The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1867-06-21

sought was plainly this then: to obtain
strength where they had none, and weaken
their opposition there:
! They violated the foundation Of rcpubli
can government since they admitted class
] of people to the right of ballot who possess
little. or no Intelligence and less virtue. :.
| They have shown themselves unfit reposi-
tories Of public, trust, since they have sacri-
feed the national welfare to their own sell
fish party ends.
! They have gone further:
They have taught us how little real sta
bili.y there is in our & Government, since tran
sient majority party can defect its power to
their own party ends. They have shown us
that a minority has no rights which a
majority is bound to respect, since for
seven years minority in the North has
been repeatedly gagged and denied the right
of discussion and for two years last past,
their protests, their rights and their inter-
ests have been wholly and con:emptuously
disregardcd.
They have shown that the Constitution is
no safe guard for the minority, since they
can rapidly amend it to suit their own
purposes.
1t has been revealed to us that the Su.
preme Court, even, is no longer that irwin
chile bulwark behind which oppression
could not reach, since it has shown will
llngness to conform to dominant, oppressive,
political ideas.
The have demonstrated, forcibly and
practically, that the doctrine that MAORI
ties. shall rule,' as now provided, is not
safe one for Republic, and that we have
yet lessons tolearn in representative gov
ernment; that government of numbers is
not the greatest bliss nation eau enjoy.
The lamentable ignorance ofthe Southern
negroes is brought into holder relief by this
new position into which they have been
forced, which requires the exercise of an
intelligence which, with occasional excep-
tons, they do not possess.
What education will do for the mass we
can only hope and conjecture. A genera
ton or two must pass away before the
crushing effects of slavery will have van
ished. 1t is their present condition we have
to do with. Whether it is wise, or polite
or humane to confer upon such race such
power is an open question on the mega
tive of which are arrayed the very founda-
ton principles of Republican government
That it makes him more dangerous, be-
cause more powerful, tool in the hands of
politicians is evident. That with the two
opposing white parties contcsting for his
bower, with the interests of one of
which he is identified, and to the other
of which he is bound by ties of gratitude,
| he occupies precisely the position he always
has since the abolition hue and cry was
raised-the bone over which the two hun
cry dogs were snar,ing
| But, wise or unwise, the nation stands
irrevocahly committed to it.
The only recourse is to haul down from
its arrogant position as soon as possible,
the party which has run into its dotage so
quickly, and been guilty of such fragrant
acts Of injustice and fooiishness.
One word for the young man who fulmi-
mated his small thunder with such effect in
the Tribune few weeks ago. W. &. H. is
evidently bilious I would prescribe for
him one box of Ayres' .Cathartic. a bottle OF
S. T.-1S6o-X, to be followed by MILL on
Liberty, and topped off" with an article
in the North american Rcriew, of October,
1866, on " How we differ" For subse-
quent course of diet, 1,would offer him
Whateley's Logic, to be continued with
Mills System of Logic, and for the rusti6
cation Of his extreme views, [ recommend a
careful perusal of the New Testament. He
should remember that to say man Giles, ~
besides being very naughty and rude,
doesn't prove it, and generally speaking,
fair people people will believe it when he
proves it. l would furthermore recon
mend him to improve his style when he
next assumes the critique, SO that his
efusion would not bear such an unmistak-
able odor of the corner grocery about
it. | offer these remarks in a sincere spirit
of friendiness to the, evidently, young
man. P.J S.