Randolph journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1865-186?, 1867-01-31

For the first time in or history,
every American patriot secs the mean
Ing of those great words, "ETERNAL
VIGILANCE Il TIE PRICE or LTBEE-
Tl-.n We in Missouri, especially,
understand their import. 10 have
been loyal Missourian through thc
last six years, ought 10 make 4 uan
familiar crueh with rcbeli>m and
rebels, neyes tol leave either umwa,ch-
cl. In official action viii not; nor
VIII lot go any lawful hold that can
be taken OF them. | viii do nothing
I'm revcsgc, or from nl:slicc; but to the
sfuriheSt and latest reach of ny voice
and vote, rebels shat. be made to feel
that tie day is past, llevcr 20 return,
swhen they can hope t. rule this land.
or shape it, destiny, il policy or it,
thoug.lt
70 carry tiis on. in l. integrity, this
whole country must be made ~trall-
ger u the power OF oligarchy and the
iahlence OF caste, based on tine color
os the skin, with which the great Gre
a.or has, in lis wisdom, clothed his
cceatlre, -t'n.an, whatever his color,
IN Isl be he'd to be II maa, every
where, under nil circumstances, 10
'evcrF intent, before every tri0unal; AID
this nation must, g the utmost limit
oI is rightiul power, Guaranty his
mJii.l rights II him. whoever
would rob him of them. o" pn.ier
Whatever pretcxt the robbery Is per-
pctratcI or Threatened. tnation that
wouli stand iliy BY, and le: millions
of it c.tizcns be 80 robbed, whether hs
inii1;l,ial lawlcs ncss, or bv organized
communities !. ..Suping 10 act through
law, olga. Itself 10 be lespo;led.
Thu, spca.sing, YOU will probably
have anticipatc,l M next worels-thc
negro must be cn.fdnchi~ci. Without
tha. he cln net be really free, nor can
the nation be cain. y, long ~ he is
di~franclii~eI thrnation carrie With
ii Itself magazine OF opprc is.oA and
wrong, which, Il sure q hulGn rights
are 4 reality, Will one day explode and
shake il To ts center With the ballot
in Iii, hand the negro can and viii
quenei tic spirit Oh rejel.ion, t. its
very last spark; without it he, by his
very helplessncss, invites aggres sion,
and stimulates the greed of tyranny
the same tyranny which beeot the
late rebellion, and w1lld to-day light
The fires OF another, If it dared. This
truth Is cyeritefore me; not dragged
forth To revive waning enthusiasm,
or spur tagging purpose, bat always
rising up of Itself, always looking mc
full in the face, always eXlcting atten
ton and respect, alWay., demanding
obedience to its stern mandate tlfat
the negro be fully anl irrevocably en-
f.anchiscd. If | know myself, J will
not shun its gaze, or refuse il respect,
lor deny its obedience. Wheneverand
however the suhjec, may properly
come up, / will demand and uphold
impartial suffrage, by which | mean
suffrage fer the black man on precisely
The same terms a FOR the white man.
II more be required Of him to entitlc
: him to vote, there is, there can bc no
other possible reason for it, than that
(tld fna,Ie him black; and I will not
stamp Gods work in him 7itl any
5adge of degradation and conteispt,
which the aristocriitic pride, the un-
reasoning prcjudiccs. or the wicked In
genaity of mcfrmay devise.
70 sespre III; great end of negro en-
flslsichisement,' 4 will take no by-paths,
nor viii enter into any bargain which