New-York tribune., 1867-03-23
NEGRO TOTING.

how meany and basely COpperhead can IN
vert tba trutb even while pretending not to be
a COpperhead is seldom more stl1kngly SHOWN
than in the following editorial from Ihe sun
"that shines for all :"
"PERPLFxITY oP THE RADICAIa "A new trolDig ra has
suddenly presented itself 10 the RadeH enu % tho AZ
have atterly had their eyes firmly hxed upon te M
tanment OF Negro Suffrage that they never cast gaUo
ahead TO what tho freedmen wOulu u9 snS
lege were granted 10 them The unexpected dCceP.ad
by the SOuth OF the Reconstruction pan % %hao tIe
the establishment of Negro Suffrage certay % Of
Radicals Just beginning 10 see that the
their fayorite idea was far more pleasant tna len
anxiety and perpexty with regard TO the coursc which
the negroes viii take IN pocs without reilee & Hd
Suffrage became certainty that the freedmen woad
vote with the party which gave them their nDetty,
clearly aud tho further they extend the the
less hopeful they feel Of securing tho negro vote JE M
regard 10 the RadcaiSm Of the re>dnen tsoo9ed to make
WSsnsysr !. sh, be fully and freely conceded negro
Nth II: %; & ] he 'S . 3is e. %ss %ssei %
ord,ne wA tho diverse education hsb' associations tastes and iee
The TRiBUSs might be less ambiguous and more
pointed but what IL to say Is that nc negroes pH
treated The oston Advertiser Expresses The opinion
with bodness than THR TRIBUNE IL declares tass &
i s sacy to SUPPOSE sp sas S Iees beongns TO that party
are discussing the matter with much carnesneSs i h
there is ample evidence that the Radcasare consdeIapy
alarmed at the prospect This l. particularly noticeable
since tho recent fraornization Of Whites and Blacks ~
ever we cannot think strange OF this aafm for IL Is MI
doubtedy well founded The negroes VIII woto as eho %
Which the Radicals made consisted in not considering to
consequences OF Negro Suffrage before they went 80 @
Their object was simply make political capital by press
ing the subject upon the South but they ought 10 hano
taken all tho contingencies into account rT0 anS
party yet attempt 10 back ont Of ne Eegro srogs onssSs ~
Tho great object OF the Radicals IA 20 MAINTAIN inc
strrngth and Influence Of their party and, tncy con
clude that such interests are endangered Dy suffrage e1
tension they will not hesitate TO take the back"aruep
More than twenty years ago, "the Radicals
tried hard to have the Right of Suffrage IN
this State based on Manhood irrespective OF
Color. THE TRIBUNE did its best to that end ;
what did The Sun' We stood at the poll OF
our election district all day urging all to vote
for Impartial Suffrage; but not one Democrat
could be induced so TO vote and we were
beaten in the State by 224336 votes against
IS .4O6 This City gave 29.948 votes against to
5,137 for Impartial Suffrage; and we are con-
fident that not 80 many rs the odd 1877 affirma-
tive votes were cast by Democrats; the 5000
and over being given by Wings; for there was
then no distinctivey Radical party.
In 1859, the question of Impartial Suffrage
was again raised by Gov. Morgan, who urged
that our State Constitution be conformed In
this respect TO the fundamental principle OF a
democratic commonwealth. Two successive
legislatures, being Republican, perfected such
amendment, against the utmost efforts OF the
Democratic minority; and it was submitted to
the People for ratification at the Presidential
Election Of 1890; when the Democrats took
open ground against IT, and beat 1t IN the City
by 65,0S2 votes TO t04S3, and in the State by
337 ,9Si TO f97. .503. OF course, some Republicans
voted in the majority, while many more failed
70 vote on this question; but that at least
10000 OF the affirmative votes were cast by
Republicans il perfectly notorious. And now,
if the Blacks shall be enfranChised throughout
the Union it will be because the Republicans
insisted chat they should be and chose TO risk
power and renounce office rather than turn
them over gagged and fettered, to the tender
mercies of slaye-drving Sham Democracy.
Who does not know that this is the factf
Yet the Blacks will not all vote with the
Republicans. Many of them are mean, scamp
ish loafers, who choose TO live by thieying,
selling rum, or pandering 10 lewdness, rather
than by honest industry and these will proba-
bly, vote IA Whites of like proclivites usually
do Some Blacks, who were kindly treated
while slaves and have been since, by their old
masters, will vote under their influence. Some,
being grossly ignorant will vote under the in
fluence of fear, or, being dependent, will vote
40 "a to curry favor with the powerful. Yet it
il base calumny to say of the Blacks as u
body that "they will vote as the Whites want
"them 70 do.n They are men and will vote
under the impulse of diverse motives, just like
other men. And one motive will obviously be
that of relieving their brethren from the dis
abilities still crushing them in Kentucky, Mary
land Delaware, and other States under Demo
cratic rule. If the Democrats want the votes
generally of negroes. they will make haste to
remove those disabilities.
That the Negro Vote will be thrown solid for
those whom The Sun terms Radicals, we have
never taught nor believed That the bulk OF It
will for some time be so cast as to compel the
general repeal and abandonment of all acts and
constitutional provisions which disfranchise or
degrade men because of their color, we do
joyfully trust.