White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-12-19
THE TRIBUNE FOR 1858.
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The year 1868 will long be remembered
for its settlement of the boundary ques-
tion between Aristocracy of Color and
Impartial Humsn Liberty. The War OF
the Rebellion being closed. we have now
to decide whcth.r the fundamental idea
which impslled and justified the Rebel
lion shall dominate over our whole coun-
try, molding her institutions snl shaping
her destiny. II it bs true that God has
not created al men. but only White men.
in His own imsge. aud made them equal
in political snd civil rights. then it is a
worldwide calamity that Grant did not
surrender to Leo at Appomattox; AMI
"The Lost Csnse." tredden into mire
under the hoofs of Shsridsn's roagh-r rid.
ing cavalry. not only should but will be
regained in Constitutional Conventions
and at the ballot.b boxes. If the Black
race, because they are Black, should be
excluded from the jury box and repelled
from the ballot boz. then Stonewsll Jack.
son ought to head the roll of Ameri lean
martyrs. emblazoned high shove the
names Of Warren and Mercer and Pulas.
ki: OF Ellsworth. Lyon, Baker, Reynolds,
Wadsworth. Kearnsy, Sedgwick. and
Mcpherson
If is difficult to argue with blind.
besotted prejudice, grounded in ignorance
and fort Ged by self -conceit. Devoid Of
reason, it is hardly emensble to reason.
n.k ~.:llsoo, s,,ho ,rn.lI L. 100000 4 =.
appeals based on Justice and humanity
can be stirred BY facts which affect their
own interest and safety. The naked
truth that every Southern State recon-
structed on tbs white basis is to-day q
Rebel Stste-sh,ped and ruled by men
who execrated Liucoln'e reluctant and
tsrdy resistance to the Rebellion as Q
csuseless and criminal aggression. and
profoundly rejoiced over Bull Ron ss
their victory-will prove invincible. we
can but bring it home to the apprehension
Of every ioyal szeer. There n no para.
mount question Of good faith or gratitude
to the Blacks. Their votes are as neces-
sary to the preponderence of White 10y
atty as to their own protection and sscu-
rity. Reconstruct the South on the
White basis. and every one Of the 6ftsen
States which held slaves in 1860 will be
intensely. overwhelmingly Copperhead
thenceforth and evermore. Allow to-day
the plea that the Blacks are ignorant and
degraded. and thoss you thereby clothe
with power viii take good care thst the
plea shall be ~ valid snd we'll grouded a
century hence % Il now is. Public Ed.
ucation and Civil Rights for the Freed.
men can only be achieved and maiutsined
through the ballot. 1--WE are for Negro
sutIrags-tss ssay they uttered in Nsv
Orleans." was the inscription on q ban.
ner borne in the late Conservative or
Democratic procession 10 Baltimore: and
the spirit that dictated that avowal is
still rampant in the South. Bot for what
is stigmatised q Military Despotiem. it
would daily avengs BY outrage and inaic-
tion what it deems negro trescheiy to the
Southern cause.
The Tribuns has declined to be lnted
or turned aside from the Msin Question.
1t has presistentiy refused to swell the
clsmor for vengeance on the defested
Rebels. whether BY execution or BY con-
6scstion: aud one Of iis strong reasons
for this cou1s 10 . conviction thst no
drop OF Rebel blood could be coolly. do
she'd without essentially, eloud-