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TTJKSDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1866.
The Facts ot Histoty versus Modern Con-
sorTn'Ive Theories.
One good result of the discussion wh'ch, for
some little time, has been raging within the
ranks of the Democratic party upon the ques
tion of extending the suflYage, is, that it has
forced the conservative element to exhibit the
real weakness of the arguments by which it
seeks to maintain its position. Such articles
as appeared in the Chicago Times and the
Boston Post in favor of impartial suffrage,
necessitated some sort of a reply ; and we have
accordingly had from such Journals as the Age
the best arguments they could devise in favor
of the justice or reasonableness of determining
a man's right to the elective franchise by the
color of his skin. We have now the best
which conservatism can say for itself. It has
brought forward its strongest Arguments.
The following, from the Age, contains the
whole case on that side
"The Democratic party will not arrec th it
negroes shall be made a component part ot sir.'
povernlng and ruling clafs In this conn'ry.
Tbey were excluded from all pariiclpuioa in
the formation of our structure of KOveruoicnt.
White men tramed the Constitution and enacte i
the laws, aud then declared that the compact,
with all the political rurhts and privilege
epiinping from it, was made for themselves and
their posterity. The colored man was not
recognized in a political sense then, nor has he
at any time einco been vested wuh the rights
of a citizen ot the United States. The Supreme
Court of the United S'ates di died that under
tlie Constitution he was no citizen. Jn Borne of
the States nearoes have been granted the ballot,
but always with such restrictions as mark the
difference between the white and colored races'
It Is cheeiing to find that a great measure
ot justice and intelligent progress is opposed
by no stronger arguments than these. Grant
ing the assumed facts of history to be as
claimed in the foregoing extract, what does
the argument amount to except the old, worn
out, but ever-renewed one of a purblind con
servatism, that, having done wrong in the
past, we dught to continue to do so in the
future? Our fathers oppressed the colored
citizens, theretore we should do so. We our
selves have hitherto done injustice to this
class of the people, therefore we should con
tinue to do so. This is an argument that may
satisfy conscienceless prejudice, but it can
never satisfy the demands of justice and
right. To answer a man's claim to present
justice by referring him to his experience of
past injustice, la a stile of reasoning, or,
rather, a style of disregarding reason, which
none but a (conservative, in the worst sense
of that much misused word, would be guilty
of. The true argument is, that it we have
done wrong in the past, so much the more
reason why we should do right in the lutare.
That injustice exists at all is the very reason
why it should cease to exist.
The argument of the Chicago Times is,
that the past course of tbe Democratic party
on this question has resulted in disaster, and
if adhered to will result in death. To which
Wie Age replies, "We have always done so.'
The argument of the Boston Post is, that
deprivation of rights on account ot color is
unjust. To which, again, the Age replies,
"We have always practised it."
But in the extract above given, our con
temporary falsifies the facts of history as
grossly as he violates the canons of sound
reasoning and right feeling. The assertions
that colored men "were excluded from all
participation in the formation of our struc
ture of government;" and that "white men
framed the Constitution and enacted the
laws, and then declared that the compact,
with all the rights and privileges springing
from it, was made for themselves and their
posterity" meaning for them only ; that "the
colored man was not recognized in a political
sense then;" that "in some of the States
negroes have been granted the ballot, but
always with such restrictions as mark, the
difference between the white and colored
races," are each and all of them not merely
untrue, but positively false.
The Declaration of Independence, the first
great organic act of the people of this nation,
declared "all men" to be "created equal."
Two years later tho Articles of Confederation
were formed, and remained the law of
the land down to the adoption of tae
prewnt Constitution. Those articles recog
nized free negroes as citizens, and granted
to them the same privileges of citizenship
which belonged to white inhabitants.
And this was done, too, in defiance of
the efforts of the delegates from South Caro
lina, who tried to amend the articles so as to
confine the citizenship to whites; but the
proposed amendment was lost, only two States
voting for it. They were thus citizens of the
United States from the very foundation of the
Government. To Jloe, at least, of the origi
nal thirteen States, free colored men pos
sessed the elective franchise, and were thus
a portion of the very people that elected the
delegates who framed, ani the Conven
tions and Legislatures that adopted, the Con
stitution. Tbey had been declared "equal"
by the Declaration ot Independence; they
had been recognized as citizens by the Arti
cles of Confederation ; and they no f, as a
recognized portion ot the political State,
participated, ihrough their representatives, in
the framing and adoption of the Constitution.
So much for the facts of history.
We might here rest the case, but we desire
to introduce a little corner cull ve testimony
THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH. PHILADELPHIA, JlaDEOEAyjEU 4, 18GG.
a to the state of feuiiment in regard to the
colored mau at the time of the formation and
adoption of the Co'-nlitutlon . Mr. Alexander
II. Slephrns, in his great ' corner-done'
speech, delivered nt Savannah in 1801, and
acting as "Vice-President" of the so-callod
Southern Confederacy, took up this subject,
and treated it with his usual candor and ex--liauetiveness.
Arter stating that the "new"
or Confederate Constitution had forever put
at rest all . agitating questions regarding
slavery as the proper status of tho negro,
which he asserted to be tho immediate cause
of the Rebellion, he said, speaking of Jef
ferson and his compeers: " The prevailing
ideas entertained by Mm and moht of the
leading statesmen at the time of the forma
tion of the old Constitution were, that the
snslarement of the African race was in vio
latlon of the laws of nature; that it was
wrong in principle, socially, morally, and
politically. Those ideas, how
ever, were fundamentally wrong. Tliey rested
vpon the assumption of the equalityjafracee.
This was an error. It tas a sandy founda
tion; and the idea of a Government built
upon it, when the ' storm came and the wind
blew,' it fell.
"Our new Government Is founded on
exactly the opposite ideas. Its foundations
are laid, its corner-stone rests, upon the great
truih that the negro is not equal to the white
man; that slavery, subordination to the supe
rior race, is his natural aud normal condition.
This, our new Government, is the first in the
history of the world based m upon this great
physical, philosophical, and moral truth."
It will be seen from the above extract that
the very ideas wheh the Age falsely ascribes
to.the founders ot our Government, Mr. Ste
phens asserts to have been the fundamental
ideas of the late Rebel Government; while he
asserts that the 'opposite ideas, viz., those
resting upon the equality of human rights,
were the foundation of the old Government
erected by Jefferson and the statesmen of the
Revolution.
The theory of the Age is simply the de
testable theory invented by the late Chief
Justice Taney to defend his infamous deci
sion in the Dred Scott case. How villa
nously it belied the facts of history, may be
seen by the following extracts from the
conclusive dissenting opinion of Mr. Justice
Curtis:,
'To determine whether any free persons
descended liom Africans held in slavery weie
citizens under the Confederation, and conse
quently at the time of the adoption ot me
Constitution of the United State", it is only
necessary to know: whether nny mtch persons
were Citizens ot either of the Staves under the
Confederation at tne time of the adoption of
the Constitution.
"Of this thre can he no doubt. At the time of
the ratification of the An ides of Confederation,
all free native-born inhabitants of tne States
ot New Hampshire, Massachusetts New York,
New Jcieey, and North Carolina, thousrn
descended from Afrlcin slaves, were not only
citizens of thoco States, but such -oi them as
had the other necessary qualiticRtion possessed
the franchise of electors on equal terms with
other Htizcus. . ;
ltha been ofteu assorted that the Constitu
tion was made exclusively by and lor the white
race. It has already been shown that in five
of the original thirtceu Stu es colored persons
then possessed the elective franch'se, and
were anion? thoe bv whom the Constitution
was ordained and- etnbl ehed; If so, it is not
five, in point of fad, that the Constitution was
made exclusivity by the vyiiiie race; and that it
was marie exclusively for the white race U, in
my opinion, not oiy:y an aasiimjjtwn not war
ranted by anything in the Constitution, but con
tradi&ea by its oj enina declaration that it was
ordained and es'ab.isiicd by the people of tlie
United Stoles, for themselves and their posterity.
And as free colored persons were thon citizens
of at least five State-", and so in every sense part
of the people of the United 8tates, they were
amonf) those for whom and whose posterity the
Constitution was ordained and established."
The truth is, this entire Taney theory of
the status of the colored citizen in this conn
try is without any foundation in truth, and
was concocted to meet a certain case.
The Age, too, is equally unfortunate In
regard to the facts of contemporaneous his
tory, when it asserts that in those States
where the right of suffrage has been granted
to colored persons, it has "always been with
such restrictions as mark the difference be
tween the white and colored races." In seve
ral of tbe States colored citizens exercise the
elective franchise, and in only one of them,
wc believe, are there such "restrictions" as
the Age. asserts to be universal. In New
Yoik a property qualification of $ 250 is re
quired of colored citizens, but not of whites.
We have followed this subject out some
what at length, since, by constant and reite
rated assertions, tbe theory borrowed by the
Age from the Dred Scott decision has obtained
a soit ol credence not only totally unwar
ranted by the facts of history, but absolutely
at war with them. Tho sentiments of the
founders of the Government towards the
colored man were well up to that ot the most
enlightened radicals of to-day. In the broad
circuit of nearly a hundred years, we are but
returning to where tho lathers of the republic
stood when Jefferson declared all men to be
created equal, when Colonel Greene led a
Hack regiment in the battles of the Revolu
tion, and when the Articles of Confederation
made every free colored inhabitant of tho
thirteen States citizens of the United States.
The Iteport ot !eneial Grant.
Tun Report of the General-ln Chief consists
of the reports to him of the subordinate com
manders, and is quite voluminous. Tho only
two documents ol any general inteiest among
the large batch transmitted, are those of
Generals Sheridan and Sickles. Treating, as
they do, of tho spirit manifested in the various
Southern States, all of whom are inWudod
within their districts, they form a valuable
testimony as to the r.al feeling of the recon
structed. Geneial Shcudan has travelled
extensively throughout Texos and the various
States under his control, and gives as his de
liberate conviction that "A own opinion is
tha the trial of a white man for the murder
ofafreedman in Texas tcould be a farce," and
adds, "I make this statement because truth
compels me, and for no other reason." t
Such is the evidence afforded by a Gene
ral amply qualiQed to judje of the spirit of
the Southern people. lie als'. states that
the Governor oi Texas says that If the troops
ore withdrawn the courts can protect both
soldicis and freedmen. The General add,
"But this is not so," and adduces the cases of
the murder of two unarmed soldiers, and the
refusal of the Grand Jury to And bills against
the murderers. A little further on, tne
report says: -"It is strange that when a white
man is killed by Indinns on our extreme
frontiers, the greatest excitement will take
place, but on the killing of many frepdmen
in the, settlements, nothing is done" And,
aga'n, in order that his teportlng such a de
plorable condition of affilrs may not ba con
strued into unkiuduess, ho adds: "I cannot
help but see thlf, and I cannot help but toll
1t to my superiors, no matter how unploasant
it may be to the authorities of Texas." fo
much lor the declarations of General P. II.
Sheridan.
General D. ' E. Sickles b'.-ars testimony to
the desperale condition of affairs In his dis
trict, lie adduces instance alter instance of
murders of harmless negroes, and persecutions
ol white loyalists and teachers, and declares
his Inability fo prevent it under the existing
Institutions. He states that secret Rebel
societies have to be broken up by force, and
that General Wade Hampton has violated bis
parole if he made the remarks generally at
tributed to bim. He also declares that, wher
ever failure has attended che attempts of the
freedmen to work, that It was the fruit of the
planters, and says, in the words ot the Marquis
ol S'igo:" Whenever the planters wish the
thing to succeed. It is successful." The re
ports ot these two high officials clcarlf
piove thut the South Is not In a condition to
be leit without restraint.
And yet General Grant, In his few remarks,
states that the progress of restoration in the
t outhern States is all that could be expected.
With these evidences before him, we are at a
loss to see on what he based his assertion.
We prefer to take the word of officers on the
spot, and, on the contrary, believe that the
South is rebellious still : and the treason still
existing must be crushed out, by the sword
Joy starvation if necessary. i
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MAIL DAY, SIO-OO.
TUG ri( KKl GUARD,
SHARP SIIUOTIM4,
1IIE TOWN PtHP,
CH1.CK.KR PLA YE US,
MAKING FRIIlNOb WITH THL OOQIC.
TIIK CAMP FIRE,
THE VILLAGE POLITICIANS,
THE SLAVE SALI
$3 00 Each. Boxing, 50 Ceuta Each.
JA51EB S. EABLE VsOXS,
SOLK AGENTS,
12 not JTo.816CHESNUTSt.
CLARK & BIDDLE,
)EWfiLLER8 AND SILVERSMITHS.
No. 712 CUESMT STREET,
Have now ready for saio the tnot
COMPLETE AND ELEGANT ASSORTMENT
Which tbey hare ever oflhiod, comprteintf every,
thins usually found in a
.- JEWELRY ESTABLISHHBHT,
AT TBI
LOWEST CAS I RATES.
106fmwtmS) " ' .'' ' ' !
N A T. I O N A L
BANK OF THE REPpLIC,
No's.' 809 and 811 CHESNTJT Street
; rillLADELPIlIA
CAPITAL $500,000, FULL PAID.
DIKECTOB8.
Jos. T. Bailey, Wm. Errlen, f am, A. Blspban
Edw. B. Orne, Osgood Welsh, Fred. A.Hoyt,
N etla HUlcs, Ben. Bowland, Jr., M m IL Ghawn
rBESIDENT,
WILLIAM II. EI1AWN,
cashier, -
JOSEPH P. ML'MFORD, i nll m
Cg$ STEINWAY 4 SONS DIRECT SfE
! V?.?,!. ttentlon to tneir new.r Invented
lipnulit" Vianos ftitn their Patrn tatt" an 1
double Iron frame, pateo edjnnet, 186. This liven
tion consists In providing tlie Instrninent (In add tion
to the Iron irame inr. nc of 'he aouudboaid) witn an
Iron brace linme In the rear 01 It bo h frames being
cast in ne pi Cr. tborrbv iinpartlug a solidity of on
structlor and capacity ot staudiiix In tune never before
attained In that class o 'insirumeut
The soundboard Is supported between the two frames
by an apparatus rem atlnu Its tension, so that toe
Blestest possible deuree ot sount i roUuclnn capacity
Is obtained and reaulated to the nicest doslruble pom'.
1 tie nrf at volume and exquisite qua.lt v ot lone, at
fellas elastlclt and ptomptnesi oi' action, of these
new Upright l lanos, have elicited the nniial fled ad'
inlratonof (he musical proieosion and all who nave
beard them.
BLAMU8 BROTHERS confidently r (Ter these bean
tlfu instruments to the public, aad Invite every lover
ol music to call aud examine them .
k very Flttno is consructcd with their Patent Arraffe
airnuncmtiii nrpneu uuevii 10 lae tun iron name,
t or sale onlv bv
1124 1m4p
No 100B CUtSNIJT Street,
131
JT O 11 THE HOLIDAYS.
SMITH & DREER,
8. E. Corner ARCH stud TENTH Streets,
Have now on band a Well selected Stock or
WATCHES JEWELRY, SILVER, AND SILVER
PLATED WARE,
Suitable for the Christmas Holiday. i
A call is respeolfUliy solicited, (12 3 1mr'
T.vtoiti! luVihV
FltliDBIttSli; J. DBEER, JH
NE w
.wits
RUBBER T) R P A T J
tRUM n A TT I, D J. rr -.f....ar.
htrcer, nave onened a &ew unliU'riunm wm...i.
of ttubber tioofls or everv description.
Putent Coi k Rubber Shoes and Boots.
Vatenr f ork Mattresses.
Patent Cork Cushions.
Patent Hprluj Bottoms.
Patent Stuffed Mull..
Patent r ork LUe Preservers.
Patent Cork Kubber So ee i
Also, Gun., Plktols Ladles' and Gents' Skates, Parlor
Croqurt and far or Bane Ball t'arlor Skating, hknilaa
irurfs.Siatlug Jackets by PHI LI t W1LSO A Co.,
11 Sim No. m CH KM sHIT Street.
FINE OOFF ES.
OLD GOVERNMENT JAVA ' .' I .
. riNE MOCUA.1 ", ' ' i .
EAST IN1I, and '
FOn'sALKBT ,AUA,CA-
-TAMES R. . WIJJ3B, ,
. . l , TIQHTP and, WALMUT RtreeK j
. l . .k o.) ...vvii. .iuj; "ii.. ii I Jt I I i j
Our. BiUal aopp'y of' this eelehritted CfDEK mali
from patrlaoif Apples , Just reoeived. , .. ,. .,. . v
". ; ' aibeut c. rqbeuts, '
DEALEB IN FINE OROCEBIKS,
U 7- Pt ELEYJFMij aud YIKBJ sw,
Inauguration of Lmv 'Trices
jT RETAIL.
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & Cii..
Impoilcrs, Jokers, anil Rctnilcr.1)
DRY GOODS,
No. 77 CIIESNUT ST.'
HAVE MADE A GREAT
REDUCTION IN" PRICKS.
Their Stock ! unrivalled lor extent, variety, anJ
general adaptation to the wants of buyer
Bilks,
Moire AQtupos,
Shawls,
Velvets,
Cloakings,
Bilk Poplins,
Wool Poplins,
Corded Poplins,
Rich Plaid Poplins,
Rich Plaid Merino,
Colored Merinoea,
Printed Merinoes,
Empreee Cloths,
Velour Russe,
Biarritz,
Episg lines,
Bombazincn,
Tamisse,
Mons Delaines,
Black AlpacHS,
White Alpacas,
Colored Alpaca
White Reps,
Black Reps, (
Colored Reps, ,
French Chintzes, , i
Damasks and Diapers,
Towels and Napkins,
Doylies and Table Covers,
Counterpanes, ;
Flannels,
Blankebv
Blankets,
Blankets,
Gloves and Hosiery,
Mournirg Goods.
JAS. R. CAMPBELL & CO.,
No. 7S7 CUKSNUT Street.
1191m
O.
819 Chest?iut Street ,
PHILADELPHIA,
JEWELERS,
IMPORTER! or
English Plated Wares,
, Fi?ie Watches y Clocks':
London Pearl Setts,
"English Cutlery,'- ,
Bronzes, porcelain,
C oral Jewelry 'y ' ;
Precious Stones,
Always on hand a large assortment of .
I . ' '' ILVER ARE.
NEW DESIGNS FURNISHED AND GOODS MADE
,TO ORDER, AT SHORT NOTICE, ' j ?
SILVER.'. WARE FOR . 1
B RI DAL - PRESENTS,
IK OREAT VARIETY.
14 fmwUl
TrTrririm7aT c- rtr
?.:. .... ...... A'ir.i
. Ill-l
HAVE OPENED THEIR
NEW STORE,
t . 1
SOUTHEAST CORNER
TENTH and CH ESN U f Streets,
4 WITH A FULL STOCK OF ' .
WATCHES. JEWELftY;
Silver, and Silver-Plated wire,
FANCY CO0D8, Etc., ;
Tlif lr ilock being entlrelr'nasV, and selected vrtth the
ulmoit care, they feel confident of being able to suit tbe
tsateoftuMe who wish art'ciesjp, their line, 1 ,
Ti (ytoliclt an inspection of tuetr goods. r . ,,
C. B. KIIOkEH. J, U.OUTflK.
N. Hl'LOSf. Salesman."- ' ' ' : H jj 'nirp
SLE OF A PftlVATE COLUCTION
;V FIUST-CCAS8 FtROPKAN '
Oil and Water Color Paintings.
. 0JC , THURSDAY EVENING, December C,
'' i At Tj o'clock, '
at, our Am a Apracit vv . '
'No. 1110 CIIK8SUT Utrett, ; ;,' 1
Will be sold a collection of CHOICE T Itf TINai.'oit
and Waicr Colors, eu brsoiug flue spclineua or tlie
SlAVAn Vnn R ra mn .
,'Walnwrtgbt, '
NoUeimuD, "
Zraver. . i '
aaiolin, ' '
Hetrscn. 1 1 1
J uuMheloi,
llovticber, and others.
Vou Mablu,
Brocbart, . ; ' ' 1
Kluimeriuit), . . . I
Hubbs.
Leunncns,
1 euipuiter, .' ' '
rmil. I
The paintings ara now open for exhibition, free, autil
tbe evening or sale.
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