The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-02-14
From Washington.

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On Thursday Of last week the House
Committee on Elections, with but one
dissenting vote, agreed to report 10 favor
ofDan. VOORHEES, as against Colonel. Wash
burnc who contests his seat. This was
after a full and fair investigation of the
testimony on both sides, and the hearing
Of elaborate arguments from both claim
ants Mr.. Dawes, Chairman Of the Com.
mittee, was tho dissenter. The case was
all ready for reporting to the House, but
from some unaceountable cause it was
kept back, and yesterday, strange 10 say,
the Committee reversed their decision
and unanimously agreed TO- report against
VOORHEES, and in favor of Washburne.-
Exactly what Influence was brought to
bear to secure this result is not apparent,
but the facts as | state them, and | have
them from an authentic source, certainly
leave room for suspicion that there has
been unfair play somewhere.
As to tho real state Of the case every
body knows that the Terra Haute District
is hopelcssly Democratic. There may
have been fraudulent voting done there
at the election, but it is not likely that
the Democrats had a monopoly Of that
business. AS the matter now stands the
probability is that VOORHEES, will be Gus
ted. If so, another election ought to be
ordered immediately.
TIE NEW CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
The chances for the passage, in the
Senate of the House amendment to the
Constitution are not good. Most of the
Radicals will vote against it on the ground
of its giving the right of States to dis.
franchise negroes, The Democrats will
vote against it on general principles, and
the combined opposition will, no doubt,
amount to a majority of the members
Even if passed by Congress, however, it
would never be adopted by three fourths
of the States. Every Southern and Dor.
der State would be certain to vote against
it, SO that it is only waste of time to dis.
cuss it Congress had better drop this
amendment and proceed seriatim with
the sixty,pine others. They will have to
pass three amendments a week TO get
J through all they have on hand in any.
thing like a reasonably long session.
STEVENS AND SUMNER
In a recent letter, attempting a CON-
pari'on between tie two champions and
leaders of radicaIism in Congress, I spoke
of Sumner as a man of purcst and high
est moral character, who would, in no
event, sacrifice a principle to save a par
ty; and of Stevens as a cunning and
crafty politician, ready to stife his con-
science at any time to save his party
Events have since then fully indicated
the correctness Of my assertion. One day
We find Stevens making a speech in the
House, and demonstrating, to his own
satisfaction and that of his fanatical ad.
mirers, that the negroes are the only 10y
al citizens of the South ; that the political
power, as well as the property, Of the
South GU. lit 10 pass from their late mas
tiers to them, and the next day we find
him advocating an amendment to the
Constitution giving to the rebels of the
South the power forever of DISTINGUISHING
the negro, at the cost of a reduced Con.
gressional representation. Let the ad.
mirers Of Mr.. Stevens make anything else
out Of his course, if they can. This is
exactly what it amounts to-advocating
one thing as right, and accepting its op.
posite as cxpedient. Not so with Mr..
Sumner Not half SO extravagant in his
assertions as Stevens, he is satisfied with
nothing short Of an effort to crystalize in.
to law what he demonstrates in argument
Believing the negroes to be the political
equals to the white race, he contends for
that equality, and manfull opposes any
compromise Of what he rel giously be
licyes to be justice.
EQUALITY IN THE SENATE GALLERY.
| must again call the attention Of Mr..
Sumner to the treatment Of his colorcd
friends who visit the Senate galleries to
hear themselves d%ecllred equal before
the law. What an empty mockcry "equal.
lty". must be TO a colorcd person, who
finds himself squeezed up into a corner
of the Senate gallery on account of color,
and that too, at the solicitation of ladies'
whose husbands and fathers are the es.
pecial champions Of the oppressed race,
and have undertaken the great work of
equalizati on. A maliciously disposed
person might find something in the mat.
ter to which | refer, to call to mind the
story told by DR.. johnson and retailed
by his friend Boswell, about the Radical
lady, Mrs. McCauley. "Sir, there is one
Mr., McCauley in this House, a great Re.
publican. One day when | was at his
house, | put on a very grave countenauce
and said to her, Madame, l an now be.
como q convert to your way Of thioking,
| am convinced that all mankind are up.
on an equal footing /; and to give you an
unqucstiOuable proof, madame, that I am
in easnest, here is a very sensible, civil
and well behaved fellow-citizen, your
footman, l desire that he may DO allowed
to sit down and dine with Us. l then
showed her the absurdity of her lovely
doctrine, and she has never liked me
since"
But if the colcred people can not find
equality in the Senate gallery, where on
earth shall they look for itY II the loyal
ladies Of radical Senators refuse to step
between the wind and their nobility at
the very fountain head Of equal rights,
mnnh nf The Eornn Of fhnir annoaIa e.. L.