The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-10-02
THE N. ". TINES ENDORSES THE
CONGRESSIONAL AME DMEyT.

The New York Times, owned and edited
BY Weed and Raymond (who we're the Chief
natipulatars IF the Cosper-J Johnny Eeb
Convention. has come out N earnest adyoca
cy Of the Congressional Amendment, We
quote from one OF It's recent editorials. OF
the FIRST section it says:
The objects sought to be attained by this
amendment are important aaa desirable.
The first, which clothes with the equal civil
rights belonging 10 cjtizsnship sil native born
iuhabitauts OF the United States, cummends
itself to every man s sense Of justice and
Of public policy. Ii was the worst feature OF
slavery that il kept large class of persons
outside the protection of the Law aud nov
tina; slavery bias been swept Away, there if no
shadow OF excuse for perpetuating this worst
of all its wrongs We trust the Southern
States viii make speedy provision for extend
ing the f1i prote ction Of the law over their
enfranchised slaves. in common with all their
people. but aside from this there are many
reasons OF justice and proprietv why the
national Constitution should make this guar
auty universal and perpetual.
With reference To the second clause Of the
amendment, the Times says.
.srhe second clause of the amendment Is
exists in the ENJOY ment of political power.
1t was decided by the trainers oil the Cohsti-
tuition that population and not rioters should
constitute the basis of representation, and
this ceases to be the wisest rule only when
large masses of the population nre excluded
from suffrage IN some sections oil the country
and not IN others Then 1t becomes an ele-
ment Of inequality and injustice. A voter
il one section has double the political power
az a voter IN the other. This inequality ex
ISIS to dav between the Northern aud the
Southern States. and il ought To he corrected.
This would pe true If the question had never
had ANYTHING whatever 10 do with the rebel.
honor II the Inequality were in favor oil the
North instead of the South. Every man can
see that ii is UNJUST. and the Southern States
ought TO see to IT rs well as the Northern.
And as no section is to be benefited in the
long run by any inequality any injustice,
the South as well as the North ought to rats
fv this amendment Il involves, II is true, q
temporary surrender Of q portion of the potlt-
ical power now enjoved under the Cons.itu>
ton: but tina, surrender would be more than
compensated by removing an injustice which
sd long a. il exists must be the fruitful
source of sectional discomfort and national
discord-'
1t also emphatically endorses the third and
fourth sections, and concludes;
1.-The amendment now awaits the action OF
the Legislatures OF the several States. 1t is
lust IN itself. and it's adoption, by remedying
Injustice and providing for the public safety,
would do much toward iranquilizlng public
sentiment, and preparing the way for the
more speedy restoration of peace and har
rnony to all sections az our common Union.
/, Is greatly TO be regretted that all the States
were not represented in the Congress BY
which it Was proposed but it is submitted to
them all for their consideration and action.
Nothing would conduce more to the public
peace than It's speedy ratification, especially
hv those States which are to be most directly
affected by its provisions.