The Montana post. [volume] (Virginia City, Montana Territory [i.e. Mont.]) 1864-1869, 1868-01-18
FROn ANOTHER STANDPOINT.

FROM ANOTHER STANDPOINT.
The Democrat of last Saturday leads
| of under its new dispensation in an ar
tisle upon "a Possible Conflict" between
the whites and blacks of the South, the
! objective point of the article being a
refatation of an article in the Posr, Ia
| king the position that the history of
events in the South did not substantiate
the off repeated rUmors of evil inteat
toward the whites on the part of the
Southern blacks The premises are that
the blacks are naturally indolent, in
ciined to oppressive cruelty and crime,
J and that the whites are defenseless and
/ at their mercy. The deductions are that
the country is going to the devil, and
Radical editors are leading the way !;
that we are intent on seeing our white
brethren wiped out, and wish TO erect
an African tyranny on the ruins of the
! AnsiO-Saxon Republic. To believe this,
it's first requisite that the Democrat
should believe, either, that all white
Radicals expect to turn black in very
short time, or that they Are natural born
fOols. The Dsmoerut is scarcely so OBJ
! tuse. The principles of Sile Republican
party, regarding negroes, are these: Hav-
Dag held a people in bondage, we have
made them free. Having shown their
Sorthiness as loyal people, we have
made them citizens, Enl as citizens gave
them the privilege fsuffrage. Having
| givvu the priv iiegcs, we merely propose
to STE thr4a exercise it without intimiGa
zion or vfcisnce from any quarter. They
may tSlszy, perhaps they desire a day
q rcet and jubilee after years of servi-
tvde Their masters may have TO lay
al their coats and labor since slavery J:
] extinct. There are numberless good peo
4 lie in every part of the globe who dc
I the same thing and consider IL no dis
grace. Itis rather Faradoxal that tn'
4 Democrat, in the same article, coInplajn'
i hatIhenegroes arc lazy, ard because th'
whites are not able to live in Incidence
So far as this labor question goes, th'
color of a mans skin should neither b
4 amark of servitude or an exemption
from the command TO "earn thy breat
by the sweat of thy brow" and we ar
as far from encouraging black pauper-
ism as white. 1t is said the blacks hav,
refused 70 labor. If so, let them suffer
It is said, their masters, after working
them through the summer under con
tract for wages, have dismissed them ii
the winters cold without pay or fulfill
ment OF their contracts. The labOrer
q worthy of his hire. white or black. Iii
4 said there is dcs:itution among DO tb
from failure of crops and other un-
"A avuidable circumstances. In such case
III Il is ONLY humanity to extend aid. W.
snticipute no conflict of races. There i
4 no sufficient cause for any such foreto
dings as our neignbor indulge in. Til
presence of military forces in the Soutl
Is to protect all In their rights. and Z
j provide against any emergency tha
might arise. aud is by the desire of til
belter citizens of both races In rrgar
y To the kilograms that come from tn
\ SOuth from "associate" and special
d reporters, we Instance the foiiOwin
tue Era, a conservative paper, publishes
al tAtlanta. @ ia. effectuGlly disposing of tn
: fsbrications of the reporter concernin
the conventions, IL would doubtles
apply to large proportion of the ere
ports" upon which the Ds1iocJ'Hs base
It's possibilities Of a conflict that ala
newer had other birth than as an abor
ton conceived and born of heated im
u Aginations
2 We do not know who the agent OF q
IL ffezs Association IN Atlanta ls, what pcsitlc
A.oecupies, nor what his facilities are Il
edain.ns news of what transpiFes IN the COT
'ention; but any Intelligent man wso D.
Witnessed the orgRniEation of the eonveutie
Mous that the whole of the above dispatch
misrepresentation; that it misrepreSen
act; Tat It's meaning and purpose u
II wing the convention into Tidicule and cot
sfapt; that it evidently is intended TO bi
II As public mind upon the character of q
-cy now In session, and nc Is evidsnt that q
!. PORTER Is in the interest of the party that o
ices The convention, and which means 10 o
4 tse IL unto the hitter end. The people
1santa know that the convention had I
aeulty in organizing; that there has be-
seie or no confusion in its deliberations,
the election OF officers were concsrne
mere has been no urangling, and IN
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