Juniata sentinel. [volume] (Mifflintown, Pa.) 1846-1873, 1866-06-27
RECONsTRUCTION.

,be fact tina: the Resolutions reported by
the Republican committee in the Senate,
recommending amendments to the Consti-
tuition ST the United States, had passed
that body by vote of 33 to IL. Ga
Wednesday last, the same resolutions were
adopted by the House by vote of l2O to
32-being over w1thirds vote in each
branch. In the Senate every member
elected by Republican votes, voted yea,
except Cowan. OF Pa: Doolittle, of Wis
coasin. aud Norton, of Minnesota. ln
the House, the Repubsieaa members coted
solid for the Amendment! Thus has the
great work beer accomplished, and tho
ultimatum Of the great Union Republican
party, upon the question OF reconstruction,
presented TO the American people. All
honor to the present Congress. They
have done their work n9bly, and at the
same time have shown to the world that
an American Congress could not be brbed
by Executive patronage, or scared from
their strict line of duty and fealty to the
country, by bullying, unscrupulous,
drunken, demagogue who sits in the Pres
ident;al chair.
The President and his Copperhead sup
porters can no longer proclaim tnat the
Republican Congress has no policy. 1t is
now before the public, and every syllable
and every line is pregnant with the pure
principles Of Justice to all sections, and
the integrity aud safety of the whole
couutry! II appeals alike to the honor
and integrity of every loyal man in the
land. Section one max es every man born
or naturaized in the UGited States, cit
izeu thereof; aud the States are deprived
Of the power Ut abridsing the privileges
or imntunltles of any citizen, nor can any
one be deprived of life, liberty or prop
erty without due process Of law; nor can
any one be deprived of equal protection
OF the law. Who will say the provisions
'ot this section are not right?
The second section fixes the apportion
ment OF representatives according to tie
humber of U0tess, instead of the number
OF inhabitants Why is this not just p
Why should persons who are not allowed
to vote or to have any voice in the Gov
ernment, be counted simply to increase
the number of representatives, in Con
gress? II it is necessary that this class
Of persons should be rcpreserted the
States will have the power to confer the
right of suffrage upon them, and they
eau then participate in the selection OF
persons vino will properly represent them.
Section three prohibits peI'ued trajE
ors-men who had taken a solemn oath to
support the Government, and tnen deIib-
erateiy turned around and took up arms
TO destroy it-irom holding certain offices,
except by permission of Congress. Who
among US will deny the business Of this
proposition None, we venture to say.
except nasty, malignant eopperhead-, who
are as guilty of treason in heart as the
perjured traitors Of the South.
The fourth and last section secures the
payment OF the eutirc National public
debt incurred in suppressiug the REBEL
ion II forever prohibits the recognition
of the debt incurred by the SO called Con
tederaie States, as well as claims tor the
emancipation of slaves, and declares them
illegal and void. They hold that the
Southern States were right iu sececding
aud hence the North is Us much bound 10
assist 10 payln. the debt incurred by
them, as they afe to assist in paying the
debt incurred by the National Govern
ment. Slavery being ;'diviue ips,ilu
tion" in their estimation, they repudiale
the Emancipation Proclamation of pres-
dent Lincoln, and hold that the Soah
should be remuneratod for the property
thus taken. These are the issues upon
which we go before the country. If the
American people have not yet lost their
mauhooi-if they have not forgotten the
terrible suferings of the four years OF
bitter intestine war, and the thousands OF
noble young men who offered their lives
as willing sacrifices that liberty might still
Eve-;he present Congress wi be sus
tanned, aud the great Union Republican
party OF the country HI!l be tramphautly
successful.