The conservative party which had so long sought to spare slavery was obliged, as usual, to feel its way cautiously, and wait on the logic of events; while the negro, as I shall show, was finally indebted for his franchise to the desperate madness of his enemies in rejecting the dishonorable proposition of his friends.
Julian reflects on the cautious approach of the conservative party and the unexpected consequences that led to African Americans gaining the right to vote.
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Was some miracle to be wrought through which the slave-masters were to be transfigured into negro apostles and devotees?
It tempts civilized men to become savages and savages to become devils.
But this treatment of the Abolitionists was manifestly unjust.
They seemed totally unconscious of the fact that human nature is essentially the same in all parties, and that a mere change of men without any change of system would be fruitless.
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