Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-05-05
THE WHITE MANS PARTY" LIE.
The 0ravitation Of the Democratic Party
to Negro Suffrage.
Evidences from all Quarters.


The following editorial article is from the
Ne,U York Herald.
THE 18th AMKNDMRNT-TlK MICRO VOTE AS
A BALANCE OF POWER.
How is 1t with the Democracy? Under
the present aspect of things, and from the
results ofnumerous local elections in which
this new voting element has been admitted
since the proclamation of the fifteenth
amendment, the bulk Of the African vote of
the North is good for General Grant and the
republican party. Indeed, we think, that
from tine conspicuous part which he has
played in behalf of this amendment, and in
behalf of political equality, regardless of
color, in his official appointments, that he is
good as Presidential candidate against any
opposing candidate for the colored vote Of
the North and South. almost en- mdsse.
From present appearances in tie autumn
elections of this year for the next Congress
it is probable that the republican party (rep-
resenting Grant as he represents the party
will, with the aid of the negro vote, carry
New Jersey, make some important gains in
New York Gf they do not recover the State),
increase their majority in Pennsylvania and
hold their wn in all the other States of the
North. Among the late border slave States
they may, perhaps, revolutionize Delaware
and Maryland, and go great way even to
upset the forty thousand democratic major
ity which, on the white basis, is given by
Kentucky.
The laie Connecticut election has shown
that the fifteenth amendment has caused no
losses to the republican party of the white
vote. The republicans, in fact, are rather
disposed to court Sambo as an ally than to
repel him as an enemy. But the question
still remains to be answered, how is it with
the democracy; They proved last summer
in Virginia, what they can do with the col
ored balance of power in the South if they
try. The Democracy OF the South, embrace
ing the land owners, planters, merchants,
&C., upon whom the blacks must rely for
employment, have the means in their hands,
for winning over the negro balance of power
in every Southern State in their election for
the next Congress. Nor can we imagine
that they will throw their advantages away
in fighting such old Southern windmills as a
war OF races or negro domination. We dare
say that the Southern whites have heretofore
looked upon this thing of negro suffrage
as a temporary radical punishment and
nuisance, soon to be removed after the res
toration of each of the States concerned to
| the full control of its local affairs. But this
| fifteenth amendment extingushes all such
calculations, ane so, with the fixed fact of
negro suffrage before them under the super
vision OF Congress, We expect that the
Southern democracy will not be long in
comprehending the advantages of politi-
cal alliance with the blacks.
| Through the North we have seen, in the
colored celebrations of the Fifteenth amend
ment, that all parties and all classes of the
whites gracefully accept the situation. This
is very remarkable fact, considering the
widely prevailing and apparently incurable
! prejudices OF even our Northern whites
against negro political equality. Among the
first acts in January last Of our present Dem
ocratic Legislature, at Albany, was the res
olution resembling this states ratification Of
the fifteenth amendment-a repeal which
was passed by strict party vote. The 9TH
ar day, however, resolution making the
election laws OF the State conform to sale
amendment was passed by the Senate will
but one dissenting voice. The amendment
had become 1.-THE supreme law Of the land,
and the Democracy in our Legislaiu rc, aftel
lighting it to the last ditch, bow to its au,
tliority as the law. We have seen, from tn,
recent action of the Democrats in othei
places, that where a chance is offered fol
winning an election they are ready not only
to cultivate the negro voter, but to vote fo
a negro candidate. From all these thing
NC may Wei tAciulill, WAS luefe ever 81
great difficulty SO quietly settled as th
late difficulty of Negro suffrage:
The Northern Democracy, then, are alrea
dy in fair way to win good share of tn
negro vote, and as a political balance o
power they may neutralize in it many dis
tricts in the coming elections for the mex
Congress. But until the party shall hay
adopted new platform, in accordance witt
the new order ofthings, they will hardly b
able TO shake tho Republican ascendenc
North or to gain any advantage South c
any practical value in Congress. Tamman
Hall, after her late decisive and importar
victories in the reconstruction of our cit
government, is in good position to TAX
the initiative for a national Reorganization
the Democratic party, looking to the ne,
Congress and the next presidency; and
would be a good stroke of policy on III
part Of Tammany to avail herself Of an ca
, ly opportunity to define her position
: abandoning the dead issues OF the past an
in accepting political negro equality with I'll
new order OF things, and in meeting farl
, and squarely the living issues of the day