Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-09-18


safe associates IN q common goreJrmeatI
Plainly, this cannot be done at once. Wei
lington exclaimed, " Would that night or
Blucher had c0mew Time alone was a sub
Stitute for a powerful ally. 1t was more
through time than battle that La Vendce
was changed into loyalty. Time, there fore,
,ce must hare. Through time alt other qua
rantees may be obtained but time Itself is
q guarantee.
PzEsksT EXCLUSION RsRyLs y. oH PsLrmclL
POWER.
Mednlrhue Ue must .fo!l0to Congress IN the
present exclusion Of alt rebels from political
Do,cer. THey must not be Uoted for and they
must not cote. On this principle / take my
stand. Let them buy and sell, let them till
the ground-and may they be industrious and
successful. These things they may do; but they
must mol be admitted at once into the copGrtTCr-
ship of oar government. AS well might the
respectable Mr. Ketchum renstate bis son
at once in the firm which he has betrayed,
and invest him again with all the powers OF
cO-partner. The father received his son with
parental affection, and fOrgave him, but he
did not invite ,hc criminal to resume his for
mer desk in Wall street. dRd yet Edlgdrd
KetchUm, teto had robbed and forged on an
unprecedented sCa!e, is as lr0r!hy OF tr1St in
the old banking house as Our rebels IN the 90
Uernmeat Of tie country. 4 long probation
,gWbe ReedeI before either can admitted to
his former fellowship. The State Of OVtldlrry
IS the present condition Of each, and this condi-
ton mast not RdStily be reld1ed. Congress has
already set the example by excluding from
- any oEce of honor or profit under the 60
yernment of the United States" and also by
excluding as counsellor at law, from any court
Of the United States, every person who has
given "aid or countenance" to the rebellion,
or who has ''sOught or accepted any Otiico
whatever" under it, or who has yielded to it
any "voluntary support" This exclusion,
thus sanctioned by Congress, must be the
p1le.star OF oUr national policy. If rebels
cannot be officers under our government,
they ought not to be voters, They should
be politically disflanchised, purely and
simply as measure of seli.deieuce, and in
order to prepare the way Tor those guaran-
tees which We seek. '.Yipers cannot use
their venom in the c0ld.' These are words
Il political wisdom as we'll as Of scientific
truth, and great Italian writer did not hes
tate to inculcate from them the same lesson
that / do nov. S.ill further in obtaining
guarantees We must look confidently to Con-
gress which has pleuary powers over the
whole subject. Congress can do every thing
tiS-uIGls IL Ld fs4' 1p'AE ~'Etu " IASauuibS
rebels trca, office. II must continue its
jurisdiction whether, through the war
powers, or the duty to~Uarlntee a re-
publican form Of government, or the ne
ce5sity OF the case, IS IN territories,
is matter Of httie Importance. IL is
OF less importance under which otits powers
this is done, than that 1t is done. CUntinu-
ing its jurisdiction, Congress muSt supervise
and Tx the conditions OF order, so that the
national security aud national faith shall not
suffer. Here Is u sacred obligation which
cannot be pos, ,pOned. All these guarantees
should be completed dnd cfOongd by an
amendment Of he Consultation Of the United
States, especially pr1Cjd'Ry that hsreqfter
there shall be no Gepjg! QI Nr eiecsOrQt JrGa-
chiSe or Qry exclusion Of o1,y Kind on &C.
count Of c1lOr Cr race, buJ all persons shall
be equal before the law. At this moment,
under just Interpretation Of the C0naiitu-
tion, three -tourtAs of the States actually CO.
operating in the national government are
sufficient for this change. The words OF the
Constitution are that amendments shall be
valid to all ntentS and purposes "Tben rati-
fed by three -tourths OF the Legislatures OF
the Sc yeral States" or, according 10 pgact-
cal sense, by three-lourths OF the States that
have legislatures. II a Stale he's no Legs
latura it cannot be counted in determining
this quorum, 10 is not counted ia deter
mining the quorum of either house Of Con-
q -ess, where precisely the same question oc-
curs. ANY other Interpretation recognizes
the rebellion and plays into It's hands by con-
cedng lis power, through reDciIous contrl-
vance, to prevent an amendment of tho Con-
s.itutiOn, essential TO The general welfare.
He then urged the President to follow the
sen imcnt of Massachu, EFT, and Congress,
and concluded as folIows:-
For myself, felow-citizens, pardon lue il
/ say that my course is fixed. Others may
hesitate; others may turn away from those
great truths which make the tIr-rcaching
brightness Of the republic others may seek
4 temporary favor by temporary surreD-
der. / shall not TIE victory of blood,
which has been 50 painfully won, must be-
confirmed BY a creator victory of ideas, so
that the renowned words Of Abraham LIN
coin may be fulfilled, and "tliS nation un
der God sha have new birth Of freedom,
and government OF the people by the peo-
pie, and for the people, shall not perish from
the earth" To this end 1 seek no merely
formal Union, see.HiGg with SmOthercd
curses, but practical, moral and political
unity, founded On common rights, knit to-
gether by common interests, aud inspired by
q common faith where our cons -itution, in
terpretel anew, shall be a covenant with
life and a league with Heaven, and liberty
shall be everywhere not oa!y a right but
duty. John Brown on his way 70 the scat
fold, where he wa, to a one with life tor
deed of seLi-Sacrtce, stopped % take up
slave child. That closing act was tie legacy
of the dying man To his country. That ben
eLction We must continue and fulfill. Tho
last shall he first; and so, in taiS new order,
equality, long postponed, spaii become the
master principle Of oar system AMI the very
trontispiece OF our cpustitGt ON. The rebel
lion was to beat down rhis principle b.
founding government on tbs alleged - in
teriOr.ty OF race Taking NJ tina. gauntlet
| now insist that lie Insp.el- assumption OF
the couspirltogs sasii not prevail. This -
not the first tia" Jual n@"e 5i-Licd vita
The barb5ri-m OF slavery. / battle stii a.
the bloody monster retreats 10 It's lat eta
del. and, God willing, ! mean $50 Ight II
out on this line il il taxes what remansto
me Of lie.
Mr.. Sumner spoke about one hour aud
half and was listened to with marked alien
ton and applause.
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