The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-05-03

victt OF infamous crimes are excluded soldiers In
many OF the States, pc sons paving no taxes, and
unable to read and write, are excluded. Who sha I
Verv e @ tnS ght 1i m has
herself as 1t is TO make her own avs and regulate
But you contend that the Southern States should
lie forced TO allow the negro vote whether he is
Gapable OF prudeuty exercising this privilege or not
FOR the same reason women and chi dren should not
, De excluded from the right of suffrage. They are
cltizers Of the States, have to obey heir laws aud
are punished even with death for their di obedience
Ihe' have to pay taxes their property, and are
! counted N rel resentltIon. The Young men from
elgnteen TO twenty-one, called upon go forth
in def Dse of their country and sacrifice their lives
I0r Government over which hey have no control
Inc same may be said of the foreigner till he is
The history Of the world sho ", for the last six
thousand years, that the negro is inferior to the
Whle man In Africa ere has been no progress
or advancement in civilization whI all the Lauca-
san Iaons OF the earth have been making the most
Monuerlul strides IN all arts, Sciences lItera-
| iufc and improvements or the world In his for.
nation ana structur physical and inte lecual as
wen as color, the negro ls inferior to the white man.
Goa has made him so; and you cannot change
his nature by legislation the exercise OF political
In regard to civil rights all should be equal so far
as ihe protection of Inc liberty, and property are
concerned, whether male or iema Q, old or young,
rich or poor white or black All should be allowed
10 sue and be sued, sell and purchase, inherit and
dCvi e, give testimony courts etc. In great mea.
sure, as l have already said this has been done in
South Carolina. w "O'N N"1' ."
How unreasonable it is in you Northern men 70
suppose that we have less sincere regard for the
negro than you have! IL IS AGAINST natnre ana
contrary TO all reason and experience The negroes
have been our slaves and property, the objects Of
our care and attention. They are known to us and
have lived with us for years past They have de-
sCenued TO us IRON our ancestors and were the OBJ
Jects OF q cir care and solictude In many instances
they and their progenitors have been oar families
iOT more than century. There are others who |
nave been raised by u.s. or have grown up with us |
as companions, faithfully serving us through life Is
cumstances Iee deeper interest IN their welfare
tnan stranRersH The Southern people are not less
sentiments OF honor than the Northern people are |
lheY are as generous and as KIND to persons IN DIS
uess think their history and character as a peo-
pie show this. Why, then need vou trouble vonT.
seves 80 mucn about tue protection of the negro?
, lou VIII sa, that you have caused the emancIpa.
that you feel more interest for them than wed / |
nave no doubt that you yourself Will acknowledge,
IN esS tnan zen years, that The negro has not
been benehteu by freedom. Instead of a Blessing
m elnanelpaton will prove curse to them. Ihe next
cel sus VIII prove that they have diminished IN mum
bers instead of increasing as they heretofore have
Done, with great rapidlty. The old and Young, the
1eeb and SICK will no longer have that care and
aitentlen which they always had IN slavery
u what has mas emancipation already done tor the me-
GIoes ~ tne Southern States? is SAID that more
than 6Co V0 Of them have perished-ded OF diseases
contracted BY leaving thelr homes, been saugh-
others, will swell this trlghtful destruction of the
ail1can race to LOCO 900 OF victims When the war
United States 1 do not believe that the nexf census
VIII show 3 600 0Co of them left. This IS a blessing
%ita vengeance! those still remaining here are
eesuheu 10 dWlndle aVav, as the Indian has, IN
JuX aposltion to the white man. They are disposed
10, TO quit field work, and flock into the towns and
Nhiages, Where they must necessarily suffer from
the want OF lood, and contract diseases that will
terminate their lives
ieau now extends 10 the negro is only to encourage
hlm in ldeness and vice. Instead or making con.
mtted to oust the proprietor of the land and live on
the same himselfin i'd ene9s at the expense of the
negro to labor and look to his former yner az his
best frend, the agents ofthis Bureau have taught
opp essor, and look to the Federal Government for
support and protection in his idleness
II s very doubtful whether love for the negro had
any thlng TO do with his emancipation bitter feel |
ing OF jealousy and hatred towards the Southern |
slaVenoider prompted this abolition movement in
Lne Irst instance and 1t was finally seized no d of
lor the purpose OF conqUerng the South and putting
an END to the Rebellion. BY 1t your armies were
recruited with our slaves, and your own citizens per-
nltted TO remain at home instead of going forth to
do battle themselves This brIbe of freedom turned
the southern slave against his master, and they
were slaughtered by thousands and tens of thon.
sands In this way you showed your love for the |
poor slave, and made him your vicm.
Ii you really and sincerely wish to protect and ,
Oeneht me negro. why do you not take m North
- and provide ior hin The southern people would
pc very glad to have large poI non of them sent to
Vou especially those who will not labor and whom
ou are now protecting in ldeness at the Expense of
me southern people. Having them at home with 4
7ou and Immediately under your own SUPERVISION
you may be able to benefit hem But it IS impossible
Whlle they remain in the Southern States tney | ;
" IL have to look tmately to the southern people
1t passing strange that all OF your philanthropy
mould be exhausted on the negro and you should q
nave none for your own and color The | /
southern people are in most deplorabe condition
It this time-wthout money and IN want of the
most con mon necessarles of life Their CO Jntry has
)een plundered and robbed by your soldiers their |
owns and villages burned, their fields lald waste I
ma their provisions destroyed and their clothing
tolen from lhem! Government agents have been |
ent amorg them like swarm of locusts, to gather
lp what stl Iemains OF property in the land. they
ire subjected TO the most tyranmcal military | ,
ule lined and imprisoned at the VIII aud pleasure L
,f every petty Provost Mar hal. Military CommIs
ions are appointed IN time of peace, to try them
or their lives and send them TO Northern l
COMMENTARIES or the gaows Their lands have been
aken tTom them, and given to their former slaves |
lot TO cultivate but TO live on IN idleness and be
Imported by the Federal Government Hundreds |
Df thousaDds who were reared IN wealth and ali the
ehnements OF life, have been driven from their
lOmes, and are now refugees and wanderers beg Y
ylng their bread and perishng all over the jOuthern
states Taxes levied and collected whist their
representatives are excluded from Congress! Laws q
ne most stringent am cruel being passed affect
ng their civil and constitutional rights, without
Iernlttlng them 10 be heard III their defense!
And yet not one word of sympathy il expressed for
hem by the radical party North, either IN COngr ss
,r then newspapers. o
How is thisH Why is it that you love the negro
10 well ana hate the white race so muchH They
laVe erred ana gone astraY it true; but they are
low penlent, and are asking mercy at your hands!
Iheir punishment aud suffering, 1t would seem,
we're enough 10 satisfy the most malignant revenge
ma ought certainly to appeal to a phIlanthropst
IKE yourself You should remember that there are =,
housands OF Union men in the Southern States :
,uitess of their cOuntry's wrong who are su 5ring
qualy with those who brought on this Rebellion |
And what great objectionable crime have the Sc.
essonlsts themselves been ty oi2 They believed
II that sacred principle set forth in our Declaration
independence that every people have tho right of
eli government, and the right 10 cIauge aui alter
This the head and front OF their of6nding .
lothnR more. They expresses their purpose of | s