The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-12-19
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1866.
Our Burlington Correspondent and the
GApes,

Our Burlington Correspondent and the
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WE find the main portion Of our Burlington
correspondents letter, which was printed last
Friday, embodied mainly without change oil
language, in an editorial article in the age OF
Yesterday morning. Whether our correspondent
Is really one of the editors OF the Age, and
has thus surreptitiously imposed his lucubra-
tions upon us and our readers, or whether the
Aoe has merely stolen the matter from our
columns to palm it off as original upon its
readers, we do not know. Probably, how
ever, the latter is the true suppositon, as the
character of the argument is superior to
that usually appearing in our neighbor's
columns. We observe, too, that the Age
plagiarizes the historical error which our
correspondent fell into in asserting that in
none of the original thirteen States was the
free colored man allowed to exercise the cleo
tive franchise-an error which we have had
occasion to expose several times of late.
The Age can enllven its discussions OF
public questions by frequently consulting our
columns. as we give our readers the benefit
of the strongest arguments our opponents
can bring forward; but when it finds in the
original correspondence OF this paper matter
with which 1t desires to adorn its own edito-
rial columns, it had better indicate the trans
fer in the usual manner, lest it should place
our correspondents in an equivocal position
before the public.
We append extracts from the leading ed-
torial of the Age of yesterday morning, and
the same as originally published in the Teye-
grGph:-
From the correspondence From the 1ge, Dec. 1}
the Telegraph. Dec 13. Now, IS 1t not PLAN TO
Now, If inequality be- the simplest unders staud.
fore the law or IN the lnS il inequal ty bef,re
matter of sufraoe constl- the laws and he matter
tuted departure from O. suffrage, const tuVed u
e1ppment II ON The frame,s can lorm OF royernment
OF the Constitution were tnen the trainers OF our
either knaves or 100 8. ICONS ution we're either
will not certainly, DO knaves fools 1t will
tenoed that the war has not certainly be coa-
gwen any new meaning tended that the war has
to the clause Of the Con. gwen any new meaning
stitutIon TO which you 10 TINS clause OF the Com
refer Whatever was the stItution. Whatever
Interpretation put upon the mt rpTctaton put
it then must be the inter upon 1t then must be The
probation now. Was in Interpretation now. Wa
or in the matter OF sui. then antI.republcan? II
irage then ani-republI' so, it existed everywhere
cam II %, that inequa- at tue tune tins guarantee
lity existed every where inserted N tho Con
throughout the Union at situdon slavery, let it
was inserted in the Con- in almost every S'ace OF
8 itutioD. Slavery, you The Old thirteen. In none
W II be candid enough 10 OF them could free ne
admit, existed IN near v groes exercs Sc the right
every Sta of the old thr Of suffrage. in most of
teen In not one OF them them e .ney Were dSauah
else the ri ht OF sufraSe Courfs where t1e White
The most o. these neg oes man was party Very
were disqualified from 'es- many OF them there ex-
tifying in courts Were sted a freehold quaitc
whne man was q. party ton even 10 Gntitle white
in very many of them lien to vote The framers
there existed a freehold of the Constitution, then,
qualification even to n knowing these iacts, If
title white men to vote. tney put upon that clause
The trainers OF the Con. the modern Republican
sttutlon, then. knowing int rpretaton, must
Upon that @ Clause 'T the mo- fSSves or zoos But % Mr
deI republican nterpre. Madison, IN the Federal
clearly either BnaVes or pfetati0n upon this clause
fools. But Mr.. Madison, when h. says
in the FederatSt, puts the But the authority ex'
true Interpretation upon tenus no iurtner than 70
Bus tss aeboTY sx which
tend: fSr6eT SSPGsss Of the o
som Of eoverpmeSt Which which is to be guaranteed
ogoyernment OF tt form ~ sons y rs |V @
which Is TO ba guaranteed. pgS sU tno S,ts, 6,
ss';t"s ss Ssni s1nn%asd q ss SsS,a
States they ere guarau teed ofbeg KY % b
by the Federal onsTtu- ars eoS g s to's to ~ mey y
other republican forms Of for ths tGtter% h ,,no e
T S d. ca% aaHs me clause easOer
Federal guarantee for the the atesnay choose, not
Mark too, more espe- States Here we have an
eially, the LANGUAGE oil overwhelming answer to
this latter clause w hen al the sophlstres of the
the States NAV choose :; Republican party to
not the Congress- as your the meaning of this clause
theory would have II in the Constitution. This
Now in this brief extract Is q luminous and authori-
10 presented an over. tattve exposition OF this
whelming answer to all clause, made by one OF
the crudIles and so s. the trainers of that instru
tries OF the kepub lean ment, and who did moro
party as TO the meaning to shape and ia 'hion it
OF this clause IN the Con than all the others
stitution II makes mani gagged in that great work"
fest that II gives no autho.
rlty for the United ates,
either thrOughthe EXecu-
tive or Congress to inter-
iere In the formation of
the Government OF Sta'es
Itis a luminous and auth0-
Fitatiye exposition OF tn
cause made by one oil the
fTamers ofThat instrument
Who did mole to shape
and fashion 1t than all the
others engaged in the
great work