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V3t1ttup'ii cue n^ms cm ii:c hm vraiStates, I• v £rivin^ tn the ne»iro therii^ht to vote, in equalize him with the white man? These are the questionsto he settled, and not who freed the lie-iirecs. We all know that the Radicals did that, (lou t we ? we all know, too,that they are not satisfied with this nit-e(instiunh*nul vvrou^, but are anxious (to enfranchise the nctiro. that radicals . may he continued in power that the } rule msiv never l*e reversed, or anv Im »compensation pvon to their late mas- jters. Those who take the view that 1radicals and conservat ives, at one time, I* !•stood toother, I dr ire! that the sepura ; ft ion took place, arid was induct I by tthe exactions of the radic als. They :i*were in favnr, and are now, of cnnti— ‘ ecation to the last farm ; they iro further | t and demand even life itself; tlnw wish to enfranchise the necro; they wish ■to make him the equal of whiles in all *es^eiitifll.-, and in place-, ate Mrivineiaforini«hieualion. t ohservutives ran- inot . and never did. lt;ro to these extremes. Wt-Il, ill* n,-uppo-.- the'0 par-tics did stand to«iviin*r on the i*uc oi the I'nioti, on emancipation. and allthe qne*-tiotis that arc -etth d and dead,did thcvdo more or less in that case t*than the radicals ? We think not. The moment it was attempted to fa-Teii upon tins State trie new constitution, and upon the I'nion fioifro eqmdjn a and ne^ro suffrage, and non- rep resen- 1 tat ion, sue h men as ]\ \\ I Jr.,\ in, J. lt;K !«•» \init: *o, S. T. tii.oVKii, ,1. T, Noki.J, S. IfcOia.iNs, and many inaers threw ( themselves as promptly into the breach ^ i . ins tiiev had done in favor of inuintain-\riu*; the I *n ion. Tin v desired that re-.^ * i i|const ruction and fraternization shouldsjtoedily loilow the Lav a nr down of t*arms, and that those in an Unionism to I*the I*nii.n should he at once restored i I*tic their ancient rights and pri\iicd^c-— 11 that tin States themselves ought to do- j,cade who and what sort of people should vote, A«\ No radical has s«»pronounced, and will not, until they are *■ousted from otKce. bo
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Lexington Weekly Caucasian
Lexington, Missouri, US
Wed, Jun 13, 1866
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