Year: 1868

The Portsmouth (N. H. journal makes some
valuable suggestions on the political relation Of
negroes, which it will be well for all citizens of
the United States to consider:


1t is about time we should give over snecrins
at the negro and do him justice. He is never
dangerous unless we wrong him. We never
can overthrow his power until We recognize his
rights. This will not be done by crying Niger
and radical Although but less than one-eighth
of our population he has controlled our politics
for half q century-occasioned the Rebellion
which has killed and manned Que in thirty of our
population, and destroyed large part of our
wealth, and now distracts the whole country
deranges trade and obstructs business. He, or
policy concerning him, elected ihree-fourtts ct
our Presidents and Congressmen, and to-day the
question before this State and the nation, is not
what system of finance or national policy shall
be adopted, but every man Is arguing and will
vote either to ensave of liberate the negro. 1t
is time that this was ended. How can it be
done? Give the negro the same right TO live,
acquire property and project it, that other peo-
pie have-give practical effect to the principles
of the Declaration of Independence-maket this
country of equal rights, and the negro will
have no more influence upon our national policy
than any other person. His influence will be re-
duced to its proper proportion.


But says the bigoted man who does not re-



him voter, the black man is not the equal Of
the white man. If that be SO, is the fact any
reason why the white man should wrong the
black man? If the negro is inferior, there is
less chance that he will have the power to do
the white any harm. If inferior we are
bound to aid and protect him, to lbcrate, edu-
cate and elevate him. 1t will cost less to edu-
cate him than it will to attempt to crush him.
Slave labor has been the most expensive and tho
least productive this country has ever had. Tho
negro without education and without the i'm
proving influences which the ballot will give
him, will be neither slave nor citizen-nether
man nor property-and will retard the advance
of the country. Educated, and part of the
Government, he will become thrifty, well be.
havcd and successful.


The " rrepressible conflict" between the Re-
publicans aud Democrats is shown in the oppo.
site efforts to elevate and degrade this unfortu-
nate people. What Democrat is in the South
teaching the blacks their rights and duties, or
contributing to support those who there 2
Half of the time and money spent at the North
in attempting to convince the people that the
| negro ought to be prescribed, spent on educating
and elevating him. would have made him a safe
and valuable member Of society. Our prejudices
against the black show how much more
power the Shareholders influence had over us
than the principles of Christianity. The ex-
Shareholders have made, as they have always
made. tue platform which the Northern
Democrats now stand~9th the Northern Democrats
would crush the negro because the rebels order
him to do so. The Southern end of the party
leads, and in that end, and not in the Constitu-
tion or New Testament, do the Democrats find
their creed.


Reader, stick 10 the party of Freedom. Just
as governments made for man, not
man for government, the party that emancpated
the slave and put down the rebellion, will rule
this country, and in spite of Democratic bgotry
A.