Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-15

DkS NctNIss Apsu 49, -
asECONAraUCT1oN REPOnT.
TIE candid sesdes - do no Len GhAn
70 charac, erie The late ss0srt Of the Con
sres ional Reconstruction Committee Of the
fifteen - . rehash Of the assumptions
al ssphis,sies which have formed the
.t,ck in trade Of every Radieal who has
50 ken on the question ofrestsrasi"s ssncs
Conrr % assembled. There Il not nsW
iosa OF fresh thought In the whole sspsst.
ooss not contain an argument that hos
40, lons since bssn worn thrsadbase BY
Y ,d,cal orators and writer's, and hun
~ I'D times reiated. Il doss ~ ~ S6sth
. single assertion that has pot been made
oy. /. and over again. only 70 b. Sslsidsd.-
Il would, therefore, Saly b. watos ~
.,arc end pnallns snpssision spen sss
rca ers' patience, to ask them 70 reed :
repor, IRON which they could learn nSRh>
ing, because Il presents ueshisg usw ~
the side Of those In whose interest Il il ~
clusively written. Every one vhs t6kss
tho trouble to keep the run Of pSilieai
cveuts 10 familiar With the prets1ts, Nd
fAllscies BY which the Rsdicsls eudtasot -
palliase their posisi'a ri hostility to shs
Union, aud shis is only anesbss ~ fur
disunionism in which Old psetexts ed MI
aciss are strung together for The cseasion.
The premises being the same, the conclu-
sions are also the saac, and may be stated
in a Nv words The organisation Of thu
committee from which the report euanstsa
VS. part Of the Radical prograa me d
keep the whole country divided-hsst, by
putting "W all action on the ques
ton Of representation. and second By
the adoption Of plan which
should render restoration impossible. =
Tn. Committee have fulfilled their object
and the conclusion at which they arrive il
their report il what the radicals have insist
I'd " on since Congress assembled. Il il
that the Southern States have tu lsissd tl,si
RICH; to reprsaert~.;--. ~ Fcss'S'es-, ans
should be Dc led such representation unti
they have given guarantee 10 ~ ssoa
try for their future loyalty. Tho Commit
tee deelias 70 argue The qee1aion whsshss
the southern States are in the Unioo Of
ct Of Il. which 10 very prSdsnt osthed .
dispo.ing Of the real hst96 Of the who'll
ques ,ion. They wade Il, however. By ~
ing that. evss II they are Ssaass. their pso'
pie have lost all rights e1septihg susA .,
may be yielded to them BY csaqussuss. ,Ad
hitting this for arguments sake. % fas u
hose who originated the rsos llios ~ co..
cerned, why should the same treatment b,
applied 10 the thousands ID ~ Southern
States Who were loyal during thswar. VIII
should they be denied rcpresenta tionf fhes'
radicals propose 10 visit al with the sam,
treatment. and yet they have the iupudcs
assurance 10 talk in their report abou
encouraging loyalty" At The South Blu
nat are the guarantees which thss'
u inion:sts .fect to regard ~ ssssnsia
ne rs'onal safety, and to which they
mani tina, the Southern Stasss mus
ode to before oe,ns admitted u repre-
'a'ions Some Of them, 1t appears, are I,
fsuod in the proposed amendment
'ne Constitution just passed BY sh'
-a.te. being the plan first introduced enc
'.e' in the ussse. and sesa1sd N Cd,
- the committee say in their report
- the plan a~ assembled and pssssd b. II.
'rs'ss. has been haaaay. ssrssd spon By shs
ainant party in both Houses. Il 10 che
sui, Of the late Repueliean caucusss. I,
,no. sssna that The psspssSe he 1kslss -
= b. asked 70 ratify On susa1utoas d Shs
Fundamental lev diwA'sa ~. easg ca
Gus! Tue plaa us passsd ~ ~ Senate /.
o. follows:
+, Joint resolution propoeime N aasnioeos
to the Const;tution II The Uoieea Soaope:
RsssIssk. By the Seuass - uouse Of
Representatives Or the Uoissd, aesees oS
Anerics. in Congress asssoblsd, tvo-shirda
Of both Houses csaeerFine, shas ~ fo1low.
ing article be prsp'sed " ~ lsgi11neoeD
Of the eeverh States q - oneo9u1UQe -
the Constisusiea II The Uaiesa S>aAsaA ua3oh
when ratified By thsse-esusths Oceo1d -
i>latuss, shall b valid . psss u ~ CsasSk
tioo, namely: 4fN@
AsrfcLs--Sscriow 1. All persons born a.
stural'zed In the United Siates. aud sub-
4 10 the jurisdictioa ,hersof, are eitissns
he United States and Of The Ssatp where.
thes reside. No State sAall uahs u
onc Ia - A.