, 1866-03-24
a CdnIpromise PROPOSED.

Wo learn, by late sdviccs from WASHINGTON.
that scrntor Steuart Of Nevada has offered n
project for proposing TO tho eleven bcccdcd state
q general amnesty on the condition OF a qualified
black suffrage. This has been ttsse subjec. Of c.in-
Gus debates before, and !. is msolfo tian ~probabtcs
~tllatdt is not offered nov without previous uud or:
standing and consultation With prominent r~olie!!-
cinns both north and South. 1t is thought so,no
few southern men of influence md ~noeition would
favor the proposition, merely rs n matter Of com
promise, md to settle existing difficulties in Ire
Way of restoring to political relations Of she couyi-
try: But as n general proposition, and, in view o.
It's partial influence upon the different sections Of
the Union, 1t would not be accepted even upon
the grounds Of mutual concession and compro-
Misc.
a. very respectable, but, at the same timo, a
very sniGll minority may be found in the south
WHO would favor, or at beast, would no, oppose
negro suffrage with educational or property
qualifications. But the great mas OF the people
are 30 very sensitive On tic subject Of negro
equality. that they would never willingly con-
sent to cast their vote aide BY side with a black
man, il he WAS as rich as Crnsus and as wise az
Solomon. AL the water. of the ocean, and the
blood OF hunaE h-cAtombs. can never wa.h
awaythe long standing and dcct.sea.ed d;s,;nc-
tiohs of'cssteaat least ia the minds OF the pre-
ssnt generation. Zine; with. its potent wand,
changes all things. and its influence on .his very
Question is felt and acknowledged esery dny:
The prejud;ccs which pid7e5y has planted dtnd
nourished and culGTStcd in our midst for the
last two hundred years, Will become wcnlscr
and weaker az the date Of emancipation reccdes,
and the mind becomes edi!cated aid EaH iliar:zAed
with a different state 81 things.
The proposition Of a Compromise offered by
mr.. Stewart is no! altogether n new one: It
was advocated and urged 81 goternor Andrew
Of Massachusetts,, at the time Of the Executive
Proclamation IN regard to the ie.brganiza,icth
of North c%aaolina. MIR. Stewart u'rges his pro:
position as an anticipation measure, and con-
tends that the country will be disorganizzed and
J. distracted by antagonistic ~c!chnchhts Until this
question Of suffrage shall have Been disstoscd
y in some way or other and .hat a piaaftia.
extension Of the right of suffrage q the biia,eks
alone IN ould settle it. IL further cGtan,cndsI thfnsyt
the Southern States ought TO have a !sir obbpor-
tunity to meet this question and decide BY tlle.r
votes whethor they will accept tho terms or not.
-.
We have got rid of one phase Of the sla4!caay
question, only to have it revived in Gsnoihte.,
Equally ns hit..r and Incorporating Mr..
Stewart pre- oses so.dis2osc of this second bone
of contention eohrGYeshst after tho name! tXHat
Henry Clay disposed of the Tariff aues,iho,s.
He erected n p%latfoTm,qpen which both p,aar',:ca
could stand, and they stood there, and agTrersl
upon an asmisticc. ff3astilitics were susH1sss6ecu
and peaccrestored to ths,country. ut lcastt upon
nnc;iaaaes of that particular question. Nov tho
question arises-can Nj. Stewart imitaattoa' .tsro
example of bis illustrioouHb predecessor s!fsa
pour tho oil os concession aihhd compromise upl1sn
the troublea'wa,ers Of national n~faiFag;Auyshissh
threaten soon to be lashed Into fury ty the nd
cSnrnulating waters Of a sac44ooassd revolution. Gin
hc.beard the lion Of 55anri,y Spirit in his den, and md
Wal the king Of beasts crouch a, his bidding
Wenow sec ,hroagh a glass, darkly but tine
WIN soon devcl:;bp the mysterious workings 81
the. dim, but no. distant, future. To jhosc who
watch md wui; i vii. all be made plain. Our
donddcnea in tie wisdom Of the American pc I
3le is ,tfhtdimiuissaSed.