The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1868-10-29
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10. Gerrit Smith is somewhat known

Rights"
Ma Gerrit Smith is somewhat known
to the American people as a well-mcan-
ing, crotchely, narrow minded, fair
intentioned cid gentleman, who. If he
could only grasp the great questions of
the day, if his intelligence were equal
to his goodness Of heart would pass
for true patriot Gerrit is willing to
see things in their true light but he
has not the eyes He desires to do
justice TO all men of all colors and con-
ditions, but he has more heart than
brains, and is incapable of taking
broad view, a staleSmalke view, of
human nature lie has for the past
quarter Of century, been playinga role
in the "nigger freedom" party, which
has spoken louder for his generosity
than his practical common sense Ger
rit has been writing a letter to General
Lee, in which he tells that selfsacriie-
ing patriot that he "baS no rights at
all under the Constitution; that the
devil in hell might as well plead for lis
rights under the law of the Bible which
he has secuted that the rights Of the
South to-day are simply the rights of
the conquered only" Gerrit always
said to the patriot General :-"Whcn
you surrendered, how little did you
apprehend that you would claim, as
you now do, the rights Of the people of
4bo Conth unIor , E,,.t;t,,,; 80 A. 90.
had defed and trampled under foot"
Mr.. Smith, we suppose, cannot be held
accountable for language expressed
concerning subject he evidently never
comprshended-the relation of. the
States 10 the government. He takes
up the phrase, ''rights under the Con
stitution," and utters it as thousands
have before him, without the slightest
conception of its meaning According
to the humane, broad-minded, and in
telligent Gerrit Smith, the people of
the South are simply vassals, slaves, in
the hands Of their victors ). without any
more rights than the old Greeks and
Romans, Of two thousand years ago,
vouchsafed to their prisoners in war;
with no more liberty Of person or con
science than Austria allows Hungary,
orRussia Poland. Now, notwithstand-
ing that this clever old codger gives
his money and lands literally to niggers,
and the ignorant fanatics who are try-
ing to turn these niggers into white
men, he has not brains enough to com
prehend the terrible sufferiDgs of the
whites whom he would see enslaved
and shackled forever; nor has he brains
enough to understand how Robert f.
Lee could have conscientiously fought
to preserve what he believed to be the
Constitutional rights of his people
Gerrit Smith has been called by a
todying local print, "one of the mob est
old Romans in the world" We do
not see the faintest shade of the "no-
bility," On the contrary, we see in
his making-up mixture of very com
monplace attributes. Gross fanatcism,
extremely narrow views, an entire alb
sence of broad humanity, an intense
ignorance, for SO presuming an indi-
vidual, Of the organism Of this Union ;
and stranger than all, a love for the
Southern nigger which seems to have
obliterated every particle of manly
sympathy for the condition Of the
Southern whites
When il is clearly understood that
the views of Mr.. Gerrit Smith are the
views Of the present dominant party of
the United States, and when it is PROV
ed by the political events of the day
that it Is the intention of that party
should it control the government on
and after the 9TH of March next, to
perpetuate the state Of things now ex-
listing in the South in fact, to carry
out Mr. Smiths doctrine that "the
South had no rights under the COnsti-
tution," it is evidently high time for
all true patriots, North and South, to
rise and gather themselves together;
and in the might and majesty of the
hOliest principles which God ever in
stilhd into the heart of man the right
of @lt-govermeRt, to strike as our faith
ers struck in '76, for that true liberty
which the South have been deprived
of, and which by the Constitution they
have the right to enjoy, 1t is time to
understand whether we are a republic
or a despotic monarchy under dis
guise.--NelO York Day Book.