New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-11-23
IMPARTIAL SUFFRAGE.

CHE DEFEATED TENNESSEE IMPARTIAL SrFTAGE BILL
The following is le Impartial Suffrage Dill, introduced
ny Mr. Eerclva, Ia tle Tennessee House Oh tine t5.l
inst aud tabled
Hi"a by thc Declaration Of Iaderwdence we hol these
Low nm endowed fr ter c-,,o- ,ri,t rt,r i-oIor ila
rights @ among These als LIE liberty and ,e i, oi hap
WAeea According to our theory OF republican form Of gov
tIumCu and l1l tlt mere r.ciuHI pres u0h uI ne liberties
Of the vaoe people believe That tho only tuc bulvk OF
press universal suerrro and universal amnesty; and
armed o, se soldier 20 dc Government Of the United States
Of the Stlc o ICues,' lui that the people thereof have
quietly Welded obedience o. n the laws Of the same and have
become p-aeea1e law album citlens therefore
United a aud citizen of the wherein hc mav offer
To vote members oil tc General Assembly end ol other civil
officers Che state County District iu which hc resides
provided however that CHS same shall not Doe construed
10 cuti suct person o persons O color Co st upon Jies
20 hold ruE Office boz thc 0,ote
fhc f1ns v possct the sd Mav sG be- and The same
is hereby ,pe and all other laws u conflict with this
motion was made TO refer il 10 Select Committee
which failed when Mr.. Sheppard moved that the bill be
laid on the table. Carried by the following vote:
NIA,-AndcISOn of Hamilton Anderson OF White Black
man. b. r1 Chngan, Coward Dowdy Grove Hudson Hell
human Jar1 is Jones OF Claiborne Jones Of Greene Mason
Patton rvckct Raul,ton Rogers sheppard symmetry Sin.
Woke. " '-sh Woods ana Az Speaker loisket-'f,
NA1S-ilovn Baker. Briggs Brewer Glen. MS Cleveland
Ielvet Mullins Moss Norman Nuuu Porter Pearson
Richards smith OF Hardcmau Smith OF Obou Thorpe Waters
Warren. Wines and WOolcock--29.
Mr.. Garner introduced bin providing for striking the
word white ont OF the franchise law which referred
20 SPECIAL Committee
MEETING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA AyTI-sLAvERY so
CIETY-SPEBCH OF WENDELL PHILLIPS.
TELEGRAPH
PHIL aDELPHIA, Nov. 22-The Pennsylvania Anti
slavery Socey commenced It's annual meeting today The
cd
dies Wendell Phillips Lucretia Mott and Giles Stcbbins
among the speakers. Mr. Phillips denounced universal
amnesty and partial suffrage catch-Uod sham. and a
snare as = lilcA 10 eou' 's GUY on tuc lll ""S
fought FOR Impartial suffrage in MARYLAND today
would ALL Union party because would give sstai
al strength and would deprive Of issue Tie vas opposed
unss south Carolina held by Federal authority for The
mean evasion Of duty the constitutional amendment proposed
Congress and the adoption Of which had been advised by
y ou ,G@e sas more Ser' H. Gce G soas one '5s
your FlcucA philosophers, who having planted thc
that somebody else should superutend satisfied in the con
sciousncs, that thirty years hence would result ID an i'm
De produced quicker bat me felt that il could be done IN
hour u would b. better, Congress must undo Tie WORK OF
Greeley had said the Other day tua we would have i'm
partial suffrage within Six months Cen Butter
that carried The banner by the vanguard The man
whom The people TegaFGe1 as I{@DoA' r S {, oT ny
e4.t d.
,p ,y f the reonie behind hem II was e~cy which
Nr Lincoln had left them au idea that be ahead Of
the people that he was ou OF sight when IL fact Joe vas so Tar
behind That h could not ahead fer enough 20 see the people
II was the OLD OF the asking thc boy How soon s
get into rrasvic The boy replied You VIII never GET
there You don't tuln round Congress thought tn'y were
ahead people and the people ahead Of them out OF
sight Every step Mr. Lincoln TOOK he surprised that The
people not only accepted TO- bu instantly asked A O' oi
more The late political campaign had ost'nsy been fought
upon The Congressional Amendment hu IN reality lad been
lion people cared about His idea Yves tt ile society
should put itself behind tine popular demand t'' '-
impeaclng the President and putting ll oat Of the WAY
|CAces u was no 'l, '. "g. 10 I ,i. tty
wanted bis place They wanted the position e occupied TO- run
bev sucd o impcc 10 ee. nd Of Linn end with sufficient
popular demand II could DE done TIN ImHrNE to-day was
lie No.il and West u for IT, they could bow TIL
TEmUNE they could ANYTHING else In fact ths was the
10 be whipped They wanted complete tie victory lie
the lingering element which Grant dd not conquer ana Con
other resolution: Raio That President johnson re-,
be nr1f CONGRESS 10 Iroc that tc Nth Congress Shall
,csS a y nor anotl CT Bile measured which
pOWer they possess motion the great wheels OF social
rconscou Congress had waited 20 what the people
wanted and the late elections had shown them Let them work
out their convictions Banks u Maiden SAID mat he was
only u yor Of universal suffrage but iAe Fieat nolo
Of Congress in favor OF IT, IL s was So et e enact
Tor once in hcr purpose less useless e. 4e l.l nv So
yicOn and pat into a" II seemed 70 Ih e4' lA. %
ought infinite the movement OF pushing them up 10 e"aelIs
their COuN lions.
Mr. Henry Peterson Editor of The Saturday Eca'HJ Post
foloucd M Phillips and denied that The issue in the late
elections had been universal suffrage The campaign had been
made bv the Republican party the Congressional Amend
neut 10 the Constitution Iitcy had advocated universal sur
rage party would have been beaten u 3nsy wanna ana
he believed iu al except perhaps le new H. ~ m
The triumph the Republican party was LOS Ar tAs lli
umph bad boon defeated he would have said Dd NOT
tel you so Ifyou had taken ground m laloL Oh
suffrage VOC would triumphel IhTee0urtls o Ae re
publican parry did not agree with him and thar three Qus
lad as mach hight TO De heard tie fourth that made the
Before Alr Peterson bad concluded te
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mission the Academy Of Music.