, 1866-09-21
VIRGINIA AND TEE AmENDmENT.
The f0llns5inr. aupeafed In our special

The following appeared In our special |
f1esnatc tchea from WASHINGTON YESTERDAY:
"Judec Underwood expressed the opinion that |
The virginia ies1sM.ase' at tae ne11 session, MlN
81 IL Con.titutionsl Amcndtnent. T4e neon,c nf
Virginia, ALREADY convl lnced that g1essonal
hone VII ihcq Rrp.i nn,aN nc ,I enTs eioc9as r. r.
amendment, thinking, i they DO not. Congrsss
soM 9.ntr {Gss an az reducing fAe'n fo q !frtt.
Tyu1e. II IL nnacTs,ncd 'ftg shay Mr nsiavin.
Speaker OF the House Of Delegates. will urge tho
hse9rnon @ ni tne nroposnnn O. GcnS q en-
can obtain.~
n gn,ns4 .. nv no1,cv ~ and for The Conercs.
sinnal n,.n IF reconstruction. It Ii morally
rer4sir that tho Southern states viii proceed
IN r.tift, The Amendment as "A condition prc-
oo5ont ~ asm1ssfon tnto fhe Government.
V1rr,nta ] In Nil nrohab;,ity viii lead on: Her
nolitic,.ns arc sbrewd able men, They will
s.,, ~ tho;- f,,1ou, ax-rchc1s uyye ,nrat
er.,,ow fhc Amendment e]se we shal1 have
mca,c,nc far more bitter to take before 1onp.
ycTf, Suffrage will be the ncnaltv Of onr re-.
f;,so1 to ratffy.,,
The truth is. the Conrrcss,ona1 Man Of re-
ronstrnct,on ia a1toortbcr too mia and
n,pnon,rona Thc,o ta ro ~, o,1,c,,;e,n abo,7t
u 1t;s al, ,neror o1d ~ 1rs,,ce II contains
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noscd a r,d,c.l r,ethod or dco,lno xrith t,,c
rchc1s II 1ronld have been somcthin,r Ike
this.
1.Sni as5ac as unauthorized t1,e horus s, ,ate
Gnrernustnts. oroauizct, hv Io],nson witl,out
outhor;,v of iaw
.. Or"an;ze thc cononcrcd conGacracv
,nto c1or,.n orr;tor;.1 ..ororn,ucn,s WITH
ena n,fnr ,cts for admission into he UnIpn.
pro,;dc .h,t ,1l 1or,1 ,,,,,c ,i,nlt c,tt.
zeps In these subiu.atcd territories. who can
reo,3 and write. sha1, 1e ,e.ra1 yoters-.,1..s.
pcetiyc Of color. religion or birtlpace.
i. Enact that tue leading rebels shall be
forever tlisfrancllsel and their property con-
fscatcd. sold and the proceeds paid into the
Treasure ard appropriated in payment Of
extra bounfies To the soldiers who put down
the rebellion.
S. Tint the common rebels shall bc dis
I fiaucliscd until the 9Th Of July, 1870, after
which each Of them nay le seadmitted to
| the franchise by proving in court, BY the
! oaths Of Two loyal citizens, that he has we'll
| behaved for the past five Years, Is 4 man Of
good moral character, and is attached to the
principles Of the Constitution In other
words, let The rank md file Of the rebels,
! after five years probation, be rcadsDitted to
he hallot-hoS by the ordinary mode oi nat
Notwithstanding the same oath Of aslc.Si
:s:cc, and requiring the satnc proof Of good
behavior.
i. The organization Of conquered rebel
territories into State governments, l' tht
eutcs exclusively Of loyal men, and the'r Az
mission into the Onion as fast as they art
thus organized,
!. An amendment to The Constitution simi
lar to that now proposed.
s. Impeachment and renewal OF Andre'
sols.=on for malieasancc III exercising pow
cis not be!onHi"s TO lis Office, and til II
tempting 10 usurp the prcroEatives and pow
e-s of Congress, and thereby trying to desire,
.. our representative Republican form of SoS
erumcnt.
The foregoing programme would be
rutliedl mode cofrcconstruction, and it would b