The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1867-10-31
THE: E::.SAPE POLICY;
1l1tRaet I! from = Speech At AAeka, Hlnn
: '1Y CAPT. aESKa:117 IA H. cxfsiri1.r, c;fsli >. .
! 1DEToH OF 1an AxexA uSl0x.

ne s5ee. sssas g. ths dsy, y iaf1foba
issue, because it':is involved in meas
ures Of Reconstruction. 1t is State
issue in: Minnesota, since Ne will be
called upon next: Tuesday; to vote for
or against an amendment extending the
elective franchise to the negro. The
question, is thus squarely before US: Let
US not shirk it aslseventy thousand Re- Z
publicans- did in Ohio tho other day, by
staying; at home. Let US 60. to the
polls and vote our honest sentiments:
But before we go, let us sit down and
reason together. Perhaps; some Of us
have erroneous views, which it is our
duty as patriots to revise. and reconsid-
or ~: K
I can conceive Of but two classes Of
to this measure; The one
elaas, many times tbe more numerous;
is animated bJ.is prejudice. Probe
through all the DISCUSSES, aud you will
find that their opposition is founded up
on the fear that the negro will: some
how become thef equal i; With such *e
1iit:i 90. sst9&e!pi! &!i!t te .lsse. :shev your
own manhood by purging younelves Of
ths = !seqatenppttihle spirit. The world
l has been shaken with, the .thnuders q:
God to often sef .h.s to- zlosges.d dndute.f
dtt:::.aH i: Hgeg .ze' tfnM Of negro eaaality,'
it II. j. because ,yos ars eooseieus ef you72
oxa inferierity.d .dt Hsuliatiae!sd sdonfes-
.isea ! L, 1hks it hens eadthinkof il: > D.
/. The othez elsae: :epposs nanheod Suuf.
flsge hseause .:they 1sar daeer: 70 the
country from. IL adaptioos: -,Rh an re-:
speet theis: netiys% saads ssddreas them
sszioa,l3.. & They ~ that The: strength
Of tho nation lies in: tho intelligence 81
tho people.~overlooking the broad
dhtsttioh b1sxieen thss term Intelii.
gsneeI whioh they: uaas,s ana tho term,
Education, which they mean, We VIII
gnnth willingly. But suppose some
Of tho oitisens are :'nnot educated. Gan
you declare ignorance 4 crime, and pun.
ish it. II so, you must reach the; real
criminal, tho parents, 81 in the case. Of
the negro, their late masters at the
South. Punish these if you wish by
distranchisement, and make II it the law
Of the land that hereafter no father
shall vote, who, .neglects to educate bis
children, but DO not .not punish the chill.
drea for the <pareut,I' misdsmeanor.-
Meanwhile the exereissof the privileges
Of manhood vill- be- ::the best Of eduea,
Ftor,. q The Instincts of l. people hoveY:
er igncrant;y when nut IT, 1inhdifseted b
superstition VIII gdids Them .tight
They may 30 deceived; ;.,ind. 'sswe1yed
temporarily, but thar hearts will turn
70 the truth u surely q the needle te
the, pole. The destinies Of .ths, nation
are safe in, the hands Of its loyal chill
oEeo:: & ys$4uT 4,5os savsH,s, tva -
But it will be urgeds if ~sd1t them
vote We must elect them to oaes. No,
necessan|y:so If we DO, 1t is our owl
fault, and who is to !bhme'?l We vii
not do it without good and suf6cien
tea.ons, and If We Have these reason.
We ought to do it., - -.'' ;.
But the crowning fear Of the dange
.hriekers is that the blacks VIII aet cor
:, trol Of the South, and the consequence
will b terrible Let ~ sfollew out th
line Of theiriugubrioqs forebodings.-
Suppose that in South Carolina, Aher
tho negroes are in = majority, the