Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-19

cent greater than an equal number oi
white peopie iu the Northern States by
rpasrr, of Having iE their midst four and
a half millions OF negroes. This provis-
ion wa. the chief compromiSe which GU
fathers made with the in ititutiOn o
slavery. and although, through sen
of its Injustice, it has been impatiently
a O licsced IN by the Northern people,
! vel ID has been carried oBt IN good faith;
4 but now that slavery, the foundation o.
] this Compromise, has passed away, the
f provisions should be so changed as TO sui
The altered condition cf the country, anu
do justice 10 every part OF the nation.
II it were 80 amended az TO apportiou
representation aud political poweram1nq
I the several States according % the actuh.
mum Ter of male voters over the nge o
tweuty-one years, IL would he equally
fair for all, and would put il out of the
power Of the people Of any State, or class
oi States, TO increase or double their po-
ii.cal power hy the presence ln thel
midst of population which they them
selves deprive of ali political rights ana
thus an inducCmCnt would be presented
/ % the several states, in order 20 enlarge
their power I'm the Government, 70 confer
political rights upon every cld~s OF per-
sons, without regard TO cotT OF nStlon-
ality, as rapidly as might he deemed con-
sistent with their true interests.
BY t3a Can-.r- of eighteen hundred and
sixty, the fifteen slave states were al
lowed eiEhtr-iJUr members OF Congress,
because .uF line representation Of three
fifths OF their slaves, and now that the
slaves are made free, aud the other two
inhs added L. their basis Of Representa- .
tisu, they would DE entitled % fourteen .
mem bsrs more, although perhaps In point f.
OF law. this Increase cannot take place Z
suteri1r to the year eighteen hundred .
and seventy. II tho negro population 4
was equally difiused throughout all the +
States, this inequality would not exist, .
but tla fact is, Dc i not 80 CiuUsed, and .
The probability it that the concentration (
ia thS Southern States viii become greater 1
from yslr t0 year, by the emigration
thiilsr II the c1l0-si population of the
North. According 10 th8 census OF
eighteen hundred and sixty. the South
eru SiatC- upon q i"bits basis would have
been entitled 10 siNty-six members Of
Congress, instead Of eiElty-fJur accord
mg 10 the existing basis.
Whatever opposition there may be to
tLcsloDtion OF this propo-eda ueudmcut,
IL amounts, when stripped OF its cover
ing5 and scphi-trig5, simply % this: that
,Le white people OF ils South shall con
LnlC 10 cNerrt-o IN me iutuTcr rs m lnt
past sixty per cent. more OF political
power IN tle National Government, than
an eQlai mum Der Of white people in the
N0-ll, and for this great inequality and
injustice Z am wholly unable TO perceive
any good OF sufficient reason.
Should such an amendment be passed,
5y the requisite Elio~ltics, through the :
Congress OF the United States, before
Tguc final adjournment, I would most q
'csPect-uliv. but earnestly, recommend I
Is Immediate ratification on your part. I
In conclusion upon this subject, am
lot Of the opinion that the IIeTculean
work Of reconstruction VIII be accom-
liishei az one time, by any general and c
weeping process, but that it VIII pro- q
'eed, State by STATE, as each one shall y
'Cnform 10 the requirements of the Gov
srnmeut, and show Itself loyal and pre- Z
lared % resume ifs practical relations in o
he Union. Tle conditions which have d
seen imposed upon these States by the ,
President, ara not only reasonable and I
legitimate bUt are dictated by Justice and 3
! wise foresight for the future welfare Of L
he Republic; and, although they may q
lot be accepted this year, or even the
leIt. vet that they Ultlm atCly VIII be, / /
nave no doubt And if the work Of re- G
,rgauiZation shall be successfully COM {
,iytCd within The same period which was q
egILrcd 10 T-u down the rebellion. II
vii be within the limit of my expec,a-
ions. %