The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-05-11
Negro Suffrage.

the politics Of the country. All other consde-
rations scem 10 be laid aside, and the public
mind Il concentrated on this one evcnt-not
rhffhcr negroes shall vote, but rAsN they shall
exercise that privilege Negro suffrage Is now
only question OF time. The Northern States
will probably adopt Il as fast rs their Cons,i,u-
tons eau be altered. Conventions for that pur-
pose having already been called in several of
them, while In the States South Of Us IL Is already
established. Tennessee now allows negroes to
vote, and ut the coming election In that State
their political power will be felt. In the other
Southern States the work OF registering thosc On.
;iilci to vote, including negroes, is now rapidly
going on, and in every one Of them, in a few
months a, most, the right Of the negro to the
elective franchise will be established By law and
State Constitutions The idea Of this political
eluali,y may be. aud is, rcpuguani to US Mary
landers but We have got 10 take u, aud make
,hc most Of il. II ia necessary sequence TO the
rebellion and Of the insane. suicidal acts Of the
rebel democracy There were but few advocates
o.; aegrc suffrage in Maryland last fall, bu, now
they number Thousands Why this change -
The rcason may be easily found 4 r,Jsi Leg-
.slGaTs has asssmbloi ,,nes hsE, and We have
had taste Of the sor, Of measures they would
force upon the Unioa people Of Maryland The
party now in power in the few months that
they have had control u affairs. aAve injured
our State vastly rore than did the events OF the
years Of the rebeliou-it has Sc; Maryland back
wards 50 f,s tia; i, will take years before it Is
cniiFely recoveFed-it has LEFT our loved old
Commonwealth bankrupt, and with a repu,a.
;!oa for .reasonAble proclvites that nothing
short o: a political revolution can elFace
How Is this resolution to he effected II sevi.
dent that the friends o: treason oGinumber the
ioya. useG q the STATE, and by their wholesale
ea'ranchisemea, OF ,hose whom our Constitution
All laws disfranchised. d; Is equally eviden, ,hey
will continue 10 oGingniher us, aHhl ,le rotcs =
~ 'oga' alsfii ~ aiaisai That negroes will
vote n our Sia,s err long. no one acquainted
with he progress o; events can doubt Il ia
coming, xheihcr sc want IL or not, and no; ~
ans Efforts o; our own Il is eyea now = subic,
~ controversy whether the Constitution
Amcn!meat conferriue the righ, ~ suffrage upon
the negroes has not received the vo,es o. enough
Of the States ~ justify Congress In proclaim.
The lad, bat whether j, has or not, will No,
lons aGeci iae question The South Is rapidly
organizing uEteF the provisions Of the Recon.
s'rueton Act. Ani is people are accepting al
Us requirements u seoG faith There is no
doubt that IL fev months neArly all u the ten
eAc.2ded states will Be- back ia the Union on 9
thoroughly loyal basis, aud their first official &C,
viii De he fas.iug Of ,he Constitutional Amend
aient-IE iacL It = q coaiiton preceient TO the
admission o. their Representatives to Congress
When two or three more States adopt this
amendment. all doubt a. 10 its ratification will
he removed, aud there gill then be no abridge.
meet Of political rights on Accoun, Of color Ne
gro suffrage u coming without any action OF our
own, and !, would be well for u all to recognize
the fact and prepare yiora
Democracy has always been known a. the hit.
ter enemy Of tie negso race. II was this party
that opposed their freedom, and which, Hnsl
dreiy, 80 strongly opposed any Political aiilia,on
with the blacks. In view Of this, II 10 strange
how greatly The Democratic party seem TO now
respect their 81 eolored fellow-ci,iEens " in the
Southern States. Every democratic convention
now held in the South hold out tempting induce
menis for the negroes 10 affiliate with thsn-
talks about - the identity Of their interests.
their - mutual rights &c, and invites them 10
vote with their u old friends the democrats. -
They had a democratic State Convention IN Ten.
nessee the other day. At which the following res
oluiion was passed Oar eolored fellow-eiti.
zens, being now citizens Of the United S,aies,
" and citizens Of the State Of Tennessee, and vo-
" ters Of this State are entitled 20 all the rights
q" and privileges Of citizens under the laws and
" constitution Of the. United States aHd State Of
Tennessee There s democracy for sou. as
well is BID for 'he S-.sro vote Negroes en-
ihsf 70 an ne r'gb,s all priri,g,s ,, citizens ~
Why, iha; means negro equali,y--the right no,
only 10 vote ba, 10 hold Office TO III in the iury
box, and TO pursue any avocaiion they may see
proper And this too, from the Tennessse chiv-
airy These gentlemen Of gentle birth - and
% noble blood. a" who have always 90 s,renuoasiy
conienaed that negroes had no rights" now
declare that they are entitled TO ALL the rights
Of citizens T. Just Tor one moment imagine
Confederate General Helm the democratic can.
ddaie for Governor OF Tennessee. a man who
has done all he possibly could TO keep the color-
Ell naH in a State " degradation, ignorance and
slavery, addressing this same people az my fell
''iow-ei,izens," and trying 70 persuade them iha,
he has always hs~n their friend What a change
has come over thcss men CuiIse. while he wen,
up one co,ton-rvw aud down another, was an
animal armed with the ballot. he /. suddenly
transformed into zcnlleunan. and one which |
politicians Of the democratic persuasion arr spe
eially and particularly interested in-asoss slse.
noa hSs. Sambo ls nov a s,sa and a 5ro,Aev.
and his dear democratic friends arr anxious 20
take him TO their bosoms wool, ivory, odor and
ALL
As IN Tennessee, 80 will II be here. The dem-
ocrals Of Maryland now profess " holy horror -
At this bare idea Of the privilege OF the ballot be-
ing vested in the negro, hut when Il is an es,ab.
lishcd fact, we apPrehend that there will he :,
very radical change in this respect. We expect
TO scon 50 the democratic party Of this county
even, experimenting on this question. Me- "a
democracy has such power for shaping iiself TO
all kinds of Psineipiss. platforms and doctrines,
That y ossds chly crack Of the party whip to |
make shs uAnk and Gle accept any creed whaiev-
eF' ana whenever and vhsrVsr the negro has
vois, Tho democrats and conservatives grow en-.
essdingly clever towards hin. this ,r.l, 4. ,hs
political character Of the mod.sn a.s.oc,.. /
shows that they Invarisbly adhsrs 70 pr,.slgls
30 long a. aPays. We sxpssi 10 soon - som.
Of our democratic politicians visiting he hom..
Of The negroes, and with their enpaelous poek.s,
diassnded with peanuts, gingerbread and molas- |
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