, 1866-12-11

TI1E THUCa COMING OUT.

TUESDAY. BECLAEEk IL. 1SGb,
TnE THUrH COnING OFT.
,rhc Chicago 7inn<i is hard pressed by its
late associates in the Democratic party. The
Jtmts now represents that faction OF the late
PARTY which rcpadiatcs color As q distinction
in political matters, and claims toF tho negro |
an equality With the purest af the Cauea-
SLAMS. We regret that the 7imes has but . |
comparatively small Democratic constitu- |
eney. The few 1t represents are Of the edu- |
Gated and reasoning class-those that have |
teen accustomed 10 read the TRIBUNE and |
other Republican journals, and who, or
dinarly, might expect 10 be class. |
ed by the Timer ITSELF as Abolitienists. |
Thc rank and file Of the party, however,
utterly reject negro suffrage In any form.
Calling il " impartial suffrage makes 1t no
more rnlatable to the masses Who have been
educated, especially by the 1ines, into the
belief that this is exclusively whitc mans
Government, TO be employed exclusively for
the benefit Of the whi1e race, and to be nd
ninistertd by no others and also those who
have been educated by the sane teacher into
tue eelicf.h to admit the negro to political
rights would be to degrade the whole popu~
tlk1Gn 10 l0H 1E9Gl vi k0C A1EAaHAa93 Ab&
make niscegenation, with all its deleterious
consequences, natioual institution.
In double leaded editorial yesterday the
Tinss 1abo.cd to p.oye that the Democratic
PATTY has always been opposed to any poltt~
ical distinctions on account Of color, but las
insisted in the face Of relentless opposition
eyer since the days OF Alfred the Great upon
having the negro entitled to vote upon an
equality with the white raau- It repeats tho
ssscstion that the denial Of negro suffrage
never originated With the Democratic party
on the contrary, magma chsrta, the habeas
corpus, the trihi BY jury aud the
abolilion Of Feudal slasery-al1 Dem.
on account cf color, but recognized
the perfect equality Of all men before the
law. Coming down from tho days Of the
saxons, The Plentagepcts and the etnarts,
the Tinrs traces the Democratic party Ia
this country, and proves that here, as well
Is in England, that party made the political
equality Of the races part Of itG hruad plat
Io.m- The Declaration Of Independence L
c'aiucd by that paper as one Of the earliest
platforms cf the Democratic party, ani
Though Judge Taney once declared that
about the time the Constitution was adop!
Au, H. Nb3 COAEl0G4NA &A44k AA1 AI&sAc AAAN Il
rights which white men were bound t
respset, tho Times insists t,cy were rscoe
nlxed in every State as the political equals (
the white race. II says:
.'The word 'vh1te' l. moi fnnnh su any q u
nrtC,pal Constitutions. sarc unly In thst o. Sort
Casol!na- In cwy othes s.asr. nestos. ~ho 70 (.
Jart,sl1y ct al1 men, were admitted 10 rote- An
many Il tta. raec nid .o'e ~ TIC senthsEn a. ~ we
Il Tcted .he ncmoc, aiic Iickri. iai Il was ,hc Dem
c'anr parry ot Inst tay which affirmed theif IL
IN that II eprct upon az impartial basis with uhi
hs,e @ tonsot,en % shs ets. snsnt of Geuers, Jscsso
that he va. supported fc. tsc tseaidcncy by .
gro yote:< In the State Of Tcnnessec-"
Here, th,n. we have the recorded eviden
that negro equality was primarily the go
crnips principle In AMERICAN politics, a,
that with a single exception the Sta
Constitutions all agreed with The Fcder
Constitution in making no distinctions up
account Of 1ace or color. The drst Stat
according TO the Iii7,rs, that abandoned tt
Democratic platform aud made the dtsttr
tion between the races was Kentucky, viii
abolished negro suffrage and inserted I
word t white" in her Constitution. T
example WAS soon followed In other Stat
and The Democratic party was forced eEs
tually into fnI.e position was forced IL
The denial of an equality which 1t had I
leld, as before stated, ever slMce the days
Alfred the Great and the Timer implo
the PARTY most piteout1y., to throw oil
shaclles Of faischood and Injustice whlct
has worn xirse Kentucky made that Il
step, and to occupy oncr more tho hnuora
att1tuae OF maintaining the full equality
the pegro with the white man in all thii
political.
Thp Consfft nf}nn nr thN T1nftcd Sta