Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-06-15
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Inch by Inch, or mile by mile; the Radi-
calls in Congress recede from their original
positions. When Congress 6rst COM
menced its sessions. they declared that 1t
was their intention
!. To upset all the State Governments
established BY the President.
2. To ordain negro suffrage throughout
the length and breadth Of the land.
8. To d~isfranchise all persons who
aided the rebellion.
4. To coniscate all the property Of the
same class and
s. To keep out Of Congress all the States
lately in revolt till they had organized
them to suit themselves.
The Reconstruction Committee charged
with these instructions went to work, and,
instead of these extreme measures, after
five months labor reported the following
programme:
/. That after July 4th, 1876, universal
suffrage, without distinction Of color
shall be established in oil the States OF
this Union.
2. That up to July 4th, 1875, the basis
of representation In all the States shall be
qualified voters, and after that, population.
3. That the principles OF the Civil
Rights bill shall be embodied In the or.
ganio law Of the nation.
4. That NO obligation incurred to aid
the rebellion, or compensation for slaves
emancipated, shall ever be paid by the
United States or any State.
This remained only for two days as the
plan of the Committee. 1t was put out
probably for the purpose Of ascertaining
how the public pulse beat. The result
was not favorable, and it was therefore
Withdrawn, and the following substituted:
l.. That no State shall make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the privileges
or immunities Of the citizens Of the United
States.
2. That representation shall be appor-
toned among the several States according
to their numbers, but whenever in any
State the elective franchise shall be denied
to any portion Of its male inhabitants
twenty-one years Of age, the representation
of that State shall be abridged in the pro-
portion which the excluded males bear to
the whole number of males.
3. That those who gave aid and comfort
to the rebellion shall be excluded from
voting for President Vice-P President, and
members Of Congress, till July 4th, 1870
4. That neither the United States mol
any State shall ever pay the rebel debt.
These amendments were passed in thu
House, though. a majority Of the Unior
members were opposed to the third sec
ton.
The third section wa stricken out By
the Senate, and the programme then stood
as follows:
/. That no State shall make or enforc,
any law which shall abridge "the privil
iges and immunities" of the citizens o
the United States.
2. That voters shall hereafter constitute
the basis Of representation, instead Of pop
ulation.
8. That all persons who took oath 4
support the Constitution Of the United
States in certain specified cases, probabl,
to the number Of 10000 in nll, shall b
excluded from certain Offices, but the die
ability may be removed by q vote Of two
thirds Of Congress.
4. That neither the United States MOI
any State shall ever pay the rebel debt.
1t is only necessary to compare thi
programme with the propositions f~irstlait
down. to measure the exact length Of tn
~retrograde movement which the Radical
have already made. They have been oil
the dead run backwards for fully twt
months. Wedo not know, indeed, whethe
they have yet reached the last point o
their retreats. F. Alta.