St. Mary's gazette., 1867-01-03


this act OF Justice, yet be could not undo
the injury Inflicted.
From the Columbia (Ohio) Crisis.
POPULAR pISFRANCHISEMkNT-
Those who advocate that worst OF mod
crn humbugs miscallcd Impartial sut-
fIage.' as a preliminary 10 the reduction
Of our social system to The level of mon
g.ellsm, can have 10 interest III the real
prosperity ana happiness Of the country.
and il is u mourHtul instance OF the de-
moralization Of the times that so great an1
dangcrou. an innovation should be con-
telnplatcd upon 70 Other grounds than
that Of partzan success, and the 'polls
thereto annexed The Aboiitionists favor
il because they think thry can secure the
ne rro vote. and thus obtain a basis for
their sectional orsauHa ion IN localities
where it does rot now exist, and so BY
p>rfcct!ng their po!itica! machine. retain
the asccndancy which they now hold Ii"
doGancc Of the great majority of the pco-
! rle. Two or three notorious sheets claim
irg to be Democratic have recently de-
j clarel in favor of the hunbu5 IN the same
hope OF partizln success, though the stu
piiity OF the later proposition IS too great
to b. worth considering. In many IN
stances Ahoition.sts claim TO favor 1t on
! the general ground o. justice 10 the negro
! race, and that the negroes should be I'D
mi,tcd to social and political equality as
an abstract right, Without reference t. tn:
effect OF such change upoa the country.
! Bat in DO Instance that We can now rec Ill
has, thcre been rational sensible vt empt
made to show that the introduction ot the
negro element would promote the Pollti-
cal, commercial aad material interests, or
thc social happiness of the pepPl" simply
/ because no reasonable lnan can 'iflrm that
such would be thc effect. Dcmagosucs
who care for rothing but their oSu adj
yaucymcnt, or fanatics VII" ar utterly
!l.di Icreut as to the financial OF social CON
.iitiou of their own race, prcacn auu howl
about negro su!lra,.c as If 1t was au lhtl--
putabte right belonging to the negro, for
the withholding Of which 10 Just reason
can be gwen; but these people carefully
refrain from citing the examples OF si1nl-
lar cxuerlaent. to show that 1t csntcrs u
/ benefit ou either race, and as carefully
omit to retcr TO thosa we'll known lnstau-
ccs wncrc the equality they seek to nitro
drc, has been destructive to the material
! and social interests Of both races. La no
country where the sad project OF negro
equality ha. been tried, has It taleu to
Involve the government IN rum. and the
! reoplc in the lowest depths OF degradation.
! rht appalling social degradation and po-
! itical dlsintesration Of tae South Amcrl-
e.. can State. are 1rIghtiu examples OF the
effects Of the monsreIisiu which the Aho
p; litiouis.s, as a mere political e1pcdicnt,
woull pow engratt upon this c"antry. -
The negro character incompatible with
culi.,Gttncd freedom ani the exercise o.
| aiph political RI yhts. Had 1t Dceu other
wise, The negrot, OF til, Solth would have
] lou, siucc gained and matntalccd the
thug thcir worehippers Low seek tor
them.
The Introduction of ncsro suffrage as an
! element III olr pphtc. can have no less
destructive effect tam - r:Il:,to" OF
Popular elections (.rcaly suth .lently far
c-ca) 10 a mere u4ccktry. y acre tue uc-
gro : arc most nuncruu5 ana Ignorant,
tncrc would they have mJst po"cr. Ia
many localities they would haze complete
control, aAd such lu''@l!lics Wod.d speedily
r>;rogaic iuto juis.oS. In others they
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