New-York tribune., 1870-02-01

resented the weakness, the poverty, the de-
pendence, the cowardice, of those thousands:
there was no belief on any side that they
represented anything more.
OF course, the Democrats will change their
tactics directly. They have fought lmpar,ii
Suffrage to the bitter end they will stop ngh'-
ing it when the XVIII Amendment shall nave
become part of the Federal Constitution
because to fight it longer will be suicide.
They cannot nationally expect to carry oouli-
ern States as they carried Georgia ana hou'''
lana in 1868. The Blacks, as class nave oc'
come more intelligent and more independent
and each intervening year VIII see the'u "o'
abiect and more intent on vlndicatins 'hcir
political rights. Wealth and social prestige may
control some of them; but the immense MAJOR
ity will vote for no champion OF Goverhlieht
by Caste.
we expcct to see the Democratic politicians
striving to make up for lost time by extra
ordinary efforts to ingratiate themselves with
their late chattels. They will insist that tile
past has been muddlo and miscOnception,
which should be utterly sponged out ana ior-
gotten-that they never meant to resist Negro
Enfranchisement, but only the domination OF
the canting. lying, thieying, psalm-slnslng
Yankees and rpet-baggers. They Will get
ND barbecues, invite the Blacks to take their
choice of tables, and harangue them on
the recollections of their common boyhood,
with its pranks and games, and appeal TO their
Southern nativity sympatlies, ami prejudiees.
A Texas lawyer, who had fought zealously tor
Secession. remarked in 1865 that it ut first
came a little awkward for men of his stamp to
address negro juries but they very soon
caught the knack and opened with Fellow
"Citizens and Gentlemen of the jury as
though they had never addressed jury which
was not Black. Human nature has wonderful
facility of adapting itself to circumstances.
And the Democrats will make their way
with the negroes, though not so fast as they
seem to imagine. The Blacks forget easily
but then they have moro to forget than any
people ever had before and some part OF 1t
is very recent and very foolishly aggravating.
With regard to much of their recent treatment
by the Sham Democracy, they will be moved
to inquire, in the words of fading ditty
- suppose it was right to dissemb!e your love;
But why did you kick me down stairs''
while their wooers, disappointed and disgusted
with their i'll success, will often be provoked
into temporary uncOnsciousncss of the necessl-
ties of their position, and will swear that they
have done fishing for Niger votes, and shall
henceforth strike out boldly for the good old
Democratic principle of "A White Mans Gov
ernment" This will set things back for
season but they will think better of 1t, on
cool reflection, and return to the ungrateful
task of converting the negroes to Democracy
ultimately, with fair success. One touch OF
Mature makes the whole world kin :" and q mu-
tual fondncss for whisky and tobacco will do
much to bring these discOrdant elements into
a state of assimilation if not of absolute fu-
sion. The one thing indispensable to
success IN this arduous enterprise is pa
tient, invincible perseverance. Should it mis-
carry, it will be through an error akin to the
Dutchmans. who was staggered by the Biblical
account Of Elisha's making the AK to
swim. ado you think he asked his spiritual
guide, that / could make an AK swimT
. Certainly, if you had undoubting faith was
the rrectrepiy " I 1rgs -Eaith! here goes |"
was the prompt rejoinder: and away flew the
ak into the lake, where it sunk like stone.
"Therew resumed the triumphant expert
menter; sit has gone straight to the bottom,
"and / kneW it uould." Too much must not
be expected from that sort of faith.