The New York herald., 1866-12-13

With great fore, 70 women. As Anal question be was
mss be sssn out Of theory into shns of upac "
.ics sSaot Mwas placed by the founders OF the gov
eminent On ths s,ouna ;as: y should & BE- sssresed ey
IL He objs vtel 20 tho extension OF suRege because IL
would corrup asd degrade elections BY pouring into
tho ballot bog barge number OF votes subject 10 nfu
either soc >sa Or pecuniary yoa win degrade elec
tons and ,hy gssud he would oppose the srten.
son % - M oppu.d 10 this measure Il there wore
eoaia 90 800 ef cosucsg elections Tho effect OF the
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instance @ bv aroducns tperncious and bring
ing them TO bear upon very small numoe,; s os mss
an evil nsepaabe from governments controcu oy mere
maiortes The class Of men proposed to be intro
dueed the political system would be more appr'acr
and more easily corrupted The reform ought to be m
another direction 1t ought to be towards rec rganiza
t,on of the system instead OF Its enlargems mt As
more choice between two Kinds Of exlonso be should
vote for MIR. C0wnn's amendment
At three O'Clock ?. N. Mr. DooLnTi1 moved that the
Mr. DooIJTTLE-This amendment. In my Judgment
opens very grave question: Question that appears at
first blnsha question upon which the abcst minds
divided, here and elsowherea question, however upon
%hch are called upon TO vote and therefore one
control my judgment, wien say shall vote AGAINST
the amendment which is now offered. For myself sir.
after giving some considerable reflection to the subject OF
suffrage, shall arrive at this concus0nthat the true
base foundation upon which 70 rest suffrage in any
publican community the familythe head Of the
familybecause in all civilized communities the family
iA.the unit ard not tho individual What Is meant
| by man in that relation where he is displaced
cordng To Yrason, 10 nature, aud TO religion? Sir,
| n ~ were scf to me determine what should be
the trne qualification OF person to exercise the right
Sx il uron that that tho head Of family, capable
| OF supporting that family, and that had supported
family T. be Ln 70 vo Ssa ana G none er
/ not 1t Is impossible for nae to treat u as new
question, because suffrage has been extended every
1 where beyond the heads Of families. Yet sir, the
| reason in my Judgment, why il has been extended is
simply ths:-f certain men have been permitted to
voe who heads OF familics IL because they
exceptions TO the general rule and because 1t was
To be presumed that they are not now the heads Of
1 families they ought be- and probably will be- say,
/ Mr President, that according to reason nature acd
religion, the family is the unit OF human society SO FAR
as the ballot na 10 ~ my r
should therefore be cast by the head of the amy and
according to reason nature and religion the man is the
head of the family. In that relation while every man
is king every queen, and man develves
the responsibility of controlling tho external relations OF
troled by tho ballot, for that ballot or vote which
he casts goes 70 choose the legislators VINO
| society Within the family circle man is supreme. He
governs by the law OF the family by the law OF reason
am not in favor o-conferrng the right of suffrage upon
woman. Now Mr.. President, one word further npon
upon the subject Of suffrage as concerns the upper
history from education, from onr experience every
OF full age or the Caucasian race in this country as
general rnc is competent 10 exercise the right OF snf
rage. In relation the Africans Mongoians Indians
and Ascs in this country, from their history they are
incompetent, as general rue--'he exceptions only be-
ng competent. Now may we'll speak truly on this
question When man tells me- for instance, that the
Indians OF States and Territories competent TO
exercise this great right suffrage he tells what
not be made To believe and what seems TO me to be
impossible for any mar TO believe. When man tells
me ha, the Alr1cans in this country lust set free
| on the plantations, speaking OF them as mass,
not exceptional casesor there are great many excep
. aoeoG Nf MT tuQp
tent TO exercise this rghtbt when man tells me that
these men iuss set free are competent to cx
erse the right OF surage and help to make the laws OF
ris great republic he tells what is perfectly abhor
ront TO Of lust reasoninc and propney Sir II
would he bGresqne republican Institutions, and we
wopd ourselves ihe laughing stock of tho world
TO that these slaves, three or fonf millions
hnrred % wears s eonn and VIII" in The
couniry ron, which they have risen from
position the most degraded O any on The face of the
tire moment their aacles arc stricken on, and
in condition TO exercise this high right OF suffrage,
10 contrary to reason in my Judgment " seems 20 mo
perfectly impossible Mr. Dooltfle then referred TO the
assertion, !hat the people had decided Tins question
At The polls in tho late elections The ssne he said, in
stead OF having been made. avoided everywhere.
The idea OF universal negro Suffrage a. the basis of re-
construction avoided evcrywhcre in every state o.
the Union nay be possible that in Massachusetts it
was not-l am not 80 sure about that but 10 every
state where there was anv fear o. losing ele'ton
| was avoided In conclusion. Ir. Doottlc said he
could not possibly vote for universal snnrage bill
Mr. pomERoy. trepl OF Kansas, explained briefly his
| opposition TO the pending amendment He did not
| wish 10 complicae the question before tho Senate,
which colored suffrage only. The bill now pending
was 20 be model for others the same subject and
he did not wish to bring the question of female suffrage
| into il.
| The yeas end nays then called on Mr.. Cowan's
| amendment to strike out the word male' before the
word .person, which resulted as follows:-
yrAs-Messrs Anthony, Brow Bnekalew, Cowan ros-
tex Nesr1lth paerson Riddle and WADE =.
vie Dixon Dootie e Famso%s pessenssn foss rrsnas
nuysen, ilmes Harris nenderson. ,,enaricks Howard.
Pomeroy, Ramsay Ross. saulsbgry sherman. spasae.
ArsISr on Nor vo7rsa- Messrs. cragn, Fowler euthre
Johnsun, McDougall and Nye-6
So the amendment was not adopted.
Mr. DIXON, Wep.I Of Conn offered the following
amendment
stitue Of The Committee District Of Columbia the
voted IN the Dsrei Shall he permitted to vote unless he
shall be able the time OF offering ,ote TO read and also
Mr.. DIXON said his amendment intended rs pro-
lection TO the ballot He intended 20 vote for the bl "
thus amended Color should he tho test OF the
right 70 bnt he donbtcd The propriety a. giving
the suffrage 10 any who could not read or write.
Mr. Hkypmcks fdcml OF Ind, taid that, as o general
vote upon intelligence, ~ regulating the right of
| suffrage among the whic people He should no, vote
for such proposition was contained W 1r pSon's
| amendment hn, as Z was now proposed to introduce
into the ctAenfnlp 81 ths pr,ct very large cns1 Of
persons who are known rot "a us qualified Tor the ex
ercsc OF tue franchise, be felt his dgy TO vote for this
| Qualification.
i sn'iSh'hfi tu''sLt VI iti.s NSiu b' 'u'. tos
upon the passage of this bill the satisfied abolition
element OF this COUNTY, would put Itself 10 work ard
flood the District with many fve ncgvues possible
so as 10 get the Dsrc; under negro control, negro
Mayor and negro Common Council that there should
he at least one free negro government in the American
Union Although he not in favor OF female suffrage
FOR the reasons well stated by other, still, with
view Of delaying as far possible such catastrophe
| as was proposed, he had tried bring bis mind 10
vote for female suffrage but IL would have been TO vote
for negro as well as white Under no circum-
stances here IN his State or wherever he might bo
lucated would he vote for negro suffrage II but
the beginning OF the fore Of negro suffrage every
where throughout this This bill was In the
language OF the Senator from Kansas tsr PomeroyL
model 10 he copied alter throughout the States al least
throughout the states Of the Northwest Neither could
he vote Tor the proposition OF the Senator from Connec
cut What was the test person who could read or
write his name--a wonderful amount Of education TO
quality man for the dischar1e Of the high office and