The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1870-06-23
Black End White.

Il has cost this nation of ours enormous>
r. TO abolish the distinction between black
and 'shite. Il has been long Job. iloge
than five years have elapsed since ourgreat
civi. war closed. One Ct the gigantic re-
suits Of the bloody contest vas The tuaa
cIpatlon Of four million Of blacks. Since
then, under the leadership Of Gem4eoguts 81
and fanatics, the time, the energies end
treasure OF the nation have been prlEci
paiiy devoted TO the task OF wiEug out al
distinctions on account Of race aud color. =
This object has engroSsed the attention Ct
every congress which has met lrns that
i've years. The smoUu; OF money which
has been squaDdered upon this pa.tiZan
scheme, Is beyond the reach OF calculation.
Ii the sum could be aSceTlalnci IN ROUND
numbers, lis yaStness would straS the PEG
pie almost dumb with astouishment. #
this money had been honestly devoted 70
the liquidation Of the national debt, or
obligations would have been reduced many
hundred millions Of dollars
All me vast sums which have been ey>
pended upon reconstruction, freedman
bureaus, and upon armies to keep great
states in subsection, were extorted from the
pockets of white men. They have been
compelled to furnish the means which have
been used 10 extlHguish the marks OF dis
tlnctincti0n which all creating nature had
Placed between black and white Nor IS
the loss Of monies the oaly sacrifice 10
which We have been compelled to submit,
ID order that black migfr, under the iaw,
claim equality with white. To subserve
The same purpose and promote same de-
sign, the Union, which bad withstOod the
shock OF war, was rent III twain 10y the
/ treacherOus hand Of legislation, and has
! remained asunder everslnce, and Is not
! even yet restored. OF course the leaders
IN this scheme, 10 wipe cat color anu make
/ black as good as white, have iabore4 hard
to keep alive feelings 0fsectlOBal hate, Sur
up strife and disc0rd, and to pre- cent the
restoration Of harmony and peace. The
consequences have beer fatal 10 that con-
/ dltlon OF security without which no patton
or people eau long prosIer IN their business
pursuits. These are some OF the more lm>
/ portant evils which white people have been
compelled to endure fer five years, IN or
der that the radical Dogma OF equality
might be Incorporated into our system OF
government. Well, What Is the final re
+ suit Of all this? Does It pay? has 1t teen
( a profitable investment
/ At a cost which StaEgers human ca!cula-
ton, black has been declared the political
equal of white. Is ]; worth the price ?
/ That Is tie question. Ne matter what the
! law says, OF what the constitution may pro-
/ claim, the fact sill exists, black Is still
black. The Ethiopian has not changed
/ his skin. The negro IS still the negro. lie
/ is voter, made so, It is true, by force aud
/ fraud but still q voter. Best0wlug the
ballot upon the race adds seven or eight
| hundred Thousand to the aggregate vote OF
I the nation, Bat it has added nothing to il
! III wealth in virtue, Or intelligence, Has
/ It? The reelection OF the VIGOROUSLY brio-
/ cd SOUNDED Nhittemcre. ought to settle
/ the question. His return TO congress /,
/ one Of the fruits Of negro suffrage. lie
/ could not have scared one hundred votes
/ IN any northern state, but he received al
overwhelming majority in the loyal negro
state OF South Carolina. To secure the
ballot in the hands OF these negroes white
men have paid hundreds of millions, ami
the negroes have given an illustration II
their capacity to use it jptcli gently hy elect
Ing y hit.mora, the man who resigned hIr
seat Tor fear OF expulsion, because he had
! been hrhed. Agajn we ask does ue2r,
suffrage pay? Arc you satisfied, Mr.
Radical with the cost? Haven you BE- er
paying an enorMoas price for a very poor
whistle ? I'uuhe5ha PIuiuGeaIer
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