The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1867-11-11
KY,
November i 1861

conflicts has cleared away, and we can
NOV take clear~iew of the field Of
battle. eriticise the various mOnu-
ments Of the contending forces, and
assign probable causes for apparent
defeat. From "a Radical stand point
in Kentucky, 1, unhesitatingly, assert
the belief that the cause of the re-
cent reyerses in Indiana and Ohio
was simply eowardice, moral coward
ice in the Republican party, which, if
not corrected and improved, will give
us a Waterloo in 1868, and which, if
It had been exhibited in 1868, would
have permitted the overthrow of the
Government of the United States.
The Republican party SUPPRESSED a
mighty rebellion against the country !;
called to its aid vast numbers of ne
groes to assist In the effort. Those
+, negroes, loyal then, loyal noW-as the
recent elections prove-risked their
lives on many a battlefield, in attest
alton of, their gratitude to- that gov
eminent which had broken the shack
: C4S THAI lldO0 laOm EldNCS.' n TGUuO-.
lic-giving the lie to the old adage,
republics are ungrateful by great
law, made them citizens Of their coun-
try, and forced rebels IL the South to
permit them to exercise the elective
franchise. The Republican party re-
acognizes the truths in the Declaration
of Independence, that all men are
equal, and that representation should
go hand in hand with taxation,
unless crimes, such as murder
and, treason, had. placed a, man or a
set of men outside of the pale of the
influence of the last maxim The cit
liens of one State are, under our Con-
stitutioD, entitled to all the rights,
% privileges and immunities of citizens
of another State, and hence | say the
Republican party is logically and NOR
ally committed to the great truth that
the negro should be allowed to vote
They are citizens They are taxed.
They are loyal. They acre soldiers
in the armies of the Union. They
gave all the assistance they could to
our effortsto preserve the Union as a
sacred right to ourselves and as the
greatest heritage of our children.
They can ask it as a right, and as
such we should accord it.
But there are other, and perhaps to-
the more selfish, stronger reasons for
the bestowment of this privilege. The
negro race needs it for ats own Just
protection, it is true, yet we should
give it for OUR security. The rebel
element here, and all over the South,
hate the Government with a. zeal and
earnestness increased by years aud
disappointment Their most cordial
wish is its overthrow. Deny to lie
negro the right of suffrage, and you at
once give tae traitor absolute control
of ten or twelve States. That will
give them patronage, an cent.
an arrogance and a power
that will greatly increase that
dastardly cowardice In the North
of which / have spoken, and TO which
/ attribute the recent election results.
This will result, too, in other such
elections, and soon our whole country
will be under traitorous control, with
a vast majority of the people against
them. 4 different consequence. how
ever. will flow from negro suffrage in
the South, and although they may
sometimes be beaten, yet their voting
power will insure their protection.
Timid men may say a war Of races
will ensue. Not h't of it; or if it
should, then Il VII be a contest IN
which hoth sides can participate, and
not the whites merely, as they DID be-
fore the adoption of the RECONSTRUCT
ton measures and the Civil Rights
Bill. Where it is open to both Sides,
greatly sGoner-and-W
muehn less -biUCdsheds But, some
will say, these arguments do well
for the South, bat . they won I
do in the North" Why not?
is the great Republican party
with its glorious history, It's enkind
ling tradition, and, we trust yet
bright future, to have two sets Of prin-
cipIes; one for the North and. one
for the South? Is it to recognize for
Georgia the principles of which |
have spoken but to ignore them In
Ohio2 Are the colered men of the.
South to be remembered and honoredi
and admitted to representation In
& Congress. while those of the. Nerth,.
much fewer in numbeS yet much more,
Intelligent. equally as loyal equally
as ready to go into the army, aud who
pay greatly more taxes to- the States
and the Government, denied all
the privilege OF citizenship, knowing
= only its burdens? s-sfrs
Are weeto do justice, simple JUS.
tice, to the black man of South
only, or to all aEke?i Are we. In
short, to honor the ignorant, and UNI,
: til recently degraded, John and Jim
Of the South, and despise Fred.
Douglass and Langston IN the. North 2
To put such questions as these. is to
answer them.-Fhe Republican party
rs logically and properly Committed