, 1879-02-17

ne pHi.snchIschs ought 1lo 10 1laVe bccn En-
f.uehtscd' Tic participants nrc Senators
B,,lus and LarHuTs uoT. Hn1npton, Represents
lsss Garfield a''d sfcphens' "cnuoil fh'ilipss
Montgomery Blair, n''d lhomas a. llenuf1cks'
VI. Blaine onsns and closcs TIC debate. Wc
gre e&trs:ts from all tho contributions
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Inesa qnes1'one na,v ,,.,,''- ,"ss5 W" "e"eo W
nsuy VINO ha'o wv" u'o1''5 "'snIu 40 thc soe-
dilehsmplons Of t,e neSsos .'snts, W uany
shohaVe de'oleu -, s"e't 'teue ~ it,tees'ae t'c
bfe7os WRONGS 1he iaes.loua o"o l'le'r oria'n
moi to aay cuol"'s =. p'"."''AopN "'te'tsl7,
mol 10 iny nosel or fadlcal views aooat dnlscrsa!
.uaraao, but 10 the fact that, in tho Judgment
:, NM nj tho.c hitherto accounted w,scst.
m'u, s,,,fra,o bas fnT,ctl IN ottnI,, tho ords
asa'o.unluko rs na' ..s,,s. :. assa. s s""'
booed tof "uen .e i'a''e,'ls" nv was eonIeEFca
Those who hase reached this conclusion argue
int s1IIragc in tho hands OF tic negro 10 a
sh.,,no. n the xl,Ito raeo for n rontrat IN
ss,'%"s ;. ,.rs - h. ,voro,otoh,,,. .n,a .,,..
saRa ~ - '"lS - w ~ .,," ".u '"as
The Sshcrawal Of tl'e franchise would remove
.ll conflict, restore kindly rciatlona between the
,,,ta p,aeo the whites on their proper aud l,ou-
'. ~. .a,,or,I,,lltv mud asanro fo o,cl, rono
Ma~s 'eep.Ass1ss w." s...;..,.,. a ,a.'
tht largest prosperity aslal1saDle unacf toV"
eiumcnt whero both arc compelled to ltyc-
Quite another class-mostly resident In tho
south hit with numerous eytnpathizcra in the
sva.s Ss..s s,,a ~ aiaa A. t,,sn ~ naau -"
Soan-*ou'o % Vlaa 70 "asc lug negro dis
t1nchiscd on totally different grounds. Born
md reared With the belief tint the negro Is In
t,tor 10 The white man tn everything, It Is llarl
n, ihs c,s,s WIN vcrc mos,cr. at n" so,,,h -,
..aa,s ny a,r e, ,haso ~ fo, ot cnnoitv thn ao..
euuafca aug phaso OF loFm ot eqaallty On Inc oaft
Of ,he negro. Instinct goycshs reasun, autl With
lie mass of Southern people tho aversion to
esu.,sl su.1 ,,ncst"n with ,nts .,as. ,r1'i h. .s
os... .ensas!u'! .e WV s's e'ass M9alu 90 10
deprive the eR1o o1 voting II 1t could be done
s.tes but not To make any move III that d!rec-
ton 30 long as diminished powcr in Con
UtA Il the constitutional and logical re-
tut Of denIat or abrldg,ncnt Ut sui
fsEc. In :, the meanwhile, seeing no
gfo oi bis suffrage except With UNIV eiSon,c pct,- Ell
a!ts 10 themselves, tho Southern States Us n
shole-dtlcriug Iii degreu but tho same In cf-
fect-havo sttycn to ach!oyo by indirect n,ul
unlawful meaas what they caniot achieve d.
reetly and lawfully: They tavc SO far rs posi-
h,,s lone tnIs against law md aealuss iuatirs'
iIaring stated ihe position OF both c]ossua On
Ibis question. ventura now to give nv own
';ewsin series Of statements In which 1 staji
tndess0r 10 embodr both argument ulld coucllt-
non:
f.r,-The two classes l haye named. eor-
sap1atng the possIbIe or dcsirnbin ,ils.
lranehlsemept OF tuc rcero from cutfrclv t]ttfer-
sos f.andpotpts und WITH entirely tliifcrsnt
Lns, ara both anl cn,inFlv in the tyrnt,T.
fle ffst ID radcaly In error In snnnnainr that a
Acknowledgement II III" 1,cHrn ,yn,,ii 1,,t hf,,,
II the way oi nnv develoi,nn11t nr ,,rnrress ti,at
would In tlme III him fnr Inn ai,ffTn1n tTn
would insteaf rrnw ,nora ",a ,,o,a ,,nIit f,r -
erery da7 iron, thu tjna the first hnclsward stcn
shonJl he tatsn md III IN ~o,,i1 +oio-,.o ot
iuto sctua| ci,atseI sJayrry. vrt intn s,cb n IT,.
pendent and drfenaeIrss ro1lft,nn IA ,vn1,1i ~.
suit In oulY another form Of seryitt1de.
the rcmotest nossinii,,v ~ snn,,ri~r tSn oroi
Acknowledgement nj lila ,irprn wIthn,1t ~.
dQctto, Of Representation.
6a,oad-I.nrtrisna ntt".1, ,,.,,r,. T.,
nepts drawn GS 3ure,,,~a;..f; r,r,,,aSs,
hist ba 6tiii r6erc cront nr,I n,n,t,snn III,
more tetdsyc ,rhan i-oa " f.as.sihti sr1t sr
moro T. .aorr, "noi. u.1m -, ~ t'Ssso",. 1He
constituiionoi n;Snr%'n 40, '1 ~. ~ tmo
retnandsa ~ ,ho dht'enu,asm9, s' a'u ne cannot ne
these snenI,,.M,. 10y uuu.fuk.nE ~ e!hss untll polh
smsndm.nse W aHhulicas Anu tnese
th]r5, ~ H. eIhnus an.s W nnnlllleu lnt1l tWo-
iIon.a ~ par- w. ee,!atG aHn tWo-iihtas " thc
shni nrcnn.n s'essmiauses ot the Uh'ted states
lsnl.!e e'opose, W ann majority IN the Lcgts-
shal by ermnliv. vnta aaraun w; nt,,i,'.'t
nlstse .sat N 1hls continent Is tnoFn conf
irapcbsemens ~, s. suam a,o It9ns asaanst us
previous enn,ton ~ .".1. ~ iaest tog, 81
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