The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-09-04

ted States, they would undoabtedl y
be entitled to their seats. Kentucky
accerds, to every State the right to
choose it's Representa- tivesl in co inform
,ity with theiConstitution, w whateyer
I may .be etheiT political opinions, and
she claims the same right for herself.
h Let any other9 construction of the
Constitution prevail, and let it ube
understood that the mere caprice
Whims and political prejudices oof'
Congress are supreme upon this sub
-ject, and it may anot he long before
representatives may be denied their
seats because 4 they chance ito be
IPrptestantsz Catholics Or Democrats,
and when the elections are about to
take place the people willq have 40.
alternative left them but to send COM
mittees to Congress, to ask of that
body. for when they will graeiously
permit them to east their syotes.
At the last session of Congress
our Representative were present, and
ready to take the oath of office as pre-
seribed by that body, but as yet they
have not been admitted to their seats.
1 sincerely trust, however, that the
time OF passion and prejudice will
sepu pass away, and that kentutk Ky
TWlll not much longer be denied those
sacred rights which are guaranteed
her by the Constitution itself. He
touches the negro question thus:
The negroes everywhere throughout
the United States have been emancl-
pated, and whether wisely or unwise-
ly, it is needless row to say. ltis an
accomplished fact, fixed inexorable
fact, and as such we should re-
-ceive it. 1t. becomes us also to
see that the negroes are pro-
tected to the fullest extent in both
their persons aud their property. We
should treat them humGnelyeand kind
ly. and do all we can to better their
condition and make them usefu. to
the State; and in my first message to-
the. Legislature | will make ls9me
commentators upon this subject.
They must understand, however, that
white men will rule Kentucky. We
are not yet sunk so low as to consent
to, be governed by negroes.l a know
that there are few renegade whites
among iAus whose appetites 80
lust after place aAd power that they
would be willing to see the white IN
subsection to the negro. if they could
fill their pockets with filthy lucre or
crafty their unhafiowed ambition
thereby; but, thanks to God, they are
few in number, and will decline into
insignifcancys when their diabolical
and disgraceful plans are fully dis
closed In Kentucky even the ma
jority of the Radicals declare their
opposition to negro suffrage, and my
radical competitor. Col. Barnes, in
the recent canvass repeatedly de-
nounced it, Had he advocated such
an odious measure the vote
cast for him would have been insig-
nifcant, even when compared with
the small Jvote which he received.
The white is. the superior race, as
history and Science acclaim, and will
never accept the position of inferi-
ority, or negro equality-the thought
is revolving to the white race. Other
States should have the right to act as
they please upon this subject. Ken
lucky fully accords them that right,
but she claims the same privilege for
herself, and aill never consent that
any but white men shall represent
her interests CIR her honor.