Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1862-11-21
President LincOin's Plan for Rep
resentatton IN Congress from the
80 called Seeded states. b.

President LincoIn,s Plan for a Rep
fesentaItou IN Congress from the
40 called Seeded states. h.
President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclama.
lion of September %. 1862, after declaring that
che Executive would on the fret day Of JAN
uary, 1863, by proclamation, designate the
States aud parts of States. If any, which should
DO held to be then In rebellion, and whose slaves
should all 10 sbeneeforvsrd and forever tree,
providel as follows:
And the fact that any State, or the people
thereof, shall on that day Jan. I, 1861 be In
good faith REPRESENTED In the Congress
Of the United States by members chosen there
70 as elections wherein o majority Of the quail
6ea voters Of such State shall have participated,
shall, in the absence of strong countervaiiing
ssstimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that
such State and the people thereof have not
been ip rebellion against the United States"
The proclamation amounts to thi5-That on
;hs Hrst day Of January next, all the sisyes In
snyststs or part Of State designated by pro-
clamation as In rebellion, shsll be proclaimed
oseyer Tree; but that 10 State or part OF q
State shall be 60 designated, Hhieh aheh be on
tha. day In good faith represented In the Ma
sonsl Congress BY having chosen members
thereto. Such State or part of State will
escape the penalty Of forced emancipation,
sud be considered as not having even been In
bellion. .t'.
There are . few things in this po,tioD Of the
Emancipation Proclamation TO which it is prop
Or, o. the present stsgeof political controversy
We should call the attention of our readers, and
more particularly, of our Abolition cotemporai
ries, who have 90 unequivocally and sealously
Endorsed tbs. Proclsmation. e-.
Here is an invitation to the people OF the so
called rebel States To choose members to Con-
sress. These are to be chosen BY majority Of
the qualified voters. The qualifications Of the
voters are to be those fixed by the laws of the
State, for they are to have, go the National
Constitution prsscribes. "the qualifications
requisite FOR electors Of the most numerous
branch Of the State Legislature." These quail.
iAcations are determined BY the State laws.-
As President LINCOLN prescribes no other rule,
the constitutional rule is the one, we have
right to presume, he intends shall prevail
The election Of these representatives to Con-
gfess Is to be held in slave States, where in de-
ternining the number Of such representatives. |
90 which each of those States is entitled, three
ffths Of ell the slsve population therein have
bean added 70 the white population; 60 that, II
President LIscoLn's invitation should bs accept
ed, we shall have what have been called rebel as
we'll as loyal slave States represented in Con-
gress BY members chosen on the old consiitu-
tIonal basis OF spportionmsnt by counting in |
three-ffths of the slaves.
There will be in Congress, il this proposition
Is complied wish, Shareholders from the esocslled
seeded States, representing slaveholders.
There would be in fact, to the extent that the
Presidents plan should be carried out, 9 res
torasion of the old order Of things; and to that
extent, Of the "Union as Il wa, under the
Constitution ss Il is."
President LINCOLN, not only invites the peo- |
pie OF the socalled rebel States to send mem
oers to Congress, but threatens them that il |
hey do not do %, by the time limited, he will |
use the military and naval authority Of the
United States to maintain the freedom Of all
heir slaves, and thus deprive them of large
'ortion of their property and reduce many Of
hem to want and beggary. His language to-
vasd them is 10 essence this-elect members 10
congress as Of old before the war broke out,
md you, shall be considered as having been all
be time loyal, the past shall be forgotten; but
{ you refuse, then / will use all the power ! |,
ossess, as the Executive Of the nation and the /,
'omuander-ln-Chisf Of the army and navy, to
lace and maintain your slaves in g state Of /,
resdom.r $500 i
Such Is the plan of the President to secure
spresentation In Congress from the rebel Or
sceded States. Il 10 not scheme proposed By
Democrats, bat BY the Administration. VIII
Abolisioniats denounce it as reasonable, as on
itenpt TO promote the success Of therebellion !.
y getting traitors from the South back into
'ongressf win they say n is knusklIng to
he Slave Pover-A compromise with trsasona 2
q object certainly 10, II the President was
onest in making the overtime and the threat, to ?
ave all the States. not excepting South Caro-
ns, again represented in Congress. III