The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-12-19
Ehe REERAba of Impartial Suf-
fsSsGe ESE8aGG.

tethcr.
The REERAbus OF gsmpartial SuT-
faaSe ENEo.eG.
FIX Cove nor Perry, of South Carolina
VINO was always Union man, la, w'itten
an exccl ont letter on political topics to
Charles W Wood warl, Of Philalephla -
In relation to the impartial slf;Ig, hlr2
bug, he sayt:
II ain, lkngi'e, unwilling to believe that
ths Sruth"rn pGhpic vii! a iDpt any In-
prumi>r which viii diS.an 'hiSe one litn ut
tie Goita votes, for the purpose Of entran-
cE;siar q frw hunired negroes IN the
Southrtn States
"Empartal suitlago may ne accomplished
nv permitting all persons, black and waite,
tG vote who are IWentY-nno years Old -
This the South ri J.. cl.le Viii neycr consent
TO- aS il wuulI degrade the rgtt ot suffrage
and demOralizo the Government an
sncipty 1t may be accomplished by res
;riaving the reh, Y! FUtitagc N tn" Southern
Statr. 10 suuh persons, !,iHck or white, who
have properly qualification and can read
and wrige. THIS wonit di~tfanchl$e about
Gne.fith OF the present nrIGh,r OF voters.
aud cnlIter the right OF suffrage on lew
hundred negrotrS who cWn the property
qualification ant eau read AMI write. Are
he Southern people wiling to dls.rancilSe
AMI degrade unG fila ot thtm'eirrs. and
elevate IL few hundred or lew Thousand
negroes above this fifth in all political
rights and privilege ? d. not III INK 50.
"Acco ding to the asst census there are
over 100000 white m les ovei the ase OF
rTrnty one in n Sou h. II States wnp can
no. rad and writ. Ma thou Il, ds Of
TIN, nanl, c. ougar ga lantly throughout the
whole War for h. r. lit OF sell gov rniiitnT.
A.c they now not to lie vo un'ar,Iy drplvcd
b tn il CON ado, III lio uE THIS lErstlIna'
pc ght, and reduced to ievrI with their
1prnrl s!avrs? 1t may br that their freed
men, huv.tg the qua iticatiun OF property
and can r \ auh w!lte, Will he Placed
! above them. They Wall have I'll" NOR lbca
| ton o; 81 cling themselves excluded tloM the
polls. whist theit iOrHnur slaves are per.
| ulttGd tu otcl
! Every southern man knoVs that there
! arc IA great many men OF substance an"
character in the so lthern States VINO car
not read ard write, and especially old men
They are men Of intelligence, patriotism
and ezcelirnt judgement, aud as capable q
cxrrcI lug pruGen"y the right OF hugiage
az any one, no matter how We educated II.
may have been. Ih y have enjoyed TIL
right. t, o, throughout their manhood, an
valued it as saced aud in"st'mable'
The proposel Constitutional Amend
ment di ,franrhisss all in the Souther
STA es VIII, lad ever TAX n an oath t" Hup
: port Il e Cons tutiun, and atterNa Il de
or couIt mans 4 the war ~ any way. h
unanuuOus opinion of the Sou, n has be,
that ,uch terms We're di:honnrabl" and sell
degiaIiEg. | would ask, IN all caudor an
+ sincerity, ii those OF Impartial suffrage ar
: are no, equally so2 lit be dlshonorabie t
drlr We twn or three hundred lhousan
prnulncnl m n in TIL Southern States q
: the liEAt OF id ny Office. it is not equal
t dish nnahle ana & ad,ng 10 deprive til
). same nunla. of uGmble, though worth
IS men, wnu have fought through our stru,
n Gle for sell Qavelnment, 0t tie right OF pa
tlcipatiug at al in the GnvrlHmcmt und,
! which they have to live? 10 my opinIp
il Is woc,r They who are sacrificed b. III
.,mcndm Mt ale Uliuwrd TO vote; bu' thu
It who AZ, {, tr sacrificed hy impartial III
irlgo are drlhN,j oi that right at"gethe
lin, exclusion. tru, is to nj PLY ony t" II
J. Southrrn States. In ths North, tue san
class et persons are alloHei 10 exercise Il
right OF suffrage.
II Il know rhati, has he urged that h
'i qualified impartial outrage vii only rxc!u'
II those who are nUi 81 weii lhaItti tt vot
\ and thereby improve our rrprGSentatiy,
~ AMI evil officers. Doctor franklin ilustr
ted his views nn this sutj ct by stating
n case. In his day and tin,e, there MAS
, property publication Of $3.50 !nr Il voter
~ Pennsylvania. a man had q jnckass wor
the >,n, ana vas allowed to vote. Bet,
q th,u,xt SIS, ion his iarkasS died, aud
q could hot v t.. Query, SAID Il
re doctor; did the m n or the jaakasS vote.
n. 'Ih, rv ar ti,uas 6 as every one know
who a. poor, ana yer more wise, ani writ
'e oua, ana pa r.o;ic, than those VINO "a
rich. -.
Y I'm order to ininc. the Southern pcor
re to adopt Impartial suffrage, il is prupo>
II 20 connect with it II general and unyer,
>, sianasty. Irish, It. aIiitI In,st de ,raa
" 5ooa for the > ,uthcrn STATES. But |
~ not see that they are in any great per !.
an Almost every one his been pardan-d
ar taking the amnesty oath, an by special a
p,ca ION Tor lixacu i've q mency. The u
~ danger Of prs ec.liion ior traaSon or cr
Ia. a.cation, whsle Andrew johnson remain
OF in oihcc. No matter what uncnnstituri,n
nd legis alton may pass Congress. it can not
We enforced, except through th' President.
he Exclusion from C,tgres. will continue; |
We this is no great vital sacrifice for thA Sonl
or ern people To make. 'fh.ir members or
ri voluntarily Withdrew from Congress, ant
y. has been ak years since were reptes nj
il, ti,orc. We should ben hopeless ninpri
les At present. flour members hai ther Sc
lar ani that they could do notliag for 'b
* constituents or the county. We shn,
lie devote uil our entrgies 10 the material !
nt- proyelnent Of the South, aud uhiudon p'
for ties, until the tiule. are more puopitio
bis and there is Ee;uraing sei,ss OF juss.cs