Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1868-10-17

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seut 10 ihe cre-.i.nn ot West Virgin
~. aud members cf Congress were
admitted from Lou -iana soon ~ the
/ edeFai tToVp- obtained footho,d in
that State. After the war the States
of the South were invited to ratifv.
and did ratiiy, the fourteenth consti-
tu;i"nal amendment, and it derives
its validity from their assent. The
Republican party by the reconstruc-
tion acts abolish these governments,
and created in their stead Military
governments. which no man will pre-
tend was within the constitutional
POWERS of Congress. BY the aid of
the army they have built up other
governments, not according to the
wiIl-of the peeple, but according to
the will Of Congress, und they have
fon"dca them upon the exclusion of
the Intelligence aud wealthsand vir.
the "f the white race from the rights
of suffrage, and upon the admission
of every negro to that right; and
they have made these negroes buy
their exemption from the interference
OF the army aud their recognition as
States by the ratification ofthe Four
teeth Constitutional Amendment,
and a pledge that they will never
change tho rule of suffrage. Do not
their own acts convict them Of the
charge | have made? Are they not
surely and rapidly, even though ST.
lcntv, sapping the foundations of
the Government and changing its
form and nature! Are they not ac.
cnmnlating power in the Federal
Government AID taking it away from
the States ? Do they not declare
openly, and make it the basis of their
creed, that Congress has Il power
over the right Of suffrage in ten
States whichit has not over the same
subject in tile other States :: Why
is it they build up these governments
upon the basis Of the negro vote
alone a.?
CHE NEGRO voTE-wHAT MAY DE EN-
rEoTED IF THEY SUCCEED.
My friends, divest yourselves of
passion. look at this work steadily.
Is not the stolid ignorance Of enfran-
chised slaves too nuriowa basis for a
prosperous State possessing equal
powers with the State of Maine?
Why is it insisted on +? The reason,
the sole reason, is that they. believe
they can control the negro vote;
that bythis vote they can assure the
election Of a President and Senators
and Membersnf the House and Cow
ernors and Legislature and Judges,
and so WELD longer the powers ofthe
Government. Iknow many Of these
men well. They are men ofimtellect
and daring. They are men Of firm
resolve and lofty purpose They
are not actuated By u low greed OF
gain, nor love Of the e,nolume,ts
aud honn:.r of Office. They have
the true spirit OF taMatiesl refmmers,
and they seek power that they may
overinrn this System Of govern naent
and build up another system in its
stead. My friends We are engaged
in no scramble for cflice- We sre
stimulated by no lost f'r power.
This struggle touches the fsse Of our
cowfysIerase system. II torches the
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