The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1866-03-31

disorganization will present few tcrrors TO
people still hot with rebellion, slnartins
under overthrow, and quite as content to
ruin as to rule the country.
To expect them to join in cccting Repub-
lican President would be an amiable dcu,
sion which the first election would dispel
and they might find it some indemnity for
emancipation if the increased vote they
would cast in the name of their freed slaves
should they happen to decide the contest
and elevate them to power.
If the people are ready for these conse-
quences, then there is no difficulty in restor.
ing political power to the Southern States.
. Louisiana or Virginia will serve as models,
or other forms will grow with mushroom ra-
pidity.
But if it be important that the friends and
not the enemies of the Government shall
continue to govern it, other measures must
be taken
The State governments IN the South must
be placed in hands interested to maintain
the authority of the United States. 1t is
not enough that conquered people are will
ing to submit to entitlc them to govern us.
| The United States must find friends inter
ested and able to suppress hostility to its
authority and to discharge all the functions
of government State and national, in the
~ VI .'e'9 r',i's"' vi "'''i,' l,o"e'' anu
the power OF 'hose VINO rebelied must be
those who joined the rebellion reluctantly
and are anxious to atone for their error or
| weakness.
This can be done only by recognizing the
negro population as an integral part Oh the
people Of the Southern States; and byrcGus-
ing to permit aay State Gore,mmem to be
organized on any either basis than unirersai
S"M."9e ""1 eq"a't9 oJo'e Mc tG"'
-" "n'e:ci ahoilal'cs may nav" oeeh WINK :,
w a. ""l'tS ."e ~" Vi slavery, IT. may wen
nc uo"p'eo h' Witho"t Il serious DO" al our
pi'nGi'p'es, any "oVcrnm mem can be recoS
| n'zeo as republican III form "h'ch cNc!ndcS
rom snnr'se ana equal laws a MAJORITY OF
'he e:''"ens V, 'Ie Hr"'es' rs Wou!n DE inc
t"n 1c III ''"'n oa'o''''" I',u -h'ss'ss'PP'' OF
nan m, me cr"ehs, as "oHlu DC me , case IN
n.ap''''''' "eo!s'"' ,'o"':ru"' anu lrs'l'"'
II t,c h'sro :,''I ., W u's'ra''el'seu;
IL - te'la'" ''i'I governments "'i'ch ue'
mem re'oio '''e IA" anu ,Icos
n'|ro universal sunr"ge' wou'o Pe rePuol'cnnh
III FORM anu substance also' IL IS rq"aiy
certain ina: S'cn CONSTITUTION IN Inc n1" ~
e'h o'',eH Is '"e o'''l one CONSISTENT "'th me
.i pe".il 'i". anu ""o
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~ I"' D'"'' so'o'"'''''' i" ''o'e
''r y" ,''". p:H's e, ,.
'ii ','e inv f'op'o =, '''' ''"'rs "N'c'i
Icoei'eu wiz "o' orsnl'|e governments On
'',a. OASIS. 40 corsiuera,'e Por!loi, OF the
w.iIe PoP"'a''oli Vi 'hoSe >'i''es Is III !a'or
o' It, ihI l"Fai are Us h'uch against II as
'"s 'tne! iI"uI's. :. r,,..,, -,
,o"I WI; "uop p. !" VI 'rc.asci,es' NOR N'l'
t"'s aa'i,' ~ u, Wy '''"e'' an" ""oc' 'he i''
''"nhte % m' '! ne ireS'uc'I';
h': an WI; SUNNI 10 vi eAac'eu' anu ae
'el' IL u'''. oi''"'o'
r. 10 10 SUNNI 'he question TO me 'oY"i voters
oi .he o'a'" aSS,''''Is 'ht existence % ''','e
government IT, ana constitution defining tn"
,E.'' VI S"''''e'' anu I" ''"''s 'os'i's "co"'i'
''"n' ,...
n"' tnerI "ie no such T M III amy
It"'e wh'cn rco''iea' Inc uhitca states
''''e 'c'"scu W rrc"s',ne "'! 'o'"'e "o'erh'
'''u,,'H III ""J " '',"He ''"tta'
mere arc therefore no 'o'ate governments
any NJ, Nv 'o'''' -, an, vi '',' 'e''', ''",.s.
g, mere are o'"'eS' ala people OF lhose
states :, known 10 'he CONSTITUTION OF
'"e o1'.Icu States =
tbn ,,n,nic offb. St,to &C ,ho whites RotL
,ro an;,;Ions rn;,,or ~, r,.ht ~ oxclnIo
the othcr. n.;lhrr ran sneak in tho name nt
tho Sta,n fnr thn oil er + ;s tho onr,l r;obt
If 10Th 70 I've bo.ri and r.,rssentoa in com'
s,;,ntng tho;r common aovnrn,nont ard .nx
nro,'nsal ~ snl,n,;, -, 10 ns,,, ~ = ely a.,
politcal nv civ; r;aht, of tho neorons ~ III.
arL;tr,no,t IF tho wb;,os l. nc nn;,s, ond as
absurd MS to submit the question of the poli.
teal rights of the whites to the arbitrament
of the negroes-wih this difference, that
the negroes are loyal every where, and the
great BODY of the whites disloyal everywhere.
The problem, therefore, is solved by sim.
pie appeal to the people of the State.
No election can be held, no convention
assemble. no political authority be legally
exercised in any of tho,e States but by the
will of the United States. and for the present
TIL Congress speak, by the will OF the Presi-
dent.
If, therefore, the President will declare
that no election shalt be held unless the
negro population have free and equal voice;
that no convention shall assemble which they
have sot helped to elect; that none shall
proceed to frame government unless in the
beginning universal suffrage and equality be.
fore the law be declared its fundamental basis,
the problem Is solved.
If thosc conditions be excepted, the con.
stitution will be presented to Congress and
the government recognized which it forms.
If they be not excepted, the President will
hold the State till Congress declare how they
shall be governed.
If the problem be not dealt with in this