The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-08-22

FOR wise meu TO pursue---accopt the
terms that arc offered Us by the con-
1uorors. There can he no discrodit
to a conquered people for accepting
the conditions olferod by their eOu- /
lucrors. Nor is that any occasion |
for feeling of humiliation. We |
have made ou honest, aud | hopo |
that | may say a crcditablc fight, but
we have lost Let us come forward,
then, aud accept the euds involved in
the struggle
Our people earnestly desire that
the constitutional Goyernmcutshallb be
re established, aud the ouly means
to accomplish this is to comply with
the requirements of the recent Con-
grcssional legislation.
The military bill and amendments
are peace offerings. We should ac.
cept them as such, and place our.
selves upon them as the starting
poiut from which to meet future po-
litical issues as they arise.
Like other Southern mon, | natur.
ally sought alliance with the Demo-
cratic party, merely because it was
opposed to tho Republican party.
But, rs Car as | can judge, there is
nothing tansible about it, except the
issues thatwere staked upon the war
aud lost. Finding nothing to take
hold of except prejudice, which eau
not be worked into good for any one
it is proper aud right that | should
seek some standpoint from which
good may be done.
Quotations like these from prouii.
ncut Southern Democratic politicians
from rebel soldiers, and from infueu-
tial rebel newspapers, might be null
tiplicd indefinitely. Enough have
been givcn to show how completely
aud how exactly tho Reconstruction
acts have met the evil to be remcdicd
in tho South, My friend, Mr., Has
saurck, in his admirable speech al
Columbus, did not estimate too high
ly the fruits of these measures. Sal,
he.
And, sir, this remedy at once Ct.
rcctcd the desired cure. The poo
coutrabaud is no longer the porsocut
ed outlaw whom incurable rebel
might kick and kill with impunity
but he at ouce become our colorc,
follow-oitizon," in whose wcll.boinI
his former master takes tho liyolies
interest. Thus, by bringing the no
gro under the American system, W,
have completed his emancipation. Hi
has ceased TO be pariah. From Al
outcast he has been transformed into
human being, invested with tho grea
national attribute of self-protectiou
aud the establishment of peace
and order, aud security, the royiyo
of business and trade, and tho rostor
alton Of the Southern States, on tn
basis of loyalty and equal justice I
all, will be the happy results of thi
astonishing metamorphosis, provide
the party which has inauguarate
this policy remains in power to carr
it out.
Tho peace Democracy general
throughout the North, oppose thi
measure. Iu Ohio they oppose it c'
pccially because it commits tho peo
plo Of tho nation in favor Of mar
hood suffrage. They tell us that
it is wise aud Just TO intrust the ba
lot to colored men IN the District
p Columbia, in the Territories, and
tho rebel States, it is also just al
: wise that they should have il in Oh
and ia the other States Of the Mort
: TnERIGHTop SUFFRAGE UNDER EoUA
AND IMPARTIAL LAWS.
Union mon do not question th
reasoning, but if it is urged as an oil
J lection to the plan Of Congress, "
reply: There are now within I'll
limits of the United States about liy
millions Of colorcd people. They al
not aliens or strangers. They a
here not by the choice of thomselv
t or of their ancestors. They are he
! by the misfortune Of their fathe
l and the crime OF ours. Their labo
priyations aud suforings, unpaid al
: unrequited, have cleared and redeem
) cd ono-third Of tho inhabited terrific
I ry of the Union. Their toll has ad,
) cd to the resources aud wealth of I'll
!. nation untold millions. Whether "
: prefer it or not, thoy are our couI
/ trymen, and will remain 50 forever.
| "a They aro more than couutrymen-
} they are citizens. Free colored pee
, pie were citizens of the colonies. Th
! Constitution of the United State
formed by our fathers, created Il
5 disabilities on account of color. Il
{ the acts of our fathers and ourselye
5 they bear equally the burdens and a
s required to discharge the highest d.
D ties of citlzeas. They arc compcllC
, to pay taxes and to bear arms. The
: fought side by side with their viii
) countrymen in the great struggle f
4 independence, and in the recent wa
I for the Union. In tho revolutionar
J contest colorod men bore an honor,
ble part, from the Boston massacr,
in 1870, TO the surrender of Cornwall
lis, 1881. Bancroft says: "Thc
names may be read op the pensio
, rolls Of the country side by side wit
those of other soldiers os the reyolu
ton" In the war of 1872, Gen, jack
son issued an order complimentin
the colored men of his army engage
in the defense of New Orleans.
need not speak Of numbers or thei
, services in the war of the rebellion
Tie nation enrolled and aeeepte
them among her defenders to th
number of about two hundred thou:
and, aud in the new regular army &C
passed at the close of tho rebellion
by the votes of Democrats aud UuIo
men alike, in the Senate aud 10 tb
House, and by the assent Of the Pres
ident, regiments Of oolorod Zen. cav
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