The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1877-01-11

not much TO be blamed. Tnev are
I ignorant, and, CONSERVATIVE. are
easily led against the negro. Those
OF them who read take un papers but
/ obscure country sheets, whose edit1rs
posses little ability, Independence, I
| breadth.
I To tie reader, let me sAy that Am
not a politician, and never was in tie
employ OF one. l came - the South
with my prejudicss, I sm sorry 10
say, against the negro, and my sym
/ pathy with the whites. 1 sat in the
gallery of the United States Senate
for eight successive days in February,
1859, listening to the arguments fuT
and against the admission OF Senator
Revels, from Mississippi ! Witness
ed bis swearing 10, and after Ad.
lournnent) bis introduction by Re-
| publican Senators 10 theIr wives on
the Senate fl Dor, and eandidly con-
less | thought II wzs farce upon civ
iliZatiOn- | came to Charleston, 3. G.
~ 1869. landing there from New
YORK on election day, and saw negro
officials administering the iron clad
oath to whit --hsired 'chivaIrists, -
and thought II was an outrage up-
on justice. Since then have travel
ed IN the South, principally 10 Mis-
sissippi, Arkansas aDd Louisiana, and
conversed with men in all stations OF
life, from the Governor of State tO
its hnmblest citizen, and L am well
satisfied that the negro is cheated out
of his civil and political rights.
In conclusion, let me ask you,
Irish Nationalists-you, sworn friends
OF Irish liberty-Are you willing to
coDeede to every human being on
earth the same rights you claim for
yourself? Are you prepared to sup
port the ssms principles in the land
Cf your adoption that you are pledged
to in the land of your birth ? II yOu
are not you are unworthy Of shar-
ing the blessings Of an Irish Republic.
Il yOn are, give no eOuntenADee to
any man or any policy that does not
honestly mean 70 uphold the rights OF
every class, creed, and color.
TRAYELER."
Every reader of the Irish World
Will bear Us witness that We have
never helped to foster any sectional
jealousy or ill-feeliug, but, on the
COuNAAi " AaNC aAH aJS LC1spu5tl Ia
bored tD establish harmony and gOSd
will. We have read this cOrrespSn-
dents letter carefully, aud from what
he disclOses, as from Information sent
us by other trustworthy persons. we
are forced to believe that the negro In
many parts of the South is subjected
TO intimidation CT various kinds. IL
would be the veriast hypocrisy on our
part to denOuuce the religious tssth
in New Hampshire, or the property
qualification" for adopted citizens in
Rhode Island, il we remained dumb
as to the "bulldOZing" Of cOlOred men
in Mississippi. We feel satisfied that
the mass Of the white people down
South are loyalty disposed t. aeceot-
the results of the war, including the
reconstruction acts. But they have
among them a mischievous set OF
men who, though they never struck
blow for the COnfedercy, are now
foremost in taking gore aud exciting
evil passions. By giving any color OF
approval to the acts Of those distur-
bers, or by trying to sbridge tbs poll
siesl rights of the colored man, the
South will ouly prolong its own agony
and retard the progress OF desirable
reforms throughout the whole Nation.
The South must in the end accept the
logic of events, aud it can gain much
more by cOnciliating than by intimi-
dating the negro.-[ Ed. I. w.