The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-08-23

| SONS or properly III Jhe cuui nern OCate- Hi
the Union after restoration. Ask any
one of their lenders what he means by
"inmediate and unconditional restoration,
aud it you only assure him that your
! fieiity may be relied upon. By following
his steps ~ the privacy ot his own home,
he will tell You that he means, without
any Cos stltuiional guarantees. without any
te>t oaths without any interference of any
/ Siud on the part nf Congress that when
J"ff Davis, Robert f. Lee. Jo,eph f.
johnston ana all the rest nf :he:n cJme 10
the Capitol aud assume to sit tdOwn IN the
halls nj Congress. or exercise .he duties
of the hi2hcSt Offices In the gift OF the
/ people, they shall be allowed 10 do SO
without qacsuun.
| They are opposed 10 the test oath as
unconstitutional aud thew are "ppnIed To
rhe chnsli;utiunaI amendment because 1t
! Is unconstitutional. | have learned from
our past na;io al experience, the highest
eoUrce of knowledge, that the first great
principle nj American institutions, as it is
presented in Wa-hinston's Farewell Al
dress is the right of the people t1 change
their Constitutions of Guvern:nent when
ever change becomes necessary fnr the
liberties OF the people. This is a duty
SECOND - none that devn.ve% upon then
on this earth Thi, sirngcIe f.r fou-
year. has test fed TO all the world that
amendment- are needed in the Constitu
tinn of the United States
That which staaJ, frrem nst in the pro-
| posed amendmeut IL, that hereafter ''no
ST., shall inaAe or enforce any law which
shall anridgr the privileges ur immnnitieS
OF citizens of he United State nor shall
any Sta,c deprive any person al life, iib-
erty or properly. without dae process OF
law, n'r deny To any person within 1T
Jurisdiction The equal protection OF the
law"
Since nations frs: began to be on this
lanet. never was proposition like that
passed for the people nf Il natIoa t. adopt
ar reject. M State shall deny any per
>an, no matter whence lie comes, 40 matter
how poor. no matter how friendless.
matter how iliterate-uD State in tbjs
land shall hereafter deny to any person
the equal protection of the laws end the
Congress sinai! have pnwer, by the aulhori-
Is of the American people, to enforce this
provi ion.
Who Is thereto object to it? Is i
"'ljectcd t" by any Chri-tian uian, to eul-
BODY in your Constitution at least the
~inpie goideu rule you learned at your
mothers knee "What~oever ye would
that others should DO unto you, do ye
even SO un'o them - 1t is a great step,
but one that ought long since 70 nave
been Iaken, to FAY thar henceforth 30
State shall deny to any person, the lowii-
ess among u no more than II the body ot
The people who are sOvcregus OF this iaHd,
the equal protection of the laws. Thar
pTiuciple einb ,died in your Constitution,
rs the will ui the poaPe, and we may well
Say thar justice has made this land It's
hahiiation The attribute Of Deity, just
ice, is to he recognized in and enforced BY
the Constitution a. your cuunrry.
| think this i the way to make na-
ticr immortal, tu On ju.fice, II make the
rights OF all men a sacred aI oar owl.
La the next place, the States ot this
Union shall have equal representation.
according To their representative popula
ton: You kuUw hat when this war be-
gan there were :our millions OF Slaves in
the land, that by the terms Of the consti
tuition only three-fithS OF the population
were Counted in the basis "f representa-
tIon. You know, too, that by the con
-uulin@ FIRE of the terrible c9nfict every
feiter Tell from every humad limb, from
ocean 10 ocean, aud when the alarm cloud
rose. the sun upon his course la the heav-
e,iS looked not down ,Dnn Jingle slase.
By IIrans of the emancipation of tue
slaves, the three tiithS rule of your Con
<tirutiup wa annuiled aud the question
tu- day Is. whether South Carolina, wl h
400 900 OF these black men, just emanci-
pated from thraldum, but excluded from
all political rights, shall now have them
cnunted. every one man for man, in the
basis of representation, along with the free
men of Ohio who participate in the ad
min:srrati,n nf public affairs La other
word by reaSon of this change, are the
400 900 blacks of 'utl Carolina IL court
as strongly a. many of the voting pop
nlation of the y .rtk ? Shall the letter
of the Constitution be followed and its
spirit be rejected? Shall 200,0oo white
men ia South Carolina eject as many
REPRESENTATIVES to Co.Gress "a 600, 900
white men in Oaio? Shall minority of
freemen rule majority? That Is the
question.
.ve say tn them, If you don't eurmerate
the eInancipatcd slaves among your people,
aud make them the basis of representa-
tioc if you don't give suffrage lrrespec-
tive of color or race, you shall not repre-
sent the dsfrai chi-ed race In the Congress
of Tie nation. In other words We say
that the black patriots of South Carolina,
who stood in the breach OF Fart " agner
and fought in the defen>euf the Republlc