The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1881-03-10

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end ihey shah enjoy ihe CON aud q
Qnal protection 90 The constitution 81
"a laws The fuil and free ENJOY I o
acnt Of equal suffrage is still 10 ques q.
ion, and q frank statement Of the u
ssno may add o. Cos solution T. Is
Heocl chat iu MANY places honest u
ora government b. Impossible ii thr u
nasso' uno lHeat inecro sare allas Z
a3 t0 vote I'll se az srlvo aliega 3
ions So far 1s lhe latter is true g Z
IS The only pal'iliion that cal 20 2
Offered ior opposing 'he free use ol b.
the ballot Bad local government IS q
certainly great evil, which ought 90
ia prevented. hut TO violate freedom
and the saaciity Of sufrage Is more
than evil; &c is q crime which, 10 per
sisted IN, viii destroy The govern
meut iself II, 10 other lands il be
high treason TO compass the death Of
tie king, it should be counted no less
crime here To sirangle our sover
eign power and slile its voice. Il
has been said unsettled questions
have no pity for the rcpose Of
naiions.
Il should be said with the utmost
emphasis that this question Of SUI
fraga viii never give repose OF safe
Is TO the States or 10 The Nation un |
I I'll each within its own jurisdiction |
makes and keeps the ballot free ana |
pure by strong eanpiions Of law
But the danger which arises from ig
norance 10 the voters cannot be de-
MED. 1t covers a field far wider
than that Of negro suffrage and the
present condition Of that race, It Is
a danger that turks and hides 10
sources and fountains Of power in
every State We have no standard
by which to measure the disaster
that may be brought upon US By igno
rance and vice in The citizens when
Joined to corruption aud fraud 10
suffrage fhe voters OF the Union
who make and nnmako constitutions,
and upon whose viii hangs the de-
TIMES OF government, can transmit
their supreme authority TO no sue
cessors save the coming generation
Of voters, who are the sole heirs OF
The sovereign power II that gen
/ Grafton comes to its Inheritance bind
I ed by ignorance and corrupt by vice
! the fall ofthe Republic win be Ger
tain The census has already sound
ed The alarm IN the appalling figures
which mark how dangerously high
! the tide Of ALTERATION has risen
e among our voters and their chill
: dren
To the South this question is Of
y supreme Importance BIt the respon
sibilty for The existence Of slavery
n should not rest upon the South
y alone Tie Nation itself is respon-
= sible for the extension Of Suffrage
? and is under special Obligation {,
G aid ia removing The illitoracy whiel
g it has added to the voting population
q for the North and South alike. Their
e is but one remedy. Am the consti
+ tuional powers Of the Nation and o.
the Stsles and al the volunteer
y forces Of lhe people should be sum
g moned to meet this danger by tn,
G saving influence OF universal educa
y lion Ii is Che high privilege anC
q sacred dutY ~ those now living tC
= educate their Successors and provid,
u by intelligence and virtue f1r the in
u heritance which a aits them Il
this benefccnt work sections ant
Il races should be forgotten end part
D. sanship should be unknown. lie
Ie our hope find q new meaning in thl
= Divine oracle which declares that
Is "a little child shall lead them" fo
O our little children Will soon contro
the destiuies of the republic as
L. coua,rymen, we TO lot no differ il
, our Judgment concerning the contro
= versies Of past generations, and iiitl
+ years hence our children will not b.
e divided in their opinions concerning
; eur c0ntrover lies.
fe They will surely bless their father
n and their fathers Cod that the Un
p ion was preserved, and slavery wa
b overthrow aud thst both race
Is were made equal before The law VI
81 may hasten or we may retard. bu
,r We cannot prevent dnal reconcilia
s. I'm. Is it not possible for us nos
ST to make truce with time by antici
e, pating and accepting its enevltabl
at verdict? Enterprises Of the highes
ID importance to our moral and mate
J. rial well being invites US aud offer
q, ample scope for the employment o
nc our best powers. Let all our people
= leaving behind them the battlefield
Dr. Of dead issues, move forward, and i
y strength Of liberty and restored Tn
it ion win the grander victories O
ut peace
III Tue prosperity whlh now pre-
ie walls is without a parallel 10 our his
b tory; fruitful seasons have don
q much to secure il, but they have no
z done ALL Preservation Of the publ
le CT edit aud the resumption Of speci
N payment 50 successfully ATTAINED
he by the administrations Of my prede
st eessors has enabled our people Il
re secure the blessings which the sea
lie sons brought By the experience O
= commercial naliods in all ages it ha
IS been found chat gold and silver al
i fords the only sale foundation for
ls monetary system Confusion ha
IT recently been created BY variation
le in the relative value of tie two me
e tails, but I confidently lelieve tia
d arrangements can be made hetweei
II the Leading commercial nations which
IF will secure the general use of boil
d metals Congress should provide
Q chat The compulsory coinage Of sn
) yer, as now required by law MAJ
e not disturb The monetary system bl
8 driving either metal cut Of clreula.
K ton. II possible suel an adjustment
i should De- made that the pQrchasin.
e power Of every coined dollar viii D,
E exactly equal as q debt-paying pow