, 1866-02-02
CONDITIONS OF REsToRATIoN,

Byteleqaph we have been apprised of the
conditions on which Senator Slmnsr propose,
to reiDstate the States late in rebellioA. The
Congregational Globe has the resolutions entire
which we present as part of the history of tb,
times:
WHEREAS it is provided by the Constitution
that 1.-THE United States shall guaranty to eyeryi
State in this Union republican form Of gov.
ermnentp'rand whereas there are certain States
where, by reason Of rebellion, there are no Stat,
goyernmentsvr recognized by Congress- and
whereas, because Of the failure of such STATE.
respectively to maintain State governments IN
has become the duty of Congress, standing in
the place of guarantor, where the principal has
made lapse, to provide governments, repubits
in form, for such States respectively$ Nos,
therefore, in order to declare the duty Of Coz,
gress,
a. Resolved That whenever q copTen,ior'
is called in any of such States for the orgauiza.
tion of a goVerRuent, the following persons.
have right to be represented therein, namely
the citizens Of the State who have takenNpo psrt.
in the rebellion; especially all those whose er-
clusion from the ballot enabled the rest to car
ry the State into the rebellion and still more es
peeially those who became soldiers in tbe A..
mics OF the Union, and by their vaior on tn.
battle field turned the tide Of war and made the
Union triumphant; and Congress must refuse to
sanction the proceedings of any convention com.
posed of delegates chosen by men recently in
arms against the Union, and excluding men who
peried their lives in its defense; unless its pro.
ceedings have been first approved BY those
hereby declared to be entitled to- participats
therein.
(2.) Rssolrsd, That the Constitution of tbs
United States being supreme over State laws
and state>cOnstituIiOns 10 respect of these mat
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now imposed by it on Congress to legislate for
the establishment Of government in such States
respectively, i: is hereby declared that no sun
posed State law or State constitution can be set
up as mpedIment to the national power in
the discharge of this duty. -..-.
(3.) Resolved, That since, also, it has be-
come the duty of Congress to determine what
is republican form of government it is hereby
declared that no government OF State recently
in rebellion can be accepted as republican.
where large masses Of citizens who have ALWAYS
been loyal to the United States are excluded
from the elective franchise, and especially
where the wounded soldier OF the Union. with
all his kindred and race, and also the kindred
OF others whose bones whiten the battIe.6elds
where they died for their country, are thrust
away from the polls u, give place to the very
men by whose hands wounds and death were in
icte'; more particularly where, as iu some of
those States, the result would be to disfraucbise
the majority of the citizens who were ALWAYS
loyal, and give to the oIigl:chical minority re-
ceutly engaged in carrying on the rebellion the
p5wer to Oppress the loyal m mtjority, even to the
extent Of driving them from their homes and de.
Priving them Of all opportunity of livelihood
a. Resoiced, That in all those cases where,
BY reason of rebellion, there is lapse in the
State government, and III becomes the duty of
Congress to provide goveFument for the Sta.e
No government can be accepted as "a republl-
can form Of government where a large propor-
tion. of native.boru. citizens, charged with no
crime and no failure of duty, is left wholly un-
represented, although compelled to pay taxes;
an especially where a particular race is singled
out and denied all representation, although
C compelled to pay taxes; more especially where
SUCH race constitutes the IN tority of the cti-
zenS, and where the entranchised minority has
forfeited its rights by rebellion; AMI more pSpe-
ciaIly still where by such exclusion, the ogar-
chical enemies of the Repu bile can practically
compel it to break faith with national soldiers
and national creditors to whose generosity it was
indebted during period Of peril.