The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-10-15

the influence would be against them in the |
fall elections if they would 90 to the people |
ON platform of this character, were justly |
denounced by Fred, Anna and their friends |
as paltroons and towards for being unwilling
to proclaim the honest sentiments of their
hearts on this question. We might cite hun
dreds of instances and constantly sccumulat-
ing evidence on this point. The main power
Of the radical strength, IN some places open
ly whilst in others secretly, is being directed
and bent towards this one great object.
In some portions of the country the radicals
deny emphatically that the first section of
the constitutional amendment providing for
making all persons born the United States
citizens thereof, carries with it the right OF
suffrage. We should like to see something
from their representative organs on this point.
Summer, Thad Stevens, Ben Butler, and 9TH
ers of their leading blowers certainly have
an opinion. And if they have an opinion
why do they not express it? If they are
committed against negroes voting in all the
states if this amendment 10 adopted, the peo-
pie, who are directly interested In this ques-
ton, would be glad to know it. The legal
definition of the word citizen 10 Zone who
under the constitution and laws of the Uni
ted Estates has right to vote for represen-
"tativss in congress and other public officers
"and WHO'S qualified to fill Offices in the gift OF
"the people," Aud if our readers will turn to
Webster's unabridged dictionary, they will
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| with the one we have given. But tho radi-
| Gals saw, with an air of triumph, are not
women and children citizens and, have they
a right to vote? We might ask them if a
forsiger the moment he strikes our shores il
not entitled to about the same privileges "a
woman or child is entitled" Heis protected
in life, liberty and in the. pursuit of happi
ness. He may sue and be sued, hold rea
estate and do some things that a married wo
man could not do and which in q child would
! be not only voidabls hut absolutely void
And vet no one will maintain that an unnat
uralized foreigner is citizen. But some o.
the radical writers and takers say the refs G
wide distinction You confound civil rights
with political rights. But this cry does no
change the meaning Of the word Citizen
This Is the lion in their path, the hedge
which hens them in. They are so positively
committed to negro suffrage, that should thii
, question come up before our courts. with
Chase as chief justice, who is constantly e1
hibting his political predictions, we hav
no assurance that former decisions will b
observed. A man in so exalted position
who will prostitute himself to rartizan pun
/ poses, is unfit and disqualified to calmly ant
> dispassionstely write an opinion involving
great political questions.
> If the power of the radical party is no
broken, the people of THIS country will a
, certainly submit to negro suffrage, as thu
sun shines In the heavens. The contest
now upon US. Are the masses Of the people
ready to endorse this doctrine? Let the pee
pie in thunder tones in November and witt
emphasis say no! A beautiful spectacle in
deed would it be to place q ballot in the ham
D of one having the shape of man but the in
stinot of beast as is the case with tens Q
thousands of blacks in the cotton and rice field
: of the south. Besides, q ballot in the hand
! of negro, will tend to make former rebel
Q more powerful than they have been, beoaus
8 the negroes will be taken to the polls, lik
. swine to the market, and will vote exactly q
their former masters say they must vote. ]
9 radicalIsm trying to produce this result?