The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-10-03

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|. It i nos~Askhar ~ shall strike the word
white hon ~ ConsHitptioa-n NOW or soda.
1t il not Whether negroes here shau ~ a.
lowed to vote now or soon.
II u not whssAer the next leGislatare shall
sa1mit 70 the people ths qusafios II striking
"white" from the constituf;on.
II 10 only whether TIE next leGiGlAturs shall
submit to the legialatuIe Of 1853 the question
whether it in 1858 shall submit such stiking
out to the people. fer their approval OF rsjec-
ton.
Voting for Union candidates for the leeis.
laturs now is not voting for erasipg sswhite. .
Itisnot even to vote for sub NIT No ich erasure
70 the people. 1t is only TO vote for men who
viii hvor propoundine 70 tie members OF the
| Legislature of 1858 the question whether they
will submit to the people the propriety Of ma
king such change.
To oppose the kind Of submission proposed
by the Union party, means disregard Of the
| wishes OF large class who want the question
putin due course of time.
1t means . want of confidence in the
people.
Ii means that the people should not be CON
suited regarding the form Of their Constitution
cant be trusted with it.
| 1t means that the people Of 1855 better
knew the viii Of the people of 1869 and What
was ct for them than they themselves will
when 1859 shall have come.
Besides, voting for the Union members now
does not even imply that you agree With that
plank Of the platform, because the action on
this matter next Legislature, cannot be legis
| i've, but only auxiliary or interrogstive, while
other matters Of the very gr.vsss concern TO
the State and 10 the future Of the nation demand
that msn should 90 up 10 Dss Moines Who are
sound ON the many questions which the
| crushed rebellion has left TO b. settled While
| the future of the Union 10 in the balance no
good man will entrust the fortunes Of the State
| to her enemies because of question upon
| which in Iowa even, the Union party may
never call upoa him to vote.
Art. x, Sec. 1, Of the Constitution of Iowa,
provides the only means BY which an amend
ment allowing negro suffrage can be made.
1t is a. follows:
Any amendment or amendments to this
Constitution may be proposed in either House
of the General Assembly; and if the same
shall be agreed to BY . majority Of the mem
bers elected to each Of the two houses, such
proposed amendment shall be entered on their
journals, with the yeas and nays taken there
on. and referred to the Legislature to be
chosen at the next general election, and shall
be published rs provided by law, for three
months previous to the time of making such
choice; and if, in the General Assembly 30
next chosen as aforesaid, such proposed
amendment or amendments shall be agreed
TO by q majority of the members elected to
each House, then it shall be the duty Of the
General Assembly to submit such proposed
amendment or amendments to the people, in
such manner and at such time a. the Gen
eral Assembly shall provide; and if the
people shall approve and ratify such amend
ment or amendments by q majority of the
electors qualified to vote for members of Gen.
eral Assembly voting thereon. such amend
ment or amendments shall become part of
the Constitution of this State"
The I'd section of article 10 further pro-
vides that
IF two or more amendments shall be sub
mitted at the same time, they shall be sub
mitted in such manner that theelectors shall
vote for or against each of such amendments
separately
1t will be seen from the above article Of the
Constitution, that the question of negro suf-
frage is not nor before the people and cAxxor
be, until after two successive Legislatures
have agreed to submit it to them for their de.
cision. When thus presented in . regular
manner, they can adopt or reject it, ct their
pleasure. They are competent to make the
decision. The people have q right to rnle.
This is true Democratic doctrine. Who are
the opposition? The people made the Con.
s.itution-they have right to amend it, but
they cannot do it this year nor the next, nor
even the next The organic law is so guard
ed and defended that its amendment is : very
difficult matter. The Constitution, however,
provides for Constitutional Convention in
1870, when the whole subject of suffrage,
with its proper qualifications and limitations,
and all other constitutional questions, viii
be acted upon, by the people, through their
Representatives in convention assembled
At present the one paramount duty of the
soldiers and loyal citizens is TO see to it. that
no condition be formed between the late reb-
els aud their Northern sympathizerx, in the
interest of the State rights and secession with
a view to plunge MS again into the horrors Of
rebellion and war.
The paramouit allegiance of every citizen
is due to the United States of America, in
whose glorious flag the State of Iowa is only
one brilliant star. And until this is settled
IS part Of the political creed of every party
IN every State, the fruits of our military
achievements in the suppression of the re.
bellion are not secured.
And to secure these objects all loyal cit.
zens, and especially al soldiers, With the
records OF Libby and Salisbury and Ander.
vile fresh in their memories, should resolve
TO vote for no man and no set of men in the
Interest Of rebels and rebel sympathizers du.
ring four years Of redhanded bloody war.
There is to-day, as there has been during
four years of peril and war, National Union
party, which has been proved and found true.
and which has history to inspire Confidence
In the hands Of that party the countryis M.
and the interests Of all classes in ali sections
Of the country will be preserved and trans.
united unimpaired to future generations.
Soldiers! Citizens of old Lee; our appealxs
to you. In this, the first hour Of calm after
the storm, to entrust the helm of the Ship OF
State TO conquered rebels or to their ayowed
or secret friends, would be like giving over
the command off merchant ship, richly laden.
to the hands of boarders and pirates
Soldiers! To the rescuel The enemy "a
wary and inscriptions, the peril is imminert
and such a coalition hotvoo,, C...Lc.- ~