The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1866-04-26
How TO Write AN EDIroR1A1.-The

How TO WRITE AN EDIToR1AL-Th
thing is simple enough it is only a tricl
and may be illustrated thus Suppose tn
time to have arrived that something mus
be done," and you are editor You take on
of the latest papers-your own or som,
other-and scan its columns in search of
text All, here is one-a telegraphic &C
count of car drivers riot in New York
New YORK, April l9.-There is consider
able rioting along the line of the ThirC
Avenue road. One driver is supposed tt
have been killed. A torpedo late last night
was laid on the track and exploded, dam
aging car. The passengers narrowly es
capped
Now for your editorial
1t will be seen by the Geographic dis
patches which we cribbed from our ex-
changes yesterday morning that great ex-
element prevails among the drivers of the
street railroad cars in the city of New York
(you might have said Gin New York" but you
must string it out as long as you can). The
telegraph says "There is considerable riot
ing along the line of the Third Avenue
Road" It is also stated that zone driver is
supposed to have been killed. The dis
patch, which is dated the 10Th, referring to
incidents which may be supposed to have
occurred on the night of the 18th, contains
the information that ga torpedo late last
night was laid on the track" We are also
informed that the torpedo which was laid
ON the track exploded" The latest ac-
counts state that the explosion damaged "a
car" We also learn that 1.-The passengers
escaped" but, as the telegraph informs us,
narrowly"
AS Chancellor Oxenstiern remarked to his
little boy, ''My son, that's the lick it's done
with"
e The following are the constitutitu-
tional amendments and resolution intro
duced in the United States Senate by Mr.
Stewart
SECTION l. All determinations among
the people because of race, color or previous
condition of servitude, either in civil rights |
or the right of suffrage, are prohibited but
the States may exempt persons now voters |
from restrictions on suffrage hereafter inn |
posed.
SEC 2 Obligations incurred in aid of the |
insurrection, or of war against the Union, |
and claims for compensation for slaves |
emaneipated, are void, and shall not be as
sumed or paid by any State or by the United |
States.
Resolved etc., That whenever one of the
eleven States, whose inhabitants were lately |
in instruction, through Legislature cleo
ted by constituency restricted in the right
of suffrage only by such laws as existed in
such State in 1860, shall have ratified the
amendments to the constitution
of the United States, and shall have mod
fled its laws in conformity Herewith, then
and in that case such State shall be recog-
niZed as having fully and validity resumed
its former relations with the Government,
and its chosen representatives shall be ad
mitted into the two Houses of the National
Legislature; and a general amnesty shall
exist in regard to all persons in such State
who were in any way connected with armed
opposition to the Government of the United
States, wholly relieving them from all the
pains, penalties or disabilities to which they
may have become liable by reason of their
with said instruction.
The bearings of this proposition, as Jack
Bunsby would say, lies in the application of
t. For instance, the State of Mississippi
night adopt this amendment and then re-
trict the right of suffrage to persons owning
section ofland, and who should be able to
cad and write the English language intel =
igibly, construe chapter in the Greek |
Testament, compose Latin verses and play I
he ACCORDION, provided that no person al I
eady voter should be deprived of his 7
light to vote Whereupon, the members
lect, presenting themselves before the two
Houses of Congress, would be informed that T
congress had no right to say that they shall t
'e admitted, as each House is the judge of v
he qualifications of it's own members, and Q
bey must stav ont a little longer