Year: 1871

the most black or white voter in tn,
land can approach the ballot-bo,
without fear.


THE NEW DEMOCRATIC DEPARTURE.


Supposing the gentlemen who
composed the convention of the
Democratic party in June last to be
in earnest, the question arires ma
turally, can they carry their party
with them? Can the party whose
chief inspiration is derived from
abuse of the negro, be held togeth-
er if that cause of Inspiration is re-
moved? Imagine a Democratic
meeting where nothing can be said
about thick lips, woody heads and
ebo skins. Where the Democratic
mind can not be narrowed by pic
tures of beautiful white virgins
forced into the arms of loving
OthellOs. I don't think the thing
can be done, Imagine anything
strange and unnatural that you
choose, bnt n Democratic party
which upholds the Thirteenth
Amendment, which forever prOhib-
its slavery and involuntary ser
vitude, except for crime, the Four
teenth Amendment which would
make a citizen of Dred Scott il he
were alive, and the Fifteenth
Amendment which brings black
men to the ballot-box, these cannot
be imagined. The leopard will
change his spots sooner. The
leaders may resolve it, but they
can't bring the rank and file ttr lace
the music, they will blake whel. the
word is given to fall in. Nature in
that case will be stronger than
grace.


Mr.. Blair speaks truly the Demo
cratic sentiment when he says
"NOne of the reconstruction mea-
sures, so-called, would have been
adopted if they had been submitted
to the people. They have been
forced in sriotim by fraud. The
constitutional amendments have
been adopted by coercion in the
South, and in defiance of the known
will of the people in the North. Per-
fdious representatives of the people
have betrayed their trust, and fixed
a yoke upon their necks."


The conclusion from this is evi-
dent. Ifthe reconstruction measures
have been adopted by "force and
fraud" then the Democrats, if they
are honest, when they get into
power will repudiate the whole
affair, and put us back to where we
were when Buchanan left the Presi-
Dental chair.


GENERAL GRANTS ADMINIsTRa ALTON.


In this audience, composed so
of colored men, / need not
waste time in speaking Of the merits
of General Grants administration
His cheerful recognition ofour citi-
zenship, and his quiet determine
to enforce the. reconstruction acts
of Congress, have won for him such
a place in our hearts that / have
not yet seen the colored man who
is not a Grant man. He has ad-
hered to the declaration that he
would have no policy to enforce in
to the will of the people.
He has secured as much honesty in
the. administration of public affairs
as is possible in a country where
the system prevails of turning a
man out of Office as soon as he
fully understands lmw to perform
it's duties. The mountain of pub
lic debt is being paid at an aston
ishing rate, and yet the burden OF
taxation is being reduced year by
year.


1t was held that he departed
from his pledge of having no poll
cy to enforce when he endeavored
to have the treaty for the annexa-
ton of San Domingo ratified. In
making that pledge he did not agree
to have no ideas of his own, but
that he would not enforce them in
opposition to the will of the people
His manly words used in submit.
ting the report Of the San Domingo
Commissioners, show that he does
not mean to fly from his pledge
"And now my task is finished, and
with it ends all personal solicita
tions upon the subject"


"My duty being done, yours be