The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-05-11
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The following is the proposed amend
ment to Section 1st of Article Sd of our
State Constitution, upon which the peo-
pie win be called to vote on the24th
inst:
#. '.Noperson who, since the '1st day of June,
| 1851, has given or shall give voluntary ala OF
assistance TO the rebellion against the United
allowed 10 Yote at any election HELD therein,
unless ne has volunteered Into the military or
| naval service OF the United States, and mas
been Of shall be honorably discharged thefe-
| from" 5GF fa+% 4f5t54 - sf'-A 'H' 80 '''''
In support of this amendment we
quote as followsfronl PRESIDENT ] ohm
sons speech, delivered at Nashville
June. 9th, 1864, and afterwards repeat
ed; in substance, to the Virginia legis-
lative delegation last January, ont
occasion of theirv visit to him at Wash
ington:
s,HBut in calling a convenHonto re-
store the State, who shall restore and
| re-estabIish it? Shaif the man who
gave his influence and dshisneans'to de-
stroy the Government? Is he to par
ticipate in the great work of reorgani-
zation2 Shall he who brought this
misery upon the State be permitted to
i-controf its destinies? IF this be so,
then all this precious blood OF our
brave soldiers and officers SO freely
poured out will. have been wantonly
spilled. All-thegtorious Victories won
by our noble armies Will go for naught,
and all the battle fields which have
been sOwn with dead heroes during the
rebellion will have been made memo
rable In Wain.G = - ~ - Z = =
why all this carnage and devasta-
| ton? 1t was that treason might be put
l.doWn and traitors punished. There
fore I say that traitors Sh0Htd take q
back seat az the t1ork of restoration. II I
there be but five thousand men In Ten
nessee loyal to the constitution, loyal
to freedom, loyal to justice, these true
and faithful men should control the
tVOrk of reorganization and reformation
obsoElLLeky., Il say, that the traitor has
ceased to be a citizen, and dsi ~ jot1iing The
rebellion, has become q pHbLic enemy.
| He forfeited his right to UOte lDith loyal
men tOHelI he renOuHcedh his citizenship ana
sought TO destroy OMr Government. We
say to the most honest and industrious
foreigner who comes from England or
Germany to dwell am ong fuss andlto
add to the wealth ofithel country BE
fore you can be citizen, you must stay
| here for five years. If VIC are so eau
| tious about foreigners, who voluntarily
renounce their homes to live with us,
| what should we say to the trnitor, who,
| although born and reared among US,
has raised parricidal hand against the
| Government which always protected
him? My judgment is that he should
| be subjected to Il severe ordeal before
he is restored to citizenship"
2 Tho following extract we take from
the speech of Daniel Lamb, Esq, de-
Ilivered in the West Virginia House of
Delegates in February, 1865:
t'I have always contemplated that it
would be necessary. for us here in,VV est
Virginia; as SOON as we could see. GER
| tainly the end ofthese troubles, to hold
a Constitutional Convention for the
purpose of amending many provisions
| of our constitution, and have always
contemplated that when suchconVen-
ton was held, or otherwise u IL should
4 bu decided that q cOnUeHttoIl should not
be held, IL lgouLl be necessary to adopt a
titttti0ndL restriction for the purpose
| of preventing rebels from coming here
\ in dtteh9j jittftg TO control our G0atTs, after
being engaged for gears IN e1,dedUorfng
to destroy Us. ri r,g,i..r, sa,tfegp
In the year 1888, the Virginia Legis-
lature set the following example in the
way of legislating against traitors
and their sympathizers. We quote
from the seventh chapter of the acts of
thatyear as follows: % 5,tt . SEQ
L. WHEREAS, Itis just and necessary
/ to prevent the admission into this state
of those persons, who being either clti.
\ zens al natives Of SOME OF the United
/ States. have withdrawn themselves
\ from their country,-and actually been
4 in arms, aiding and abetting the COM
4 mon enemy in their endeayors to sub
vert the rights and i1bertf les OF; America.
/ BE tt therefore enacted, That all per-
4 sons who having accepted military
commission from the United States or
4 any of fthem, or; who having taken the
| oath or fidelity to the United States, or
who having been natives of or residents
l in any of the United States on the 18th
dayiof April, ,sin the year one Thousand
| seven hundred and seventy-hve, or at
iany time since, have at any time our,
ting7 the Flatel 1yar Voluntarily joined
4 lthemselyes to the fleets of Great Britain,
4 and have borne arms against the Uni
| fed States. or any of them within their
| territories, or on their coasts, or being
| Inhabitants of any of the United states,
on the 18th day Of April, one thonsapd
seSeh hundr red aud isevent nty1hEe,g ,gop al
any time since, and have been owners
l Or part owners of any priyateer, or 9TH
er Armed vessel cruising against the
limited states: or any OF Them shall be,
iandtheyi are hereby Ipl ohib bIted from m
migratinp to or becofnfhg citizens oi
this State. 9 q q 1a!Ehl 81 s, y I, I,
i "a! SAlnd be il further ieunc ctedji That all
and every person or persons, who al
any time acted stas n men ber of the
board, commonly called the. board OF
RafdGee ComunisSfo fonerS at New York,
or who hath hcted under. the authority,
or by the direction ofsthe said board
shall be, and ttaylare hereby; prohibit
ed from IGigEating TO, or becoming cttl'
zens OF this yStatesT EEssff
8. And be it further enacted, That al
ipersopsr resident in this or any any
OF the United States, on the said
10Th day ySofofApril, and mot 9includ
led in the above descriptions, who arr
at present prob hibtted by law from mi
grating to this State, shall be, and they
are hereby permitted to migrate into
j and enjoy all 1.-THE lights ioE citizenship
except that they shall not be capable Q
voting for mem bers of either house o
the Assembly, or of hnldfng or. exer
cising any office OF trust or profit, clvi
or military" II i,,ii.. Z, II llI5 AZ
The above disabling act remained II
fnlil force o. on the statute books of Eytr
ginia up to the, year ls49J and was onl.
dropped, in; that year In, the re-cod difiea'
ton Of the laws of the State, becans
the persohs against whom the act.wa
designed had general " been removed
by death. In. the revised code ofYir
ginia published in 1915 the above ac
Is repeaiedIan enlarged upon in chap
ter 2s. and the sth SEQ ion of the chapte
infiicts severe epenaltie for a. violation
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