The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1866-10-17

LIE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT asst tHAHcE ras
THE SoUTH.-Wbile the republican .a-4 a1l tssaea
are going round the country, like Cornwall. miners.
with taow candles in their caps ea.aavOrar shed
light upon the crisis through which tfe eauatfF IS
passing, We have entirely eclipsed tt lu .Le calcium
illulinator havezintroduced in Cue shane lf .aa
CONSTITUTIONAL amendment It is row very clear shas
1t has beer the policy OF Thad. Ste els and his Jgro
bin followers: to keep this importa. ameadmens oat
of sight muCh possible 1t hss been rarely dis
cnss.d in any Of their councils, y ra5a a t1osa
which have reached the ear and ega "a. lHo public
IheE do not wish to have il openly debated ucr ag
thew desire that the minds of the people g4 become
fuulFdar With its business aud its ame@ling en5eu
cless Above all, they do not want the south agsfr5
it, ior they know if it does their u1veg sin be loss
and their rod Of terror broken Stsgea not satls-
fed'with the amendment; neither is Wade SUMNER
Banks Bqtlcr, nor Boutwell,. NeuNu Is Kelly aE
Pennsylvania nor Greeley, of the Trraas nor anr
oEhGfs Of the bitter radical stamp. What these u.sa
wadt IS for the south to reject to sa he 7uo.a.
I1eni, and thus compel the question I'd restoration ss
60 ever to the next congress- which tlev laeL conf
dhnt, and not without reason will b. more ia4.gpl rs
the snuth thar ths present one.
What, then Is the plain police Of Tie sggaas
Clearly is to accept, without hesange or dgae rz
proposed amendment They certai. aara.. essa.
to do any better with the present congress and teg
nusi not hore Or expect for greatar .aIrarar F-r.
the next By all the signs of the tf..rg -. 65-fc-s
congress will be composed in part of fierce aud rs75.
GtiGaary body df men In all the stara States
whese the radicals have majorides tie question uran
nqm3uaJlons for chngress is not who % most mod.
erata or conservative, but who is sa .r7. radios.
The latter is Invariably the nomine 70 is 1r Ibis
reason that SUCH men as Banks Butle 1d Uyatnci--
all f5rmery Massachusetts democrats -are Sd azrama
and kioJent in aher anti-southern views Itlla aee
bat echo the sentiments Of the peopIa lagr 1gGeaaHf
and pot to obey that sentiment they know i5 tg aoH.
teE'seres to be politically sheiyed g the Tla1u5a
of their lives. They are bent upor sa.eesz .ud sas
motto Of one Of these men is Suc-..s 's n ar.r"
N5w, then, is the critical nome for .la sgula
The proposed constitutional amen aau- should Ea
promptly accepted by them. The present congress
canrot refuse acknowledge the act and 10 aqrs
tben3 to fFaterna relationship in tra Uafor Tt -4a.
measure pledged to do this, and has already Hsr-
tlll4 fulfilled its pledged by adrsutae Fsnaesaaa
Ffolsl the next congress the south have mich ID
apprehend. TherB is great dange. 9It the inns Of
the radicals to di4francsc the vi lt t7 coufs.ate
aid ipporou their property and tq irr f.i.srssl ana
unrestricted suitraE he to the blacks .le4 be- a.a77
plisbed. The legislature of eve IN southern State
shoutd therefore he Immediately ctae5 together aad
the proposed constitutional amendmeat sog s5 Once
in congress they vii! hold the bala o 77gs- I'D tFe
house and have their appropriate -ht , .s senate
The. VIII never have better yaaAy, sOr being
rdstGrcd position ia the Union than is now offered
tHeni. We again say let them accent it,
Pseslqent Johnson should issue proclamation call
ing upoP the governors Of the several southern States
I'd cgnyCne their legislatures before next December
ard recommend idem to adopt .he pronosed amend
meni This done, new and etTulGeDt light will be
SIZED, over Ghe whole Union, from the hriIancy of
~Icn the radicals WILL with their taow candles pale
INTO hslgniaeahcei New York Hearld