The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-23

Der say 1t l. but fair If South Carol,na
excludes her black population entirely as
voters, she shall not Count them on tEle
fioor of Congress, any more han she shall
count her horned cattle, while he saws she
may do this very thing. But if South
| Carolina chooses to Count IN her black
popuia'ion, with her white population, by
granting impartial suffrage aud thus iu-
crease the basis at her representation.
there can be no reasonable objection, aud
she viii adj additional strength to the
Government of these States We leave
thIS question OF suffrage, you see, with the
several States, where 1t has always been
but we adopt just principle of represen-
tati"n tur each aud all the States
What Is the next proposition that op
poses the unconditional restoration of the
retei States 1t is that no man who
! h:"ke his official oath with the ,,atio.. or
State, aud renuered service in this bel
lion, shall. except by the grace of the
American people, be permitted t. hold a
, position, ei,ncr in the National or State
Government. Pretended Democrats are
opposed to that Why ? Because the
chief Of their party. who waged this war
upon the Union and the nation lie, now
i prisoner OF war at Fortress Monroe.
! broke his oath or pffice IA, Unitei S ares
S5e"stor, to organize treason and reoellinn
hey think their party cln never b,
| restored, unless it >ball be Constitutional
! hereafter. 10 elect Jeff Davis Senator aud
Bob Lee Representative to Congress.
We say, by this amendment, never
while that constitution st;ud., shall any
"f thc-e men, who clothed themselves
with perjury aS wirh -armrat. breaking
the oaih- they took before God 10 prutec;
aud defend the constitution of the Unie,i
StateS, by goinS out and wagirg war for
four years, never shall they hn i any off,
OF honor ar profit, either Ia the Republic
~ IN auy nf the States al the Rsp1p'ic
The DeW"cratic platform rel cts this
proposition, and declares Tor immediate
and unconditional restoration
There is still one other proposition. aud
! thar is that the pledged faith Of the nation
! to its dead and 10 It's iiving defenders. the
pledged faifh of this ?eopl" to the little
children who are Watching hy me vacant
chair i6f the ing expected return of their
father from the war. shall never he broken
These Democrats hppose this, and therein
disgfate our common humanity. That
pledge will be broken unless the loyal
people OF the nation encraft .his provision
upon their constitution Yar have evil
dence Of it all around You But let the
people speak aud say that this covenant
shall be kept until every obligation is
fulfilled that the nation will not desert
lis defenders who sleep their last sleep
upou hundred fields OF battle, now rep
resented In their widows and children
that the country will not desert IFS MANNED
heroes who made the trenches OF Nicks
burg, and the bloody ground of SAone
River. aud the sun crowned heights of
kenesaw. and the rocky hills of GettyS-
burg. holy ground that the country will
never consent that the covenant made with
them shall be broken.
There are objections raised bv these
Northern Democrats to all the prnvisi )ns
Ut the proposed amendment They tell
y"u that they must have the imneGiafe
restoration of the eleven reDel States =
Thank Goj since they wrote The mise. a
hlp second resolution uf their State plat
form which | have just been citing. some
thing has been doue. The loyal n1-@eS
OF Tennessee, il the heart of TenHeSsee,
whose mountains an,i plains are red with
the blood OF her children, fallen in the
great strnggle in defcu-e Of the Republic.
have sci the grand EXAMPLE of raiifyiuy
in guud faith by majority of her repre-
~enraiiveS In the Senate. ID majority
or her whole uumber OF repre- -euta-ive- in
rho House, that atzienlnfent 10 yonr Cpn-
,titutiou They have .5hansci their
Constitution ahd laws as 30 be in confor-
nifty with it. Aud what is better, if
possible, Tennessee has been restored 10
her plce In the Union and her full rep
resentatiun, both In the Senate and In the
RI pu~e, have been admitted to their seats
l. it asking too mnch Of the residue
the ten remaining re5eiliDus States. that
they shall initiate the example ni TenncS-
see ? Is it asking tol mncn ~ allow hat
the american people themselves shall
decide this Issue AT the polls For as
you vote next Ocfnber in Ohio. and l., the
other States. this queSiion viii be dcrer
mined. If the ntnpie OF these Sfates.
who saved the Republic, will rally al the
polls and declare in favor OF the ddpfiion
of this amendment. rely uprn il, every
State in the Souh will initiate right
speedily the example of Tennessee, anl
YOU will have the amend dnAnt ratified By
the vure> Of all the States, and re-torei
Republic by the tine taa F,riieth Con
gres, assemblies + 1t not worth c,0ten-
dine for. to restore rhs R 1rhitc ani
nerfect YOUR constiru'i0n, that the
Whole people hereafter will have IN their
care and keeping The hunb blest 5 ate and
the humblest citizen OF the great Repub
lie sn that hereafter Ge1rgla viii h"i