The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1866-03-09
From ths Mseashcek Prssa.l
T'ac Negroes and their m oses.


thusiasm, collected the negroes Of Nashville
in crowd. and through them spoke TO the
colorcd race Of the South. II was an ex-
traordinary spectacle. The military repre-
sentative of the Gener6l Government at
Washington in State that lie now assures
us never was out Of the Union and Of
course could not forfeit any of her rights
es a sovereign, this military usurper, we
say, had before him the chattols Of the SOW
oreign State, and no, only recognized their
manhood, but compared them to the favored
people OF God, and promised TO be their
Moses.
The negroes Of the South know stl about
/ Moses and the Children Of Israel and the
Promised Land. They weave the story into
! their prayers, sing it in their rude hyms,
and as far as possible initiate the Hebrews
in the house Of bondage, by stealing all
they can get their hands on, which includes
| their precious selves, and making of on
every favorable occasion. So when the
usurping Governor OF sovereign State
poke TO them in the wtr Is of the Oh Tes-
lament, they oomprehended him.
II was q strange sort Of Moses they we're
presented with, for the superior race of the
South is not iemarkablo for sober pety,
and that enthusiastic pursuit of moral ends
the Prophets were distinguished for. But
! u WIS tllt ItSi sui Nt prophet t1tu tO bG
had, and rs the neg roes are an inferior race,
they could not expect superior Moses.
So they uttered great yell, and resolved
to follow their Moses through every sort of
tribuation, to the Promised Land.
The expedition proved more Of q parallel
! than was pleasant TO the iugitises. We
are told in the beautiful story OF Uoly Writ,
that whom the oppr, ssed came in sight OF
the heritage promised them, their leader
was taken away The me dern Prophet, mot
to differ from lis model, at the moment
when the colored Children of Israel were
about realizing what their hearts longed for,
suddenly took h'm'elf away, and for many
days they went about in great confusion,
saying one unto the other, tive wot not
what has become of this man Noses"
To solve this reasonable question, Fred.
Doug ass AMI four other deiuded children
Went in search of their Moses. They did
not fin him, but they found Andrew John
son, President OF tho United States The
daily QUIZ ais give us an &c, cunt of the in
terview, II is very entertaining. 1t is as
good ~ play, and Letter than novel.
Fred. Doulgass with the imrNdence of n
free nigger," speaks his piece" and the
President responds. We no longer see the
form of a Prophet looming up amid flaming
torches in the still hour of the right, aud
promising with pinus fervor to his children.
We have, on the contrary, the dignifed per-
son of u President, in the dead walls OF the
Executive Mansion, telling the poor fellows
their hopes were a dension, theis efforts
evil, and their Moses unconstitutional.
An unconstitutional Moses must be dread
ful.
Looking at the interview with an unpreju-
diced eye. we are forced to admit that whiTc
A..
ment is with Fred. The President says that
1t is not right TO force an extension of suf-
frage upon an unwilling people. Having
forced himself by means Of bayonets, upon
the same unwilling people, this tenderness
for the so called rights seems gratuitons 10
say the least of it. To quarter upon the
said people standing army, vacate all the
Offices, and appoint others to fill them; to
make arbitrary arrests and try suspected
persons by unusual coul Is, from the courts
martial to the pardoning bureau of the
White House. seems to us as opening the
way to almost anything the President, late
Moses might see fit TO do.
But what does he mean by the term "pco.
pie The amendment 20 the Constitution,
wiping ont slavery, seems to lookervn to
remove the only barrier betws en- the whites
and the blacks, ond although the latter may
not possess the privileges of citizenship, it
gives them right to iae term" people"
Il not the gentleman who now, under sane
ton of the President, are knocking at tho
doors of Congress, have taken FROM under
them one OF their chief claims 10 admission.
Theirbasis Representation rests in great
measure upon the excluded people.1 And
if the blacks are to be Included in the term
people, they have rights even us minor
ity, wo are forced to consider aud respect,
or pronounce our theory Of Government u
farce and a failure. slrir sit IHr
Let us suppose that Tag, Rag and Bob
Tall. or to speak more respectfully, Robert
Tail, make the people. BY what process,
known to our theory Of Government can
Tag and Rag. because of their majority.
vote Robert Tail ont in the cold, because of
his coio'. The proposition becomes yet
more ridiculous when Tag claims admission
to Congress ms the representative Of Rag
and Robert Tail.
The other proposition gravely put forth
by the President that we arc threatened
with Il war Ot races, and to grant privileges
to the weaker race would prove" to use
his own peculiar phraseology, " death to
the negro, and injurious to .both,2. is yet
more absurd. If nuch war is impending
tho better way. one wonld suppose is to
protect the weaker, and nothing would be
more efficient than the ballot, The supe-
rior race, instead then of hunting down tho
negro, would solicit his vote.
IL is singular commentary on tho pres
ent condition of affairs, that in this war of
wit between the President and TIE negro
the President comes out second best
Exit Moses.