The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-15
CHI A ES TON
TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 10, 1857.
GOVERNMENTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT,
OF THE GOVERNED"

sG0HERNMENTy ARE FOR THE BENEFIT
OF THE GOVERNED"
ar sUar Of Massachusetts On the h,in 9Th in
| slant, presented the petition OF William BroWn,
and other colored citizens Of Massachusetts, re-
s,,ectfuIly demonstrating against the admission Of
chising citizens on account Of color. and assign
| ing various grounds Of objection. Among thom
s6e nor that the Of the
last six years showed that suffrage could be safely
entrusted only to loyal ctzens,-the colored citi-
shod sou lesn nes bear the burden o taxation without
representation; that as it was evident that polt1-
to loyal citizens, and no permanent and peaceful
reconstruction could there be made except by en-.
4 s to What e
entering wedge to the admission OF the rebel States
with the same provision; that oooEed people haze Ee
properly, in Massachusetts and elsewhere, and
would show themselves equally worthy Of it under
these facts they pray that in the formation Of al
| ew States Congress shall see to1t that oil power
! is derived from the consent OF the governed"
The above is extract from the proceed
ings OF Congress OF Tuesday last. We need
not state that Mr.. SUMNER endorsed every word
in the petition, as it is well understood that, if
be does not draw up these petitions himself, it
| is done at his direction. When we had read
this much, we wondered where were the s'let-
ters' by which the honorable Senator always
corroboratcs his views. We had not to wait
long. In the subsequent debate on the Ne
brnska Bill, Mr.. SUMNER ssread two letters
from members of the Republican party in Ne
braska, protesting against the passage of the
bill with the word ts white included, and hop
ing that opportunity would. be given to her
to form the FIRST Republican Constitution that
had ever been presented to Congress"
| 1t 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
argument upon the sspetition,' 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 States, upon the same terms
as all her antecessors. They cannot see why
new conditions should be imposed upon the
citizens of Nebraska. The prctext is, that the
insertion Of the word white in some of the
clauses Of the proposed constitution renders
the un-republican in form. Similar
constitutions heretofore have not been con-
s:dersd uarcpublican; why should this? It is
not even shown that there is single negro
now living within the limits of Nebraska. In
fact the colored citizens of Massachusetts are
candid enough to adlnit that they do not care
whether blacks may vote in Nebraska or not; !;
but they call the attcntion Of the Senate to the
danger of admitting new State with o
"wnite' Constitution; it might be an g enter
.rg wedge to the admission of the rebel States,
with the same provision
This is the real trouble Every thing now
fi"n" in Congress, every bill proposed, resolu-
ton offered, memorial presented, is measured
by the Radical canon. sHow will it affect
the interests Of our party::" The people in
;he Southern States are held as irreclaimable
I reprohatcs,-neyer can become the subjects of
a Radical conversion. They must, therefore,
oe Kept out Of the pale Of congressional saliva
tlsn South Carolina Senators viii never vote
for Simon Pure Republican measure, SO the
| one thing, above all others important, is to
keep these pertinacious rebels from voting at
| all.
Still it must not be supposed that the Radi-
Gals are altogether Indifferent or inactive in
regard to this vast neutral territory Every
| week we hear Of g delegations from Louisi-
ana, Arkansas, North Carolina and Virginia.
asking that the present government be set
aside IN these States,> and loyal rule substi-
tuted therefor 1t is understood that Secre
tary HARLAN recently spent several days in
tnis city with view Of getting up such dele
gatlon and we shall not be surprised to read
n few days, that the Hon. CHARLES Su1sER
offered petition from sundry loyal citizens in
South Carolina, ETC.; or, it NAV be, that the
South Carolina ttdelegation'' had reached
washington If SO, it will be found that said
deputation consists Of Yankee preachers, Yam
zee schoolmasters, ex-sutlers, and Federal
| ofhcc-holders. These barnacles on the shin of
State, together with q smart sprnkling Of the
freedmen's Bureau ipro.egss, call themselves
forsooth the people Of South Carolina. 5ss
An but they are loyal: And what is loysl-
y fe" years ago the word was unknown
On this side of the Atlantic. Now we not only
aave this added to the catalogue OF virtues. But
It has displaced charity, ana covers mult;tud.
OF faibngs Intelligence, honesty, blamelesus-
ness OF hfe' goffor nothing, ,--aud these re-
qulsites are out Of date. II you are loyal. Won
are good citizen, and entitled to power. In
the South, we learn from the petition Quoted
at the head Of this is'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,
sTgo' tho colored people should govern. and
oy Inference we are to read--the colored peo-
pie only are loyal, and, therefore, thew only
should rule Those are the present views Of
the Radicals, far, far, in advance Of what
these same politicians advocated few veara
ago: and the old leaders Of Black Republi-
acanism are now in disgrace. 1s's # .-
What 9 singular revolution m our nations,
| politics When ASDREw JoHNsoN and VII
LIAM Il. SEWARD have become MARTYRS for
Southern Rights and when CHARLES SUMNER
has to weep over the apostacy Of BEN. WADE
Heretofore, BY the spirit Of our Constitution.
community was considered to have the right
to determine by q msjority Of its citizens, who
| shall, and who shall not vote President JoHr-
SON, in his recent veto message, took this old
fashioned ground in favorsof the people Of the
District Of Columbia, and is laughed at for his
| pains. Negroes Of Massachusetts, now claim