The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1866-02-22
For the Nashville Union.
--s.And the CoIOred Troops Fought
EObIV,s,

It must havs been Charles Sumner that
urged in one of his pleas for negro suffrage,
the conclusion Of an official report" And
the colored troops fought nobly." At any
rate, lie and Thsd. Stevens have hob mob
bed in the most enthusiastic manner and
in consideration Of the Immense" ysl0r
displayed by the negro soldiers in the late
war, they are determined that nothing short
Of complete equalization can sufficiently re
ward the Aeroism Of the American citizens
Of African descent.
"Wby, don't you remember" asks Sum-
ner 'that when the IDEA of enlisting colored
soldiers was first introduced, there was q
great outcry sgainst it! "Niggers couldn't
hghtt.' On, we softened the pill for them,
didn't We, Thad., by urging that they would
at least make capital breatworks. And see
how the people medown to it.
Then there's the institution of slavery.
See how the Constitutional Amendment,
like a great biliow, dashed over the coun-
try and washed away every trace Of IT.
"Next we had topush forward the negro
testimony bill and in that, we were sue
cessiul.
.'For the negro suffrage bill we must ex-
ercise all the resources of strategy. 1t is
plain that il is distateiul to Northern eiti-
Zens, aud We are therefore compelled 10
strike ct the Southern States. Force negro
suffrage there, and the North can be ridi-
culed from her position. If we succeed at
the South, You may be sure Of the North
"Success in negro suffrage will embolden
US to strike for equality. First, give the
negro the right to vote, and then it will be
very easy to secure the privilege of holding
Office. This will pave the way to equality,
BY having negro lawyers, judges, magis-
trates, etcetera.
az Hhfp etc ca IF Tho rama vra rnrrzf Wait
the Tract Society and get them to issue es-
says under various headings, such as, Be
cause the skin Of the negro is black, is he
any the less your brotherf' Should you
associate with negroes in Heaven The
outlines TO prescribe it as the duty of every
Christian to extend all social as well as re-
ligious privilege 10 his eolored brethren; to
Danish all prejudice as sinful and unholy;
to sit at the same table; and to tender all the
hospitalitiel OF a Christians home. If q
colOred brother, of good moral character,
should seek the hand of some white broth
er's daughter, who, by some strange weak
ness, has mistaken her nature, or subyerted
it to radical teaching, the white brother
must not offer any objections merely upon
| account of color, but will cheerfully and
| prayerfully give his consent and blessing
| and adopt the colored brother as his son-in-
law.
"And then in our fashionable thorough
fares, in our steamers, in our elegant assem-
blies, in all our departments, may it be
truly verified, 1.-THE lion and the lamb shall
lie down together"
"The fact is, Thaddeus, that 1 will never
cease to sgitate the negro question, until all
this is accomplished, for under heaven they
the down-troddon African people--have
as much right to lord it in high places as
our high-boasting and proud race, which
drove the real inheritors Of this vast coun-
try into exile.
"When Bully Brooks, of South Carolina,
knocked me down in the United States Sen
ate, I took an oath to be revenged on the
whole Southern brood. By Heaven they
shall yet dotf the hat to the creature whom
they once called a slave"
MIR. Editor, it is impossible to assign any
sensible or humanitarian motives to the
Senator, whose extreme radicalism has
filled the whole country with a sense of in
~dignation. President johnson was right in
his conservative poJition-thst he did not
wish to bring on a war of races.
While educated negro suffrage may be
acceptable to the people generally, provided
there are the proper restrictions, equal, So
cial privileges cannot and will not be
granted; and he who advocates such
equality offers a bold and glazing insult to
the whole nation.
The negro is' free, and a resident in the
country. He is entitled to the best wishes
and assistance of humanitarians. If he has
wrongs, he may seek their redress, and JUS
tice must be awarded. All these adyan-
tages he gained by battling in defense o.
the Union, which neither Charles Sumner
nor any Of his radical cliques ever did. But
the negro is now in a transition state. He
must study aud ~acquaint himself with the
importance of his present position before
grasping at others. And this Charles Sum
ner should learn. SAXON.