The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-09-19

until the people should say whether they
wanted it or not, Nov, white men of
Braxton,, l ask you, how has that pledge
4 been rcd, eyned Vas negro suffrage
bFoughtlon US BY yourlconsent? Did you
have an opportunity .of voting for or
against it, No. indeed. you had no
!. voice in the matter, ,innd if you had, what
would have, been ihelfesnli ?-glIam conf
Edent'in asserting thntsuine men putof ten
Iyouh have voted against,it.. It,Eas voted
down, in Ohio by more than 60, 900 ma
lsjority and wherever fho people have had
an opportunity Of expressing their SEMI.
/ ments freely sithas bceuirepudiated. Yet
Ii isnpou you andluponthe whole eoun5
TRY. Your delegates iothe Legislature.
! who were elected When they declared it
wa, not an issuo, vere scarcely warm in
Their seats, ere they ratified tie Fifteenth
Amendment. i for one, have been
taught 70 believe. that this is govern
mept Of the people and for the people,
and to maintain this, the, Revolutionary
/ War vas fought, aud the, theory that
kings reigned BY disine right. was super.
eeded BY the maxim that .aho voice Of
the people is the voice of God.ps The
people are the source Of al power. They
| first. formed ,tlle State governments BY
deleea.ing 70 il, certain of,their iudisida.
Eal rights, and then the Federal Govern.
meht vas brought into existence, BY .ha
people. In Tic be.tar da5s Of stha Re-
public, when member Of the Legislature,
Eor Of Congress vas elected, he zent
there. not TO vctc for, or express his osn
.pcrsoaaI views, bat tae views and insas.
esss Of his constituents and if he could
not represent those siews. consistently
with his own dignity and opinion. he
wouh resign iEs sseacy, bis position.
But now the "t;mcs are, sadly out Of
joint apd We see these gentlemen, in.
stead Of asking what do my, constituents
expect, asking sslas does my party de-
nrdnd9 I'd
But MY friend, Tie General, says he's.
tired Of bearing ustalk about the '.erer--
lasting niger" Ic;don's ike to hear
it. OF course net. mo rogue e7ez felt
the halter drau. with good opinion iof.ae
law" They don'lliks % bearit. because5
they lEnowit is til, deaih-knell Of their
party. Bat who is to blame thrs We ds|
talk about it2 Have they net forced us
to doit? Has NOT their jvhole Legislation
been niger. niger, ,niggeti First they
proposed the Thirteenth Amendment,
which freed The negroes and Of which
the General is SO proud rhen they
passed The Fourteenth Amendment. and
there was niger in ,hat--then they passed
The Civil Rights bill. with the niger in
lthat-then the Fifteenth Amendment,
which i, niger all over, and, finally they
passed the enforcement Act, TO enforce
negro suffrage, and for, other purposes
and yet they say they don't like to hear
US talk pbont the niger! Well. I don't
wonder. They have just a little too
much Of the ichickep-pip, and they don't
Ike it; but they must swallow. it down;
! II II yomits them Is ,sifa
But theyisay they are through, that
(. they have done all'they want to; and will
now siopl God knows they have done
enough /; that they hayo heaped evils up
on US which ought to satisfy the most in
satiato malice. But can We believe them
when they say they will now cease! Their.
path has been strewn, from the cradle. .
with broken pledges and violated proni-
iscs. They told US, not go long ago but
that we oil remember. that they never
would force negro suffrage upon US. They
violated their faith then. 4
Tho gentleman discussed the Sum
uer bill at length, showing up its nom
strous features in q mastery manner, and
said that many of its provisions were al
ready Law. ! In the Southern States me-
groes we're admitted into The public
schools. In. the Government military
school at West Point there arc to-daytwo
negro cadets, and q white man, also ca
dct, who refused to sit at the same table
with them. was put under arrest by Gen.
Upton, And l would like to ask my
friend General Witchor whether he did
not vote for q resolution raising COM
mittee to inquire into this horrible out
rage on this woolly-headed ward Of the
nation? He does not, answer, nor did he
answer tho same question when I pro-
/ norndad Il m him nj Eavattal NJ t..