The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-10
ne Constitutional Amendment- The
North to Force 10 upon as 40

Sss North 70 FCfC0 " upon Us 80
BExxErf, Who has become the old wash
erwoman Of the Radical party, and no"
takes charge Of al its dirty linen, aaes !
great inpalsnee At the obstiDaey o. ~. !.
Soush IN, sot adopting once the cons',.
ts,,eDa, .u,euanent. : BE kindly iniorms
! ;us, that ssthe constitutions. so. S.s.a.
will be adopted b The nersnesa, s'a'e !.
!, .sssd I'm. The people Of the Nor'n seqa" !,
s I. ~. ,,r.rsntes as s.condision Of the fun
-s.es.sos.,,op Of the South in admitting Its
a,eore,en,atiyes to Congtess.n The South
80, ,,dsrstands the disposition of the Northern
{ .,.iori.y very we'll; hut does not see that
their "requirements" are per consequence
,ust. OF that The people Of the South are
under obligation to bow submissively be.
cause they "!rqare."" Certainly the South
VIII not assist In their own degradation.
Bat BENNETT is like many others of the
I Aithless Republicans. He puts this con.
stitunonal amendment forward as q condi.
don upon which We are to be admitted to
representation in Congress, and while he
says II he knows that were every southern
State to adopt i the South would not be
admitted TO equal rights under the Consti.
i tuition in The southern people would thus
be merely entrapped into grievous hu.
initiation, and would be laughed at fol
their simplicity. It never has been, the
intention Of the Radical party to admit the
J South into Congress until after the Presi.
dental election. - i.i-2e
Z, But BENNETT goes further and takes
i the ground already assumed by loading
! Radicals, viz: That the North itself will
: amend The Constitution whether the South
consents or not. He says: "The fate Of
q the South is In the hands of the North,
/" and the North has pronounced irrevOca-
ably the conditions. If the southern
81 States should refuse to accept the con-
"stitutional amendment 1t will become o
"part of the Constitution in spite of them,
= awhile by their resistance they gain no.
I" thing, and only injure themselves"
If the North has the power and means
to exercise it, aolens uolens, why are we
: asked to concur lfthat part Of the Union
: iAih. Union, and majority Of three-fourths
Of It's States is competent to amend the
Constitution, why if is so important de-
cision that for the sake Of the new princi-
ple there should be no interference. II
should be left to stand on its own bottom.
The South has no idea Of being guilty OF
the supererogation ofyotipg for the amend
ment when it is to be put into the Consti-
tuition any how. She cannot vote for it
under any circumstances; but certainly
she is not going to place herself yolunta-
rily in the Inundated condition of aiding
In her own degradation, merely because
she is told Radicals require it, and will en-
force it whether she consents or no. 3.
> The southern people are not ready to
walk submissively in the triumphal process
sion Of the Radicals merely to become a
show. They prefer the attitude of taking
no part save that Of the silent taxpayers,
in obedience to authority backed by force.
They were disposed to become members OF
the Union, which they could not leave, in
sincerity and good faith. Had their equal
rights under the Constitution been &C
corded to them, they would have been
earnestly and well-intentioned partici-
pants in national affairs. But so unjust
have been the Radicals in their pride,
vanity, and malignity; so numerous and
degrading have been the conditions prece-
dent to our admission into the Union
which they have desired to impose upon
US, that our people are indifferent upon the
subject. The qualification and advantage
Of participating in the national affairs
would be poor compensation for humbling
themselves before besotted sectional
party who have no language, no measure
for them but that of insult and oppres-
sion. t,.. 81
Let the Radicals 60 on. If they can
mature and establish constitutional amend
ments without the, votes of the southern
States, let them. They must, in the course
Of providential permission, run their
course and then their acts must be re-
viewed and passed upon. They and their
deeds must be brought to judgment; and
Just rstribution is certain to. fall upon
them. Js.IIa ..l & ..l ST.
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