, 1866-10-16
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 16, 1865.
THE 0BJECT1oRsT TO TIE EAHEND.
mENT.

lug lV ollZCIsulp. hQGlB the Law
Of a State confines political priv.
heges 10 white feltizens, this clause will
not confer political privileges upon the negro.
But, whether the State Law prohibits It OF
not, this cl.use will givc to the negro an
equal right with the white man to hold prop.
esty, 10 he plaintiff In court OF Law, to be a
party to contract, to hare the right Of resi-
dcnce and loeomotion, and generally have all
the civil rights that any other citizen may
enjoy The amendment, however, goes fur
ther. Hmskes citizen Of the United States
who has been u resident Of Illinois, OF Of
Ohio, or Of any other Northern State,
4 citizen OF any Southern or other
State to which he may remove or
In which he may reside, 1t strikes down the
power hitherto held and often exercised by
The States or discriminating between citi-
zens, and Of denying 10 citizens from other
States that equality which ought to follow
them wherever they may choose to reside
within the limits of the Union.
They object to the second clause because
they say 1t forcss negro suffrage upon the
States whether they want It or not. This Is
q pctversion Of the truth. Hitherto the ne
grocs Of all the States have been represented
In Congress-; free negroes on an equality With
the whites, and slaves in Lie proportion
Of three ont Of five- There being
no slaves now, this amendment provides
that any State wishing to have members Of
Congress for her negro population, can do SO
TO the extent thst she admits that population
TO political privileges. Thus, IL Illinois has
twenty thousand black population, which
number added to q fraction Of her whites
will ertit1e her to au additional Representa-.
tive In Congress, the State Of Illinois can
have that additional member If she permits
the adult males Of that black population to
rote; If she prefers not to do this, then the
negroes arc not to be counted In the repre-
sentative population, and the statc loses th
extra member. This amendment doe
not force = State to establish negr
suffrage; bat in these States wher
the population Is largely black, It permits
these. blacks to ba counted on an equAllt
with the whites, provided the male adults o..
that population are permitted to roie, Th d.
amendment substitutes for TIE three.nfths
clause provision Whereby the rebel State
taAy # they choose have members OF Con.
sEesa tor their b1ack population, counted o !.
.: caIa.ity with the exclusively white pop
1l'ss}". II other 6tatea, but AZ q compensa-
Ss.t~~ must admit the population thus to
ie rcprsssuted to the privilege Of voting Tor
t',c's representatives. The Democratic
rarfv and the rebels make no oo}ec-
;1.:s 10 having the ueErocs OF the South
.'-''a; on the contrary, they insist that
:>,-y Ihsn be 10 counted; but they insist,
f"@-, itAt where State Il thus entitled to
~ j. :. tsentntires, three for the white and
tE7c ior the black population, tho
.ss lone shall choose the whole si1 ncrn-
~ y as giving to thteewh men at the
st'' !. ;. political power aud privilege equal
y tina. possessed By 6lx white mea ut the
Sn:tl'. Tue amendment destroys this In
eas-:.!y, and pats the whites Of both sec.
t!ens II IN equality for tho first time In the
h:s:o7: of the country.
IEc toppeAhes4ts auu 1aele .>s>t-et to the
third clause Of the Amendment because I,
d;eftaachises persons who have never beer
e.as.-.ed of treason, This il another per
F-.eftE of truth. The Amendment dIsquali
des fru'n Office all persons who, having here
toEe7e - public officers sworn fidelity to th,
Cuasttutlon, violated that oath Of Office anG
betrayed their country. The disquallfica
t'n:s trNn office IL confined TO those who add
I'd oaietal perjury to their treason. There 4
law On the statute book now, and has al
1nye been there, which disfiunchtses an,
- irllty of being dcfaulter to the Gov
>T'7-'1t- Is \ pecuniaty default to be com
pared in enoEmlty with Official perjury ant
treass"?
T''~ Corperhcads and rebels profess K
hsvc no objection to the rcpudiatlon Of th.
reeel debt, but they declare that 1t il an In,
rutation upon their honor to euppose til.
that debt will ever be prreec1 E'r rayme,l;
Who holds th.t deity 1t Is held nlalu!v b,
si'ose u!"' tts1scnably gave II their ne.n
ard tlE=,ates tH oftv,Nrn su.. destroy tn
Enitr. That dabt scmaiu. gsn,a Against Ii
Coufede1ac3. end H. Ions! ~ t,tc debt L. ;, :,
repudt-tcd by the Cc2sti.1;s:n the tolis:
have An inttser. e tac extent d: :k.ce thou
millions Of dollars In restyi1: tss.t ton
tcdeEacy and d':!to.iug s'.F; rnteu i. lon
- that dct. Is net rcrrdsatcI IN rtf Coast,
t1tton!t i'll eoutiac, 10 .c ,c..s,.. .iso fun
10 bur uP weak anL veuaf politicians, +
Tur<aas: Congressional committees and Co,
gfezssoual bodies, and will continue to repr
sent the slave interest though in new an,
more cor1npting form. Its constitution
reputation now will put an end To the NJ:
ter forever and II! f:s;:Ss ebpP:shcad ~;
dS9 tsgss 36f all time of any suspicion of
design Of folsting It upon the nation.
The Amendment ia. not without Its oppo
nent4 in the Republican ranks It Ia re
markab1e, however, that tho Rcpublical
who opposes the Amendment does SO beeaus
1t does not provide for what the Coppethead
and rebels insist 1t docs. Wendell Phillip
and hts class oppose the Amendment beeaus
1t does not establish political equality, an
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