The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-12-12
To which Policy will the Rad
fcaIs stand.

During the pcndlncy os the political can.
vass last fall the Radical party in most of
the Northern States claimed that the only
issue before the people was the adoption
of the Constitutional Amendment. Their
speakers andipresses told the people :hat if
the Southern States adopted the amend
ment their Representatives Eould be imme-
diately admitted to their seats in the Con
gress In fact this was the ouly barrier
They utterly repudiated the idea that the
Southern States were om of the Union. In
the first days session of the Congress now
in session, they re-afiirncd their po itl9n in
in the following resolu ion:
Mr.. Wentworth offered the following;
ReSn!red, In response to that portion of
! the Presidents ) message thatrela;es 10 those
communities which claimed 20 be the Con
! dcsate States Of America. that this House
! finds in the many acts CT dislnyalty which
have transpued in those communities sine
! lis last adjournment, aS we'll as in the re-
cent elections in the local States, additional
treason For in listing On the adoption of the
pending constitutional amendment before
It will consider 40 propriety OF giving them
CcngTc Ssinnal Representations
Mr.. Ancona novel to lay the resolution
on the table, Lost-yeas 81, nays 49,
| The resolution was then adopted without
division. -..a
But the ultra deatructives were not salts
fed with this position, as foolish as it is
they will e satisfied with nothing less than
the surrcr der. of the government Of the
Southern States into the hands of the ig-
norant and besotted ne roes of tie South.
They,consider the Union dissolved and will
not consent to its restoration, although the
Southern .people have lainsdown their arms
and returned to their allegiance. That
which the rebel armies fti,el 20 do in con.
test OF four years, the Radical Congress
now proposes to accomplish through the
forms of legislation The following is re
solution sadoptet Eiby the House of Repre-
sentatives on the third day of the present
session, adopted in utter torgetfulness OF
the platform laid down but the day before.
| -hF. bCOOuldll lutlOAuScl INC IullSHtHg
resolution:
Rcso7rcd. That the committee on Terri
tories be instructed to inquire into the OK
pedicncy of reporting a bill providing teri
t0ra governments for the several districts
of the country within the jurisdiction Of the
United States formerly occupied by the
once existing States Of Virginia, North Car
olina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Arkan
sas, and Texas, and giving to all adult male
inhabitants born within the limits Of th'
United States, or duly naturali2ed, and no
participants in the late rebellion, full ant
equal political rights in snch territorial gov
rGnments.
Adopted-Yeas lS7 nays 81. .r..
Now, to which position will the part,
hold. People have been asked to endorse
the Copgress-the Radicals have threat
ened the President with impeachment If h,
would not adopt the Congressional plan o
restoration. If they change their policy
daily, how can they expect any body to ever
keep track Of their policy? What new
form of insanity will next be developed it il
hard to conjecture.