The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-08-11

President of the South Carolina Radical Con-
vention accepted the resignation of white
delegate, who could not subscribe to the plat
form adopted was q most significant evidence
of the course about to be adopted by the negro
msjority in the South. The intentions of the
radicals in Congress, or rather their anticipa-
tons that the cOored voters would be ruled
by mere handful of adventurers, promise to
be rudely thwarted even while the experiment
of negro suffrage is still in its incipiency.
There are none 80 blind as those who will not
see, and it is utter folly for any one to pretend
that Mr. Sambo Jefferson, of Rutland district
will quietly submit to having all the Offices
held by few white men, when he and his
dusky compeers are the voting majority. The
desire for political elevation, beyond the mere
privilege of casting vote, is made palpable
by the fact of there being several colored
candidates already in the field. while one
aspirant for a seat in Congress is even now
stumping the State Of South Carolina.
Has not this experiment Of negro enfranchise-
ment and white disfranchsement gone quite
far enough, and is there not material danger to
the United States, in permitting ten States to be
ruled by an ignorant race, aided by few I'M
principled white men? This question must
not be regarded in the light of a present poll
teal necessity. We must look to the future,
and reflect whether good can come from our
present policy. In the State of Louisiana there
are in round numbers one hundred thousand
white men above the age of twenty years. OF
this number not forty-three thousand have been
permitted to register. On the other hand the
male negroes of the same age, who number
barely ninety-six thousand have registered
fully eighty thousand votes. These figures are
appalling, although they can be easily explained.
No white man was permitted to register who
held the petty Office of parish constable, city
policeman, notary public "a purely business
ofice), or village alderman. And while this
rigorous system was pursued towards the
whites, untutored negroes, and even colored
minors, it has been asserted, were permitted to
register without question. The result, then, Of
the Reconstruction law in one Of the richest
States Of the Union will be the Inauguration
of a State government filed with negro officials,
| and counterpart presentments Of Parson
Brownlow and the radical Hunnicutt Nay,
more: we learn that negro members of the New
Orleans city government have been de-
manded by the republican leaders and already
appointed by General Sheridan. We thus per-
ceive the natural result of policy Of repres-
sion on the part of the government
What has been said of Louisiana must be ap-
piled to all of the other Southern States, ex-
| ceptng, perhaps, Mississippi and Arkansas,
where the law has been literally construed by
General Ord. The sum total, however, will be
| the same. Now, the question is, whether the
whites Of the ex-rebel States will consent to
be ruled by negroes, and whether the people
| of the North will compel such consent In the
| first instance it would be well to reflect that
| no case can be cited where a superior race
| ever submitted to the rule Of an inferior one.
But placing aside this point, which is after oil,
but question of opinion, so far as it relates to
superiority and nferiority, let us take the ques-
ton in another sense The relative position Of
the whites and negroes in the South is and
will be that Of taxpayer and voter. This is the
whole point in nutshell Will the ruling negro
be provident Of the money that he has not to
supply, or will he, confident in his numerical
superiority, vote just such taxes Is his fancy or
caprice shall dictate? This is o point that can
not be overlooked. We very much fear that .
most unhappy state Of affairs win be the 'logi-
cal consequence Of negro domination. Will
the whites-the landowners, taxpayers ant
sole dependence of the States for their materia
prosperity-quietly submit to The rule OF al
ignorant and poverty stricken majority, headed
by men whose desire for Office is prompted
: solely by their impecuniosity II regarded
purely as a political move, we still perceiv
danger in this placing Of white men under the
heels of negroes. Look at the policy through
any light, and evils ever appear The aggres
o sive spirit OF the blacks, and the implacabl
hostility Of the Southern whites towards ther
as political equals are most potent argument
against persistence in q course which must il
< evitably lead to . collision between the tw
4 races Of most dangerous character.
o We do not believe that the people Of tn
: North are ready or willing to subscribe
negro rule. The day when they will WELDON
q Fred Douglass a. Vice President Of the Unite
N States, and John N. Langston as Senate
q from Virginia has not yet come, nor is IL like
!. to come ff long number Of years. II
y negro must, therefore, be made to underssan
Or that although he will never again be reduce
to slavery, he must rest content with his pc
u sonal freedom, and not aspire 10 that polite
!. and social equality which cannot fail
4 the end TO bring him more blows than honor
10 We repeat that the people Of the Nor
are not ready for negro rule, and IL q
o. old copperhesd leaders could be induce
:" 10 retire from the arena and leave the fe
A clear for fresh ideas, a new organizatio
70. headed by Grant, and having for iu platfor
til Aha annrounacu Of the xhita man In the affai