them in
open arms upon on equality with her
other cjt.zcus And we stand here,
that Is 70 sag The Radicals, or at least
that portion Of the Radicals who were
afraid 10 meet these men iu battle array.
They stand up ia Congress and refuse
to receive these men back without de-
grading them They are willing toopen
thcir arms to this inferior race of ne
goes whom they d.sirc to put on top
of their own race.
must now speak fow words upon
the affairs presented by the latest action
Of the Radical majority in Congress in
the presentation Of the joint resolution
and amendment 10 the Constitution
which is about TO De submitted to all
the States for ratification. a voice
They can't DO il they say the Union
is dissolved. They consider that the
Union is di.s9yrd, bul we maintain it
not dissolved They hold that jeff
Davis did hi. whole aud perfect work
ia dissolging the Union, and what little
he could not accomplish they have done
for him [Apphuse.l They propose
that the Southern SUtcs, and all the
States of the Union shall give negro
suffrage, OF else that the negro populas
ton Ia these States shall be subtractod
from the repre- catatiye basis Of those
States IN which they rcaidc, That is
the proposition That ia clearly and
uuequiyocally the presentation Of the
question Of negro suffrage, That IL the
sole and only question now, as ! con-
ceiyc presented to US in national poll
ties. / am aware thalB Gratz Brown,
one Of our United States Senators, comes
out in paper and declines to be can
didate for reelection to the Senate, for
some reasons that he gives, and some
which he does not give; some which |
think have more TO do with his declina-
ton than those which he does give
lie undertakes to chide the party with
which he has been acting for not taking
u stand in favor Of absolute negro sui-
fragc. | think he beratcs his party ur-
necessarily, and that he cvinces but lit
tie disappointment in singing back at
the party his power, because they have,
according to my understanding aud
thinking, come up fairly aud squarcly
to the question presented, that either
the State of Missouri, for instance, shall
lose one Of its representatives in Con-
gross, or else they shall coucede negro
suffrage to all the adult negroes
within the limits OF the State
The same thing is demanded of all the
States in the Union. 1t does not, as
matter of course, affect the Northern
States, where the negro population is so
infinitely small, but it will subtract one
third Of the representation from the
Southern States, including Missouri
not so much from Missouri as from 9TH
ers but taking the whole Of them, ca
masse, it will either deprive the South
and the States that everywhere held
slaves Of ono.third Of their representa-
ton because they altogether contained
5000 ,O00of white men against 5,00O,-
600 Of negroes Unless those States
coneede negro suffrage they will lose a
portion oftheir representation, so that
you cannot have the question more di-
rectly presented to you than it now is.
In San Francisco the police have
discovered a gang of thieves, the Oldest
of whom is not over 16 or IL years Of