The national Republican., 1869-01-18


subdued) are readily applied to state rIghts
saa ssas rss.cn: And the EsD lsai I. tS.! / iSs
state rights doctrine In connection with SUI
frsge becomes a success In this nation u viii
be at the expense OF national honor anu proba-
O'y Whoever n % Know. aeytsing Of the true nature
and character of our Government readily se-
knowledEes that II is acknowledgement from
the other great powers In that 1t is a Govern.
ment that derives It's powers from the consent
Of the governed, and that the only way known |
70 US and ,eknnowleassd by rs e to express
have declared to the world that whenever |
Government fails to secure these rights II |
pPeseSce shS"sS e Of tis.e facts, ask Whist Right
what justice is there In inviting to our coun-
try foreigners, asking them to dissolve the
nation OF their nativity to abandon all lite
protection and guarantees and to assume the
responsibilities of our naturalization and
drafted Into the army, to risk their health,
| their limbs and life to defend any or all Of the
States IN ease OF either rebellion or invasion
their duties as citizens and soldiers OF the
| United States to be told by the Government
msnded man that they should absndon the pro.ee-
tion Of their native land, that promised TO
give them full citizenship be told by that
less to protect them In their rights to suffrage,
a right by which, In this country, all other
rights are secured the right, indeed, by the
tho perpetulty OF the national Government.
| l ask those who differ with me on this point
to admit the hypothesis for q moment that
II the people fail to vote from any cause, care
not what, wherein the absence OF voting 10 the
power TO petpetuate government OF this
miIstDS ' POSITION, oi t simess IaVi,i%ns % %saStenpt
y to stand covering before petty state, which
e has Just been subjected, through the aid OF the
/ to perpetuate that government by theif bal
= lotsl IL 1t not folly to talk Of protecting our
!, nnturallzed citizens In their rights abroad, by
g var, II needs be, with one OF the Eieatest
;. powers Of the earth, while the smallest State
Il At home can strip them OF all their rights !
I, years or more and yet be deprived Of suffrage
rights without there being either the justltica-
:, ton OF crime or idiocy to sustain the disiran'
e | chiscmcnt
/. Suffrage cannot, with Justice or safety, be
regulated by Intelligence or systematic eduea-
9 tion. II an Intelligent class Just above have =
i right to deprive the class just below them on
t account Of want Of attachments 10 this diree.
}. tlon, there would surely be found class fur
}. ther advanced In Intelligence than they who
{ would ION the same .principle) have the right
to deprive themi and so on II mightgo upward
9 and upward until the right would be confined
d to the few, which would be in direct violence
, to the principles OF our Government, but In
se liGny syeonom,.t % and .eees.ioSis, Of
b. the South. DeBow, who wrote just previous
Z to the rebellion, says: "The right to govern
sssIsD YIN IL me sns saa
And again, says DeBow! "All government
| begins with usurpstion and Is continued by
d force, nature putting the ruling classes upper
J., most and the masses below. Anything less
+ than this Is not government This 10 state
y rSted when hen twas W thought the rebellion would
prove success, II therefore we would see
e more clearly the Importance of caution In ad.
e mittinE to the halls Of Congress men imbued
!. | with such abstract principles Of government,
o II we would see the necessity, before restoring
them iuiy o. ProvIdins iGr btTSNS'en o.sns ans.
!, Iet Democrats and Republicans ask themselves
tion when the rebellion was in full blast and
~ they in the confederate service had lost limb,
rh or mother or sister had lost n husband, or
ct given by US or taken from us to sustain the re
no bellion, and we at this hour held the bonds fol
,ct the faithful payment with interest-it ever W.
ms went ourselves or sent Others to Congresl
Die would we not, II our wealth was In thos'
gn bonds, do our best to make them valuable, Il
is by so doing we could regain something OF tn
.th standing and comfortable sutfciency that W,
riy had previous to the rebellion II others wer
on. receiving pensions for the loss Of husbands o
he the loss OF limbs would we not do our best 4
led to the interests Of ourselves and relatives
mt and II could not succeed In this With the al
its Of our northern allies, would 1t not be expect
he ing too much OF us who had broken faith viii
his the Government that we would not be temple
all to force the Government to repudiate Its lis
tly bilities, II by so doing we could relieve ou
to selves and our constituents from the responsi
lit bilties Of an Onerous taxation, created by tn
zen successful effort to subdue usl Though W
,ot Il would be the excess Of credulIty to expec
ich US to pay for II willingly.
ub. Suffrage cannot be regulated by color. Fo
pre- the reason that II suffrage can be taken AVA
a or withheld on that account, then the right q
aid property, In either real or personal estate tn
ni. tight OF fesidenss' Of persoG%si % liberty or
ng they would be secure. We are reminded l.
si. stand back, that this Is white mans country
SO tisj but II Is = black mans country, and
be poor mans eountry-a country for wise men
IN, and for those that are otheTiriie, but eNclu
tic sively belonging to neither. It is urged tina
ms the cOoTed man ls too ignorant to be trustee
re with the ballot. This comes with an III grao,
of to us from the white men of this country, wh'
es have had the exclusive use and e. rcse OF thu
es ballot, and who have used II so stupidly, ~
tai out OF harmony with the fundamental pTlnci
he pies Of the Government as TO bring on th'
he most stupendous rebellion known to the
he century, and to drive the nation to the very
no verge Of destruction, making 1t necessary tina
$4,000 black pen fhSgld sVs & tSs'T aah sS 20
In by their desperate fidelity and splendid soldier
eT shlp, "a ~ Wagner, Hudson, Oulustee, entitled
to themselves, not only to liberty butto etiEen
ne ship, and the Democrat or conservative Re
ey publican who should deny them the right io
M | which their wounds and glorihed coiors 81
bit eloquently plead, Ia unworthy to participate
he In the greatness Of the nation whose authorit!
ht, these soldiers did so much to vindieate.
er. Suffrage cannot be extended as gratuity
The white men of this country should not con
ov; sider that they are granting anything to US
ted that they are best9wing Us a boon; II i. n
ty, we should eat our own vietuals, wear our owl
he clothes, go to market with our own money
Of pay our own debts II they have the sulrag
or. they have 1t for their own exercise OF 1t
he they vote upon the subject for US to have
en, they only vote that they will no longer stan
ted In our way. The rObbeF who clutches IN
he throat on the highway and afterwards r'
the leases me does not gire me the right to coz
ied tinue my journey, nor does the communit
the that releases to US our rights which they hay
long withheld from us bestow them upon u
in and while we admire Its wisdom It has q
ces, right to demand our gratitude. Let US hel
i'm, then no more OF this senseless twaddle
ate, "trusttng us with the ballot of"giving US Il
hin right to vote" As well might you speak
um. trusting US with our own personal or real
the tate; as well might you propose to give US Il
liti- right to the pavement or the highwAy,to col
Thin or to go, to buy or to sell. II Is ours becAu
0 OF 1t is yours, and for the same reason that 1t
ring yours. 1t is one Of the pursuits OF happinei
Iers II Is the most honorable means, and Ia the
'on- | tmatiOn Of intelligent Americans, the mC
All permanent and eifeotusl mode of securing Il
snts blessings Of liberty to ourselves and to tho
sgal who shall come after Us and Will here -
,Ort but with no purpose to offend, that pity I
ted immeasurAble meanness OF the white man tn
to really feels that the possession OF the ballot
lole necessary to his own elevation, but that /
srn. black man Is SO superior being to him tn
hat he can succeed without It,
My Speaking of Democrats and Conservati
lnl- Republicans, | ieel II part Of my duty befo
IteS pear TO me through my political microscoT
lAt- First, then, the modern Democrat appears
OF buzLsTd, sustaining Itself on dead Issues
per the issues Of the past. FOFeXample Is the
ate, \ rebellion to be crushed, he Is opposed
nip coercion AS unconstitu iOnalj does eoercu
rue succeed and is the nation saved, he clAiI
coercion as his own aud feeds upon II when
c OF Is no longer living Issues 10 slavery to
3u; abolished as means OF suppressing the reb'
nat lion, he prophesics, swears, prays, talks Al
oHe votes against abolition for any purpose. No
the that IL dead issue and past, 1t is one of
Ithe choicest moLals-"lie was always opposed