The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-11-21
ye.roeS NJ VOTERS.


gro suffrage storm that has been sweeping
aver the North, advises the Democratic
party to strike its flag, and surrender to the
fanaticism that controls every Northern
State. aud go in for putting the blacks on a
civil and political equality with the whites.
That our cDtemporary. may learn the true
character of the class he wants the Deuioc.
racy 10 assist in making voters, We repro
duce the following portion Of a letter writ
ten October 10, 1866. by Brevet BrRadier
General Jonathan Tarbell, from Forest.
Scott County. Mis>ippi That the Times
may know the character of the writor, we
suhjoin the followin' from the Governor of
View York:-Cm. Enquirer.
Estate OF New York, EXECUTIVE
"DEP'T, ALBANY, October 2S, 1866
"Brevet I'rigadier- general Jonathan Tar
bell, late Colonel OF the Ninety-frst New
York Volunteers, il known to me as high
ly intelligent, patriotic ani reliable gentle
m1n. As an officer, h, was gellent and dis
tnguishcd. His Command was thoroughly
~ ganized and disciplined, and served with
credit. | take pleasure in commenting
General Tarbell to the confidence ami kind
consideration OF al with whom he may con
meet himself in future business rrlatinns.
II. f. FENION."
With this preliminary, W. let General
Tarbel give his view, of the capacity Of
the black: for z vernneptal functions. He
says:
Negro suffrage is measure oc the most
.tup,.ndout wiidness and humbug of this or
any othe age. Murmoni IN is tilly compar
l. A, 4 ha lAY,t tn
these vices, add universal thieying and lying,
iguoran e, incapacity, and total want OF
moral OF binding obligation. All the talk
Of politicians about the loyal blacks, and
the brurc colored soldier, is an insult to
truth. The blacks were loyal to the South
! and-it is not true that the colored fought
bravely erey,oAere, or on any occasion. =
There was no rising on the part Of II South,
! Though in whole counties and di trcts, tor
hundreds of miles, there were no males at
home; in fact they Were kept in suhjfction,
and at work, BY the 'eomen! They nowhere
in the South voluntarily enlisted, but were
seized and enrolled with or without consent.
They showed signs Of welcome 10 our troops
| but they were no less demonstrative to
the rebel armies.
Il served by the side OF the colored
troops before Port Hudson, and know
! their conduct was a poor burlesque on SOL
diering, as WAS General Banks compliment
tary order on their bravery and good con-
duct. All the speeches in Congress advo-
ca ting equality between white and black
soldiers we're leenly resented by every
officer and solder OF the army but none
/ dared speak out No matter what in eres-
ted officer partlsans, politcan$and dcna.
gogucs may say, the black soldiers did not
earn their rations. The Union owes them
nothing to its support-as soldiers. They
owe dept of gratitude to the Government
far maintaining them from ideness and
starvation.
They have not the integrity, capacity
or education for voters, and will not have
for generations. As allies of the Radicals
| they would prove worse than useless, for
they do not possess the faculty or instinct ot
combination, and they would disclose all
party secrets to their secession owners.
"Wcre Henry Ward Beecher to come
down here and own plantation in person.
we can imagine what, form his welLknown
picty and goodness, he would do for the
blacks, both spiritually and pecuniarly;
yet after all he would do, they would
study in religious meeting, of which they
are excessively fond and in which they
are iDordiuately enthusiastic, how to steal
! his last crumh and his last dime
"Give the blacks the best State in the
Union, with teams, seed, grain, farming
tools. years supply Of all things, and five
hundred dollars in monty each, with a
government Of their own, and they would
starve to death the second year, and re-
| ,pse into bqrbarism in halt a century. ~-'
This is no aggregation. speak but
the simple truth. as any impartial man may
sec it for himself [ ain true friend t.
| the negroes and to progress. They neet
most elucltion, both secular and religious
for years and generation4-honest and tai
dealing and justice from the whites, bu
not the ballot, which would prove curse
! d. TARBELL."
"That is the class Of persons the Chicag
Times insist that the Democratic part
must mako voters Of, Or itself die. Gu
opinion is, it will do neither.
If the paople of the South. who un,ler
stand the negro thoroughly. are disposed t
make him a voter, so, be it. While W
might think they vare Sing foolish thing
we would say: They know their ow
} business better than We, anl among then
be it." BIT for ths Democratic party t
work, directly or indirectly. o'fores negr,
suffrage on the peepls Of the Sou'h,
t another affair entirely, and to which it wi
not consent