The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-06-25
politifnI:l
A Fore.fnstc.

ANFANN
The recent electionin the city OF Wash
ington serves the useful purpose OF giving
forecast of the future. The riotous viola
ton of law. and resistance of the authori-
ties. fine attempts Of negroes exhibiting alt
the saykte nature of the barbarians they
are. To Kill persons of their own race for
exercisipp the citizens right of free thought
and free choice; the election, amidst scenes
of disorder i'm the nations capital that
wonld DISGRACE n community of Fiji.island-
ars. Of unIettered boot-blacks, table-walt1
ers norters. aud chimney-sweeps, thomost
IGNORANT even of their class, TO tho respon-
| sible offices OF Municipal government, such
are some of the carly fruits of that most
faise and dangerous Of on humbugs, "tmi-
yersnl manhood suffrage.
Bnt to gneh scenes and such results the
whole country is rushing ON fmpelled by
the partisan lusts of the most fanatical and
unreaeoning of men. "Loyal men shall
| roie." is tho party ~Shibboleth, and as the
party contains not loyal white men enough
to rule. a plea must be devised to increase
its loyal numbers by admission Of the lately
e%mancipated negro slaves with all Their
dense Ignorance, their disgusting supeistl-
lions. their brutal and barbarous instincts,
their unthrift, %laziness, and Nth The
plea has been for some time before inc
country; the results are Just beginning 70
appear. A..
prevalent fmntici m ON this subject.
t,Striko but hear" was the maxim ola gem
Grafton no longer in existence. Hearing
has been dispensed with, and striking only
remains One must follow the tide; must
below that the ignorant African barbarian
Is as capable in the Governing business, rs
the pducated American or European; mus
for-swear Allegiance 10 the public welfare
and be governed by loyalty TO the party.
must proclaim that the men who establish
ed republican government in America wore
fools. and that only modern radicals ore
wise: must denounce ns an ass one OF the
most able statesmen the world has pro
duced for saving that ''Government Is q
most practical thing, made for the happi
ness of mankind, and not furnish art 9
mectncle of. uniformity 10 crafty the
schemes of visionary politicians. Ed
mund Burke is dead and Charles Sumner
lives. The former is engaged only in thu
interests of humanity, bat the latter has nm
dertaken to manage the interests oil DC
hovah.
one fluids Il q little difficult TO suppos,
that the interest of Jehovah, or OF human
ity, either, were well served IN the lecen
Washington election. But to doubt 1t ist'
be disloyal. One, therefore must asser
that there never was n more digniied, or
derby, and august exhibition ~ofloyalty, II
the act Of governing than that election nj
fordcd; that the nations capital never he
fore witnessed so sublime n spectacle oil in
telligence, Bobriety and wisdom engaged II
determining the public dcstiniesi tina
never before were chosen men so capahl
and worthy of official station Ms tho Ethio
? plan boot-blacks and chimney sweeps VIII
were elected to govern the city of Washing
ton Glorious spectacle Sublime apotf
costs of enlightened and progressive Amer
ical by all means give as some more {
the same sort. Let us have things as the
"ought TO be-" So shall nothing moro b
needful to our prosperity as a%nation, or :
our happiness as n people.