Smyrna times., 1870-04-20


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WILL THEY OR NOT?-The Democratic 20
liticians are constantly asserting that thev be
long to the white mans party" and tha
they will never endorse the Fifteenth Amend
inent by seeking the negro vOte-that is, the
Democratic politicians Of this State. That i,
question yet to be tested Let us look al
past events When President Lincoln issued
the Emancipation Proclamation nothing could
have been more unpopular or more heartily
despsed. 1t was regarded as the sum of al
political villanies by these same politicians
1t was opposed both in form and substance
both in manner and matter-as unconstitu.
tlOnal, unjust and dangerous to our liberties.
Yet no measure is more heartily endorsed now
than the abolition of slavery No man, of
any party, North or South, now publicly ex-
presses preference for "the old order of
things Mr.. Bayard, in his speech in thi,
town, expressed particular qualification at its
abolition, and the manner in which he rt fer
red to an erroneous theory of 1.-THE days of
slavery that We were justified in di>obeyins
might have supposed him to have been a
wool dyed abotionist. All public men endorse
It, particularly the ex-slaveholders themselves
ct when 1t was abolished there was much
greater hope of multiplying it than there is of
multiplying the Fifteenth Amendment.
The same result followed the armine of the
negro. The comforting upon him of the b r
ty to use the baIlo. meets with no greater op
position now than did the recurring of him
the duty to use the bullet during the war The
most dlreiul consequences were predicted as
the sequel to the arming of the negroes. The
Projectors of war of races looked as if they
had triumphed. They pretended to think that
their Ott-repeated threat would be realized.
This terrible outrage Oh the white race" drew
the milk of human kindness from the Copper
head Journals in behalf of the white soldiers.
who, they conteuled would desert rather than
submit TO such d" DEGRADATION. The South
ern people were told by their Nothern allies
that this srnlng of the negroes, instead of
STRENGTHENING the Northern army would weak
cn 1t; that for every negro soldier recruited
two white soldiers would desert. Notwitb>
ing all these grave predictions, however, the
negro pu; on the uniioi IN of the brave boys
IN blue, and the very individuals Who shook
their heads SO sadly over this degrad,rion of
the white soldiers were among the first 70
pay a negro to represent them in the army.
NO one preteuds that they did wrong. Lut that
they talked hypocritically they will hardly denv
Themselves nd tc Il
same individuals would use the negro for other
purposes! 1t they employed him to keen
them out OF the army, would they no. seek
his ald to put them into Office? 1t matters
little how much they may cry white mans
government now; time and circumstances will
change their tune" Prejudice will give way
To reason as soon as the people see that they
cannot effect the result by refusing the negro
vote and thereby cutting of their noses. Saws
the Baltimore Sau: Revolutions rarely On
backward, and when a grant Of political DOW
er or privileges has once been conferred. it is
very difficult to revoke it. Practically. too.
there will be every year less and less disoosi.
ton to moot the question:. The Democratic
politicians Of this State are as thoroughly con.
WINGED upon this point as are tho Republicans,
but hope to retain power by appealing to pre-
judice, while ever it will avail This "white
mans party talk is merely sour crane"
cry. They know that they cannot get the ne /
gro vote any how, and they have therefore
accepted the suggestion of Willard SALISBURY
to cry white mans party If they cannot
win by these tactics they cannot win at all.
says Willard, aud fiom the desperate efforts
they are making they are evidently doubtful
of the result.
Two years from now the Presidential election
will be the contest, when the political parties
will have their platforms marked out by their
national councils. The Democrats of the North.
I1any OF them, have always been used to ne
gro -..iage those Of the South have become
used to it since the war and have solicited it
aud been defeated By it. It will therefore be
recooo'7 t as n political power and will be
Coveted. i he party was opposed to the war but
1t always had to pander it. 1t never nomina
ted national candidates without putting war
man on one end or the other of the platform.
So it will be with the negro question. And
Delaware will bow the knee, Just as in war
times. All will be fish that come to their net
We will see.