Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-06
The RedicuIousness Of Extremes.

The proposed amendment to the Constitu-
tion, basing representation in Congress upon
the number of legal voters, will, it Is said,
pass both Houses at an early day. The Pres
ident favors its passage, according 30 our
report. though this is denied. The Western
States will gain representatives by il, and il
will lead ultimatly TO giving the rights Of
suffrage to the blacks at the South
1t will lead 10 more than this. 1t is a
direct bounty in favor Of making women
voters
Massachusetts and Utah would gain by
their excesses in women Indeed the former
State would be tempted not TO ship 10 the
latter and to Oregon its surplus Of feminine
humanity, but would hold on to its valuable
political stock. We see that Mrs. Stanton,
Lucy Stone and others are agitating vigor-
ously in favor Of the extension of the fran
chise to all their sex, using the very argn-
ments employed in behalf OF negro suhraga.
A more immediate effect would be 10 in
duce the new States TO admit TO votes, not
only aliens not naturalized, but all residents
of the age of eighteen years. This latter Is
the term at which military service is made
imperative in most of the States, and by the
conscription laws OF the Federal Govern
ment. Colorado, Nevada and other States
of the West would readily lower the require
ment Of age, If such provision should have
the double effect Of inviting immigration
and increasing political power and pat
ronage in the Federal Government. As
to aliens, the new States have always
claimed the right to make them voters,
and many of them have exercised it.
Judicial decisions, we believe, have affirmed
this right in the States
We see in prospective vision the piebald
constituency Brigham Young casting the
one hundred and fifty votes Of his wives.
Little Buffalo, Tiger-Tail, and the Chief and
Medicine Men Of the Western Indians would
lead their tribes 20 the polls; the =. F. VS.
would march their coffles Of elfEees 20 the
hustings; the clamor Of three million Of
feminine voices would swell the dissonanee
of election day; and the sweet voice Of John
China-nan, the religious chant Of the Thug
from India, and the assuring war-whoop Of
the Camanche would mingle in the strain.
But the harmonious jingle Of the Ethiopian
Bones, and the mirth inspiring responses Of
his black brethren 10 the political conun-
drums Of the day, would repay for all.
One good result rof these attempts 10
amend the constitution will be that the
Thinkers will themselves begin 70 see how
wise dn6 seIsiDic anu WrAA dsAApttu W ttc
wants and interests Of the people, that work
of the Father Of the Country wasl
The object Of thus throwing down the
barrier Of State Rights, Il to let the negro
into the political constituency.
Another Of the Constitutional Tinkers,
apprehending these difficulties, proposes to
amend the Constitution 50 as 10 provide that
no State should make color, race. or relig-
ion, disqualification for voting Under
this provision we should have the aid Of the
Sioux, Apaches, Nez Perces and Digger
Indians, as well as the Chinese Of the Pacific,
and the prospective Co0lie impor,atiens Of
the South, 20 aid ls in the business Of gov
ernment But then we would have the ne
gro and he is worth 80 much
SOME fellow who hadn't much respect for
himsef, much less the fair subject of his
cruel lines, says:
Youngxter, spare that girl
Kiss not those tipa meek
Inniflcd let her fair locks curl
Upon the maidcn's cheek.
Believe her quite a saint.
Hsr locks are All divine
Her rosy hue - paint
Her form u erinolinc-
THE only objectioa to the labor OF the
| blacks in Texas, is described q be the ina
ability Of the whites 10 pay them.