White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-11-28
trrat,ruute Resulas.

1segifirnafe Results.
The claim has been set up that it is
not necessary to extend the elective fran-
chiss to negroes. in order to protect their
liberty and rights. ss the whites have al
ready ensctsd laws protecting them ss
fully as could be done II tie negroes them
selves had votes. a little thought will
show the fallacy Of ihis reasoning. Whs,
security have any people in The possession
Of rights that they hold q. the mercy Of
somebody else, aud 10 the maintenance Of
which they have no voice? Those who
grant these rights. have the same power
to take them away. whenever the whim
ssizes them.
Tbs effects OF recent votes on the suf
frsge question, are seen in Q Thousand
different ways. There is class who vo-
ted against negro suffrage. who wonld not
stoop to wrong a negro. or subject. him
to petty annoy snces but then there is q
lower and more debased GLASS. who only
look upon negroes as being beneath them
and regard the recent elections "a pop
ular declaration of that inieriority, and
as sort OF warrant TO trample upon and
annoy them. 1t comes more natural to
kick and cud negro now. than it did a
few weeks ago. We have heard OF cases.
since the election. in which men who
have been in the habit OF drinking and
gaming with negroes. and loafng about
their houses, have refused TO work on Job,
unless white men instead Of negraes were
pat oa 10 assist them. Negro property
has been damaged. By playing tricks
which would subject the perpetrators te
prosecution, ii the men imposed upor
were white. This disposition crops on
, in many different ways, nnd is nothing
more nor less than legitimate result o
the recent elections. The people hav'
re-affirmei that negroes nre not entitled
to the priyilsges Of citizenship. while be
ing compelled 10 oear its burdens. apt
this mark of inferierity prompts The low
minded 10 exhibit ihsic so.e,lled saperi
ori,y in the only manner TIN their feebi
intcllecis can conceive Of. /, is simpl,
saying, By acts. that as negroes have NJ
votes. they consequently have no righ,
> that are entitled to respect.
Accounts from the South, show o still
more dangerous feeling prevailing there
among the leading classes. Since tn
late elections, former large STAKEHOLDER
have conceived the idea that slavery viii
, ere long be re- es; Gbished, aad their slave
restored to them; or ct least that the.
will he paid for the loss of their slaves
In this belief, many are ascertaining tb
whe eabouts of their slaves; and other
arc making oat lists Of theirs, with ful
valuation at prices previous to the war
preparatory to presenting their claims 70
payment. Aud Il the party that police
such heavy vota this Fall. should sgaiI
secure full control Of the Government
,here ia no reason TO doubt that, Will
repudiating tie debt contracted to ssv'
the nation, the country wonld be taxed
to pay for the slaves forfeited by the Soutl
in rebeling: and it is by no means i'm
probable that they would attempt to re
enslavo the negroes.
But all this is the effect of the defeat o
negro suffrage. I. is nonsense TO Say
thst negroes do not need votes. aud tina
their rights arc as well and as securely
protected by the whites, as they would b.
il they were cnfranchised.