Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-06-27
THE qtuR p1L1CT OF THE KErvDII0AN
PARTY STATED BY ONE OF ITS FOUL
EST CAILTNlAT0RS

The New York Eeyrid. OF late date,
in referring 70 the constitutional amend
ment which Yesterday received such az
Observation-Disclosures in the House OF Rep
rescntalives, hus fairly and ably sets
forth the realobjeets and just provisions
of that mcasire:
This Congressional proposition for the
amendment I5f the Constitution, mean
tune, as modGed by the Senate, is an ln-
geniousy entriyed party platform for
the coming FIJI elections. 1t proposes to
make i, paltof the supreme law Of the
| hand ihat whites and blacks born or natu-
ralzed in te United States in which
they may reide, and shall have equality
under the aw; that representation in
Congress shall be regulated by the re-
striciions % the several States in the mat
ter of voting; that large schedule OF
men, who as former official under the
! Government OF the United States, have
I 5een guilty Of violating their oaths by
Joining in rebellion, shall hereafter be
excluded from all Federal Offices, unless
absolved by a two-thirds vote Of each
4 House Of Congress; that the national
debt and the bountjes and pensions Of
| Union soldiers shall DO held sacred and
that all rebel debts aud claims for losses
of saves by the late war shall be utterly
ropudiated /; is further proposed IN a
supplemental bill that the Row excluded
States respectively on accepting and rat
! ifyiug the conditions laid down, shall not
only be re admitted into Congress, but
shall have q cred;. Of ten years in refer
ence 70 their quota OF the national debt.
This is, we say, strong platform upon
which to 90 before the people of the
( Northern States. There is nothing here
obnoxious to public opinion in the way
Of negro suffrage, while the alternative
suggested will be satisfactory to the North.
TEere are no vindicatiye penalties here
against bells and traitors, but conditional
exclusions, which caanot be resisted sue
eessiuIly before the people Who put down
the rebellion. The same may bc said OF
the propositions touching the national
DEBT, the debts Of the rebellion aud the
! tour millions OF liberated Southern slaves.
/ Upon this platform the Republican party
! adheriug to this Congress can carry our
approaching Northern State elections as
they did last year, If there be no other
sharply defined issue brought in season
before the people. The kepabiican sup
portcr3 of President johnson, as against
Congress, eau make no fight against this
platform, Tor it is the Presidents owu
policy 1t is compromise platform
against which Johnson Repubncaus eau
not even quarrel with tt radicals before
the people, although the hatred OF the
radicals against Johnson may continue as
! intense as on the eve OF the late Connect
! icut election,
We ask nothing ,airer than this expo
sition Of the principle contained IN the
! ronetitutio,al amendment Just adopted
by Congress. If the malignant enemies
of progress in this country, if Journals
such as the new York Herdtd, which is
the recognised organ of the class who or
sauized treason for the perpetuatlon OF
slavery, can be TINS frank Ia doing JUS
tice to the Republican party, we have
nothing to fear lfom fair aud pratriotic
people On ;he issues as they are stated
by the New York Herald, the Repubii
can party of Pennsylvania will go into
the election OF October next.