New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-22
THE REPUBLICAN, PLATFORM.

is now stated authoFitatively that the radicals
will not press to vote at this session the bill &C
companyng the constitute onal amendment as re-
ported by the reoonstrur ton committee. That bill
prescribes the condij 5us OF admission, and would,
it was feared By tie so.caIed conservative Repub'
hcsns, operate not only to deter the southern
States from ratifying the amendment hut wound /
likewise weaken the power Of the Eepuoheaa
party IN the approaching Northern elec- |
lions, Moreover it was certain that the
President would veto the bill, and thus
present an additional issue to the people in !
which he would have ell the advantage OF identiH-
cation with the growing feeling in favor Of
speedy restoration Of all the States to the exercise
Of their constitutional functions. Thus the game
of last year is to be played over again. Radical
designs are to be hidden beneath mask of quasi
conservatism. The dangerous issue with the Presi-
dent is to be warded off, if possible, until after the
elections for the next Congress are completed.
Then they will pass either the reported bill or one
equivalent, and, if they carry majority of Con-
gress, will claim that the people of the North have
decided to refuse representation to the Southern
States, both in Congress and in the electoral col
ege, except on conditions which they know will
never be accepted.
In tine meantime the constitutional amendment
will be used as a party platform and an election
| eering device. The unanimous vote Of the Repub-
| ican members which it received in the House,
encourages the radicals to the belief that it viii
be equally acceptable before the people, and that
it viii be considered by the North as fair eqniya
1 lent to the South for the benefits Of representa-
1 ton. They wish to persuade the Northern people
| that the Southern States will ratify the amend
4 ment-or at least enough OF themto secure the
required three -fourths OF all the States--aRd
that thereafter no obstacle will be OPP
i posed to the admission Of the Southern Rep
resentatges and Senator'S Just as las
year the intention Of the Republican party
to ners1etuate the division of the Union, and tc
force negro suffrage on the South, il possible, wa:
concealed By ambiguous phrases, and equivoca
resolutions SO now the determination TO maiHtaiI
the present status until after the next election, i
order that the Republicans may be enabled to 20
I tain their supremacy, is studiously kept out 0
! sight BY the interpretation of this constitutional
: amendment.
Nevertheless, theg attempt te refate the eherg
that they have adopted an innracticabIe plan 0
demonstrations and their efforts, in this direction
I are vigorously seconded By the so-called con
i seFyAtiyes. They attempt to persuade the pub
: Tic that the amendInaak will be adopte
!. BY all Of the ao-e2Hed States, and Shat til
/, two necesssg to eofSEEe the required three
r fourths, can easily be obtai2ed among the eleve
Z excluded States. Arkansas and Tennessee ar
E named as the two States which can be induced t
ratfy. 1t is probable that the usurpiDg and fraut
# ulelt legislature of Tepnessee, representing nj
d more than fourth Of the people Of that State
Il may obey the commands Of the faction With whic
= they sympathze, and add this browning infamy
If the long list of outrages which they hay
! already perpetrated on their fellow citizens
d and it is possible that judicioHs ~nanipula
d ton may have a similar effect on the sur
pesititious Legislature of Arkansas; but it
reasonably sure that Kentucky, Maryland
e and Delaware will positively refuse to adhere t.
e the.radical programme. Those statesare strong
Opposed to negro suffrage; and they will not assis
in reducing themselves to the alternatives Of en-
fraHchising the negroes or reducing their repre-
sentation. AS to the remaining States of the lat
Confederacy they certainly will not pay such prc,
for representation in body in which they coult
do nothing but yainly protest, by ineflectua
speeches and still more Intellectual votes, agains
q the tyranny Of vindictiFe sectional majority.
n The New York World says that If Cengres
. would say to the excluded States ratify thi
amendment and you shall forthwith be admitted :
it would partially countenbalanoe their repug
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