The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-02-20


sidcration given To- the ability Of the freed
meWto oproteot and take lrsire at themselves.
u Is no moro than Justice To- them to believe,
tlal rs they lave iroCciNeil their freedoms
WIN moderation and iOrbcaraucr they viii
distinguish themselves by thtr Industry
AMI they WIN soon show the worlil tliatt Ia u
condition of freedom they are sclt-sustan-
ing ana capable of soliciting their own
emplnyipcnts, their own places ol abode,
or insisting for themselves on establishing
ana maintaining their own asylums anit
SCHOOLS. 10 Is earnestly hopCd that instead
"i wasting away they Will by their own
efforts establish for themselves condition
Qi rPspcelabllity aud prosperity. 10 u ccr-
tain that they can attain to that condition
only through Their own merits aud cNcr-
tinns. d. NH. st...t .lff..t .. ... 4-
~ TINS connection the query presents IL
self whether the aystCm proposed 10y the
MI VIII not when put into complete opcr-
hlioh, practically tinnsicr the entire care,
support and control Ot four millions Of
clnahcipatcu slaves 10 agcnts oVcrsecr. or
task-mnsters who, appointed at Washing
TON. are IN bc located Ia ever county and
parlsil throughout the United states con-
toining freedmen and refugees. Such a
system would inevitably tend to such a
concentration OF power IN the executive
which would enable him, II So disposed, 10
control the action of numerous class, and
use them for the attainment of his own po.
lhleaicnd, g $50 EttfI.. ..l..l|
can not but add another very grave
objection to this bill. The Constitution i'm
perulNtly declares. In connection with tax
alton. thai each state slAl baNc ut least one
Representative aud liNes the rule for the
number to which in tuturC times each State
slml be entitled. IL also provides that the
Senate OF the United States shall be COM
ugh ltl en- MI
adds With peculiar force, thatuo State with
ont representation shall be deprived of It's
equal suffrage IN The senate. The original
act was necessarily passed IN the absence of
the state chiefly to be effected. because
Their people were then contnmacOllSly tn
gagged IN the rebellion.
Now the case Is changed, aud some at
least OF The states are attending Congress
ny loyal Representatives. soliciting the al
lownncc of the constitutional right of rop
rcscntation. Atihe time. however of the
consideration and the passing of the bill,
there were no senators or Representatives
ihCohgrrsS WHO were 10 he mainly affected
by its provisions, The very tart that re-
ports were made against lhogOOd dlSpnsi-
.tiou Of The country Is im additional rcasou
why they need aud Eliouldhavr representa-
ton OF their own IN Congress, to explain
their condition, reply TO accusations. and
assist, by their local knowledge, in the per-
fccting OF measures Immediately affecting
themselves, while the liberty of dclibcmton
would then be free. and Congress would
have full power Ia decide according 10 its
Judgment. There could he no objection
urged that the States most Interested had
not been permitted to he heard.
The principle IL llrmly fixed in the minds
of the American people that there shotld
be no taxation without representation.
Great burdens are now 90 he borne by all the
lrNH mn Al MI hat
they shnli be borne without murmur when
they aiG voted by majority oi the repre-
seniativcs of all the people. ! would not
interfere with the uuqucstiOnablc right Of
CongrrS to Judge, each House for itself, of
the elections returns aud qualifications of
its own members, but that authority can
not be construed ~ including the right to
shut out In time of peace any State from
the representation to which II Is entitled by
the Constitution. ..- ~
At present all the people of the eleven
States are excluded those who were most
faithful during the war not less than others.
The State of Tennessee for Instance, whose
authorities engaged In rebellion, WAS re-
stored to all her constitutional relations Ia
the Union by the patriotism and energy of
her injured and betrayed people before the
war was brought 10 II termination They
had placed themselves in relations with the
General Government; had established u
State government oithcir own: and ~ they
were not included in the Emancipation
Proclamation. they, by their roWn act have
amended their constitution 81 as To abolish
slavery within tho limits nf their state.
know no reason " hy the State of Ten
ncsscc lur example, should not nIlly enjoy
all hercoustibutiunnl relations tn the United
States. The President of the United States
stands toward flc country In a somewhat
different attitude from that of any member