, 1866-05-12
SATURDAY, NAY IL, 1866.
.RGE IAJORITK FOR 4 SHALL
AFFAIR.

MTAc passage OF tho constitutional AucDti-
al through the House by the large maIor-
Of 1ss ayes to 81 noes, indicates that 1t
81 sshreRdly framed if It's mere purpose we're
4 SECURE the vote Of that body. We do mot
sab. that q vote endorsing the Presidents
obstruction policy would have passed the
3ac House one week after he issued the
II rth Carolins proclamation by the same
toHty, had the house then bee. In sessiou.
g. ! As We Then distinctly placed on record
position that the President had vninly
itayu.el 10 dodge the true question, that
completing the work OF Emancipation BY
-,:a1rh;s:nE the freedmen, 50 NC nov reitc
cshat the lower House has followed the
es;lsns in hts rcezeaacy to justice in this
nc particular. The Presidents plan was
Improvement on Slezman's treaty
h Johnston, because The President
0lisbtd the Statc Governments Of
eseec5ca States. So that of Congress I'M
.4,7es en- The Presidents, because it makes
power Of q rote in South Carolina Just
~: same ss that Of 7 vote in Illinois, instead
three times rs great. But tho great dcfect
i The Presidents plan Is equally great, be-
i.se wholly untouched In that Of Congress.
c1c1ud.s ilc:1 political rights iour millions
@citizeus. THIS error Is fundamental and "a
l.. The Congressional plan TINS adopt
b5 tie House sanctions the essential errors
Tie Presidents policy, that stale should
&c the right to DENY The elective franchise
its adult 1nalc citizens not guilty OF crime,
n to its freedmen, and that no reorraniza-
4 OF ;l.t State Governments OF the South Ia
,-*e=sary-
&c had hoped at first that there WAS some
as IL The third clause, pretending TO ex-
.-:sse all ex-rebels from voting until 1870,
;ich hnd sumo meaning, and would form a
sis Of compromise on which an extension
the Suffrage might ultimately be advanced.
i after I careful consideration Of Mr..
cvens' remarks in reply 10 Mr.. Blaine's
lection TO this clause, that 1t would dis
s:sscllisc some whom the President had am-
-stIca, We arc satisfied that the clause
..oun.s 10 uo,hing whatever. Mr..
:vens explains it to exclude all
>m voting except those who arc
.estoncd by The Presidents Amnesty or by
Aeclal pardon. But the Presidents Procla-
alton Of Amnesty pardons all persons who
.re directly or indirectly taken part in the
bc1lica, except certain classcs, among which
c rebels worth over $50. .000 and Confederate
icers ADORE the rank Of Colonel in the army
Lirutenaats in the navy. II the third
&C Of the Constitutional Amendment ex-
s-:Ics none but those who a1c already exclu-
by the Presidents Amnesty Proclama.
u, and admits TO vote all who are admitted
- that, what does it amonnt to but q
crc trick Of words-a rhetorical swim.
es We fancy We see In the unanimity
sth which 1t Is voted for by the
urcsidcut's party, confident, and ne cannot
HIP thinking, well founded belief on their
rt tha: this clause pretending to dlaEranch1se
bells has no practical force whatever. slr.
tAaymcrd, whose Times assai1ed the whole
{F7sEure, mainly On account OF this clause,
uouncing it as plan 10 prevent the South
III returning to the Union, and alleging
i They ought not 10. vote for It, now
III votes for 1t himself, psoba.
my rejecting, N Ibis respect, the views OF
president and Mr. Seward. The Stcvcus
Instruction oil the t,Ra-tlirl clause elcascu.
.cs from the whole measure the last element
strrEsth, md reduces it to mere baga.
81 lie. l: remains to be seen whether the Sen.
e can not improve upon lhe work Of the
ousc before presenting It to the country.
lie House Seems to hare been trimming thus
: to secure the petty votes of the Raymond
oouu!e faction. It has got them. The
-xt problem IL. whether il has not lost the
deal yote in the country. Consider the
arabic of the w1thered Fig Tire.