Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-07-23
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~ =, DISHONESTY OF 1T,IE lRl-4llDIcALs. RAD i.,s mi
ed You and their ffiends3 they never
were for the Union q Thaddeas Stevens
| was honest enough to say so. He said in
| my hearing that with his consent the I'M
Ion never should be restored, These men
Hate the Constitution of the United States.
tBhey hate iioIir form of government;
and -theyT.linOwr 7 the most etieetiye, Sstah
| they could give itT=tbe most fatal blow
would be The attempt to govern one half Of
the c0tihtfy without Representations iljGI :
lspeak of men whom know; men with
| whom l have served In public life. ] do
| not impeach their Intelligence, or patriot
ISM or sincerity; but1 repeat Il believe
I.tbey hate our CONSTITUTION, and desire its
overthrow They believe .eonsoli lidatiop Is
| better than lc9piederation, They prefer to
trust their libel ties and the liberties Of the
Face to an oveTpdwermg' irresponsible ma
jOTityl rather than TO zone orderly pr0eess
\ established under the checks and balances
Lpf our system, iCheers.l ,5, ,ss-a s,a,.
l., THE sCoNsTITuTIoNAI,, AMENDMENT
n Consider the Constitutional amendment.
| Congress insisted upon its adoption as a
condition precedent to the admission of
Senators and Representatives IL 1t were
Eentirely desirable z II nobody objected or
could object to any of its provisions, still It.
| ought not to be proposed. II the States
are entitled TO representation, the adoption
of this amendment oughtnotito be exaetei
ed 2 If they are not entitled, its adoption
will not confer it. Ifthey are entitled, the
refusal of the right is the highwayman's
course, who seiZes you by the throat and
agrees to release his hold if~you Wil give
him your purse. In vain you assert that
you are entitled both to- your freedom and
your money, You buy one admitted right
| by the surrender Of another. II they are
not entitled, the pf0posapto confer 1t is the
device of the devil, who eagerly offered the
Kingdoms of the earth and the glory Il ere
of, which he didn't possess if only his black
| majesty could be worshiped. But what is
this amendmente "a' il 5shoA 15"oi cd
j Every person born within the United
| Sthtes shall be citizens thereof and of the
State wherein he resides, Citizens of the
| State That the Constitution left to each
State; SO entirely left IL there that rvot-
ers by the law of the State were eXpress-
ly made elector; for federal officers, q, No
State shall impair the privileges aud immu-
mites OF citizens of the United States.
What are these privileges and immaniues?
Where are they defined? Where written p
The Constitution has already put each oit7
! izen of each State upon the same footing as
citizens Of the Several States. '' '..' 10 noi'
Representation shall be apportiOned aG-
cording topopulation but If any male per-
sons over twenty-one years of age shall be
excluded from, the ballot-box, the repre-
sentative basis Shall be diminished by these
Iin proportion as the males excluded bear
TO allithe males of twenty-one years in this
State. The former proposition was to .eX-
elude from the basis all of any race or col
or, If by reason Of race or color they were
excluded from the right of suffrage. That
could not stand moment. BY 1.-THE States
might exclude the young, the old, the poor,
the Ignorant, the soldier; and II they were
only white, the other electors might vote
Tor them ;but il they excluded the negro,
his whole race was to be excluded from the
Representative basis. How much better Is
enumerated also. If the males are as ten
to one--and any male is excluded
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