The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-03-28

|ence him TO vote with the m. anu Lucy CHI
mike him q force against che very men
who gave him the ballot with the idea tnat
he would vote against the Democrats ZOE.
ever.
hereafter which is based upon the 1deakof
any effect OF any legislative policy 1912, ,ea
against the negro. The people are anuil-
ferent to the negro as political quanelsy.
They do not care whether he votes Ior one
party or the other, or whether he votes at
all. They are tired OF the negro. as O sepu.
rate political matter. They recognize tllaI
the passage OF equal laws puts tue negro
under the same requirement tomake them
available for himself that the white man 10
nut under. II the negro with vote cannot
commend himself to politicians tue same
ns any other voter docs, nobody meaus 70
atom 10 take care OF him. There is nothing
in the reason Of things why. voter OF Al,
rican descent should be specially protected
any more than u voter OF American, Ger
man. or Irish descent should be. Inc iatr
ter classes have the intelligence and courage
70 make themselves valuable 10 ponies:
such intelligence and courage are the PROOF
Of ability to deserve and use suHraSe:
Wanting them, voters Will 60 to the wal
inst as those who want them to 90 10 Tue
wall in business and labor. Legislation can
NIT sunp!y man with competency to use
his own rights and opportunities. The
man must have the competency In himself,
or not having 1t he will lag behind. 1t is
inst as impossible for Congress to enact
which horse shall win at Saratoga this sum-
mer as it is for Congress 10 make tue negro
an effective factor in politics In lieu OF his
making himself one.
We repeat that any hue and cry against
the repeal OF the force-laW, on the ground
that it initiates against negro suffrage,
would well be abandoned. Men and
women do, not care if it does. They feel
that the law ought 10 be repealed, II its
tendency is to prefer or to take into account
one class rather than another. Moreover,
negro suffrage does not appeal to the ludS-
ment and moral appreciation OF the Thought
full and clean classes, and thing that does
not appeal 10 them IS fortunate II 1t meets
with popular indifference rather than popu-
lar hostility. Ii The worst charges made
by Radicals against southcrneTs were true,
and il at the same time it could be shown
that the effect oi the things charged was to
prevent negro supremacy in the South,
northern opinion would be indifferent to
tile charges and content with the result
its way out of a blundcr and q trouble by
not being too curious about methods. just
as patients have enjoyed their whi>key and
their temperance principles both together,
by not asking the doctor too closely about
his medicines. The American people do
not mean to sanction return OF ignorance
and crime to political control i'll the south
ern States. and they mean 10 let the south
ern people influence and impress the ne
grOes in their own way, and require inc
Federal Government to have and show no
more salicitudc for Interference with SOUTH
ern than with far western or eastern STATES.
Tie thing experience has proved and ma
ture and tradition commend to the people
of the United States is the supremacy OF
the white race. That supremacy alone re
suits in t9lcrablc government. That race
alone knows how to govern itself or others.
The supremacy OF that race is the result
laws and constitutions will be made to work,
and any maXims or plans to prevent it will
be ignored, changed, or in whatever neces-
sary way rendered imperative. The pres
ence o" operation of any other race-black,
brown. rcd, or ycllow--in politics will be
made to admit or promote that supremacy OF
the superior race, whether in MaSSachu-
>etts or Mississippi. Michigan or South
Carolina, or anywhere. American society
will not give way to barbariSm, no matter
what its supremacy in numbers. The wit,
the wealth, or the force Of tho ruler race
will preserve civilization, and the end will
be held to justify the means by the 1udg-
ment OF history and Of this and every other
generation.
We therefore advise Democrats every
where to care not Il whit what the Rcpub-
licans aIege about the effect OF leaving
State elections to States on negro suffrage.
Let them allege what they please. II they
make out the Democracy to be the party
that believes in white supremacy and in
none other, so much the better. That
means civilization. common sense, and
the yindication OF the order Of Deity
and history among men. 1t Is doc
trne on which, when plainly stated,
more than half OF tue cant-wearicd Re-
publcans themselves will unite with the
Democrats, and it is doctrine to arouch
and not to avoid. The national will and
wish ended with the provision OF equal
laws and equal rights for all. That done,
the laws of human nature became and re-
main the tcmpering force to the laws Of
congresses and the statements OF constitr
tons. That ten1porlng force is one to
which the Democracy is hOSpitablc, and the
charge that It is is a charge to be proud OF, 4
charge to proclaim and rejoice in. 4 charge
to inspire the party with the vigor and the
ychemence OF victory everywhere.