The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-01-08

| In opposition 10 the expressed will of a large
| ma iority of the will Of the people whom they
| were chosen to represent, arbitrarily force
| upon them rs voters all persons OF the Afri-
| can or negro race, and make them eligible
| for Office without any other qualification than
| certain terms Of residence within the State2 In
| neither Of the States named would the coiored
| population when acting together, be able 10
produce any great social or political result.
| Yet In New York, bcfor. he can vote, the man
Of color must fninl conditions that are not re.
qur.d OF white citizens. In Pennsylvania the
| elective franchise is restricted 10 white free
| men, while in Indiana negroes and mulattoes
| are expressly excluded from The right OF euf.
frage. II hardly seems consistent with princi.
| pies Of right and jGstce that representatives, OF
States where suffrage 10 either denied the CO.
| lored man or granted 10 him on qualifications
| requiring intelligence or property should com
| pei the people of the District Of Columbia TO
| try an experiment which their own constitu-
| -nts have thus far shown an unwillingness to
| test for themselves. Nor does IL accord with
our republican ideas that the principle OF sell.
| government should lose its force when applied
70 residents of the District, merely because
| their legislators are not, like those OF the
States, responsible, through the ballot, 10 the
people for whom they are the iaw-making
power
The great object OF placing the seat OF go.
varnment under the exclusive legislation OF
| Congress, was 10 secure the entire independ-
| ence Of the general Government from undue
State influence, and enable II 10 dlscharee'
without danger OF lhterrupalon VI ,;nns Tor
| which il was created by the people. For this
| i'm portant purpose il was coded TO the Uni
| ted States by Maryland and Virginia, and II
| certainly never could have been contemplated
rs one OF inc oplects ~ NC u11iIh'u ~ p,.s
Fit under the exclusive jurisdiction Or Congress,
that ii would afford prupasaEists OF political
| parties place Tor an experimental test Oh
the'r Princlples anu 'iio"iio I .n,,arnn,sn,
| lne lesiaents - ~ s1.' CO. 20 "a .rs
are no. Ii.' ,"r az 1,oina in the
NOT .n,' ILL.,, "..o w 'an,a,;an IN Tho
eiecloral eo,ieee VI irii a.a ,,or,hs,es.
c""",.ts VI t.io '' - a. S,oL - ayarv
American cit,Zeh-, G.. +..!,a ID saoii ~ 80,
Eu'i - ~ '.I =, ''.o : ar,, '.rht which ner.
htol the Nv, ".'st $500, =. oo,nrry In
ta!hs 10 citihehS q o"I Soi'!i,ioi uy,i, at
ai iint'oi ,, 'noi', @ 40 -, of 90
laiiS, 'he % o'' ~ -, ,S,;aIaa shonld
'ell''l'ii. " i .',. ana ,boy ha toupht
uc col,s VI '.u -. 80. -. - - r,c,;caIIv
- ieei 49, y; t.'r!I a"ncerns they r.
W pa t, -, a. n ,'a,.,,,I q oyarn,nent re-
M 81, " sc - ~ tnJFnj of their wants
gu I;a % f, 81 ,'naritv II was eyi.
',iu So'', 80 ~, ~ - 80 III Ia, nues,;ous
uehtiy contsinPi"'eu ma az 80, -, 20 a.
WOMB ne e w - We ''na,iIia With
| 49, c. ,wh;nL Gonnraos t,ra. gr,ntcd
| -, 80 ,,t.;ri,, "a, o,.or a. COO, 90 goyorp
o"Ni"s' -, g. -. -. - 80, ,,,,aa,
| heHt. Nheh nv III =, At Ia, :, e.,
consi"eia 'Ioii ~ "as aSs u oy ~. m,,,ini
us lhhaDitahts "ouiu oe aiio"eu IN; = -. -
|
their own SURFACES. Mhen, iol .ne a' %,
time, congress, III the year low; aest ..a ..
,Shins loi, 'si,L - 80 unnsaa ,h.t
az is | us, g, nnmsdar ,vhatber the loc,l
:. 49, ~" n,.n,.,ho D;Srr;ct ~ Columbia vested
po"1iS 80 ~. - ~, connra.s ~ tho
| ~ .h9 ,, .hn,ia ha i,nmrdi,teIv ever
,ns "a ~ 800 ,h.m IN .. consider il as the
| eie ', - 49, -, ,,,;nn ,dv,nc;np with nm
o%ppmn,ed ran;ditv in arts in commerce. in
examples IA III , a. -. 'J nnSsos,;n
"cIi'n' 80 -. ~ Pnao,,roa. ,,b;ah ;f no,
Win ISL nv" or ,amnniahIv misd,rec,ed
f, -, 20 !, n H., conrse NJ nrosnerity
| - 10 ,,n, -
a!u sVii GO v ','''' Nv. ,,, .,,o,> f,o,,rr..s
lhlee Seni' hu iiot eia SO - - ,,r;a, :, -
wa" . ''',.u 'to' , ~ and y,ryini, the
! i,.,Hs ~ - ,arr;torv which thsv had
J"' So ,;nnn;shad 10 tho Goyprnment
irsi" - s.ni. !, ne rroaI on tho IN.
OF tht 'hiteu It'.te' W. "t Wv W. ~
manu- Vh't - ~ tir.,an.. No. !,
| SesHHiS W - ;ha.;,ar,s or INC Distrint nj
u'FiNt" Wv 81, ,,pnb ~ Iha ,i,na
| 'ntl. PN'i''N'i -, l., Ia,,;sI,,ior MR. -
OF congress "hs -, 80, 49,. -, -
| 'al"l"s w ~ ~ -. go 49,, nor,r.,.,I IN
~, h. niStrict mai members wrr.
,r,,,,rs -, It's local concerns: and that IT was
! 80 ,7,,,nI,. nt - royrrumeut without repre-
! hh eNinI' W ,.n1tri,,ont d,nTerous tn lin.
! 1in,,r,;.,S ~ m. states
| - a., chr hand !, ,v,s hold among other
| aosans ana sucressfuIly thai IN. ConsItLu-
| ,ion The ncts of cession OF Virginia and MAJ
~, ~ "a ,bn Nor of congress accpplug the
Grant an contaminated the exercise OF ex-
| ciusiv. I.risl, ion by Congress and that
| nc usefulness if NOT its necessity, was
| ,arrnd from IN. inconvenience which was
| 80 Gov ,rart of il by Congress of
| ~ ,d,~,,f,u. that the peppIr them
| -. ,rhn /, US sid had been deprived OF
| So ti.aI riyn,s md NOT co1nplaiurd and
d;d no, desire = r,troccssion: that the evil
| ui;,h, ha rem.dird by giving them representa-
| i'o7I IN Congress when the District should be-
come sufficiently populous, and in the mean
| time a local legislature, that OF the lnhabi .
| tnuts had not political rights, they had
80, ,nIit;c,, in ,pnr, that the trouble and
Erei' Po' nia,in,, Toe mo District would
| g. ~, ,ra,, hn, u,o7ld diminish and might
NO. W -. 90 - 20 ayniLad nv - local Ip-
| III - So M tIa, r,nrr... corId not retro
glsiature' anu 'mat W ,,'itin,t mir consent
ceue 'ht ,,t;Iiy nnder th, laws
| con.nut"s ~ ~ ,ha Iimn NJ The cessiou Z: and
No. ota,'aaS o,Iy having been made as were
SUN .i,,'I -. ,h.msa,v.s the ppople of the
- ns not snnyht nv n local Legislature
H., ,,hinb b,s MOI GENERALLY been willingly
mcaiaa Nv The Congress of n nation. AS 4
| ss".ral ruI. sound policy requires that legis
| 1.iion should WELD To the wishes of 4 people,
i' , N, tnaon.;.tan, with the Constitution
WIZ WI, Thn measures suited TO one com.
anu Ia =" i,i, not he w,eli adapted to the con.
,;,;,,.' ot mother and the persons best quail
u W. Va S,.r,nina such oucstiou. are those
nv ;,,ara.,. .re IN he directly affected by
Mnos. asaa iau, In Massachusetts for in
any pr p",Ia ,ar"nn. are allowed TO vote with
, rao,ard ~ color uroyided they possess a
certain degree of intelligence. In the popu-
| lation of that State of 1871 1854, there were,
Inv the census of the year 1860, only 1902 per-
sons of color, and OF males over twenty years
of age, there were 339,0S6 whites to 2,oo2
! colored BY the same official enumeration,
| there were in the District OF Columbia, to,'o4
whites TO 1876 persons OF the 'colored race.
Since then however, the population OF the
| District of Columbia has largely increased,
| and il is estimated that at the present time
there are nearly loo, 900 whites TO 80. 600
| neproes The cause of the augmented
Numbers of the latter class needs no