Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1866-08-30
The People Must be Trusted.

ton of Il" What are the True Issues h.
fore the Country p 1t charges, with
great truth, that the more moderate Ps /
publican journals, which still acknowe5,.
the leadership of the Radicals who han.
ruined their party, attempted 10 decs7s
their readers by reiterating that the issp
in the elections is On the adoption Of h
proposed constitutional amendments
! Every man knows that these amendmsr,.
were not satisfactory to Congress. TLs7
were adopted In the hope that the elecig5
/ could be carried upon them. If the Sun.
ners and Stevens receive a popular +
dorsement, they will go further. Tbsy
will be emboldeDed with a renewed Las
of power, to lay down their ullimat1r
which Is, avowedly, that the Souihs-
! States shall not be controlled by the p75.
| pie who live IN them. If only the On.
stitutional amendments were at stake.
would be impossible to get up heats
/ political campaign upon them. III
amendments provide for the national Jet.
/ for the repudiation Of the rebel debt, ar! |
+ for pretended equality in repreSentati9- |
Now upon the first two questions tltr
no difference of opinion. Congress cc-i
not have asked any pledge that tie Ssh
would not have acquiesced in on two
these three points. Is it pretended Le |
if the South will be unfaiihful In lis oh
CATIONS to support the Constitution, tlz
there is any guarantee for future safety
the proposed "equality in represents
ton ?"
The amendment proposes that IN lhcs
States in which any distinction Is MAI
between their inhabitants on account i
color, the class laboring under polite
disabilities shall not count as basis
representation. In every Northern S,ae
with two or, perhaps three exceptions
distinction is preserved The right q
such State to make such distinction h-
never until now been questioned Unl-
the Radical policy, no inducement viii Be
held out to the Southern States. 10 adm.
/ their negroes, under certain Gualiticails
into the ruling political body. To ss5rs
the right that PENNSYLVANIA now erir.
+. South Carolina must enfranchise her I-
groes en- naSSe. If Pennsylvania, vii.
has held no negro slaves for two gem
tions, deems II wise still TO make Il D
tincliCn on account of color. i IL far
ask South Carolina 10 purchase her pgE
cal rights in the Union by compelling t-|
to enirancliSe hundreds of thousands
negroes utterly incapable, as every aona;
man must admit, of exercising the highcs
right of citizenship? Let Us bring tie
| question home TO ourselves. Woa.d We
if residents of South Carolina, be wilI
TO vest the political power Of that >ag
in the hands of negroes embruted by
slavery from which they have just u
| emancipated
But suppose the South yielded TO d
amendment. What additional guaraa
for the public safety would the ggr=z
ment secure under it? The represe
| ton of the South would be reduced fl 1
seventy-s six 10 tifty-eight members O.
House of Representatives If 1t Is d.
tructive to admit seventy y-six members
we secure full safety in letting in i'll
/ eight? Does the future safety of
! country depend on the exclusion Of .
teen Southern members of Congress
is not for this petty advantage that
Radicals discovered themselves from
/ President-yielded reluctantly the loa's
! and fishes, and staked their political T.
| ture on the chance Of defeating the Prs
ident before the people? Does any bc
est man believe it? But if il Is dang
Gus, as the Radicals pretend, TO admit
full representation from the South OF .s
floor of the House, how will it be IN '3
Senate, from which it is not propos,l
exclude the Southern Senators?
The truth is the Radicals do not d@7
| any settlement between the sections.
the States in which they hold control il
have taken no steps TO endorse the II
stltutional Amendment. Ii IS intenlsI
for political issue and for nothing as |
If the Radicals succeed in this, the OH
schemes will follow, so long as the peep /
are content TO wrangle for the benefit o.
faction. The New York Tribune Is hons
enough to declare that it will be sats1'
with nothing less than negro equality, D
1t fails to tell its readers that military g
vernment will be required in every SaR
outside of New England TO MAINTAIN
Less honest Radicals than Greeley ;.
they will be content if the governmeDia
the Southern States can be placed N D
hands of the so-called UnioniSts. lB]
know that this scheme involves mlIal
governments, for there is not one Of =
States in which the men whose patriots
was displayed in running away from %
section and seeking place in anOtS.'
would be able TO support government y
an hour unless they were backed uP Y
outside force, Military government e
the Southern States is, under one Pre'I
or another, what the Radicals want, a'-
they rejoice in every disturbance ES~
affords a pretext for them. The Presld'1,
on the other hand, procIaims the bN'
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