, 1866-01-22

The Chicago 1sHaEs opens an editorial on
The rcc4nt action Of the House OF Represeu-
tatires On the suffrage in the District Of Co
lu1nbia in tllis style:
s.Thc House at Washington has made clean work
IN fastening negro suffrage upoa the DIsz1e: OF Co.
luubfa. No restrictions Df1e Imposed. Attempts
were lnadc to aneud the bill 80 that only thosc ne
croes ehonfd BE- permitted TO vote WHO Id read
rae bsa o5 81
discharged from the military Or nasa service. These
amendments ucfe not tip to the principle ac.ua.in.
eoed II s Is & S sna usfy ms
II enforcing the leading lea f The party ~ a2p:o-
white and negro saccs tn this county,"
The editors Of the Times should read their
own special dispatches from Washington. II
they will turn TO their issue Of the 10Th inst
they will be edited in finding tbs following
clear and satisfactory explanation of the rea-
sou no restrictions were imposed"
Special Despatch 10 the Chicago Times.
WAsu1NGros, Jan. IS.
The House to-day. contrary to general Antctpa-
t,on md the supposed declared purpose OF tbs late
caucus. passed nl!hou1 auead9ent ths bi;l 10 en-
by so!e Of 11G 70 - motion, made hy NJ.
Darlirc, oi New Yotk. to postpone tie consfdera.
es2 =. 5ns md nd paln sa q Sot I'd ats'si ,
well. Of Ind, loiinr with othcr republicans In lie
'aror. At'st ef tie de1'oc7uts r5tet dJ3i-n ons
The question tlcu TIA. IN favor Of insracttng the
committee on Judiciary to report hill for ual;ned
suffrage, which Wan lost br Il agxin.I 113.-Banks,
bsI: bEsndagee @ cGnxn ns,s na..hs ns5ee zna
Isitr. OF Massachusetts,. seiienck and Sanborn, oi
&!t.unfi. and tih.9 Rernaliran+, voting IN fasot,
VIZ nty n42 e., IL ~ N a y t5s ~
d:araclr to q f,.ai r1lx had thc.e MpnbI,ca2s in
i..or Of qualified sutltasc ee~n sas7a'f<1 oy a.
Efno~s1tsc rott. lhe bill watch finally pasted might
Ia, e been uoaitsed to that cEect
Au honest confession is said 10 be good for
the soul and the special reporter OF the Time,
has made clean breast CT the ac.ion Of his
party, and their reasons therefor In the ass.
place, "most Of the Democrats voted against
any postponement," as that might a.}eal the
till. Secondly, on the motion to recommit
the bill back TO the Judiciary Committee with
instructions to report qualified suffrage, re-
stricting voting to those blacks who can read,
or have borne arms In defence OF the Union,
ssuearly n1l the Democrats voted against such
reference, the object being 10 force arndlca1
Till 10 iinal vote" Third. Had those Re.
publicans in favor Of qualified suffrage been
supported bY the Democratic vote, the bill
that passed would have been modified to tha.
eject. -
The responsibility Of passing the Eadica
| bill therefore rests with the DcbaocdAtic mem
Ders. We suppose they came TO tina conclu
| sian that il any Of the blacks :sersto be en-
flanchiscd, It were better 10 confer 1t on then
ali, and give tho experiment a 1air trial at th,
National Capital, where the practical work
ings Of universal suffrage can be witnessed b,
Congrea and the President. We think the!
acted wisely in securing The baIosto c7tse ala'
male negroes In the District Manhood
Suffrage to all citi5ens-unrestristed b,
color, race or religion, is certainly the trn
democratic" principle, and VIC hope to SCI
,hc Northern Democracy strike hands viii
the Radicals in demanding that every adu1
male citizen In the South shall Be q voter
When This Is done the reconstruction problem
il solved, and the States lately in rebellion
viii be scstosed to their proper relations Il
tic Union without further conditions o
delay. Nothing would do so much Il
recover lost prestige md to regain power, a
for the Democrats to come. out boldly o.
universal suffrage, and once more, as In I'll
days OF Jefferson, make their party tn
champions Of the rights of poor men.