The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-07-25
ELEvEN sTRoNa PoTNTs-
Let EgeFy UaIoa Nan Read aaa Re-
1855 men


telling speeches No speaker in the
country puts his points clearer before
the people than the Governor. In this
respect he strongly resembles Mr.. Lin
coin He digests the political situation
into The limits OF q short speech, in
manner thai s admirable indeed a
Few days ago he zddresssd a large audi
enee at SeE Albany. He vas too III to
stand up and 50 resd his remarks sit
ting on the platform prepared for him
The following IS summary OF his
points, We trust every Union man viii
rad them again and again, and than
6le them away for future reference
!. When epzmocrats1s now re<olvs.
es they did on the2ssh nix, al their New
Albany Congressional Convention. thai
me way Was Just and necezaEy- on
our part, thsy Saul1ify ali they have
sid ard done for he iasi - years.
and oontrzdict and nnIiify every oil0e-
plank IN their platform: hui they will
Dc held 20 The record, and cannot b re-
ieved from Iheir great reSpoaSi b5IifiesS
and crushing load OF Ssdiuu1 BY TIE
cheap discovery tla. the var was sEius4
and necesSzFy'' sixteen months amer il
vas ended If the war WAS --jus1 and
necessAry'T On our par, then, of course.
the rebellion was wicked and rebels
ought 20 b. PUNISHED and excluded
from Congress
, The people are aroused 70 the Eres.
issue, and Viii meet II like men and
patriots Shall Gbe Constitutional
AneudGSent be a6optad2 Shall the
GoTernmeDs he kept IN loyai haujss
Shall the Union soldier Dc preferred
aud honoreI1 over the confederate ,
I Soal serur1ty be taken against future
"
SHAH be the status and condition of the
uebelllOus inhabitants Of the rebel
SiateSE Upon what terms shall they be
! admitted hack 70 tine enjoyment OF po-
J iificsl rights2
: BY The last apPor1iOnment, allow
{ ing one representative for every $500
I people, the white population of the
eleven rebel States would eTitftIs them
20 toFty-two Representatives, and the
I cclored population, now that slavery Is
i abolished, and each negro counts as one
{ person, would entitle them 70 thirty
I representatives more. As the constitu-
ton now stands. their late masters will
have thirty votes in Congress atid the
] electoral college on the neZro's account
Just equal to the united Voie of In
diana and Ohio, EiLh 1852 co white
{ people. The white people Of these
rebel States nine;eeu-IWentieths Of
I whom are rebels and were engaged
in the rebellion, and whose every
I Senator and Representative elect IN
] nine oUtof The eleven States is rebel,
and wholly unable TO take the test
I oath, can vote down Ohio and Indiana
/ by representing the negroes, who are
/ stripped Of all political rights what
ever Thirty votes in Congress that
1 have no constituency! Thirty votes as
I from thirty rotten boroughs under the
English system Yet the "Democret-
&c party, the par excellence friends of
a white mans government demand
that southern rebels shall retain this
enormous advantage of negro repre-
sentation, whereby each one of them
7 has sixty Per cent more OF power in
I the government than has citizen OF
j Indiana, Ohio, New YORK, or any other
7 Northern State.
u. T. To correc1 this shameful abuse
and ipjustice,. this grUss, moBsirous.s
I 1ntoierable inequality, Congress
I has passed an amendment, the
effect OF whose second section
viii be to exclude the negro
! population from beng counted in max
up the basis OF representation in anv
State in which the negroes are
7 denied the right of suffrage The
principle enunciated Thereby is Whe-
ever there Is nace OF people
deemed unworthy oFs unit to receive
and enjoy political rights, they shall
not be made the basis for comforting
! political rights and powers upon others.
/ This section IS intended to e1Iuaiize the
representation, and proceeds directly
upon the hypothesis that suffrage IS
regulated hS' The several States, and
pend upon the action had by the States
on that subject
p The FIRST clause Of the first section
OF the proposed amendment declares
who shall be citizens of the United
states but gives no right, power or
{ nv - -.
which they have not always Possessed
And Its second clause declares that citi-
Esns Of the United States, as such.
thoughthey may not be citizens of any
state, have certain great privileges or
immunities which ara not 70 be a bTidped
or inteEfered with by the laws of any
state and IS INTENDED to throw the
equnl PERSONAL and proprietary proiee-
I ton Of the law around every person
who may be within the jurisdiction OF
any State, whether citizen or alien,
Without regard to condition or resi-
denee- The rights and immunities of
q citizen ofthe United States are to en-
JOY civil rights and TO go into any and
all the States, and there acquire that
citizenship, and enjoy such political
rights In addition 20 civil, as the States !
respectively may confer on their citf-
zens, and this section meets these two !
obligations. Il only defines who /
shall be recogniDed and treated !
as citizens OF the United States.
therefore DOES not confer negro suffrage.
Yet. despite It's clear meaning and man
lfest spirit and purpose, il IS desperate /
y argued, 70 redeem a desperate cause, /
that IL eOnfers the right OF suffrage
upon negroes in Indiana and every I
other StR1e. IL is one Of the most ia
grant ana lmpudent attempts TO 8rac.- I
tlSe fraud upon the public mind OF
which have any knowledge and i
should % held up to general execra-i
non ana contempt No proposition Of
constitutional law Is better settled than I
Inat q person may be q citizen OF the !
any Stales that " hat constitutes citizen
snip IN a state depends upon is Consft-
tullol and laws that tlle right or suff- 4
TaGs = n0t1 privilege OF immunity of 4
eiElzens Of thP United States as such. /
nor Of The eItt1sns Of STATE as suet
but = regulated, bestowed or withheld 4
~ tne several States@confeFred upon I
oSl eiltlls1s 81 the state as the COnsti-
tuition Ind laws thereof prescribe
Q. The justice OF the third section.
providing that The OfneesSh shall not here
affer Be held BY peEjuFe1 rebels. appeals /
% me 1ellEt OF every loyal man as n
self-sYident ppopoaiiiOn.
. Ihe fourth section explains. itseIfi
60 Clearly aud satisfactorily - every
loyal mind that no comment IS neees-l
say. WhoeEers understanding this
e-.l1er % repndtatiOu, Of assuming thel
se2eI var debt or Of paying the rebels +
for theiFslaVeg --Tg s=-E 5t7isEll5
= ms l3on1OeTatic plrtyfOr the new
party 10 be formed, out OF Il IN PhIla-
qlelp lltal y lllteEer name Orshare h nav
AsslEleu viii be the same old COPPER 4
concern, composed Of the same