The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1867-02-02
SELLING OUT FOR POTTAGE.

SELLING OUT FOR POTTAGE.
The Gazette gives us the most un-
kindest cut of all, |" in the last number,
by saying that "we had raised ourselves
greatly in its estimation" 1t adds, that
we are working to find which is the
strong side" Bless your innocent igno-
rahce, Mr.. Gazette, we found that out a
long, long time before you or the Herald
was ever dreamed of, and we are not
likely to forget it. The RIGHT is not
only always consistent, but ever the
strongest. 1t may be crushed and trod-
den under foot for the time; it may be
prosecuted and oppressed, but it will
prove strongest in the end, so sure as
| Justice is eternal. Bear this in mind,
neighbor, and perhaps you will Eot be
so severe in the denunciation of ideas
that do not come within the limits of
your approval. We have been charged
by opposing journals of every crime
known to political newspaperdom, be-
cause we find it proper to lay wrong ut the
doors of those who are guilty. If the
President shows a desire to unite with
the representatives of the people in their
efforts to re-establish the South in the
privileges she has deprived herself of
by her acts of wanton hostility, and yet
secure to the government some assur-
ance of future obedience, we have no
desire to withhold our appreciation,
merely because he does not belong to
our party. When, however, he usurps
powers not vested in the Office of the
Chief Executive, and by evident coali-
ton and expressed sympathy with those
who are known TO be bitter enemies of
the United States Government, opposes
essential measures to perfect restora-
ton, we will not approve his conduct.
Congress represents the loyal people of
the Union, so far as they are admitted
to representation, and that Congress are
not less anxious than the President or
the Democratic party for the representa-
tion of every State in the Union, provid-
ing, that those who have once held high
positions under the government, and vi
olated their solemn obligations by their
attempt to destroy it, shall not again in
suit the nation by spouting blatant dis
| loyalty in the ears of those who have
proven steadfast TO their trust. This
and the equalization of representation
are the great questions submitted as con-
stitutional amendments, and which have
failed, because they debar, for the time,
from office the leaders of the Southern
people during the war, and destroy that
unjust balance of power which has here
tofore given them a representation dis
proportionate TO the people represented.
Believing in the will of the people as the
supreme law of a Republican Govern
ment, and as their representatives are
the exponents of their opinions, we ac-
cept their legislation as higher law than
the decisions of the President, who
although the head of the Democratic
territorial suffrage bill, but let it become
law by not acting upon it within the
limited time. Talk of " decentralization -
and political recreancy." Has not the
President virtually assented to negro
suffrage2 Has not the leading demo
cratic journal of Chicago swallowed the
bitter pill without grimace? Has not
the Democrat put in a bid for the col
ored vote of Montana by passing this i'm
portant measure with but three words
Did not even you, Mr.. Gazette, make an
overture towards catching the colored
vote of Montana in your great leader of
the 26th7 1t was a very hard dose,
taken after many protestations against
it, but still you swallowed it, and put
out carefully a .feeLer to ascertain how If
would take. Read, " 1t is very probable
that, should he (the negro) be clothed
with the right of suffrage, he will fall
into the opinions of his superiors, the
whites of the South, and vote against
the whining radical emmissaries sent tc
enlighten him on politics" We would
wager hat against copy of the Ma
jor's last book, that before fall the Ga
sette and Democrat will both jump the
fence and come out square for the negro
vote We shall see who will " trim theil
sails +" within the next six months.
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