Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-08-21
Senator Doolittle Again,

Senator Doolittle Again.
This gentleman has been making another
speech; this time at Buffalo, New York. He
says, on the subject of
"D1sFRANcR1sINe THE BRAINS OF TIE
souTB"
But there is another proposition contained
IN this proposed amendment to the Coustitu-
ton, to wit: The disfranchisement of all the
men of the South who ever held anv Kind Of
office requiring them to take an oath to sun
port the Constitution of the United States.
which applies to almost every Office, State or
federal, anu every member of the Legislature,
and every Judge of every court, and every
executive officer of any kind throughout the
whole of those States the proposition of Con-
gress is to disfranchse these men forever.
Now, fellow citizens, in the whole history of
modern times you cannot find a proposition
equal to that! No, sir; not even when Poland
Was crushed under the iron heel of Russia.
did the ukase of the Emperor 90 to the length
OF that The ukase of the Emperor of Russia
admitted the people of Poland to rights and
dIgnltIes aud honors, according to their merits
Nor in the civil wars in England is anything
like this to be found; nor in the civil wars
conquered the party in war against it. Is
that the way to make peace? Is the disfran-
chisement of the whole heart and brain of
the South-to make them your eternal enc
mics-nevcr to forgive them-never to relent
lis this the true doctrine. of statesmen who
desire to heal? How was it with Lord Hale.
who served the Chief Justice under the
rebellion! low was it upon the restoration?
Was he DISTINGUISHED? He was made Chief
Justice under the incoming king, although
he had been Chief Justice under the rebel
lion. And yet men talk of craftsmanship.
talk Of wisdom talk about reading the history
of the wOrld-cIaim to be Christians and vet
never can forgive. (Great laughter and ap-
plausc.)
ON NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
In reply to an interrogatory, he said:
"The reason they should not vote, tell
my friend there, is simply this: In the
Southern States there is u mass of colored
population. among which nine -tenths of the
men have no sense of family and family ties
tremendous applause land the women have
no sense OF virtue: and the man who would
build the foundations Of human society upon
population like that knows nothing of re-.
publican government. (Great appiause.1 T
say that to base suffrage on the negro popnla.
ton OF the South in their present condition
would make burlesque Of republican insti
tutions-(l laughter aud applausel-and We
ourselves would be the laughing stock of thu
world. Loud cheers l can understand
how IN the Northern States, where there arc
a few colored men brought up as freedmen
among treemen, with the habits and thouohts
OF treemen, with families like freemen-T can
understand how in some of the States, such
a population may be admitted to suffrage:
But ln the States of the South, situated as
they are now, with this population in its
present condition, there is no man. in his
senses IN my Judgment, who would get up
10 defend negro suffrage there. Loud ap-
piause There is still another and more
potent reason than the one / have stated. 4
told it last iail-GenersI Grant told me- and
authorized me to state it; General Sherman
told me and authorized me to state it; Presi-
dent ohnson told me and authorized me to
state lt-that the attempt to force negro
suffrage upon those States now would inevita-
bly, lead to war of races. C.That's so.'''l
THE NEW ORLEANS RIOTS.
He charges boldly on "the Washington
clique" who began the conspiracy that cuI-
minated in New Orleans. He says:
"And let me tell my friend who sits there
aud makes SO much objection (Iaughter)-
some facts" (Cries, Put him OUT Let
him be = Hes quiet now y We have
lately had riot in New Orleans. Tnterrun.
tion.) There was clique of men in Wash
ington who began conspiracy that has lately
eliminated in New Orleans. That conspiracy
was this: to to9nndertake to get UP new re4oI1-
tlonary governments in the Southern States.
based on negro suffrage. Here was con-
vention in Louisiana convention whose
functions had ceased two years ago, whose
president refused to call it together, a majority
of whose members were unwilling to sit
but this convention urged on by some reyolu-
tionists in the city of New Orleans, sought
to Come together, and for what? To pass
new amendments in the State of Louisiana to
give suffrage to the negroes What was the
consequence? What General Grant told me
is true, what Thomas jefferson said many
years ago is true-that the attenpt to pIaee
these two races in large numbers side bv
side upon an equality in a free government.
will of necessity breed war of races (ans
Plause)-whieh will result in the end in De.
stroyins the colored race And there is not
to be found on this earth man from vbon, the
colofed race should fec as they S fo1id flee
from that man who undertakes, by force orotb-
erwlse, to bring about negro suffrage upon the
states OF the South at the present time. H,ope