Arizona weekly citizen., 1890-08-09

MURAT HALsTEAD, as an almost single exception in Republican ranks, stands out against the Fe leral Election bill and even goes SD far US to declare that the f)urteentb and fifteen amendments to the constitution should never have been passed. From a rabid northener MT. Halstead seems to have fosslliZed into a fire eating pro-slavery advocate. It has been knO Sn that Murat held some feeling against certain Republican senators because they refused to con- firm his appointment as minister to Der lin, but few had anticipated such rad ical change Tn sentiment. Senator Chandler, of New Hampshire, replies to Halstead Tn the following pointed lan- guage:
 "I venture to say to h m that if the Republican party was to deliberately adopt his propositions it would continEe to lose eve!y southern state besides two thirds of Hil tiie northern states. It would drop into d hopeless, helpless and degraded minority. The colored voters a'une would utterly destroy the Republican party in the north and
 could do SD justly. Does he pcssess the power to make decision for million and half of voters, representing race of 100000 of American citizens and tell them in behalf of the Republican party that they are no longer to try to vote because 1t may get them into trouble and cause riots? There are northern repu olicans enough not black who care so much more for human rights, the sufferage of the enfranchised race and the amendments of the constit- utlon than they do for the tariff and sil- yer. The truth is, that the whole ad- vice of certain Republicans against the national control of congressional cleo tons is as weak and cowardly as was that Republican opinion in 1861 which opposed the reinforcement of Fort Sumpter. The forbearance did not pre- vent the war of secession, neither will an abandonment of the fifteen amend meut now. through commercial and poll tical timidity. save the Republican party"
 Those are noble sentiments, fitly and timely spoken 1t is refreshing to note ir these times when Republican cowardice threatens to usurp authority in the councils of the party that there still arc men in the r:nks who refuse to surren der to the murderous demands of the Democratic party. The negro is ar American citizen. He has been grant ed the right to vote and is entitled ts protection on that right in equality witf every other citizen, regardless to colo previous nationality or former condition When the Republican party deliberatel, refuses to extend protection to any citi zen of this country it will invite speed! dissolution. It has permitted the Dem ocratic party to rob the negro of hi: rights for more than a quarter of cen tury because it lacked the nerve to in | yoke and enforce the plainest of constit
 utional law. It knew that there. | knew that their rights were being sys | tematically violated but dared do noth ing more than pass condemnatory reSO | lutions. At last it has mustered suffi
 cient of its old time courage to distinct
 ly and positively declare that the color
 ed people of this country shall be per
 mitted to enjoy all the rights to whicl | the constitution and laws of the land en title them, and it cannot retreat eXcep
 in cowardice, disgrace and dishonor