Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-06-13
.tructio01 Gen Logan preceded to speak
rEGRo surFRAeE.

NEGRO SUFFRAGE s tte
The next proposition that understand
is decided before the people 4. this: The
State having been reduced ~ a terrific
+ rial condition, then it was the duty Of
J the President OF The Baited States 70 de-
clare that certain men should be per-
mitted to organize this territorial gov
eminent, and others should be excluded;
that is, that be should declare that GER
+ tain men should have q right 70 vote
who never had BY lsw q right to vote.
maintain this as being ths correct dis
/ tinction. he has a right, for the time
/ being, TO appoints man as Governor.
They are under military authority nov.
he has q right to appoint persons 70
/ govern them, in order that they may
have head for the purpose Of re organ
| izing their civil Departments Applause.
/ When he has done that and they organ.
| ire, the State is then in EXISTENCE not
only as il has been before, but Il can ex-
/ ercise tbs same functions that IL had be-
! fore ia the government of the United
States The Constitution declares that
each State shall regulate the qdali6ea-
tons Of It's own voters II President
Johnson has a right 70 declare that all
the negroes In the South are voters, be
has right, upon the came principle, 20
declare that the white men are not If
| the States that have been subdued, or
the people Ct them, are not in terri
torial condition, bat States, as we
maintain they were in rebel
lion, then President johnson has no
right to make any such declaration If
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| Constitution Of the country that We have
attempted TO support and maintain here.
| CApplause and hisses from part Of the
house So far as the discussIoa Ia re-
ference to the question Of suffrage is
concerned, It IS Of no concern TO ne. L
have nothing TO do with it, I do not
care whether the people Of Virginia,
or North Carolina, or Kentucky, or OF
any other State, allow the negroes to
vote II is not my business, but theirs
Cheers In Illinois, where L live,
whenever they decide that the negroes
shall vote, u is their decision The
Constitution says they have q right TO
decide, and when they do so, say
amen to il. Three cheers for Illinois
But until they do make such deeisio5,
in their sovereign capacity as a State,
no President has a right to decide for
them. TCheers The President has q
right to say that certain men have for
feited their rights In this country, By
their acts Ct treason against il. He has
right TO issue a proclamation, as be
has done, saying that the Government
and Generals and all the leading cher,
acters engaged in this rebellion, who adj
vised il, have no right to vote, or hold
office, or exercise any other right ip this
Government, until the people shall grant
tito them, on their showing themselves re-
pentant for what they have done against
their country. LCheers 9 seg 80
A. yoiee--'Iet them repent ou the
other side Of Jordan ~ Co
Tam not particular where they 20 10
repent, 90 that it ia not In this country.
TCheers aud cries Of 'sFhat's il He
has clearly stated 10 bis proclamation,
as | understand it, their rights, or at
least what rights they have forfeited
. Having forfeited those rights, then say
let the President, or the people Of this
country, when they become convinced
that certain portions of these people
have become satisfied With this Govern
: ment, and are willing to live at peace
with Us, and become good and loyal eiti@
zens, say So Is is their voice, aud not
niue / hope i shall never have to de-
; eide, for | am afraid il is long time
before some of them would ever have a
right to vote at any election. Cheers.
This, however, he has a right 20 do. He
las done it, and endorse Utmost cor
daily. In doing that, however, he has
only excluded certain persons from the
] right of fraRchise-from the exercise Of
civil rights; but be has no power 70 cob
fer thoss rights where they are not con-
ferred by law, except it is done in accord
ance with the Constitution OF the couD-
} try. Cheers, and cries of That's so.s I
Aud whenever We govern this country
upon that principle, in my Judgment, Of
having the loyal people (because none
in the Southern States, now under pro-
: clamation, bat loyal people CAM, assist
, in running the machinery of the States
whenever we do that, there is no dam
ger Of there being any trouble in this
country in reference to the manner ia
which to do it, Ii is for them TO decide,
and not for u.s. We have settled these
questions, as / remarked, that we're be-
fore the Countrywide question of seees-
: sion and the question Of slavery-for-
) ever Let the other questions be settled
; by the people as they properly arise, and
as they certainly will arise, and let us
not distract ourselves or get up an i'll
feeling or bad blood again but rather
see if we cannot live for few years in
peace from North to South Rnd East to
West CCheers
INDEMNITY FROM ESGL4sD.