Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-05-07
The Amendment Regulating Appor-
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nn,;a;a~ tbsr have so ARRANGED il hat The
South does not lose one representative,
and hiss no incentive 70 ea'eno sanls ~
s1s,n. 900 While slsyerv was in exis.
'atence he black population we're counted
in the proportion at the rate Of three 70
live In this profound seheme OF Coh-
gtess sse mS is ~ 80 1870 9re not ai1owe3
- vote lint The two 6fths which the South
lost in women and children is now added
Ito the basis which VIII fuliy balance tne
los Of tne male ueua rsas;la7.
"a not tbe sligbtest reason, save
from pripciple. why suffrage should be ex-
tended Yet no representation OF any
p class Is to be Permltteo ah.li tnls y mApe
INV {
gsmlt inc eaitor OF tne hsPIospoos nAu 'le
brains OF a moderately lnselngent 2 le
never Wouid nave mAoe me oiunr u
THIS paragraph We SqElse u" /"
up nis advocacy o. reserleung senfsee y
inteiiigence' ior II tnst RUE Is aoop'eu ne
will never vote again. iet as inc ms
conception Is a very important one We are
willing = undertake the seemingly nope
less task OF enhgntening him. ~~ros .
500 Let US refer to the language of the pro-
bBosed amendment 1t provides that
10 exhenever in any State the elective
10 franchise shall be denied to any portion
of its male citizens not less than twenty
b6ne years of age the representation in
o. that State shall be reduced ain the pro-
portion which such citizens shall bear
r. rot to the number Of inhabitants, as the.
Republican seems TO understand it, but
! Hto the whole number CT male citiseHs oCsr
tOeIty-oae years Of Gge." Nothing can be
clearer than this provision. Let US take
10 an illustration. Suppose thAtsoath Carr
alina excludes all negroes from the elective
franchise The representation of South
Carolina viii be reducedin the Propertion
which the number of black males over
twenty-one bears tothe total number Of
admales over twenty-one. But this proper
tion is almost precisely that which the
10 black population bears to the whole Popu-
Vlation. The practical effect ofthe amend
= ment win therefore be that wherever in
e any state the blacks are DISTINGUISHED, the
representation IN tnat seate WIN Dc oimin-
2 Nneo 7 me proporHon Hr,1n .ne Ui'cA
PSPa 80. ifr-+
ms amenain nAs sfeA1
lover DON 'ne Senenek ana COnknng
emsAomenls segsss APP
liA
BE- paseo APPor'o Hy epOH "e
namOef Oh voters, was snes
% tne power oi sns "est ~ s"e eApeHse !"
New Englano, the WESTERN s'1ses nAs
more nA'es 'hAn ie anu .e Ns~
Ehglano seA.es e'es '' ms o'eon
aoes MOI aPPlsieo sne present Proposinon'
ior II makes poPnla1ion 'ne DAslhns
Q. objection 70 me oonklng amenomen',
which also based ~appof'onme9. on opu
lation, CUT ProSioeo ior me IeoueAon Oh
representation IN states wnere any persons
b were ~disfranehised on account o. race or
color, was that 1t placed IN the Conshtu-
ton a sauasl recognition OF inc rignt Oh
states thus TO lsiraneh thei eiezens'
nAoihing OF tne SOFT wiz DC aone " 'ne .
edoPton o. 'ne PRISM
Another great objection tetne Oenkling
amendment which, orr readers VIII re-
member, passed iae hesae' and "as Killed
in the Senate, ls That II might very easily
be evRdcds Had ~ been 'adoP'ea any
Southern state could restrict the suffrage
s1sby requiring . heavy property qualities
ton, just as South Carolina nov does
{ This would not reduce the representation
% of the State, tor no one would De
excluded from the elective franchise on
sccount Of race or color but 1t would
PhsJ
only Of the blacks but OF the poor whites,
whom the Southern oligaFehy hate,
despise and fear, and would conAAe the
governing power entirely 70 that DANGER
q Gus and turbulent class who ruled the
South and brought on the reoeliion' ana
Who under such a state o! 'nings' would
fsl rule It more absolutely tnan ever no
evasion OF this SORT as Posaele under TINS
~nmehdment o- I'd
Another advantage which the pending
hi proposition possesses when compared
with the ConkliRg amendment, is that it
2 rewards states which grant qualified suE
/ .1frage TO their blacks Under the lsttezi
ih whenever q State Disseminated against
|. color in regulating suffrage all Of that