The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1865-10-03

ie necessary excen es Of his tamilF- cent
10 men capable Of filling such positions a
10 capable Of making money IN the pfactl
Of their profession, and u IS OBVIOUS IN
our Judges and Attornies VIII have % tli
their attention to the practice OF the law
e der 10 rsin q livelihood. Coed lawve
= cannot afford to serve the state without
I fair and reasonable compensation II
Il consequence is that indif rent lawyers, vi
: cannot live by their practice, wall aeeel
our present inadequate salaries, ana q
public in erests viii suffer.
/ NAV seem 10 be importunate on this sub
= iect, but IL am il Is because Of the iutere'
/ involved. When the salaries Of these OF
GERS were fixed some years since, the amoul
Of business was less than one-fiurth wha
q it now is. Our Judges and Attorneys az
now absent from their homes three-i0urth
Of the year. During that time, they live q
, hotels at an expense Of from three 70 nv
: | dollars psr Cay, 10 say nothing OF the eN
, ! pense Of travel BY rail or otherwise, Wit
the present salary Of tws thousand dollar
Z for Chancellor OF Circuit Judge, alter psy
{ ing his necessary expens.s Of board an,
: travel and clothing himself he has less thai
ciGkt hundred dollars left for the support o
! his fami y. Irepeat, these inadequate sala
I res viii drive competent men from th'
Bench, and the important cases pending il
every Court viii be tried and adludicstec
by Incompetent men, and the rights O
! citizens viii be sacrificed, instead OF bsing
secured as the Constitution Snd laws Of tbs
State contemplate.
SUFFRAGE QUESTION.
Who shall vote in Tenpesse in future elec-
tions2 VIII you authorize emancipated
slaves 70 vote? VIII you invest them with
all the rights incident ttocitizenship2 Havs
you the power 10 do it under the Constitu-
/ on Of the United States? These are weighty
questions which viii be before the country
for an answer; and q contest will short =
srise in Congress upon the presentation q
the credentials Of two Senators and eight
Representatives from Tennessee who are
asking admission 10 seats in Congress, while
the people ssno ing them have denied the
emancipated slave the right Of suffrage.
am free 10 admit that, for the present, we
have done enough for the negro, and, al
though negro voting cannot suit my natursl
prejudiees Of easie, there is class Of them
| would be willing 10 see vote at once. A
/ large class, ignorant, docile, easily led by
designiug men, and not safely trusted with
political power, | am not willing to see at
the ballot-box; but as even these have been
faithful among the iaithless, if rebels are 70
be resto ed to the right Of the elective fran
chse, | would say let US no longer deny
these political rights to the slaves. In my
| Judgment a loyal negro is more eminentiv
entitled to suffrage than a disloyal white
man.
POWER OF CONGRESS.
whoever may be the result Of the contest
sntici fated in Congress upon this subject, {
take OCCASION 10 say, in advance, that Con-
l gress has no right TO fix the qualification Of
voter within n State. The subject Of ne
gro voting in any State claiming her rights
under the Constitution. is one for the exclA /
] sive decision Of the State. in reyoited
/ State il is question Of policy and military.
government until such State is fully restor
ed. some Of the Southern States should be
left longer uuder military rule, until they
can offer more security for the future. Ten
nessee is sn exception 20 this rule, she
is not now in insurreoiion and has her civil
machinery in successful operation.
Congress cannot fix the qualification Of
voter within a State. The Constitution, as I
understand il, provides for but th1ee elections
that of President, and those of eenetors and
Representatives The President is chosea
by Electors appointed in such manner ss the
Legislators may elect. Senators are chosen
by the legislatures Of the respective States.
and Representatives are chosen bv the peo-
pie Of the seveTal states, Just as.we have re-
Gently chosen two Senator's aud eight Re-
presentstives. The electors Of each State
are required TO possess the qualifications
requisite for the most numerous branch of
the State Legislature. Therefore { anv
point be settled, it is clear that the trainers
Of ihesConstitution intended that each State
should prescribe who should vote, and who
should not. The only limitation upon this
power is the duty Of The National Govern
ment TO maintain in each State ssrepubli-
eau form Of government The question |
may arise, and doubtless will, in the next |
Congress, are not all these rights and guar |
antees changed in a State where the voters |
have voluntarily renouneed their ALLEGIANCE |
and gone into the work Of rebellion Can |
a State renounce its ailegisnce engage in |
the reasonable work Of rebellion, ana vet |
come forward and insist upon its rights in |
this respect2 Il will be admitted on all /
hands that the United States has the rieht |
to punish traitors, by depriving them OF /
their lives, their property, or their flan-
chise. IL viii be urged thst it is absurd to /
kill traitors aud confiscate their prOpertv
and yet deny that We have the power 10 /
prevent their voting. And If We nav de- /
termine who shall not vote, why not sav
who shall vo,ey This may apply to Soath
Caralina, Alahams, Mississippi, Florida,
Texas and other States that led of in the
l.
dication of the rights of Tennessee. Iamno
Southern sdvoeste Of the wild doctrine of
State SOVEREIGNTY, as held BY the seces-
sionists Of this. our day Article L section |
/, OF the Constitution, the 9Th and 10th Ar
tieles Of the Amendments, says; eThe peo-
pie shall not be disparaged, aud the powers
not delegated 70 the United States 5v the
Constitution are reserved to the people."
that Is to say, to the States. Again, this
authority is made obvious By Article Ist.
Section Atm, which resds as follow. viz
"Tbe time, place and manner Of ho'dinq
elections for Senators and Rcpresentafives
shal. be prescribed in each State by the
Legislature thereof. But, the Congress
neg, at any fiae, By ialo, MAKE or alter such
except as 20 the place Of choas-
ng Senators" The Constitution Of the
United States and laws in pursuance thereof
iays; "a person charged with treason. fele-
ny, or other crimes, who shall flee from ius-
ice snd be found in another State, shall be
up 90 be removed 10 the state
having jurisdiction OF the crime"
ooLoRED sUFFEAGE II OTHER STATS.
think that negro suffrage is hound 70 fol-
ow IS one Of the great results Of the rebel
ion; that the time viii come when Il will |
,e proper and right but that the time has not
ret come when the ballot-box should be
urned over 10 the emsncipated slaves Of this
state, and the thousands who would rusb |
nto Tennessee from the Cotton States on
his account. To the silly objection tn ne
ITO suffrage implies social equality, ] beg
cave 20 respond that negroes, at one time
Y another, have voted in most Of the South
IN States, and yet they were in no way sd-
.anced 90 social equality with the whites
dy recollection Is that in every Southern
itste, except South Carolina. the right ofl
ufirage was originally exercised bv free
,lscks. The original Constitutions Of DELE
yare, Maryland Virginia, North Caroline !
nd Georgia, members Of the Old Thirteen s
make no mention Of color in defining the I
ualiiicaf ons OF voters Up 10 the time Of
he adOption Of the Amended Censti
atiou, in 1885, negroes voted in Ter. I
essee, and The leading politicians Of
he State importuned them for their z
otes. In Maryland they voted until 1883. q
nd in North Carolina they voted As late as
s35 Al this failed 10 advance the uegross
D the scale Of equality, 20 foolishly talked
now and 50 'fiensivsly deprscaied; Tnd 6
uialgasiafioH was not 50 ctmmon in those
a ss it hss become sincei
In Pennsylvania, negroes voted until Isss.
let In that great, free Stete, a negro had | !
OF the privileges that he enioved M Ten !
essee before the rebellion. In Ohio thev !
ne allowed 20 vote upon proving that thev / =
ave more white than African blood Ia fbeir
einsi In Connecticut neFr IS voted untl J,
,lI. and, strange t0 say. thew did not ar J,
isn i0r themselves 40 equality sufficient 10 !
rescrve the privilege Of continuing 10 vofe. d
here ia even a constitutional provision In !
be State Of Massachusetts. excluding An =
zen from the ballot-eox who cannot read !.
ie Constitution and write theirouu parBes- :
bis provision Of course, excludes tbe j,
li0red people Of that State who cannot 4
.ad and write, snd would exclude ,l,r - :
re eolored population, with bat few excep- Z;
that thev sfs nos esfg ~ =
MT @ Judge af the aduinisirntinf ~ r,5fb =
G atiairs- II mau who cannoi read and j.
rite IN Massachusetts, Is unable 10 iud-s ].
telligently q questions Of pubic policy y
ow can the uueliuca oi b achs "a de II
,uth do fot / understand thosa naIiri
a0s 0i the North who urse the cisins of n
e southern nesroes 10 the riEhsof safirsre. i
ace o upon the ground thai they are in | ?.
vor o. the Government, admittinr thai \
icy are noi colnpetent 10 Judge Of Questions u
public policy. !,
Even N New York. the great r,np;-, q
aie Of the Union, the negro has rof ad- / a
lnced enc step IN toe scale Of equslitr. 30 81
snltlngiy and Ctiensiveiy paradea core "a
in tbs dsy hy the pr0slsFsrv men Of tbe v
untry. Ia that state the nerro nav W.. 81
~ e ha hsve the requisite property eusfi- q
alton Although this edio1s propertv a
ialiheailoa was removed as 30 the white i