The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-15
CHI ARLES S TON.
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY Is, 1857.
GOVERNMENTS ARE FOR TIE BENEFIT
OF THE GOVERNED"

GOVERNMENTS ARE FOR TIE BENEFIT
OF THE GOVERNED"
t:Air. SuuSRn of MASSACHUSETTS,, on the 8th IN"
stcnt, presented Tie petition Of N1lam BOWL
end other co!cred citizens OF Mafsacnuset!s, IL =.
spectfuily demonstrating against the
Nebraska as a State with constitution olsian saa,
chisinp citizens on account OF color, ana asSsn
inr various grounds Of objection. Among tnen teaa
that the bill dsfranchised aclass because IL HSe Hte
numerically ilferor that Inc expellenie 10 =. feIv
entrusted only to loyal oitizensthe coIorea elS
7ans hing universally loyal; that loyal ctizen5
sbonId not bear the burden OF taxation p, ,;t;
cn that as il was exdent a .nae only
T., 1oya; citizens. ard no permanent anu Peaeeiu'
reeonetruction could there be Iaade eHcspt ~ -
frachisiilg loyal ctizens without dstactiba ~ s
cellar it was advisable tc allow WIZ IT, raSa States
ont"rr- Wodec 70 the admission OF the rePei sialee
III ;s f;ar.e provision; That coored people nsfe
slow. IL msnlscives capable Of exercising tbs rSns
nrorerlv in Messachuaetts aid cise"1eie, ahu
would SHOW thense."cs Equally WoltnJ =, v;ezs of
any republican fosm Of sovornnles - sioS of III
thesa fac:s thev pray that, IN the fornlauon VI w
noc SO .os Congress shall SEQ to it that al power
il t.eriyed from tue consent OF the governed.
The s;,oye is an extract from the proceed
iucs of Congress of Tuesday last. " ncea
not state that Mr. SUMNER endorsed every word
iu the petition, as it is well understood that, II
he does rot draw up these Eet.tiens himself II
i. done at his direction. When we haa reao
this much. we wondered where were the "let-
ters': bv which the honorable Senator always
corroboratcs his views. We had not to wal:
long. In the subsequent debate on the Ne
braska Bill, Mr. SuMNEE "read two letters
from members OF the Republican party IN Ne
braska, protesting against the passage Of the
bill with the Magd white" included, and hop
ing tha, an opportunity would be given to her.
t. form The first Republican Constitution that
| had ever been presented to Congress.
It might have been objected, and not without
reason, that Massachusetts negroes had Moth
ing to do with the proposed Constitution OF
Nebraska; but Mr.. SUMNER does not rest his
argume ent upon the .'petition, and strengthens
it by these said "letters'' always at handy
ssfrom members Of the Republican party in
Nebraska"
The Democratic and Conservative Republi-
can members plead for the ancient landmarks;
for the admission of this new applicant to the
confederation Of statessupon the same terms
as all her antecessors. They cannot see why
new conditions should be imposed upon the
citizens of Nebraska The pretext is, that the
insertion of the word .swhite'' in some Of the
clauses of the proposed constitution renders
the same un-republican in form. Similar
constitutions heretofore have not been con-
sidsred unrepublican; why should this It is
not even shown that there is single negro
now living within the ljpits of Nebraska. In
fact the colored citizens of Massachusetts arc
candid enough to admit that they do not care
whether blacks may vote in Nebraska or not;
but they call the attention Of the Senate to the
danger of admitting new State with
| swhite" Constitution /; it might be an enter
ing wedge to the admission of the rebel States,
With the same nrnYision. - -
done in Congress,-every bill proposed, resolu-
ton offered, memorial presented, is measured
by the Radical canon. "How will it affect
tho interests Of our party ?" The people in
the Southern States are held as irreclaimablc
reprobates,-never can become the subjects of
Radical conversion They must, therefore,
be kept out Of the pale of congressional saliva
tien. South Carolina Senators will never vote
for Simon Pure Republican measure, so the
one thing, above all others important, is to
keep these pertnacious rebels from voting at
all
Still it must no. be supposed that the Radi-
calls are altogether Indifferent or inactive in
regard to this vast neutral territory. every
week We hear of . delegations from Louisi-
ana, Arkansas. North Carolina and Virginia,
asking that the present government be set
aside in these States, and o loyal rule substi
tuted therefor. It is understood that Secre-
tary HARLAN recently spent several days in
this city with view of getting up such dele
cation; and we shall not be surprised to read,
in few days, that the Hon. CHARLES SUMNER
offered petition from sundry loyal citizens in
South Carolina, ETC.; or, it may be, that the
South Carolina delegation" had reached
Washington. If so, it will be found that said
dcputation consists of Yankee preachers, Yam
kce schoolmasters, ex-sutlers, and Federal
cffice-holders. These barnacles on the ship OF
State, together with smart sprinkling Of the
-sreedmens Bureau proteges, call themselves
forsoetl the people of South Carolina.
All! but they are loyal. And what is loyal
ty? A few years ago the word was unknown
Or this side of the Atlantic. Now we not only
have this added to the catalogue of virtues but
it has displaced charity, and covers multitude
Of failings. Intelligence, honesty, blamcless-
ness of life, go for nothing,-and these re-
4uisites are out If date. II you are loyal, you
:re 3 good citizen, and entitled to power. In
he South, we learn from the petition quoted
at the head of this article, loyalty is Of par
ticular color. "Loyal citizens alone are en-
titled to have voice in the government of these
States The colored people are all loyal,
ergo, the colored people should govern, and
by inference we are to read-the colored peo-
pie only are loyai, and, therefore, they only
should rule These are the present views Of
he Radicals,-far, far, in advance of what
hese same politicians advocated few years
lgo and the old leaders of Black Rcpubli-
;anism are now in disgrace. ]
What singular revolution in our national
politics? When ANDREW JOHNSON and VIII 8
IAN II. SEWARD have become martyrs for 6
southern Rights; and when CHARLES SUMNER
as to weep over the apostacy of BEN. WADE!
Heretofore, by the spirit of our Constitution, :
community was considered to have the right
0 determine by majority of its citizens, who
hall, and who shall not vote. President JonN-
on, in his recent veto message, took this old I