The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1865-05-11

|, adopted containing the provisions abov
: suggested, then-the State being orgsr
> issd-sll military rule should b with
drawn, = soon D tho State Governpsu
should show il vas able 20 preservs tn
). pesos, and protest I'll cisisebs Of tn
United States in. its borders 10 "lifsy lib
. erty and the pursuit Of happiness" tn
: State could then elect its members I
.. either House OF Congress, to be admit
ed .or rejected, % either 10 ito wisdom
Knight determine.
Perhaps some may think I have lsi,
too much, stress upon the several propo
sitions which arc laid down ~ condition'
precedent to the sction which shouts
bring back Q revolted State. l would
have Them put nskedly to the people d
the Stste before any election Of, officer,
vas called, because l would eliminate Of
the elements Of personal difference a 10
the rulers from the adoption Of prioci-
pies Of eoverbme l would .fifst pro.
sent the principles these being determ,
ined. tn % the ,qusstio Of men conId DO
discussed Upon the first proposition
that would require 70 BIZ, submitted to
the people o. each rebcllious State before
It can ask to come back into relations
with The loyal States, to.vi,: the aboli,
ton Of slavery, there certsinly can be
but one mind at the North. The second
q S! e. &c: i ;Is
fundamen tsl' Law, because for more, thar
thirty years The people 81 tbe Soath have
been taught By their leaders that snch
right does exist, 40 that nspy good and
true men have been, led svsy ;, By this
heresv into rebellion from which they
would otherwise shrink. But in time,
when, as is Just, New York and. other
loyal States call upon the General Gov
eminent to assume this debt, contracted
10 its own defense, such, demand viii be,
opposed by the Southern States which
have no debt, Or win be eucumhered b.,
the proposition to assume for the, South
some part Of the Confederate, debt, snd
such will be the power Of the pressure
upon Congress Of the immense amount Of
the consolidated debt, unjust and iDiqpit.. !
Gus as IL would be for ths nstiou TO -.
sumo it, T should fear for the result
Therefore, I would have it a. . part Of
the fundamental 1sw Of each, State that
90 part OF this debt, should ever be as
'umcd or paid, BY, the State, Or any por-
lion thereof. The pssump,iou. Of such
lebt by the General Government is q
ubject as frausht With danger, so aided
" the influence Of money that |, would
mp!oy every means TO keep i from the
RATIONAL councils; The necessity Of. the
ourth proposed smeDdment to the COZ,
tithtions Of the several States, that, 90
ebel officers should vote. or hold Office,
s obvious from thcse Considerations. The
'ebellion was largely set on foot because |
political power was departing from the
south and travelling Dorthwsrd. TO re.
rain that power. which their enterprise,
wealth, and consequent Increase of popu-
alton bronshl -. en-. NN..h -. ga--.t---
{ the South plunged the Dstio1 into
his horrid war Shall We not, therefore,
each coming generations by living ex-
mples that political power Is not gained
ut irrctrievabIy lost by rebellion against
he United States? Besides the con-,
non mind at the South has been hereto
ore SO much controlled by the leading !
men that such deprivation of political
power is absolutely necessary to, deprive
the leading class. there of that influence,
over tie Southern thought which has
heretofore been and will hereafter be ex
crtcd against the Union Being dem
ocrat would break down the land hold.
ing and slave holding aristocracy of the
South which has brought so much of
evil upop vs.. Is not the dcprivaiio Of
political rights the appropriate and mild
est form Of punishment Of treason !? Is
this not . necessary measure of precau-
ton against future evils z For these
reasons, therefore, which have scarcely
more than hluted at, would Insist, be-
fore any measures should be taken to
bring back . revolted State, that the 10
hsbitsnts, in their primary and funda
mental law, as a part of the frame of gov
ernment, should so'ennIy provide that
there should be: neither slavery nor Sc
cession iu their State, aud that; rebel
dehts and rebel votes should be alike re.
pudisted. Thanking, Mr.. Chairman and
gentlemen, you for the patience with
which YOU have listened TO me, l shall
be more than repaid If by these remarks
I have brought before your minds for
consideration any of the momeotous
questions involved in the reconstruction
Of the rebel States. .es ...-. - -: . .sr
The London Times, since the fall of
Richmond, 10 profound orscular msnoer,
is Of the opinion that unless the "South
consents to re enter the Union," tie end
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