The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-04-05

representation here, when they refuse TO send men
Re Se sTS then % eb
oonfederaey and hts colleegue Of the Senators IN
eyel people Of this country! Are the men who or.
war, as the result OF which this nation has had TO
spend than four Thousand millions Of dollars,
million Of men psstEi9G heroes haze ,S laid dSwn S
pitalsare these to here 30 legisate for the
loyal people ei this oountryY - ........a ,A.o,u,,
on q h s.SSSy,. SSSSy '%9 y
the other House can only be elected in pursuance Of
State h HeHGS % as pTemnsry tG amy Sstt
mined whether there is state governmenti whether
Senator's and having authority to provide laws under
which representstives may be elected; There was a
g any Of these eleven States There YES time when
e ne onM M eng S en s eyeIy @smbes m Il
had abjufned his allegiance to the United states and
sSbdy peteGd State @ Was
ntbef O5se OF Congressy II not shall we
whether IL has got out Of these hands into the hands
Sir this proposition that bill is to be passed be
their own fault that they unrepresented would be
utterly destructive Of the government. But then, the
disoTiminats against large number Of Intelligent,
worthy end patriotic a99 IN tsv95 OF line ns
%Eyo eesrss that there shall be no dstineton min in
white rsoe declares dSrent
S lis ooor RSn that w6cS IS noteG on wht
man for the same offence Is that discrimination in
T.1n
rSbis But perhaps il would be replied to this, that
IN The United States and therefore il discrimHateS in
But Mr. Presdent nE Is not White child who is born
IN me United states citizen Is it not to be pre-
the white infant, who is citizen the moment Of its
birth nd against the worthy intelligent tel and DS
as suggested by Senator behind me, the child
in this land Is Citizen long before his fatSer. The
ss0 nSs an 16Jeot0a @ e & @ Stzens od
ere born il 1
But MIR, President perhaps the best answer 70 this
Chinese and gyGSSS and this reference e QEsgnsrs
By friend c@
to Rs3 FsSy
what The b
that occasion the aenator to whom allude said
for
egners somehow or other appears to kapnt the mag-
the Senator alluded to, that look pom this objoc
den, and as being hsEd pressed for some excuse in
ytbh.oldMing, HI his approval Of the measure His su.
more like the ad captsndum of the politician or
by the President Of the United States in veto message
upon SO important measure as the Homestead bill"
RreT M R G
the best answer, though Should hardly have ven.
pred to have used SUCH harsh enguagen reference to
qubbling and demogoging, and playing the poll:
tioian in sending veto message to the Congress of
The President also makes some other .ausions in
speaks Of the mpECpriety OfmsTrages between whites
5 ON ON R
y NIL shen i0F what purpose Is It in ts
excite prejudice or as the argument of ademagogue
The President further says If il be granted that
CONGRESS can repeal all State laws be-
this bin why, it may be asked may not CONGRESS
& in thu the sT rSos wy % sss Eta % BE-
S sS SeosS R ~ sS aT who shall hold
law declare who. without regard to color shall
Any once and finally to vote in every State and terri
Perhaps the best answer, Mr.. President, could give
to this would be the answer of Andrew johnson him
S to he 5
& n es sh Fl e rg Of M fS 20 ose S
horzed 10 vote under the laws Of those States before
To W6 d Hy% o
That it wes unconstitutional but he had to pro-
in their civil rights '-O'''' 'H'H'
Then # it be true that protection in civil rights
position he assumed when he Extended civil rights to
show BY orders issued BY his authority and yet he re-
fused give them the right of suffrage the ground
right vested in the States with which he could
But Sir the grant of civil rights does not and never
did in this country carry with it political rights,
be this dOuntTg the 0
& or hdS s s right m & to staa hSd oSe he right to
Legislatures various States the right to hold
1GS5 6 hs Edfs s
Czs citizen q @
tain number before he can be elected member
she act Of being citizen does not qualify person for
holdg othee necessarily, nor does it necessarily au-
sile they not the eecSe Ta1ehse
E vrtSe Si bs as is stated
IGS tight vt s2e
Rs nG TO d hS hGse Teh is the Case most not s
the States ct present. say they do not IN cav WIZ
zens zeS Of sPf the unted stateS They have some
What are theyf Why sir, they are those and
rights which belong S to sySTy end
in this bill and they belong to citizens u ali the States
@ n .0msbns 95 The s S not Ss dssS q
foreigner that when he is Ret1reEed he is to be left
United States and, suhm ng its laws reside there;
s cae6 TGaG q 6
states not only IL Of the States OF the Union but
when n seereSry e Of State Citizen in
foreign country entitled to the same protection that
is extended by that government TO It's own citizens
In the great essential rights which 1 have enume.
rated these rights which belong to citizens and are
IN Ss dshon 81 Of cT liberty to be no other than
natural liberty so far restrained by human law but
general advantage Of the public In this definition Of
civil liberty ought to be n1deEstooq or rather eS
equal to all as much so as the nature OF me law VIII
%oRwealth as Is said By Kent; and Kent himself in
sIeaking OF these rights, says that the
personal security the right Of personal liberty and
the Tieht to seqnire and e,{Sy property ThesS
declared by the people Of this country 70 be natural