East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-11-01
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.


one who looks beyond the mere sur
face of affairs than that the real lead
ers of the Republican party intend to
force negro suffrage upon the country,
before they will assent to a restoration
Of the Union. 1t is true that the Con-
stitutional Amendments which that
! party now nominally advocate as con-
ditions precedent to the admission oi
Southern Representatives to Congress
only by indirection comtemplates this,
but then these amendments were put
forward only to bridge over the Fall
elections-not to bind the party.
This fact is patent, and has been as
serted by scores Of the most prominent
Republicans in the land. The schem-
ers and intriguers of the party, knew
that the people would not favor the
bestowal of the elective franchise upon
the ignorant and degraded millions Of
freedmen just omancipated from sla-
very, and so for the purpose of these
elections, they covered their intentions
under the amendments. The elections
over, they will be prepared to strike
out boldly for their pet measure of
negro suffrage mot for the sake Of
the black man,-for his interests are
not what they seek--but to strengthen
their own party by the addition Of his
te-for that they expect to gain and
to use to further their partisan ends
and perpetuate their party rule. That
such is their design, is beyond dis
puto. Says the N. Y. Adepenasat-
one of tho ablest advocates of Repub-
lican principles: r5s
We know personally every prominent member
of Congress, and We knoio that the leaders do not
mean to admit the unadmitted States on he
mere adoption Of he amendment. Moreover, re
knoir personally the leading Radicals Of the Re-
publican party outside Of Congress, and we knoto
that THEY HAVE NO INTENTION OF NAKtSe THE
AMENDMENT THE FINAL MEASURE OF ADMISSION
To say, therefore, MS the National Committee saw
that on condition of adopting the amendment,
as Tennessee adopted II, the door stands invi-
tingly open" for tho ten other States, is TO MAKE
A PROMISE TO THE EAR TO BREAK IT to THE HorE.
49, To say with the Syracuse Conven.
tion, or with the address Of the National Repub
lican Committee, that Congress eM restore the
ten rafting States IL these States adopt the
amendment, rs To MisREPRr SENT THE ISSUE.
Slavery was not abolished under the mild In
fuence Of temptation, but under the strong in
lucnce Of compulsion; and TIE ntgros elfrdn-
chieemenk will not be achieved by such tempta-
ton, but by such compassion. Accordingly,
TIE RADICAL Party, NORTH 4 SOUTH,
WHITE AND BLACK, CAN ASSENT TO NO
RECONSTRUCTION SHORT OF IMPARTIAL
SUFFRAGE.
No leading Republican in Congress means 10
admit The ten rafting STATES simply on the
adoption Of me constitutional omendments.-
These States are 10 be admitted on no conditions
short OF the equal political rights Of their loyal
citizens, without distinction of race. recon.
structon Of the Union on any other basis would
he "A national dishonor. Until the rebel States
come back on this basin, they shall not como back
at all
To the same effect, speak Butler,
Stevens, Sumner, Wade and hundreds
Of other leading Radicals, who, in
fact, constitute the very heart and
head of the Republican party. In a
recent speech, Mr.. Boutwell,, of Mass.
ono of the celebrated Committee of
Fifteen, and now candidate fe- 70
election to Congress--said:
If the present Congressional platform express
cd the whole claim to be demanded Of the South
IL was ono that lie would not support IL was
well rs far az II went, but IL did not 60 far
enough There would be no safety " the South
came 10 and these demands were only complied
with Our only security in tho future was in en-
downing the colored loyal people Of the South with
the elective franchise, and the speaker said he
did NOT intend 10 rote for The admission Of either
Of the ten States at present represented in The
Congress Of The United States until impartial
suffrage ~as sse.'ea 70 all The people q those
He believed that when the Thirty ninth Con-
grcss assembled in December next, there would
the Republican party who would not be in favor
Of impartial suffrage in every ono of these ton
States az a condition precedent 10 their adnis-
SIGN.
Boutwell, is one of the leading men
of his party, and knows what he af-
firms to be true. His language is tho
expression of the Radical faith -
These amendments are we'll enough
as far as they go, but we have other
conditions. States must have Repub-
lican forms of government, which
means suffrage w'thO@t distinction of
race. 1t is the duty Of Congress to
guarantee this to these States eff the
South, and unless they accept our con-
ditions, let them stay out--out until
the Heavens melt with fervent heat"
Such is their purpose. And to accom-
plish it they are prepared to perpetu-
ate the present condition Of affairs
the disrupted relations of States, civil
the hatreds of sections, the
passion of war, and all the malignant |
influences which can exist in a nation
Just emerging from terrible and Bit
ter civil struggle!
FALSE PRETENcEs. the chief |
reasons urged by the Republicans for |
the election of radicals to Congress is,
that the Southern States will certainly |