The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-02-20

former owners without anv legal proceedings being hrst
Wien ' hat sps o person shS be be deryed Of
lie, liberty or rroI ertt without due process OF law ~
section refers, Gay not Be ownd by minors or per
sons o. 91s3qpS soy or gy as o. my tinted
states f any portion Of the land Is held by sucll per-
them Of H. II on the other hand il be
found that The property Is liable to conHscation n ton
6osss np by dge n PIECES roc ct nw nave Deen
there is sin f,,rtier objection to the bill, grounds
seriously affecting TIE class OF persons 70 whom - y
Of tie freedmen in q state OF uncertain expectation
and a WI to those seq among WnSa ms Ves
Undoubtedly the freedman should be protected. but
aspec S sGGIS @ SS SS he exes Of ali y the
powers ofhe courts of the United states and Of the
States His condition is not osed rs may at first
6e magned lie IS tn portion OF me country where
services from planters rrom those who construed
ing or repairing railroads and from capitalists in his
vcinage or from other states will enable him to com
II and almost his own terms. lie also possesses per
ec rght 10 change bis place OF abode, ana i there
noue OF life suited to his desires or proper remunera
labor is more esteemed and better rewarded.
In truth, however, each state induced by its own
prorer TO retain within its borders all the labor that
eeGeo % Ir me o., Jus sou ne tb faws
force aud the ages OF the aborer will be regulated
great demand for labor viii operate in avor of the
laborer neither sufficient consideration given TO the
avdty OF the freedmen to protect ana lake care OF
they have received ii freedom with moderation and
for6earance, so they viii distinguish themselves by
that in condition Of freedom they selt-susaining
o paS of abode of inssng r bemseves on oe
proper remuneraton, aud of establishing and MAIN
tanning their nsylums and schools Itis earnestly
hoped that instead Of wasting away they WILL by their
own eff ors establish for themselves condition of
speciality and pros Gritty. IL is certain that they
attgin that oonditi only through their own merits
In this ction tie query presents ITSELF whether
the system proposed by the oll WIN not when put
lire care. support and control of four millions OF
emancrated slavestto ogents overseers or task mas
IN every county and Iarish throughout the United
system would inevitably tend to a concentration of
power in the executive which would enable him, if
class, and use them for the attainment of his own
cannot but add another very grave objection to the
bill The Constitution mperatively declares in con.
least representative, and fixes the rule for the
number to which in future times each state shall be
entitled: IL also provides that the Senate of the United
states shall be composed OF two Senators from each
without its consent shall be deprived of its equal SUI,
frage in the Senate The original act was necessarily
fected because their people were then contumacously
Now the case is chansed and some, at least, of the
States are attending Congress by loyal representatives.
representation. AT the time, however of the consde
ration and the passing CT this BILL there was no Sena
tor or Representative in Congress from the eleven
states which are TO be mainly affected by its proy-
against the good disposition Of the country add
tional reason why they need and should have repre-
to accusations and assist by their local knowledge in
PsTiecing M res edi9ey affecting themselves m Ives
and Congress would have full power to decide accord
that the States most had not been permitted
to be heard. The principle is firmly fixed in the minds
tion without REPRESENTATION. Great burdens have
demand that they e shall be borne Without 1eS
when they are voted by majority Of the representa
right of Congress to judge and act
for itself Of the elections returns and qualifications
construed as including the right to shut out in time
it is entitled by the Con,titu, ion at present.
All the people of eleven states are excluded; those
others. The state of r. nnessee Instance, whose
authorities engaged in belion, was restored to all
triotsm and energy of her injured and betrayed
they had placed themselves in relation with the
general Governments had established state Govern
the Emancipation procamation they, by their own
act, had amended their Constitution so 10 abolish
slavery within the limits of their State.
know noreason why the State ofTennessee. for ex-
tohs to the United states fhe President Of the United
States stands towards the country in somewhat diff
chosen from single district or state The President
@ a p & & n ber branch Of
Congress; 1t would TO be his duty on all proper
There always will be derences Of opinion in the
community and individuals may be guilty OF trans;
obje ctons against the right OF state to representa-
ton OF Cor gress with regard TO the qualifications of
members, but hold 1t my duty to recommend TO you
Union, the admission OF every State to its share in
public legislation when, however insubordinate, in
senls Itself not only in an attitude Of loyalty and har
mony, but in the persons of representatives whose
slitutional or legal test
1t is plain thai indefinite or permanent exclusion
of any part of the country from representation must
be attended by spirit of disquieJ and complaint 1t
Is unwise and dangerous TO pursue a course OF mea-
sures which VIII unite very large section OF the coun.
try against another section of the country, however
en- grafton, the development OF Industry and business
and natural causes will raise up at the South men
part of the land. But IT they all excluded from
Congress- If in permanent statute they are declared
not to be in full constitutional relations to the country
they may think they have cause 10 become unit in
feeling and sentiment against the Government. I'M
idea is inherent and ueradicabe that the consent of
the majority OF the whole people is necessary to Sc
cure a willing acquies"euce in legislation.
The bill under consideration refers to certain OF the
states as though they haq been t1y restored IN al
II they have not let ms at once act together to secure
that desirable end the earliest possible moment II
Is hardly necessary for me 10 inform congress that IN
my judgment most of those States. so far at least
fuily restored, and are TO be deemed as entted 70
enjoy their Constitutional rights as members or the
Reasoning from the Constitution itself, and from the
actual situation OF the country, ee not only entitled
stored and those OF the States in the full
else of their functions the rights and Interest Of all
classes of the people will with the aid of the military
in OF resistance 10 the law, be essentially pro-
tected against unconstitutional Infringement aud vio
Should tn expectation unhappily fail which do not
apticpate The n the Executive is already fully armed
establishing the FTeedmCns Bureau, and hereafter, as
heretofore, he can employ the land and naval forces
of the country TO suppress nsurrecton or TO over
distractions TO The laws in accordance with the
return the bill to the Senate in the ear nest hope
that measure Involving questions and interests so
less upon deliberate consuaton by the people 1t shall