The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-21

" PRESIDENT AND THE NRGROES.-We
8from Potomac" the Washington cor
udent of the Mobile KegiotuA and Al
ser, avery good account of the Pres
g recent reply to the negro delegation {:
q Presidents reply was remarkable for
n 9th and plainness. He spoke as though
lords were intended for the men who
excited this Unsuitable desire for the
II in the minds of the colored people,
It whose instigatiOn they visited him
be purpose of eXtoTting something that
d serve for Radical capital.
told them that if he had not given ev-
be that he was a friend to humanity and
olored people i'll his past course, he
give none of what he might do i'll the
e. His means, his time, and all that
pSseSsed had been periled for them, and
bnfessed that, at this late day, he did
Ike to be arraigned by persons who talk
" about these things, but have periled
ing. While he is friend to the colored
he does not want to adopt policy
BIZ will cause diScord between the races,
~ to both, and possibly the extinction
le Colored race He was willing if they
d find no other Moses, to personify that
larch, and lead them through the Red
and wilderness from bondage to
aom but he was not willing to adopt
Cy that might end in blood and Ill
tey result III their injury. Here his re-
Ks are so well put that | must give his
Et words:
here is a great deal said about the
ID accomplishing one end and the ballot
other, but now let us talk about justice
right, when We talk about indepence and
Rhty before the law. You here to day
" how to appreciate and understand this
8. Let us look each other in the face.
pose we should, by some magic, tell every
FED man he could vote tomorrow, how
III that ameliorate their condition today
let us get up closer to this thing. / was
SEQ 60 slavery on two grounds. 1t has
been abolished, A great nations guar
e has been given on the subject, and
Aot be revoked. In Tennessee there are
tySeyen non-slaveholders to one slave
yer Yet the shareholders control the State.
You ever been on a plantations Adj
Shg Douglass, who responded, Il have
When you looked over and saw poor
1e man, did you not think less of him
OF Your masters negroes Don't we
w. furthermore, to get at this great idea
run II out distinctly, that ON New
tllCN NOulu llALC w a man "hO
led slaves, in preference to a man who
not own them! On the one
d the black man has gained great deal,
lie the white man has lost great deal
:, should one be turned loose upon the
er at the ballot box, with all this hatred
Teen them.
think | understand this thing. Sup
+, for instance, here in this political COM
pity, in the District of Columbia, we take
consideration the former condition OF
white and colored man, and suppose We
e the franchise to all, lrithOat regard Il
liticOtion is it right to force it upon then
opposition to the majority We must
ea controlling power somewhere. II we
Wuid go to the State of Ohio, with the
Pntlon of changing the franchise there
pld II be right 1t is not for the G0rern
Of the United States TO do. Each com
pity can determine their own affairs bet
1t is for the Legislature of the State O
70 to say who shall vote, and not the Con
otthe United States"
the close of the interview Mr.. Fred
We will not trespass, sir, upon YOU
but will go, and give your views to TIT
which the President responded
great faith in the people, and believe the!
do right
Q comprehend the full force of thi
zen, the manner of the President during
oehyery syould have been witnessed. 1
spoken with peculiar and unmistak
emphasis. Every word was driver
hard, not alone for its indelibl'
= upon his sable auditory, but that thei
~ fanatics in Congress might clearly
e'stand him upon this subject: The.
hitherto spoken with unlimited
N Uv m They have placed no restraint
aeH tongues even to the utteranc
Iening and abuse. This has afforded
piomptu occasion for reply, and tn
L a'4 has given in words suited to tn
n ~. comprehension. The people OF tn
" w y VIII VII no longer be in doubt as to tn
soI The President upon negro suffrage
.Or the people TO decide, mot for tn,
siiess Of the United States" Negro SUI
~ avs passed by this body, no matter i
iOfm, viii fail to receive his sanction
mOre-they will encounter his en-
~ oenunciation. The sable committe
.sskeeedingly sombre listeners, and q.
@ gloomy and Responding to pour thel
anees into the ear of Sumner and tn