The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-01-08
8itI,n1oltd nispatrl1,
vEDNEsDAY."....JANUARY s. 1865.
senator Clingman. or North Caro-
an the Political situation.

,,su,SeroS, January 4.-Ex-Senator
,,,nr,,an. of North Carolina, has prepared
0i ,nt,er addressed to the gentlemen con.
. with the management of the great
n nea..n.ocratie banquet on the anniversary Of
", hsttIn of New Orleans, declining with
10. 70. owing to press Of business, the In
Fe es.,;o, extended to him requesting his
' Instance. He says there are passages in
s Al" letter of invitation painfully interesting
''' r patriotic mind; as contrasting the
'o '.on, With the past Of 1915. He con-
"oI5t that distinction mus. be drawn be-
.s s'".n the questions settled by the war and
.Snse now left for decision.
NH Tbo result Of the war determined that
10 nv negroes should all be free, but it has
~. decided they are capable Of becoming
~. %y ,nIi,ical and social equals Of the whites.
rho fact of their inequality has been re-
'antlr decided in the most emphatic man
Wv 4 great, progressive, dominant party,
s,sbrd with recent successes, sought to adj
, ,"n the negro to equality with the eau
asian race. The force Of party power is
reII understood in this country. 1t often
;oduces its members to sustain measures
,Jr;r Judgment disapproves; to vote for
wen they despisc; and to cover up frauds
and crimes of which any Of their number
NAV be guilty; and yet this immense pres
Sn-e. simulated by the idea that granting
.nlrsce to the negro was necessary to the
,,ccess of the party, failed to bring up the
MEMBERS to its support in even single
state where contest was recently fought
on the question.
The great point before the country, then,
i: Winch race shall give way to the other
in the United Statess The white race
came here from love Of liberty, and esta-
hished their own social and political sys-
lem. The negroes were brought here
without their own consent, and have
merely to expect and require, upon prin-
ciples Of justice, that those who brought
;aem should not leave them in worse con-
di,ion than they were found. The people
Of the United States are not under any
obligation to cripple themselves as ma
ton and destroy for all useful purposes the
most valuable section Of the national do
main. Is the rich valley of the Lower
Mississippi, which Jefferson acquired and
Jackson defended, to be turned into {
second Hayti !?
When all other civilized nations Of the
earth are doing their utmost to rise in the
scale of prosperity, intelligence, and mo-
ralty, this mighty republic is devoting its
best powers, earnestly and vigorously, to
degrade large portion Of its territory to
the condition of Congo and Guinea. 1t is
said, however, that suffrage is not gene
ALLY conferred on the negro, and their
tights of property and person will not be
:rotected. Widows and minors often have
s.its in court, but was it ever suggested
that they could not obtain Justice because
half the jurors were not women or boys
In conclusion, he hoped, if negro suffrage
was inevitable, it ought to be made with a
property or intelligence qualification; and
10 Ohjection would then be made to negroes
taking part in controlling the destiny of
the country.