Des Arc weekly citizen., 1867-10-12
ssom tlse Louisville Courier
 The Dangers of Negro Suffrage.

he is not qualified by nature or eitlen- cation to fill. Our whole political sys- tenn ia made to hinge upon the question whether the negro shall become avoter and be made eligible to take Q part in the administration Of the .Government
 All other questions sink into insignlti- canoe when confronted with this. The fanatics have worked themselves into the belief that their rule eau only be perpetuated through the aid of negro votes, and therefore they clamor for ne ITO suffrage. With the most of them it is t.ut measure of party tactics. They do uot believe that the general welfare of the country will be promoted bv if. or that there is any necessity for it for the negroes protection. They
 well know that he will be as well pro-
 tected without the ballot as with 1t. and
 probably better. In his natural posi-
 tion, removed from the jsalousies and
 aspirations of politics. and outside oi
 it's conflicts, he would make no enc
 mics; but it cannot be expected that
 in the attempt to divide political pow
 CT with his white superiors he will not
 excite predjud,ces and array vast
 amount of bad feeling permanently
 against him, which will work him more injurv than any injustice he is likely to
 have practicca upon him hy the domi- nation of the white race. But he IS be-
 wildered now by his late eniranchlse-
 ment, and by the glitiering prospect
 of becoming rulcr among the people.
 He is not satisfied to vote, but claims
 the right to hold office. and already we
 see negroes aspiring to prominent posi-
 tions. Of course there will be no limit
 to their demands, and We shall have.
 as the effect of tue reconstruction sys- teni, negroes in almost every, official capacitv, s.ir~m Congressa"an aoWh 70 Constable. Filled with concert uii.h in-.
 science by the exercise of their new
 found privileges, and too ignorant to
 understand the line between liberty
 and licensc. they will become more and
 more ilnperioua and aggressive, and
 we shall have constantly recurring col
 lisions and tumults. The enmity and
 exaspirations Of the white man will
 grow in precise ratio with the inso- Ienco ofthe negro, and condition of things will result which can scarcely
 be conceived.
 In such q contest the negro must in
 evitably be worsted. Numbers, intel- ligence and wealth are all against him. It will be an unequal struggle, and he will be the suiferer. f aE
 We presume that there are but few SO deindcd and credulous as to believe that the negroes will, for any consider
 able length of time, be permitted to
 usurp tho places oi the white man and
 rule overhi,n or that public sentiment will tolerate that species of equality
 which it is now sought toeonteron hin. Disgust at the antics which the negro will be certain 10 play. will take the place of the present. unreasonine tanat- icism, and he will be pressed down to
 his legitimate level.
 One monstrous evil resulting rom
 negro suffrage has been already dovel- oped. In a recent election in Rich
 mond on the proposition to vote sever-
 al millions ct dollars for railroad pur- poses, which money. of course, has to
 come out ofihc pockets of the owners | ot property aud not out fthose of' the negroes, they voted almost solid for l granting the money. And thus it will l be everywh here. It costs them nothing to vote taxes on other people, and they
 derive incidental advantages from tue
 expenditure. Exposed to such eontin- gcncies as this, property will decline in value, and much oi 1t will seek invest
 ment where it will be Eaore secure. h ! many dfsiricts' ot titc south tire negrurs have overwhelming maioriiics, and l they will use their power to suit fheni- 1 selves, SO far as the public expenditures and holding office arc concerned. Ihls
 is a great danger, against which there
 will be no guard or security, when the l negro is fully invested with the ballot. ! Ln hfrh r. laca utt fi I unprincipled demsgogues are trying to
 fix upon the, country, there will be no 1 barrier between property and tfie bal I lot. and the ballot will be in the hands l of m ignorant, thriftless and irrespon-
 sible rabble. Under such circnmstan- ees. who could feel secure in his prop erty rights where the negroes had con- l trol, and who would dare 10 live in such country?
 But this is not the worst feature oi l this negro equality system. though il ] is bad enough. The negro is to, be made eligible to office. Our seats in l Congress and our State Legislatures 1 are to be polluted With his presence 1 and disgraced by his ignorance. He may reach the Judicial bench ; he will ! be tound in our jury boxes, and indeed e,-erywhere, inilnsing tire poison of luis | ;ou,,rfnee and brutality into our legis- lation aud jurisprudence. The peolsle of the Northern States, where the nc- groes constitute but an inconsiderable luort:ou O.. the population, will not feel 1 thesn evil4 'fo the same extent as the I peo,,le the South, but they will moi | he able 10 esca,re the shame of having 1 hepn instrnuc1i,I iu fixing such Q pol l icy on the country. They will be held !to rigid aceoiintIbilitt when the ma I ltion shall have recovered. as it will re- cover, from its present. deiirium ol
 wrath and tanaticis,F, and history VII record the iniamy ss remifkaole IT. | lustration of popular niS Sdness.
 ! SECRETARY SEwAGp's MIsrAxE.-Ihe l New York Times. which ougbt to
 know, publishes the following staie- mcnt: @a s49iag
 IL bas been authorita,iveiy ascertain-
 ed that in lnst Jannry Maxlmillian at ! tempted to make .a iormal proposition. l through our government to retire rom l Mexico for the purpose Of allowing the | Mexican people, to decide the question l oi the peI1nsnency of the empire in their ownway. He proposed 10 place Isllimself on board q mansol-wnr pend. | iiuu.tfe settlement oi the question. and laddeA that it was virtually settled I 1then, as three fourths of tiae country l was then occupied by the Liberals ps,sac, the French Marshal, assumed
 ,,au,,,t ,.asition regarding Maximii,
 ;aas .s' |, sirisan, but promised to hold his troops aleol ..ns.ns the cllvass l's,, v or
 election which he expyctSs "oa,a '.rs,a,., ,ua
 low from it's acceptanee. Se~.
 Seward declined to entertain the prop | ,,.tt:.s,,F ba..,noa has 1it mi raenru, {, a