New-York tribune., 1867-08-03
NFW-JFRSEY.

THE ODD JULY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. M
PUBLCANs sQUARELY FOR EQUAL Fhhi.Doh 10. ,''
THE TIgID MEN-NEw-JERsEl sLNA IN, VI'2 nt,
SOUND ON THE GREAT QUEsIIoNwNIE W, IL. 80 or
NEVADA AND HENRY wILsON-POLlIlCAL
REFLECTIONS.
To the Editor Of The Tr;bHHG
S,p. You said. some time ago, that the triumph
OF Equal Suffrage could not long DE poslpon'u - o.,
Jersey Since the day when prophets were s'oeu iUi
being prophets has happily passeu 'saNe 'H'S .NO
seers are sometimes now treated 10 Jeers anu ,D
safely say that YOU spoke prOphecaly theh Ne"Jscy
no 1oor stands Iarcard in the march Of Equal Freedom,
and e 23d day Of July in the year OF grace l6 Is one
long he remembered ny .no % tS yn brst tn
w. cerine that her soil shall not he the place Oi burial,
~ be rrsnrrection-pace for human Liberty
frbe tinid GOOD men, always Republicans, but always
+noTons sad they were glad to see the dawn OF popu
m ,"once.1 hut said that this taking n common
Hack man who had only done little lighting Tor ms
White brother and investing him with the open sesame OF
iti newer was to saw the least of IT, little preIna-
tnre Such counsels prevailed last Winter. But the
wrath OF the people hnded only Atle ana pres
ntiv the dounr Thomases found the people shouting
ont three leagues ahead OF them that every man in
America should have the same chance in the race OF NE
with every other man. and didn't matter whether he
was white whether it had pleased God to make hun
black. And suddenly the doubling ThOmases 90 their
credit be IL sa wheeled into line saving as they heard
the gOundswe of popular clamor surely we can clohe
black in Ncw-JerSey with the same political rights
his brother has in North Corolna 1--WE will not wait"
they said "tl the darsknned sons OF the Republic be-
intelligent for that would be alter putting Out ms
eyes for 200 years 10 at him. besides for beng bhd
representing them OF such faith, gathered togcheI AZ
Trenton avOwug, and that Justify tatit had bten gwen
them clearly to see the force ol ana e nsceSSS U to
new gospel of equality before me dr And, as MIotu
you many weeks ago, there were doubts whether our
New-Jersey Senators In Congress were up To e SuneI
Stevens platform, 1 now, as simple act OF g1slGS s,y
that both of NewJerseys Senators are accord WIN e
stern and stubborn determination Of the American
people that this Government shall h so reconstructed
that every citizen under the nag sla nave hl5 pSsoll
and political liberty guarded by pOycr-and that the
power shall be strong enough in spite o. perdous Fres
dents despite tmescryng Cabinets, 10 permit the most
-. = o{tys az descent
stand at the ballOt-boN the superior st JEFFERSON
Davis, and the peer of every good cltlcn.
It seemed 10 me- listened 10 the plain, but convincing
words of Henry Wilson, sometimes statesman, ana al
WAYS politician, and rs heard the Keen, Drllan anu
sometimes pathetic utterances Of Nye OF Nevada that
could, IN imagination, eaten gleam Oh the 'uln s.uV VI
surrounding the gaOws Of old John Brown, who ded 10
make all free. For four years ago tne Old nero oI
OssaWatame had but defender on the moor OF elthe
House sing praises 10 the immortal courage oi
Slavery. Well may the matches orator say that Johi
Brown was the bright consummate Hover OF our tll4a
nhcInce TO me now, Nevada ana Massachusetts ne
hands IN carrying into practice tue everlasting truths i1
which John Brown died. Well may queen NhtoiIu @ @ >
soldiers sing, that his soul is marching on as they ~
sling their guns beside the river Thames ~,
one word upon New-Jersey local politics. anu , nd,o
done. This "a small state, and every man i'll ~ "Hl
10 be a "hg man" When one politician gets ms hciu
above water many OF the Others make common Sause 70
keep him down, fearing that thSIo Inag Y Ronutlcaps
there is too much work 20 DO now 10 permit etlies ~ M
rivalres for personal precedence II We u4uPn =. VIZ,
be because we are rgh'i ~ WI. wiz a",s po tbo
sytuu0tbv iustiuctiyelv follows muscular hoiahly,
yeracity and courage. and irc W triumph because 3uI
quarrel being just the wicked Wtahhtss m s",.,u -
Tcmncracy cannot stand against that righteous sreugh
of a Rcpublcausm which is htubpoiliy aLu soi.iN'S
convinced that our strife Is TO make hulnl IA" n i,,,
ton OF Gods law Let Us grd on our aIhof' 40 youI
't,t1i Ca5,oea, y j., July 30, 1867.