The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-02-16

Supiosc all the negroes vote one way and all
/ the white the other, yCgr white majority would
nc 500, o0OeqgIi 70 J,r,scni foiai rtir Thus
/ YOU would control your own state Legislation. -
Meanwhile, your influence in the councils OF the
nation will be greater than ever before, because
I your cniancipaied slaves will hc counted in the
basis Of approximation, instead Of as formerly In
the ratio Of five for three
Ia the Ugh, Of the history Of your Conle,lcra.
/ cy, can any Souiherncr fear to irus, the women
Of tie South with tine ballot?
Bat 'hc propt!ciy OF your making the proposal
lies deeper than any consideration os sectional
cApciicncy. n YOU must try the Republican
experiment., ,ry il fully and fairly. Since you
are compelled 20 union with the North remove
every seed of future controversy n you are 10
. SHARE the future govcrnmcu, OF your States with
a race you deem naturally an 4 hopelessy inferior.
avert thu social chaos which seems To YOU so iu-
mnoni. 10y utilizing the intelligence and pa,rio,-
| is'n OF the wives and daughters Of the South.
/ Plant yourselves upon the logical Northern
I principle. Then no new demands can ever be
| made upon YOU. No future inroads Of fnna,icism
car pn,w sectional discori
Tho eject upon the North would ho % rfroig-
hpni., iDifoi larisss. " Justice satisfies every
| hoit The acgro, thus protected against ol,-
I pr,ssion 10y possessing the ballot would cease 10
l., the prominent object OF philanihropc interest.
| Northern iistrusi, dsarined by Southern magma
I nimiiy, would give place TO the livelios, sen,i-
,ncn,s Of confidence aud regard. The grca, no.
| liiical drsideraium would be attained. Tke ne
gFo question ToHR te forerer rergoroi frof. Ls no
I ifieR ar,nf. National parties would again crys-
.a!li.c upon legitimate questions ~ national In
icrrsi-iueslions OF tariff, finance aud foreign re.
lAIi0ns. The disastrous conflict between Federal
and State Jurisdiction would cease. North and
South, no longer hammer aud anvil, would for
/ get and forgive the past. SehoOl-houscs and
churches would be our for,iicaiions and in.
,rcnclmens. Capital aud population would flow,
like the Mississippi. towards the Gulf
The black race would grayiia,e by the law OF
nature towards the tropics The memory and
| splfi, Of Washington would be cherished and
every deed of genuine gallaniry and human.
iiy would lie treasured as the common glory OF
/ the republic.
Do you say that Northern Republicans would
not accept such proposition They cannot
avoid II.
Tho matter Is In your hands Ia New Jersey
| then n slave Siato) from 1910 to 1907, a Ieriod
Of ihirty-one years, women and negroes voted on
precisely the same footing as white men. Nc
catastrophe, social or political ensued
The following Is an extract, from the New
Jcrscy election law Of 1921
% Sec. .. Every voter shall openly and In fnl
view deliver his or her ballot, which shall be
single written ticket containing the namcs Of tn
person, OF persons, for whom ks or sks totes." 6c
Your Southern lcsislaturcs can extend suiffag,
on equal terms 10 " al inhabitants" )" ~ the n.
State Convention did In iT7G. Then let the Re
puhlicans In Congrcs refuse 10 admit your Sena
tors and Representatives, " they dare. II 30
they will 60 under Upon that issue fairly mad
up, the men of positive convictions would rail-,
round the new aud consistent Democratic party
The very element which has destroyed slavor,
would side with the victorious South, and " ou
OF the no,lle danger you would pluck the fowe
saicty.' Respectfully yours,
lirSRy b. DLAcxwELL.
New York January Is, 1857