The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-08-05
THE CAMPAIGN.
General Carl schurz On Suffrage and
FINANCE.

FINANCE.
General Carl Schurz spoke at Indianapolis,
Ind. on Friday eveding. We give his views on
negro suffrage and the bond question:
"The Democrats say that by giving the negro
at the South the right of suffrage we will make
the black race too overbearIng. 1t may be re-
Piled to that that free labor entities to poll
cal power. He eXemplited his vie by putting
a suppositltious case. Supposlng there had been
war in Germany against the great lanlhOld-
Crs in Mecklenburg, and that one of the con-
sequences had been the liberation OF their
laborers-a kind of serfs-would 1t be sound
policy to leave all political power ex-
political power must rest with the masses
the people. The Democrats speak of the nesro's
alleged stupidity; that he does not know how
to appreciate the right OF suffrage all az once
bestowed upon him. If any Caucasian had been
in slavery for several centuries he would be in
the very same fix as Sambo. Perhaps he could
not deny that the negro will never attain such
degree of refinement as the white man; but the
negro would be capable of attaining much
higher degree OF refinement than he had at
tanned up to this time. 1t is our sacred duty to
assist him in his course OF education. AS for
the negro being capable of comprehending fully
the rights and duties of suffrage, the speaker
said that he had voted many times hlmself
ytho1t being did tHy posted on the matter &
all; for the masses it is right. Suf-
frage is q bulwark for preserving the
dignity of law and justice. Casting votes
would always be matter of instinct and in.
terest. For instance, it the negroes of the
South in 1861 had been allowed to vote, seces-
sion would have been impossible; then the
negro would have cast his vote in wiser way
than the wisest of the whites, and a great deal
wiser than the Democrats lately at New York.
Negro suffrage at that time would have made
the war an impossibility. The negro do Tn
South casts his vote not only in his interest,
but just as we'll in our own interest. Democrats
called the negro stupid. II he would vote for
them they would call him smart. They deSpse
him because he is led by his interest, which
ntanah 70. iofn
Negro rule at the South is another nightmare
for Democratic sensltiveness. Will ever such a
thing exist? Never. There are at the South
three million nye hundred thousand negroes
and over eight million whites Should ever the
blacks rule over the Caucasians then will the
whites deserve 1t. Republicans are not afraid
of such an event. Besides, the CaucasiaDs are
being reinforced continually by immigration;
the Africans are not. Such Democratic night
mares are laughable. We are no children, who
will run away at the cry, The black man is
coming 1t was fur her said the Republicans
were not sound on the bondholders question.
When these SIX per cent, bonds we're issued the
Government was well nigh bankrupt and had
to accept any terms to get money; the promises
given then had faithfully to be kept; no rich
folks were the bondholders, only working men
and small business men; there were in Germany
many millions of these gold bonds held by ser.
wants and people Of low stations in life"
HoA. John A. GriENyoId's Acceptance OF
the New York GuberAat0rial NOmina-
tion.
Hon. John A. Griswold in accepting the Re-
| publican nomination for Governor of New ork,
| writes as foloWs:-
at remains for the loyal and considerats
| people OF this country to decide whether the
path of safety lies in the election of a President
! who shall decide null and Uoid all laws enacted
! by Congress since the voluntary withdrawal O
the representatives of the late Rebel States; who
! shall compel the army 10 undo all that has been
| done in the reconstruction and restoration oi
those States to their proper practical relation
to the Union; who shall, if necessary tC
accomplish this purpose, drive the national
| Congress from the capital at the point OF the
bayonet and again plunge the country into 9
state of anarchy and revolution. After the ter
rible scourgings OF four years. war, more
| formidable in its magnitude and devas tatiRg in
its effects than was ever before waged for Tho
destruction OF an established Government, the
Union Republican party adopt as their mott
the language of the great Captain whose mill
tary genius carried us safely through the con
fllct, and upon whose clear Judgment profound
loyalty, and earnest patriotism we now depend
LET us have peace" Peace alone can restore
to us our former commercial prosperity soV
all the pending intricate problems of finance
and make us whPt we should be, the nation o
all others leading the van in the progress O
| Christian civilization,
| The work of reconstruction Is now well mig
completed. 1t has thus far been in the hand
| OF those who saved the natio from its de
stroyers. There could be no indemnity for th
past, but such security as could be provided TO
the future was demanded, and has been OF
tanned so far as the measures of Congress hav
been adopted by the States lately in rebellion
Shall this unfinished work go on to full an
final Consummation, or shall the ship OF Stat
again be launched on the stormy sea OF revolt
tion, guided and manned by those who's
failure TO destroy was because of the superiC
power of the loyal, who were determined
save the Republic ~
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