The Placer herald., 1867-08-03
A Startling Programme.

men that the real end Of all this negro equal
ity business was the enslavement Of the
whites. The overthrow of the natural rela.
tions Of the races will and must be followed
by the artificial distinctions of class. The
men now pushing negro enfrauchisement
are, in fact, the secret enemies Of white suf
frage. Some Of them have awowed that
they desired the negro vote to balance that
Of our adopted citizens. But as the expert
ments upon the popular patience are all re-.
csived with submission, one at least, OF the
Mongrel leaders has spoken out the sen'i'
ment Of a vast number Of bis party. Hon.
James Hughes, Of Indiana, is the leader Of
the Mongrel party in the Legislature Of that
State, and be declared that be was personal
ly opposed to negro suffrage, but if his party
demanded it, he would goit. And then said:
Il am opposed to negro suffrage, not be-
cause they are negroes, or are black, for
those are matters Of taste aud prejudice, but
because the right Of suffrage has already
been too much extended aud cheapeued in
this country. While l am opposed to ex'
tending the right Of suffrage 10 the negroes
l AM IN FAVOR OF DISFPANCHISING
ONE-HALF OF THE WHITE PEOPLE
IN THIS COUNTRY. Our fathers COM
mit,ed great and fatal mistake in extend
ing as they did the right Of suffrage. All
history proves that there is but one interest
that is conservative and that can be safely
entrusted with the governing power. and
that is the PROPERTY INTEREST. When
man is possessed of property, he has a
stake in the country, and desires strong
and stable government, and will not endan-
ger bis property by unwise legislation or by
involving the country in war. The great
oil ject in our form Of government has been
the want of strength and power in the Fed
eral Government. 1t will be impossible to
govern this vast and rapidly increasing couu-
try under the operation of universal suffrage.
Our system of government has been mater"
ally and radically changed during the war,
and it can never be restored to ohat 1t aodS
prior to the scar. THE CONSTITUTION
is NOT WORTH THE PAPER UPON
WHICH IT IS WRITTEN. The first ef-
feet of universal suffrage will be to make
the government more nearly approach a
pure democracy, but this cannot be long
We will follow the examples Of other gov
ernmen,s. The strife of factions will 60 on
until ultimately the Senate or the President
will assume the control, when We shall kave
a strong and stable government. The Brit
isb Government is the best government that
ever existed on Gods earth, and the sooner
ours assimiIates itself to that Of the British
Government, the better it will be for the
country. do not hesitate to declare, no
matter how unpopular it may be, that if the
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good masters and mistresses, they would be
much better of, and the government would
be safer and stronger"
We have never seen sham republicanism
more tersey embodied THAI in this brief ex-
tract. Every wo'kngman in the whole
country ought to read it. Every person
who doubts that this is the British Tory
party seeking to undo the glorious work Of
Washington and Jefferson, ought to read it.
If the British government is the best one on
earth, wha; a scoundreI Washington was for
escaping from it! That any man could be
allowed 10 make such speech as this to
an American audience, augurs badly for our
country. 1t shows that Americans have
sadly degenerated when they can hear the
principles Of republican government openly
and de6aut|y insulted, and the labors and
deeds OF those whom they have been taught
to regard as immortal, counted as Of no mo-
ment.-N. Y Day Book. .,.....,
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