The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-11-12
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Wendell Phillips Reads 4
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following article, by Wendell Phil
hps, in late number Of the Anti
Slavery Standard
hbolitionists and all earnest Rad.
icals are now summoned to address
themselves to the work which Is
yot to be accomplished. 1t has be-
come very apparent, through what
has transpircd in Georgia and else.
where, that the Reconstruction laws
require careful revision and per.
iecung in sundry particulars. Tho
negroes and loyal whites Of the
South greatly mood tho means Of
self de- scnce. The question Of con-
fiscation. csbcciully with reference
to the largo amount Of lana fraud.
ulontly conveyed from the possess.
ion Of the United States Govern.
mcnt to tho hands Of rebels, should
be nt once considered in the interest
of tho landlcss blacks to whom, by
virtno of their past unrcquitcd toll,
the soil rightfully belongs. A sys-
tom OF National education, which
shall be comprehensive, and 1T least
co.cXtcnsivo with the extension of
the ballot, should early be inagur-
ated by Congress. The measure OF
/ primary Importance now to be pro-
mptiy initiated and adopted on the
rcassemp.ing of Congress, is an ad-
ditlonal amendment of the Cunsu.
tuition forbidding Acknowledgement
Of race or color, n any State or
Territory Of the Union. Such an
amendment, ifadoptcd promptly by
Congress ana submitted to the Log
islnturc of The several States would
without doubt, now be ratified by
the reuuisltso number. 1t is urgently
demanded TO guarantee the ballot to
Southern colorvd men, and to enfr-
nnchiso many thoucands in the BOr-
der and NortN0ru States. THIS
measure should not be postponed
for the consideration Of tho Forty
first Congress, but should bc
promptly adopted upon by the For
tieth, "Lct us have peace" has
been many times reiterated during
the campaign just closed, One
danger is the assumption that the
fact OF Grants election InltsCif will
insure peace" IN the South. Abo'
litiUmsis, and those who have stud
led attentivcly Southern society
knew bettor than this. While Sou
thorn legislatures arc permitted tc
perpotrate such high-handod out
RACES us the ldwlcss expulsion oI
colHrcd members, as in Georgia
without due punishmonti If rebels
arc permitted to take seats IN the
House OF Representatives who con-,
from districts where colured anc
white Republicans were practically
excluded from the polls, peace
cannot DO realized. Tho negro il
still the bone of contention, and un
ul his manhood ana political equal
ity is evorywore recognized he viii
p continue to be disturbing elcnen
IN our politics. SmarUng unde
their political discontinue, the h
Klux will still hold sway, especial,
. if their trcasoLabIo Ghiet is permit
tod to remain in the White Hous
lillihe Ath of March noXt Wit
tho triumphant recollection Of Gen
] era1 Butler, and the well known dc
sire of most of the now Southor
members for tao revival Of tn
measure, we have strong hopes
tho successful consummatiOn Of I'll
impeachment and deposition
johnson by the beginning OF I'll
now yeir. With Wade even tw
mcntha IN tho White House, an
c, such tools of treason rs Roussea
I" Sloedman, and scompany of Ne
Orleans replaced by sheridan AZ
II other trustworthy, lOya, men; WI
u the reconstruction laws proper
revised and damended; with sutfr0.
IT and the right to hold office voucl
safed to the negro everywhere, Il
nation may be we'll on towal
"peaee,' having secured its esseI
- tial conditions, before Gr0ntIs IS il
! augurated. While deliberate al
organized injustice TO the nogro
I'd perpctuated, the "irrepressblo eol
e -hict" will continue, no matter vi
may be President. "Let us ha
peaco,' then, by promptly doir
those things that make for peace,
The new era which opons bofo
lis us, with the significant defeat of I
q, saveholqers and their apoioglsrs
rs Tuesday, is full of interest to ABB
OF tionists and conscientious Radica