Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-01-04

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owed obedience. was comTon in the bar
harous ages Of the world Tut Christianity
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that recourse to n punishment so cruel and
unjnst would meet with the condemnation
Of all unpr.judiced and righ; minded men.
DANGER OF NEGRO SUPREMACY.
The primitive justice of this age, cspc-
cially Of this country. does not consist in
stripping whole States of their liberties
and reducing all their people, without dis.
,inction. to the condition of slavery. 1t
deals separately with each individual, con-
fines itself to the form OF law. and vindi-
Gates it's own purity by sn impartial exam
ination o: every casa before competent
judiciul tribunal. If this does not satisfy
all our desires with regard to Southern
rebels, let US console ourselves by reflect.
ing that Constitution triumphant in war
and uubroken in peace is worth far more
to us and our children than the gra!ifica-
ton Of any present feelings. l am aware
it is assumed that this system Of govern
mrnt for the Southern States is not TO be
perpetual. 1t is true this military govern
mcnt is to be ouly provisional, but it is
through this temporary owl that greater
evil Is 10 &c made perpetual. IF the guar
anircs Of the Constitution can be broken
Professionally 10 serve II temporary purpose.
and in part only Of the country. VIC can
destroy them everywhere and for oil time.
Arbitrary measures often change, but they
generally change for the worse. 1t is the
curse OF dispo'ism that it has M HI ltlng
place. The intcrmitt,d exercise of its
power brings no sense Of security to its
subjects, for they can never know what
move they will be called to endure, when
its red right hand is armed 10 plague them
again. Nor is it possible to Conjecture
how or whrrc power, unrcstrainrd BY law,
may seek its next victim. The Sites
that are still f:e" may be rnslavel at any
moment, for if the Constitution does not
protect all il protects none.
IxCApACirY OF THE NEGRO.
1t is avowcdly the object of tlrse laws
20 confer upon nrgors the privilege Of vot-
ing and to dsfranchise such number Of
white citizens MS will give tte former
clear majority at all elections in the
Southern States. This is to the minds OF
some persons so important that violation
Of tho Constitution is justified as means
of bringing it about. The morality is al
ways false which excuses wrong because
it proposes to accomplish desirable end.
We arc not permitted to 10 evil that good
may come about. In this case the end it.
self is evil as well as the means. The
subiupation of the States to negro doniu.
ion would b. worse than the military des-
potism under which they are now suffer
ing. ], was believed beforehand that thu
people would endure any amount OF mill
iary oppression. 70. any length OF time,
rather than degrade themselves by sutjec
sioa to the negro rare; therefore. they
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