The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1866-12-26
Weekly Political Review of the
RumD COnEHCsS

Ramp Congress.
The Rump Congress, the past week, did
not do much worthy of making a special
record, of or reference to. but it neverthe-
les did sonlsthlug to entitlc it to that dis
tisetion.
II passed. bill uaking negroes in the
District of Columbia voters, The first sec
tion Of the bill prcSides.
That, from and after the passage of this
act. each and every male person. excepting
paupers and persons under guardianship, Of
the age Of tweuty-one years and upwards,
who has no; beca convicted of any infamous
crime. or ,otiense. asI eFeepitag PEI soAs. tgho
a,ny iat4 roIiRfdniy giceR aid and com Tart
to the rebels IN the trtc rebellion, and who Is
a citizen of the United States, aud who
shall have resided in the said District for
the period of oAe yeag and IN the precinct
where he shall offsrta vote three months
previeaS TO any election theFtih, shall he
caiitlel to the elective fTqpehiSa .apd shall
any election in said District, Without. any
distinction on ACCOUNT Of, eslor- or race
, The.other seetions,of the bill merely pro-
vide for the registration Of voters, and i'm
pose pe,ialties for interfering with voters
or for bribing voters or accepting brides by
rotcrs,'
An effort was made to make suffrage de.
pend mpon a certain degree OF intelligence
such as being able to read writc-but it
was unsuccessful An effort was also made
to include females among the enfrancnised
but the Radicals voted the proposition
down. r.." .rrot .r u
Mr.. Sumner gave the reason for the pas
sage Of this bill against the protest of an
overwhelming, majority Of the bona file
residents OF the District Said he, "We
need the votes of the B acss" I'VE need
the example, which the people will follow
through the rest of the country He yir-
tually mitted that unless the Radicals get
the votes of the negroes they must go
down.
The next notable feature of last week s
Congressional proceedings was the intro.
dueion by Thad Stevens of bill for or
ganiz!ng q new government in "the district
comprising the former State of North Car
olina." 1t provides for a convention Of 100
members, to meet at Raleigh on the 29th of
May next, to make a constitution and frame
and set up a new government The dele
gates are to be elected by voters having the
following:
"SEC ,. That in the election Of d drlegatcs
to said convention, there shall be allowed
to vote all male resident citizens Of the dis
trict formerly comprising the State Of North
Carolina, Of twenty-one years of age. with
out distinction OF race or color, who can
read and write. or may own in fee real estate
of the assessed value Of $l0O or more; pro.
vided that no one who has heretofore cXri-
ciScd the right of suffranc in said distlirt
shall be disqualified from voting in said
election.
The delegates must be loyal, y and, as
evidence of which, they must take a pre-
scribcd oath "a test oath. The United
States Marshal must appoint deputies who
shall appoint inspectors an | judges Of clcc-
ton, and the President of the United States
is required to employ the military 81 as to
enforce the prompt and efficient execution
of the law, and to preserve the peace.
Yates, of Illinois, introduced into the
Senate a bill requiring the advertising of
the ratification Of a Constitutional amend
ment to be done hereafter by the President
of the Senate and Speaker of the House,
in joint certificate, inStcal of By the Sec
retary of State as at present. This bill is
the initial step toward declaring that three
tourths of the loyal States alone are
sufficient for the ratification of an amend
mcnt.
Julian, of Indiana, introduced a bill to
Territorializc the Southern States, and to
provide for their government as Territories.
There were various measures introduced,
beside tho above, looking to Il reconstruc-
! tion Of the Southern States, but the fore
going are the main ones. a..,