Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-06-20

h.. has grown less Of an orator and
NOR. vi ius.c:,n IA, has less pas
sion and more reason III his service.
Our political >oo,hsay"rs "r. busy
casting his horoscop..
Effect Of the amnesty" Oh Cili-
zenship.
Some very strange misapprchcn
sion- seem 80 exist among some per
sons n. 10 tn effect "i President
Johnson'> lat, " Amnesty proc!ama
ton" rs well Rs those of the late
President, upon til" persona! and po-
ti:ical rights u the citizen.
Their" seems to be prevailing u
grn,.ra' opinion 'hA, every man liv
ing within the Confederate lines. a.
they lM.l y stood, whether III military
service. ia civil employ, or wholly
separated from participation i'll any
iusury. nj acts. needs thu rN"rci>" of
pnra"niuS power :" fgr nh~"lr"d from
some p.,n.lliro-wlM ones are no.
:" readily understood. an.: never -x-
pressed. hut 'r.a~"T /: a prr-onal
crime. lln; :. territorial one. NJ man
need fear luni-t'rr: ,"r 'i.'s offence.
arain-, whom no over, nr;, that i
distinct au,! open, can u" proven;
for the C"n-,i.u:io:. l.cI,rrs ,ha: this
i n"c,.-s .rv I" c"n-tit"'" ;h' crime
If treason Mere ~"r,... or designs
or opinions VIII not answer.
,,.,E as
,Iiz-d by the Constitution aud laws.
and who's !:'nru,~ az" formed aud
si,.'u upon. vel. und"r stood and tried
pr,,scipirs Any real or -uppn>"!
necessity for "tlr: tribunals vii!
soon pass AWAY. mud the ci:Iz.n h..
LEFT ,n..u,llr IN H." I:.~ alone.
WAL" :t,nv .s!, disturbed on '!!~
subj ct, others H4prrh"h! M. "I';n".
'i"!. .. III ,:,!iua,v night, ri ci'i
z's...i;, mics, >!l..r ~ neral ~ rp''.
ga! p:"ct;.ntrl,'!s u: nlnn.-ty !
ISSUED by II. ti>rr.: $. head ~ tin.
| AZTEC. ~:1:,- governments. "r some
Sc: - t.s.srs.>- !ir'in: '!f-a. ;.oI0
The ban, b., a. ~ II. favor e. o,.,t
- have lIi;!lrr." h.r.. GU. il r'.'
'"n:rd"rlcy.'
uhi, arises r!,.rtlv ir,;t a ,ni>.,.
pr-h.Ixiou * he nature al citizen
>!ip. W.. do 40, cast oar votes -
citizen. q: ia. Hi,.'I States. bui a.
ci,iz",,, %. tia. "s..v,rs, St.,-." IN
which ~ lavy our Legal residence.
and IN ;.ur-unuc" y! their special
constitutional prrIri->ion-.
Formerly. i. nnt noN, the cUns;s-
tuition .: Illinois Admitted aliens,
who had reside! bu' -iA months IN
III. State. to the elective franchise.
AMI the new proposed constitution ii.
Missouri makes aliens, who have
oaiv declared ,h..ir in.,nlinr to be-
come citizens OF the United States.
,...c:cr. in III. Stat. rl.r'iru- y"
one haa ,v.r questioned III. iici,f IT
th, STAT. ~ extend or restrict III"
right o. suffrage. rs III their -pr"r-
e.Sn will they should 50. ii, TO do.
The provision, ui the con~;!tn,i"u
II Lou >iana on this snhi"c'. If tha,
constitution under which ". arv now
living, j, Hi:
"Evrrv whit. mail who has AZ
tuiucd tn a-.c Of .Hcutt.pnr years.
and who has been 4 r,-idrn, Of: the
State twelve months next preceding
the election and the last three
q months thereof liz I'll" pnri-h in which.
h.. "tfnr- "a vote, AMI who shall hc /,
citizen Of til, United States, -hall
have the RICK, of voting" t"ns''.
tuition Of 1854. art. ls'h, title Ill
Thu provisions Of tn constitution
Of 1852 were I'll" same.
Now i, i very clear that tn" man
who Possesses these qualification
ha, I'll. elective francis in Iouisi.
ANA until power equally great d.
rriv,> him Of il. Another c"n>titu.
ton may be adopted which shall
eAt,nd oy diminish the limits OF
State citizenship and franchise, bu,
until this l. don. all possess it who
come within III, limitations ue hav,
quoted.
1t will be seen that III thi, reuui
site that the voter should t." a citi
zsn of tn. United States. Som,
will think that If he has been u Con
frderate soldier or civil oMcc-holdc>
he is no longer citizen OF the Uni
ted States but this objection is o
the very essence OF rebellion. Th'
loyal doctriue is that he never ceased
: to be citizen of the United States
: His very crime of treason. FOR whisl
\ he is liable to be tried unlcs~ NOR
. amnesty be extended to him. consist
in that, being citizen of the CrIte'
:. States, lie levied war upon them
. If he had ceased TO be Il citizen, h
ceased also to ow. allegiance.
r There are, il Is true, farther r.
= s.rictions contained in the same III