The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-10-13
Northern Political Parties Contrastetl.
EXTRACT FROM DEMOCRATIC SPEECH BY HON. s. s
cox GIN Tu E CaNsTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT. =

EXTRACT FROM DEMOCRATIC SPEECH BY HON. s, s.
COX GIN TIL CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
New England dare not base it on principle.
If she disturbs the principle OF population, by
which she loses, let her take that cf suffrage, Dy
which she loses also. And if she don't like losing,
let her have more people and less arrogance. This
amendment, instead Of settling the basis, unset
ties it. and, besides that, does it in way SO dis
ingenious as to provoke inquiry into the senate
rial System. She might, by disturbing the equl-
poise of the system founded on population in the
lower branch, find her population, which is about
eonal to New York, for which she Las twelve Sen
ators, reduced to two Senators by dn amendment
more in consonance with honest7 and equality
This. then, is the plan which is urged upon the
South. Would the North approve Of it 1t applied
to themselves? If this is to be condition of re-
presentation and restoration, it will never be
pdonted. e II this is to be one OF the irreuesib!e
Guarantees which time shall never change, ire
Socably written, like fiat Of God, then the party
who propose it will have lost their radicallsm-
which proposes to progress and amend and reverse
the South when they adopt it, will have lost
their honor, and the Union upon which it is made
10 ]epepd will never have restorltinn There ls
but one basis of Union and peace. 1t is equality
Equality can only be found in thu representative
hasis Of population. Our fathers exhausted re-
search and discussion on this theme. The Union
has grown great upon this basis. Let those who
would change it receive the anatEenlas of an hon
est and fair-minded people.
EXTRACT FROM A RADICAL LETTER.
TT General Grant is right, "trsason cannot be
made odious or traitors punished" That portion
of our Constitution which defines treason and it's
nnnishment cannot be enforced against armed
traitors, but remains a dead letter, while protect
cd treason fauns its bloody ddance in the face
Of an outraged country. General Grant means to
have it understood that the armed rebels around
whom ho threw the protecting cloak OF military
narole cannot be tried by mi itary commission
or indicted and tried by q civil court. There are
some bold people who think that this chief officer
Of our army, who, when he arranged the terms OF
surrender, went as far as possible toward COM
bounding the highest crime known to the laws of
piviiized nations. think he is mistaken when lie
asserts that the country generally" approved his
action. know of at least one set OF men who
did not sapproye generally" and that was the Off
GERS and soldiers OF the volunteer army.
Let us take up tbs case Of R. D. Lee who is
The representative man OF the rebellion, the "Chey
sIi.1 M Bayard," 'stirst gentleman OF the South,"
ard. according to rebel parlance, "the soul of
honor and s'ille Christian gentleman" What
claim has this perjured traitor to these high
sounding titles? Did not his country educate aud
elevate him to an honorable position? And when
Ills services were needed to help turn the hand of
he assassin from the life OF that country did he