New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-11-19
TJJR RACK VOTE.

which the Gar thought so Objectionable.
THE BLACK VOTE.
THE n Y. Eypress is aggrieved by the spec
tare of q nearly solid vote OF the COiored men
of every State for tho Republican ticket, ana
demonstrates as follows:
mAu through the four years OF civil war the negroes
manifested devotion to their White masters not con
thmpIated by the Federal Government and hardly eS-
peced by the South There were no attempts at reVou
t,on M outbreaks no enees, disorders to speak o.
Tho men AT war upon the side OF Dsnion LETT their
wives chdron and homes, at tho mercy Oh thor Sa'o
and a. a rule they as reliable PROJECTORS oven No
the masters themselves The close OF tho war fo
suIted In the freedom OF tho slave. Such was mani
feat destiny after tho defeat Of the Rebellion; anu
this destiny was no persisted In by the
great marty OF tho Union Than 1t was acquiesced
in nv the party Of Disunion. The relations between
servants and masters, employers ana emp'oyed' "eIo
not greatly damaged by the war; nor unll paruos "cro
found TO place the negroes OF the South III S'".o VI
polticai antagonsm against those among whon th'y
were born and bred This antagonisn has now oeeh
an far that the vote by tens Of thousands
against their old friends and protectors rhey nA'o
been Taught to hate the White men OF the South, ana
have been falsely told that the Democratic party o no
country wonld II they could cnsave the fOur nnoh
negroes set free in consequence OF THO war E'ory
possible device and ingenuity have been uSeu
~
the minds and hearts OF the negro. Pas
sion prcudlcc antecedents, misrepresentation with
ont limit have been used, aud the too 5uscepuDio
minds Of ignorant negroes have not been appeaen W III
vain to awaken OF the worst forms Of hosly ahu
resentment We not prepared to say now long no'e
political pretensions and positive misrepresentation can
successfully he maintained. The effect OF combination
of negroes against White men IN the states we nave
named above has been to unite the large majority OF
White people these States to stand by their own race
and IL ths OF warfare is continued by the BacS race
il will aso be continued by the Whites, and on each sue
become more and bitter to the bitter end Two
Federal Radical Administrations and four Radical Con
crosses have their worst to continue TINS uhat
ural and deporabe strife In the ond' II 1t ia continued
the white race and their ideas will predominant and tho
negro suffer"
Comments by The Tribune.
So long IA the African race were he'd III
bondage among us, Democracy was to that
race the synonym of oppression ana deSra-
dation. BY Democratic ascendency ana Demo
cratic votes, the free Blacks were Invested OF
the Right of Suffrage in this and in most or
the States, which had previously known no
distinction based on color. Acts were sue
cessiyely passed by Democratic Legislatures
taking away from free Blacks the few
| rights previously allowed them, until at
length Arkansas capped the climax by
dccrceing that every free colored per-
| son who did not leave that State
| by a certain day should be sold into Slavery.
| Meantime the extension of the OF Slavery,
| with intent to increase its power and perpetu-
ate it's existence, became the SmbbOleth OF
| Democracy and Conservatism; and the Editor
| of The Eypress, who, while a Wing. bad sol
| emily protested that he could never. never
consent to such extension, having turned Dem
crat, became one Of the most INSCRIPTIONS and
superseryiceable tools of tho Slavery Propa-
ganda.
The so-caled Conservative parties OF lSbO
| were united by one common purpOsc-resist-
ance to any restriction of the area OF Slavery.
In the Peace Congress, their ultlmatum was
| Permit Slavery to be extended over all terri
tory south of lat So 30' or we will dissolve
the Union. And when the Republicans would
| not consent TO such extension, they plunged
the country into Secession and Civil War.
All through that War, Northern Democracy
| and Conservatism were more intent on the
preservation of Slavery than on anything else
They denounced every anti-Slavery measure
az in the interest of DisuniOn. Lincolns
| proclamatOns of Freedom we're execrated by
| them M unconstitutional, revolutionary, and
| fatal to the Union.
| At length, the Rebellion went down, carry
| ing Slavery along with it, and Andrew john
| son undertook to reconstruct the Southern
| States on q White basis with the more CON
! spiclons Rebels DISTINGUISHED. At once, their
Legislatures began to pass acts which deprived
the Blacks of the most precious rights of
manhood They were forbidden to keep arms,
A. 4, e EnIn
| ton they were excluded from juries they
were forbidden t0 give testimony i'll case to
which White was party. Conservatives
| held county meetings and agreed therein to
pay no Black mOro than so per month, he
boarding himself. Had not Congress upset
these Legislatures, the Blacks would ere this
have been reduced TO seridom less bearable
than chattel Slavery.
The Republican party intcrposed and saved
them. 1t passed the Civil Rights bill. 1t null
lifted the JOhnsonian reconstruction and re-
placed it by one in which the Blacks had IA
voice. 1t rendered Slavery henceforth impos-
sible under our Federal Constitution. And
finally it crowned the edfce, by imbed-
ding in that Constitution provision that
every political right and franchise should be
enjoyed by ColOred alike with White citizens
throughout every State and Territory of our
Union. 1t is by virtue of this XVIII Amend
ment that Blacks have Just voted in most of
the States of our Union.
| From first to last, Democracy and COnscrva-
tlsm have fought against every step taken in
this long and arduous struggle for Justice and
! Equal Rights. They insisted that Blacks should
not be allowed To fight for the Union. but