Negro Suffrage
Summary
Editorial about the Copperhead view of African Americans' suffrage rights. The Examiner says that at this point, practically no one in Maryland favors Negro suffrage. Connecticut has recently voted against it. The Copperheads are making Negro suffrage an issue in this election, but it should not be considered. It cannot be considered a political issue in the North because the people of the North don't have the power to effect that suffrage. "The people of the South alone must determine it, and when negro suffrage becomes a political necessity, as emancipation became a military necessity, it will then be time to agitate it."
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: October 11th, 1865
Page/Column: 2B
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Civil Liberties
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
- African Americans
