The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-09-26
BINGHAM FAEORS NEGRO SUE.
EEk&SEE. .
A Short Chapter from His Rec
ord.

The following IS the bill introduced in the
House Of Representatives, with the Sane
ton of John A. Bingham.
"a BILL Extending the Right of Suffrage
in the District of Columbia.
"Be 1t eancteti, DC, That from all laws
and parts of laws prescribing the qualitica.
tons Of electors for any Off &c in the Dis.
trict Of Columbia the word white be, ana
the same il hereby, stricken out, ana that
from an latter the passage Of this aci no
person shall be diSlttlii2d from voting at
any election held i'll the salI District on ao-
count OF color, j.,
Sec. 2. That all acts of Congress and
| all laws of the State Of Maryland IN force
in said District, and all ordinances OF the
cities Of Washington aud Georgetown, IN
consistent with the provisions of this act,
are hereby repealed AMI annuled."
This bill was passed by the House OF
Congress on the l0th of January, 1866, b.
a vote ol-yeas, ZIG; nays, 81. bingham S
naule is among the YEAS-he having voted
for the bill, in favor Of Negro Suffrage.
On the 18th Of May, 1866, the House OF
Congress passed the bill to amend the or
ganic acts of the Territories OF Nebraska,
Colorado, Dakota. Montana, Washington,
Idaho, Arizona, Utah, and NV Mexico, OF
which the 9th section is as follows:
That within tie Territories aforesaid
there shall be no denial of the elective tran
chise to citizens of the United States be-
cause of race or color, and all prisons shat
be equal before the {aW. And all acts Or
parts of acts, either of Congress or the leg
~islatiye assemblies of the Territories arore
said, inconsistent with the provisions 2
this act, are hereby declared null and
void. ~
The object of this section is to force Ne
gro Suffrage and Negro Equality upon I'll
the Territories of the United States. The
bill was passed by a vote of7o to 43. John
A. Bingham was with the majority, in ia
vor of the bill.
The Radical Constitutional Amendment
passed the Senate on the Sth Of june, 1866,
and the House on the 18th of june. The
following is the first section of it,:
ARTICLE, IA. Section ]. An person s
born or nutmalized IN the United States,
and subject to the Jurisdiction thereof, are
citizens 0f the Unitn{ iSStutes, and of the
STATE whprsin they reside. No .State shut
mukeo or enforce day MWs Wh,ch shall obridge
the priuileges and fmn,mtities Of citizens o.
tie United States; nor shall any State de
privc any person Of life, liberty or porxerty,
without due process of law, nor deny to any
person within its jurisdiction, the equal pro-
lection Of the laws"
This section puts White and Black, ma
tive born AM nsturalizcl, on q politica
equality. 1t makes them citizens Of the
United States and of the State wherein they
reside" BY express terms, the Black is
made as complete and as full a citizen as the
White. That no doubt whsteyer may be
thrown over the subject, lit is particular to
specify that mo Stut shall mtte or enf0rce
am la,cs achich shall abriige the prtrileges
on ~i,nmunittes of citizens of the Uuite(
States" This has particular reference tc
making voters out of the Blanks. When
this Amendment shall be adopted, if adopt
ed it shall be-, no State can deny or with
hold from a colored male adult the privil-
eye of voting, no matter whether its Con-
s~titution shall contain ~prohibitory provision,
or whether any Of its laws shall prohibit it.
Wherefore declare Whites and Blacks CO.
equal citizens, and as such entitled to THE
same privileges and immunities," if such i.
not the intention? That this has not refer
ence simply to an equal protection from
the laws is manifest from the conclusion o
llt oGCIluu1 WiliOi olyo' hNt ohhi any
State deprive any person of life, liberty Of
property, without due process of law, MOI
deny to any person within its jurisdiction
the equal protection of its laws" What
ever, therefore, belongs TO the White either
of the United States, in virtue Of his citi
ze~nship--the privilege of voting, the privil
ege of holding Office, the right to life, liber
ty, property, and the equal protection O
the laws-each and all will belong to the
Black man, If this Amendment shall be
adopted. Its object is clearly this. Ii will
not simply make voters out Of the Blacks III
the South; but it will make voters out o.
them here in Ohio, and n every Northern
Eastern, and Western State. @
This Amendment passed the House o
Congress by a vote of--yeas, 1873; nays, 36.
John A. Bingham voted YEA--if favor o
making the Negroes the equals Of White
men IN ere,ythiug; in favor of comforting up
on them the right to vote, eUeryUhere IN tn
United States.
John A. Bingham voted, on the 18th o
December, 1865, it the House Of Congress
to lay upon the table, and thus defeat the
following resolution, declaratory Of the
Rights Of the States upon the question o
Suffrage.
.'Resolved, That any extension Of tn,
elective franchise to persons in the Unitet
4 States, either by the act ofthe President o.