New-York tribune., 1868-06-09

suffrage changed In State without some sort
OF governmental agency convention Tor revising the
Constitution OF state can be called only Dy s Lgsla-
The election OF the delegates to 10 can De heid Only
tuton or amendments TO tho OLD one can DO V9teu on
only ~ c a n pC pss State may prescribe
This being premised the next important a 10 De CON
the former state Governments win be defunct
Thus far 1t has been contest between e tuV e't anu
the bastard in6ers. or else the estate eseheats
or goes to waste for lack OF an owner W, Mneh, en-
throne his title remains good after the lapse OF years ana
long wanderings in foreign lands and he dies N exile
u descends uninpared TO his legal successor epuDea
officials have such vitality They are chosen o shors
periods, and u their terms expire without he W
cannot afterward he chosen for the reason ta ee arc
o pemoeyan CoS9Sess om hare no pocr 10 decide be-
tceen NE suPpiaated aud me ertsng Sfate dorermmeS
The fact that the former Governments were wlonginl
suppanted makes difference. any more than the Tact
that wrongully put 10 death enables lhe Pny
scan TO restore him life After the expiration OF tie
terms OF all their officers the suppanted State Govern
will be incapable of revival there being no longer
any machinery for the creation OF ohcers " administer
II, then, the new Southern constitutions are ever
amended IL can be only under me dSPlceS g me nemiy
created STATE GOpernDeHtS phich are about 10 go mo
operation Negro Suffrage can be amended ont OF them
only by an election In which all the negroes WIZ Vo" ""
do not dispute the possibility OF this being done but 10 u
pobabf Is it so easb and 50 promising a. 10 MAKE II
act of duty and prudence for the Denocrae naiP e.
Convention to advise the Southern Whites TO attempt u
Why should we assume to advise them at All on nan
| Of purely domestic cOncerni Since can render lhem
| no aid, why should we give them advice Even @ We
could elect Democratic Senate WITHIN the next lOur
| years (Which we cannoD we could neither IeVEo E
| the eXpunged State Governments nor cause ihe
Southern negroes To vote for their own dsanosciueh
SO long as the negroes did not vote tbee was Se'e u
In oOnstantcTy of nOnIDiererence But Wnrh
they do vote consistency may indeed require US 10 nOu
the same doctrine; but does consistency REQUIRE US 10
proclaim IL Formerly, nOninterfetence meant oppo-
sltlOn 10 Negro SuilDge at present, OnlhtfIeience
would leave things rs they are To let bad rule of suf
frage stand is doubtless what We shall have 10 40; Du IS
IL pleasant that we must keep starting TO repeal ~
Why should he national platform say anything on me
subjecf Why hang light at the stern or the snip 10
over when there other wrecng dangers ahead which
require all vigilance Since we can do nothlng about
Negro Suffrage why not practice the dignity OF silence
"Whether the southern Whites should attempt TO eject
negroes from the suffrage Is their business, of which
they are the best Judges But before they make the
attempt with hopes Of success, they must hTst nave %
gained control Cover nmets. Would an AMI
Negro Suffrage declaration In the Demoeratlc platform
aid them IN getting such control no"d me nfgoeS @ "e
| d,srdnchisement"
Comments by The Tribune
We have not the faintest wish to pick flaws
in this logic of The World, nor incite others to
do So We should he very glad to learn that
| it has convinced the Rebels and the Cop
| perheads-Gov. Thurman and Gov. Sharkey-
Robert Toombs and Geo. Ii. Pendleton-Gen.
| Steedmau and Gen. FOrrest-Scnat0r Salisbury
| and ex-Mayor Wood-that they will only bite
file in offering further resistance to Impartial
Suffrage We shall be glad to hear that Brick
Pomeroy Clay Dean and C.Chauncey Burr have.
on reading it, thrown up the sponge, declar-
ing that the African is man and BROTHER
and that it has become the duty all good Dem
ocrats to pronounce the odor of "niggers
quite as pleasant aud exquisite as that of Flor
de Mayo or Bouquet de Antilles, and Gn shorD
to get as many Black votes rs possible for the
Democratic ticket.
4 4. l...J 4. e., 20 fst.1
! the Democratic party thus Qike John Browns
souD marching on y but we do not expect It,
| The Democrats 1--WE judge will not nominate
| 5. p Chase for President; they will not fOrcgo
| their opposition to Black enfranchisement; they
will not concedc that the new Southern State
| Governments founded on the Reconstruction
acts of Congress are only to be overthrOwn by
! Conventions called under those very Govern
ments. They mean to fight out to the bitter
end the war for "White Mans Government
| to elect a President on this platform, and
! then subvort the "NcgrO governments" at the
South 10y instruction and force. Nominate
| Chasc-concede Impartial SuiiIage-and they
will say you have sold the fight will be
| hard To coax into an earnest, vigorous canvass.
! Try it and see!
| Republicans in Congress! we pray you TO
| finish up Reconstruction and have every
State under sef-goyernment, represented in
both Houses, and ready to vote for Presi-
dent this Fall DO not wrangle over technl-
caltics and tTiyialities, but finish up the work
mt the earliest practicable moment. Provide
! for the pending election in Yirginia-let Ala
bama come in at Oncc-and, if Texas is not
ready when you must adjourn, provide for her
admission in the recess by proclamation. The
adversary is rccOiling-push on the column!