Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1869-01-06

| stHf"iinHltlli " itttA Nii1il 1IU-t All
States equally alike The dtaisiOn
ia favor ot the reconstruction meas
ures must bring peace To the South
ami with peace will come &C .ltent-
meit and affinence Tie rebrIlious
/ element in those States, seeiles the
| hopeless folly of longer resisting the
mandate of the Nation VIII ac-
quieSce IN the decision, il with no
better gracethan mereiYacceptiEgthe he
| Inevitable. And with this accept
ance viii BEGIN the real pro perity
of that section, in which property
| VIII then be secure, investments IN
| viting aud remunerative, labor in
| demand and amply paid. rh5 bitter
| minds even among the rebel leaders
recognize and admit that, IA lues-
ton al pract teal statesmanshib 1T il
too late To discuss negro suffrase, for 3,
having been granted, II IL inifossi-
bic to recall ii. Between originally
| Withholding a franchise tfoml large.
| masses OF people, and anntiiiint II at
| ter it has been conceded, wise iaen
| c;,n see a vast difference differ
ence literally quite as great II may
be, a. that between peaceful discus
sion aud bloody conflict 50 HAT
| even excluding from the ease the an-
stract aud unchauHine element al
justice hich underiies il, il Is de
| monStfably impi acticable {, with
| hold suffrage from tile Southern he
| yfpcs, now that they have exercised
| AZ " ithout involving consequences
| Which would destroy all security fof
| life and property in that sectloa for
| generations to come. Negro Suffrage
/ being then of necessity conceded as
| one al the essentials of recon- true
| ton, the only remaining soisrce of
| discomfort H. the exclusion OF atmall
| minority of white men from tha polls
| by reason of disloyalty. And here
| the evil lies in the disloyalty AVID not
| iii the exclusion ; and | know ] am
! safe in saying that the exclusion will
be removed quite aS rapidly a. the
| disioyalty disappears. And the dis
| loyal white men of the South should
| be quite contented if they acquire
suffrage as rapidly as the loyal col
| ored men of the whole country! May
We not hope that the patriotic con
| duet of the one class, and the soften
| ing of reasonable prejudice toward
| the other will enable the American
| people Ia hold the centennial Cele-
| bratlon of our independence with no
| citizen of the Republic diSfranChised
| andwith the sublime declarationthat
| all men are created equaln accept
| ed and realized on the hundreth an
| niversary OF its majestic utterapee.
! ;. The election OF Gen. Grant has
/ settled the financial question. do
not mean that it has adjusted tie de-
| tails or even fOreShadowed the par
| ticular measures 10y which the pub
lie debt is TO be provided for and its
prompt payment assured. / only
mean that theAmerican people have
| deliberately, solemnly, and emphat-
| ically recorded their decision IN ia
vor of an honest discharge of sheir
public obligations, and against all
| the forms of evasion and delusiou so
tenptingly set forth in Democratic
| platforms They have declared
against the po!icyof wildly infiating
depreciating and running their cur
| rencv in order to prematurelY paw oil
any portion of the Government
| bonds, and they have declared with
equal emphasis in favor of li9hteuihg 9
the public burdens by reducing the
| interest on the National debt a
promptly and rapidly IA it may be
/ dome with honor. They have de'ia
81 against all forms of repudiatlon
"oPel. or covert, tllreatenedor sus-
| pected, y and in favor of upholdIts
the public faith and maintaining tht
public honor stainless. Nay, they
have gone one step further the
que ton of PAYING the public debt
"in the utmost good faith, according
to the tetteT and spirit of the con
tract Is uo longer to be made a sub
tiect oi controversy or of douht j. the
| American Congress. Henceforti
| we may do well 10 remember that
proud example furnished us in the
| Parliamentary history OF Great Brit
ain, where Just preceding the ~ ent
FIJI battle ol EliCnheim, the prQba
bIitA sf EhclauA'a defeat being an
| grilN auggr-trd bN one S1 the Com
mons, he " a. answered bY the mos
| brilliant man Of that day II
these eloquent aud ever nem"rtabi
WuTdz
The que-tion at hog land 5 ahilt
Is to maintain i.rt position should
uot be discussed ia her oNh fatIt.t
u,-ut Discussion Implies doubt
aud DOUBT breeds disaster. oar hus
mess is to provide the means lur th'
Nattanal delrusr, aud let "a 10 ga
task -
| 4 NTH the tie-,stion uI Gen. & ftft
comes a hiYia~f standard oT American
citizenship, with more dignity au,
lchaIaVter L. the name shioad Az,
more assured liberty and security AT
tarhino L. &c at home. cur diploma
lyy viii Ia fesc urd from the subSerVl
tut tone 10y " hich We have So ultei
been huIniliattsd IN our own eyeSa an'
iu The eyes af ttuope, ana the ira
position al the nIst nation q: tn
earth ia rank aud prestige viii b
| asserted { not ia the spirit ot hf:tNad
ur with he mere arrogance q
strength, hut with the conscious DAG
nifty hich belaDS5 t. pow er aud viii
the m1 -ieratiou winch is the true 0I
nam sc af Justice And with thi
/ Viut.ication of the rights and TIA
rank II our citizenship abroad Mi
come AIS. its protection and t'te pan
oply AT home. That provision 81 th
Federal Constitution which solemn
lly guarantees that "the citizeIlS q
each State shall lie entitled To all q
the privileges and immuuities of cli
izens i'm the several States Will 40
: be a dead letter under the admins
tration OF Gen. Grant, as ii in fac
> has been from tue foundation of III
p Federal Government down To thi
? hour HencefCrward il is to be pra,
: tically enforced throughout all on
: borders. and every citizen M the Re
public. himself observant of the lay
+ and of tRe rights of others shall <
4 where II may pleSse him and srea
e IS he may see fit, Suawed by mob:
: unharmed by murders. unmenace
: III life, limb or estate NTH the>
{ four cardinal points settled by In
4 people, .ssa. Grants Administratio
f,a "a rsrka