Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-28

/ -.TDp -uujUlmOm bnE JyB1g Jli 1905 ..HH
South should be pushed aside, and new
men brought forward, (Ihe Presidents
idea is not Of thetllird section, ltcalls upon
the people of the South, to. adopt q Consu-
tutional amendment that pToscribes every
man who has held office in a State and
sworn to support the Constitution of the
United States EDS, INTEL Perhaps this
will account for the favor which this Sec
ton has unexpectedly met with from the
Times, which is supposed to he 'instructed,'
or 'insprrd; as the can't phrase is, by the
Secretary Of State" Mr.. Stewards speech
jb.tifes no such hsuppOsitions- EDS. INTEL
"We must say, however, for our own part,
that IN practice ellis exclusion was UNDER
stood BY ustoreter oNlg % 21ices aRdertheGga-
erdl GoJeri,plett, and %. elBbersiip IN Con-
greSs and to that extent We have a'wags
most strenuousIy insisted it should be car
Jiei. To eHaedUOr 10 c1clude his class also
from STATE and lycai o6tceS loGuld, lc6 fetr, IN
COEUe an dm0t6it NJ Interference tojth lgc0t elec
tions lphicb Uonld not endure 10 heQiiet and
good understanding aghich are so grelly needed
al the South. And MS the only reasonable
objects sought for by us are general secur-
ity, and the making treason 'odiOus,' to
quOte Pre- sldent JDhnson's phrase we be-
lieve these ends can be sufficiently accom-
plished by rigid exclusion of all who can-
not take the test-oath from Federal office or
from Congress. o. We need mot repeat here
the reasons which make this course, as it
seems to us, imp p-Tatiye, for we have fire.
quently advised Ourreaders of them. u
but TO accomplish this no constitutional
amendment is required. The reqltiSite lars al
ready eriSt, and IL needs only that hhey be en-
forced 10 do baL that is necessary anal etpedieRt.
an
TO exclude or eIpel from It's body all eCtO haze
taken part inthe rebellion; and the President
is obliged to refuse Office under the Feder-
al Government to all who cannot take the
oathS prescribed by Congress. .f ..
"What, then, is TO be gained by incorpOr-
ating this amendment in the Constitution
ameasure of so temporary character, by
the acknoWledgment of its authors. that
they are ready TO allow Congress to repeal
IL at any timcy So grand and enduring an
instrument should not be ligIaig amended 10
should not contain among its prOu SioRS any
merely temporary erpedieRtS. Whatever dp-
pears. there should be- for all time. The late re-
beLliOR and all Hat reIaieS TO 10 are only Incl
dents, Of aottck the Constitution need bear no
trace. ... ..r.. .. ..... ..r,.... ..
"We do not mean to say that the amend
ment is not Just, or that it would not eb
right to punish, by disiranchisemcnt, aud
by severer penalties, the men of influence
in the Southern States who led in the re-
belli)n. Bit GHthdt is Just is nat GllcdyS er-
pedtent, and practical S'GesmanShp is satisfied
% secure the Jest possible, bee luse, as men are
constituted, the sum of good Is not always
attainable. HiS Of reJy gredl iHportdHce Mat
ue Southern states StpuM as qpchiy as pySsi-
b'e he restored 10 Wiet. lfthere is any way
in which we can without sa'rifirinS equal
justice before tile law to all men, aud III
rights OF free spec h and pres, recon, lie
the mass OF the Southern whites, we think it
wise t. do so. Az unnecessary irritdtion
Sto1ad De d10Eded. The supremacy Of the
Union was SO firmly established by arms,
and the power of the General Government
must continue TO be so continua ly ielt in
every part of the South, that zoe can ddOrd 10
dtSar1n opposition By concessions 1chict d2 not
eaddngcr Hbe'7y or justice.
"ihe sectious Of the amendment relating
to the payment of the national debt, and the
non payment of the rebel debt, seem TO us,