The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-02-16
WHAT THE SOUTH CAN DO.
How tho Southern States Can Make
Themselves Masters of
tho Situation.
To the Legislatures ofthe southern states

] write TO you as the intellectual leaders Of III,
Southern lpOplc-men who should DO able ant
willing to transcend the prcjudiccs OF section
10 suggest the only ground Of settlement between
The North aud South which, in my Judgment, car
be- successfully adopted.
Let me state the political situation. The radi-
cn principles Of the North aru imlnoyab,y Gxed
urun negro suffrage a. a condition Of Southern
STATE reconstruction. The proposed Constitution.
al Amendment Is not regarded as fnality. !,
s.Aii-ii's nobody, not even iis authors. In ihc
inird. 81 the Northern people the negroes az,
now associated with the idea Of loyalty to ~,
UuiCn. They arc considered citizens They
are respected % our allies" Il is believed in
the North that majority Of the white people OF
the south aFc at heart the enemies Of the Onion.
The aGvocaio5 Of negro suffrage daily grow
stronger aud more numerous.
On 1hc other hand majority Of the Southern
white population are inhexibly opposed to he
gro suffrage IN any form, universal or qualified,
aud aFe prepared 10 resist iis introduction by ev-
cry means 10 their power. In alliance with the
President aud the Northern Democracy they pro-
i,J, against nn, aul all term. Of leconsiruc-
ton, demand unconditional Fradmission
nnf await in gloomy silence the Republican mi
liai'su.
THIS absolute and growing anisgonisin can
oal! cad Il continued, in one oaaso resglts, ti-
tlic7 ~ renewal of civil war. or 10 a concession
.'v ;hc South Of political equality TO the negro
BGt IN case OF war, the South cannot possibly
a.cccc'i. The North j. to-day Gar stronger in
ncu AMI money, IN farms and EacIorios than
che was in i3G0.
She i now trained 90 war, conscious oi over
whelming strength, flushed with victory, and
RESPECTED, As never bcforc, by the nations Of El-
roVc Moreover, she IS much more united in pO-
liiical sentiment. do not again deceive your
selves. IL you should resort to artns the North
~
dent would instantly he impeached aad a radical
successor appointed
The south has lost social unity With the loss
of slavery. She cannot fight better than before.
And the bravcr her action, the more terrible
would be her fate.
Gcn,cnen, these ARE lacis-no, theories -
Wise inen try to soc ihings NJ they are uncolor.
I'd hy opinion or preference
The interest Of both North and South, since
they must live together, IS poaec, harmony and
real fraternity. No adjustment can fully sue
coed unless i, is acceptable 10 both sections -
Therefore the statesman and patriot mus, find 1.
common ground as q basis OF pcfmanen; :CeOn-
clliatI1u.
Now the iadicalisn Of the North is actual uf-
ganic aua progressive. lecognz. the fact
But Il - governments derive their iust
powers from the consen, OF the governed If
" taxation without representation Is tyranny
and Oh these two commandments hang all
the tkci'uhlican) law and the prophet. then
m,s' propositions arc ~ applicable 10 ,ro@en a. 70
n,gr'es.
Consistency Is Jewel The principle is go
broad that, Il you accept il ~ IL, eH,irdy you
can afford 20 lcnd--noi follow.
The population OF the late slave States Is about
twelve millions eight million white four mill
ions black. The radicals demand suffrage for
TIC black men on the ground named above
Very good Say 10 them, as Sir. Cowar said to
tho advocates of negro male suffrage in the Dis-
iFici "GpPly ygRr pSiHcpi,i Give suffrage to
q. men aad women o: mature age and sound
miud, aui We will accept il as the basis oi State
and national reconstruction
Consider the result from the Southern stand
point.
Yoar four millions of .SosiAerM lrkife lrorsei
irW eSnIR, r54lfno, your four MILLIONS ~ nsgro
l4rH aud ,rorsa, and thus M~ political supremacy
Cfyow triat rdes riN remain unchanged.
Think we'll of this. II is O calculation Of the
relative political influences Of white women and
Of negroes which perhaps yous people have not
yet considered Let us make the statement 10
figures. Estimating one uialc voter TO every FIVE
persons, your present vote IL
"hle nialcs...:... ........l 100000
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