The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1869-09-07
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shut OF at once an eifectually, all eini
grafton from tho Northern. States, and
! from Europe too. wheaever that should
happen. Thus they Will remain per-
manently colored States II the South.
The white men who are now there would
remove from them; they would not re-
main under such domain.
EFFECT OF THEIR ENFRANcHIsEMENT-A
NEGRO BALANCE OF POWER.
Very well, say some; that is allvery
well if we can get the negroes to go
there But let ME say that the colored
Estates would be Il balance of power in
this country. | ask, is it desirable to
have a colored State government? 1
SAY it is not 1t is not, for many rea-
sons. One reason is that such States
would perpetually constitute a balance
Of power, They would be held bound
by the stringent lie that eycf hcld men
together-the tie of color and race-the
| tie of q down trodden and despised
race. AS three hundred thousand slave;
holders, by a common tic, were able to
govern this nation for long time, SO
four millions of people, bound together
by much stronger tie-despised by the
whole world as they have been-would
constantly vote and acs together, and
their united vote would constitute bal
ance of power that might control the
government of this nation :,
/ submit, then, however clearly and
strongly we may admit tie natural rights
of the negro-I submit it to the intelli-
gence of the people-that colored State
governments are not desirable; that they
will bring about results that are not to
be hoped for; that, finally, they would
threaten to bring about, AMI believe
would result in a war of races.
THE SOLUTION OF THE DIFFICULTY.
Now, the question turns up, how can
this he avoided? If had the power |
would arrange it in this way: | would
give these men period of probation
and preparation; time to learn something
about the simplest forms of business,
and prepare themselves for the exercise
OF political power At the end of ten,
fifteen OF twenty years, let them come
into the enjoyment Of their political
rights. By that time these. States will
have been so completely filed up by en-
igration from the North and frop, Eat
rope that the negroes viii e in pkfma-
nent minority. Why? Because the ne.
sroes have no emigration-nothin but
the natural increase, while we have emi-
grafton from all the world, and natural
increase besides. Thus, by postponing
the thing only TO such time rs the ne
groes are qualified to enjoy political
rights, the dangers / have been consid-
ering would have fully passed Away
Their influence would no longer be dan
gerous in the manner have indicated.
and 4 conflict of races would not be
more likely to happen than il now is in
Massachusetts. LII Massachusetts, the
negroes have exercised political rialts
for twenty-five years, and yet therd Rs
been no Disturbance there; no conaict0f
races. Why Because the negroes have
been in the minority They cannot elect
4 man of their own color to any Office to
bring up that prejudice of race be-
lieve what | have stated will be the way
in which the question will work itselfout.
But under the policy of Mr.. Sumner, We
are to exclude twenty out of every twcn-
ty-one white men in the Southern States,
and bring forward colored voters to I'll
the places of those excluded. The inev-
table result of that policy would be to
establish colored State governments,aud
a colored balance of power in this Re-
public-a thing which think most des::-
rable to avoid.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE NOT A REMEDY FoE AM
OF OUR ILLS.
In addition to the above extracts from
a public speech before his own partisans,
Gov Morton is also officially on the re.
cord against negro suffrage. In his mes.
sage to special session of the Indiana
Legislature, in 1866, we find the follow
ing paragraphs:
''The question of suffrage is BY the
National Constitution EXPRESSLY RE-
FERRED to the determination Of III, sew
eral States. and 1t cannot be taken from
them without q VIOLATION of the letter
and spirit of that instrument But with
out stopping to discuss theories or ques-
tions of constitutional law, and leaving
them out of view,it would in my opinion
be unwise to make the work of recon-
struction depend upon a condition of
sach doubtful utility as negro suffrage"
The Governor goes on to say:
'.It is fact so manifest that it should
not be called in question by any, that a
people who are just emerging from the
barbarism of slavery, are not qualified
to become 4 part of our political system,
and take pert, not only in the govern r
ment of themselves and their neighbors,
but of the whole United States. SO far
from believing that negro suffrage is a
remedy for all our nationa' lis, doubt
whether it is remedy for any, &c ,&c-
EECyy 10 Peel Peaches. -
AS the time for putting up peaches is
at hand, we have procured from lady
friend the following recipe for peeling
peaches, which we confidently recon-
mend to our lady readers: Take ket-
tie of very strong I've, and heat to boil
ing; take a wire cage simi ar to corn
poppcr-flled it with peal es and dip
into tie lye for momeut; then into
cold water " IL a coarse towel wipe
each reech, and the rind will peel OIL
then drop into fresh cold wa
ter, and the operation is complete. You
need have 10 fear Of injuring the flavor
Of the pcech.
TO Keep Grapes Through Winter.
Take boxes the size of candle boxes;
nail pieces across the ends 10 lay Stats
on, put in the bottom newspaper.
Have ready 4 dish Of hot sealing wax,
and dip the ends Of stems in this. Put
in allycrin the box carefully, then a
paper, then put in your Stats, then pa
per, then grapes again, and SO Oh till
full, not more than three layers ina box
Nail lln tiuht Epnn in q cool dry ,,laca