Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1866-02-10
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1866.
THE RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.


Van Wink'c, of West Virginia, were the
only Republicans, if they can be called Re
publicans, who voted against the proposed
amendments to the Constitution, which pro-
vidcs that when negroes are denied the
light of suffrage, they shall not be made the
Jesis of Representation While there may
- som" rNcusc Tor s. difference of opinion
n regard to the policy of giving to the nc
.rocs the right of suffrage, there can bc
.one for allowing, for instance, 0,000 white
i!iEcns OF South Carolina to have two mem
,crs Of Congress, whilst IN Pennsylvania
Inc same number Of white citizens shall
ave but one. Yet this monstlous proro3i.
ion received the entire vote of the social
Il democrats OF Congress. There arc some
ortians OF the South, where nine tenths OF
c population are blacks, and arc rated by
le white planters only as chattcls Or pro
crty. and vet il is proposed that the voice
ten planters shall be estimated in Con
rcss equivalent to one hundred pcnnsylya~
ia farmers. and ilrat is called democracy,
ut it is not the democracy of Jefferson ant
ackson. The reason assigned for this US
lmpion of power is this. They worl;
rta;n number of animals called "niggcrs,"
Who have no voice in Congress or out of iD
I'd are therefore entitled TO represent them
that body-wlilc they would laugh TO
orn the Pennsylvania farmer who would
aim the same privileges for his animals.
ct the cases are parallel. When the pro-
psition was before the first Congress, To
strict the right Of suffrage 10 property
lldcrs, Franklin asked if \. could vote he
use he owned n iackass, and Il, who had
me, could not, whether the vote belonged
the man or the jackass. Now if tEc
litcs of the South are allowed extra votes
cause they work a certain number Of
iggers" that don't even belong to them,
these ballots properly the votes Of the
lites or the 'niggers." If they belong to
blacks they should lie allowed to cast
m.
man may reasonable question the policy
giving the right Of suffrage to tie blacks
, to ask to vote for himself anil the blacks
,, whose actions he has no right to con-
|, is not only absurd, but outrageous.
CESSION IN THE NORTH G. SOUTH.
correspondent Of the SclinsgroIe Times
n Augusta, Georgia, who Improperly
the signature Of John IIampdon," and
), we understand, is native of Nor
mbcrland, continues to advocate the
1t Of secession, or disunion in the
'mns OF that paper, perhaps, because i,
he only paper here, Of that class, that
.ly advocates that doctrine. The argu.
is used, though specious, arc unsound
leOry and unsustaircd 10y facts. We
room only for the following paragraphs
is last lrttcr:
lost Of the people in the Southern states
;Yed in the constitutional right OF scces-
that when State had suffered wrongs
grievances anG expressions from the
raj Government they had the legal and
titutional riGh: - withdraw from thc
they had formed, unt provide IL new
lism to protect and defend ;hcir libcr-
Iud their interests.
small minority did not believe that
right of secession WAS constitutional
clieved il rightiu and just. The whole
lean peopl,, from 1916 to the present
have always believed, and the northern
( in their heart of hearts believe now
ungly uS the South, that when Gov
mt becomes tyrannical and oppressive
rsivc of the Objects for y hich it was
lcc, rulnOus to the interests and happi-
ia 80. ,,r;,- 4 i,
people 20 nyCrtnrn it and establish.
safeguards tnr thciF liberty and we'll
Passive resistance 10 lrgalized op-
on, TO usurping tyraHts, whether they
lgs or enpcrors, ora lor,tly aristocracy
,natical, maddencd and perverted pCo,
secuted by every American citizen
uhcrits the principles Of &c and rcycr,
the mcinOry Of cur revolutionary
Is minority at the South and the great
# the northern people hold such sccrs
be revolutionary, iuat!hablc it may
still revolutionary"
whole theory Of this writer, summed
that secession was unconstitutional
tie rcbyls did not succeed in de
x the government, they are in Tx
again under the constitution whcl
n:ecs their constitutional rights, and
cy could rccommcncc Tie agitation
ssion and treason. as ,l;s writer J.
ling, uadcr the sl,iell Of that :nstru
"A small minority" lie says "bc
secession unc; Institutional. All lie
it righ,ful and just" Neither o
is true in fact. South Carolina wa
State, if any, that did not carry th
N ordinance hy f;aud, force ant
ON. This fact is notorious. In re
"'helic,ing it right and just "
ily quote the testimony of Alcxcn
cphens, Vice President of the Con
y, whu opposed secession and in
to the GcorgiTLcgislaturc, dcclarpt
It single reason could be iustl
d justilylng tie act Of secession
Stephens testimony is worth NOR
at Of regiment OF such modcrI
nns.
TAX oS NHsEEY.-The Rcvenu
.sioncrs, among other things, hay
ended =, rnlucti,n pr Ian lp,;,, =,