St. Mary's gazette., 1866-06-14
The Recommendation Programme

hy the radical Con CrcSSiondl t'''tHii''Ic
after six months incubation. The bill
nasscd the Senate BY 4 vote Of So ayes 70
II NAYS, 3 Senators being absent or not
voting The name Of Mr. CresswcH, Of
,b;s State is found recorded with the ayes,
that of Mr.. johnson with the noes The
.chcmo. it viii be seen, was adopted BY
,uo-third vote in the Senate and it IS Ger
tain that it will pass the House by even
Larger majority than this.
SEC. |. Az persons born or naturaized
IN the United States, and subject to the
urTsIiction thereof, arc citizens OF the
United States and the States wherein they
reside No State shall make or enforce
INV law which shall abridgc the privileges
or imnunit,s of citizens OF the United
etates; nor shall any State deprive any per
.on of life. liberty, or property, wItAont
duo pr,~ess of law nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection
Of the avs.
Src. ,. Representatives shall be appor-
toned among the several States according
TO their respective Numbers counting the
whole number Of persons, excluding IN
dians not taxed But whenever the rlght
70 vote at ary election for The choice OF
electors for President and Vice President
representatives in Congress, executive and
judicial officers, or members OF the legIS-
laturc thereof, is denied to any OF the niiIe
inhabitants of such State, bcug twcnty-one
pf tho | ed
States, or in any way abridged, except tor
participation in rebellion or other CRIME
the basis Of representation therein shall be
reduced in the proportion which the mum
Der of such male cirizens shall bear to the
whole number Of male citizens twcnty-one
years of age i'll such State.
SIC. g. That 40 person shall be Sen
ator or Representative in Congress, or
clector of President and Vice PRESIDENT or
hold any Office civil or military, under the
United States, or under any State, who,
having rtviously taken an oath rs a mem
Der of Congress, OF rs al officer OF the III
ted States, or as a member Of any State
Legislature, or as an executive or Judlclal
officer of any State, to support the Gons'l-
tuition of the United States, shall have cngag-
ed in insurrcction or rebellion against the
same, or given aid and comfort to the en-
cmics thereof. But Congress may, by
vote Of two~thirds Of each House, remove
such disabilities.
SEC. 4. The validity of the public debt
of the United States authorized by law. IN
cluding debts incurred ,nrpaymcut of pen
sions and bountcs for services IN suppress
ing insurrcction or rebellion, shall not be
questioned But neither the nited States
nor any State shall assume or pay any debt
or Obligation incurred in aid ofu>llrrcctfon
or rebellion againat the United States, oI
any claim for the loss or emancipation OF
any slave: but all such debts, obligation,
and claims shall pc held illcga. and VOID
Sec. 5. The Congress shall have power
to enforce by appropriate legislation the
provisions of this article
The palpablc drift of this scheme is to
force the South and the border States
whore slavery once existed. Maryland, of
course, included to. adopt negro suffrage
or submit to 4 curtaimcnt Of their repre-
sentative power IN Congress. Thus Ma
rylanl, under this scllcme, will be forced
either to take negro suffrage or to loose
two Of her five representatives in Congress.
In the South. the reduction will be still
heavier In South Carolina and MISSISSIPPI
pi, for instance it is either negro suffrage
or n loss of more than half of the repre-
sentative power these States are entitled tel
under existing laws The game of the
radicals is to force negro suffrage upon the
country or to consolidate their power by
making comparative ciphers Of fifteen
States in our representative system. Nor is
this from any special regard for the negro.
On the contrary, the scheme under notice cx-
pressly proclaims, that unless the negro
can secure the right to vote, he shall be
deprived of tue right Of representation and
mohiizcd with Indians not taxed"
But how is it now with our Maryland
radicals? They have published time and
again, that, though favorable to the Con
gressional plan of reconstruction, as they
understood it, they were bitterly opposed
70 negro suffrage Can they oppose negro
outrage per Sc and favor scheme which
either forces its adoption upon the State or
deprives her of two-htths of her represen-
tativc power in the lower House Of Con
gress? This is Mr CreSwelfS position-is
it theirs? Besides, are they prepared to
modify their darling registry law 50 as to
make it harmonize with the scheme under
notice 7 BY the present Congressional
plan, penalties are visited only upon par
ties who, having taken an oath to support
: the Constitution of the United States, sub
ssqucntly engaged in hostilities. against
the Government. All others are allowed
to be eligible even to the highest positions
Of the State and nation Are the Mary
land radicals prepared 10 so modify the