The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1864-08-18

solved that the people shall not By lac
take any securities from the rebel States
against a renewal Of the rebellion, before
restoring their power to govern rs. .
"His wisdom and prudence are to be
our sufficient guarantees!" &
This extract alone is sufficient to show
the animus Of our worthy couple who
have seen fit to depart from all precedent,
and in grave violation of propriety, to
commit an uncalled for attack Oh the ire
sident for exercising his constitutional
right They entirely misrepresent the
position of the President. He does not
say the people shall not "by Law take any
securities;" but that he is unwilling to
commit himself inhexibly to any single
plan, whether through legislation, or by
virtue of his powers as Commander in
Chief. He does not intimate that "his
wisdom and prudence are to be our suHic-
lent guarantees" but that he does not
wish to be infexibly committed to the
plan which tho "wisdom and prudence
of Messrs Wade and Davis have devised,
and to make that our only and sufficient
guarantee. He holds himself open to
take counsel Of any one in the Republic,
and does not propose to be confined to the
narrow road marked out for him by our
offended couple And herein is the cause
of their grief het them mourn, and let
the President hold himself at all times
ready TO take advantage of any exigency
that may arise, and adopt any plan that
may give good reason for belief that it
will result in dspeedy and permanent re-
storation Of the State to which it is APP
piled
These embodiments Of all wisdom and
prudence next proceed to misrepresent
the position Of the President regarding
the States Ct Arkansas and Louisiana, of
which the following is the key note
"The President, by preventing this
bill from becoming law, holds the cleo.
toral votes of the rebel States at the die,
tation of his personal ambition"
A more unfounded, wicked and malev-
olent charge never was made. In what
manner could the President cause the
electoral votes of those States to inurc TO
his personal ambition? He has nothing
more to do with passing upon the validity
of such electoral votcs-if any should be
tendered-than the most insignificant
citizen Those votes would be opened at
the proper time by the President of the
Senate, "in the presence Of tho Senate
and House Of Representatives" and this
same Congress that passed the billin ques-
ton, would decide upon the validity of
the certificates so presented. This "Meal
Tub Plot" of the President to secure his
reelection may bc safely dismissed.
The worthy gentlemen next proceed to
discuss the third objection of the Presi,
dent, and on this point they have the eff
frontery to say (and this, too, is the sub,
stance of their point:
"But the bill nowhere proposes to abol
ish slavery in the States
We submit that this is knowingly false.
The bill provides for sapdry elections, and
finally for Constitutional Convention.
But this Convention is not permitted to
pass or refrain from passing such amend
ments to the Constitution as its wisdom
may direct, but the superior "wisdom aud
prudence Of Messrs. Wade and Davis
dictate their action, and would, if the bill
had become law, have made the Con
venton hut mere assembling of Secrc
taries, to record three DEGREES of Con
gress, Que of which was the abolition of
slavery. That our readers may have the
full evidence Of this fact be fore them, we
give entire the seventh section Of the
bill:
"Sec. :. And be i. further enacted,
That the Convention shall declare, on be-
half Of the people Of the State, their sub
mission to the Constitution aud laws of
the United States, and shall adopt the
following propositions, her@by prcsc,iLea
BY tie Inited Statcs in the execution of
the constitutional duty to guarantee re
publican form Of government to every
State, and incorporate them IN the Cen,
stfutton Of Tie State, that is to say:
"First, No person who has held or cx-
ercised any Office, civil or military, ex-
cept offices merely ministerial add militia
~ Offices below the grade of Colonel,
State or Confederate, under the usurl NJ
power, shall vote for or be member CT
, the Legislature or Governor.
".Seco"d. Lseolu"tary servjtade IS for
eoer proh,bitcd, aud the ,fresdom ot oil
persons as guaranteed IN said State.
Third. No debt, State or Confcder-
ate, created by or under the sanction of
the usurpug power, shall be recognized
or paid BY the State.
10 another portion Of their manifesto
the gentlemen say:
"lt was the solemn resolve Of Congress
to protect the loyal men Of the nation
against three great dangers, % the re-
turn to power of the guilty leaders of
the rebellion; e the continuance ot' stu,
rcry, and (3) the burden Of the rebel
debt.
congress required assent to those pro-
visions by the convention of the State;
ana if refused, II was to be di$soictd'
Thus the charge Of lalsehood upon toe
President rebounds upon their own head
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