The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-02-08

Sert,ug uhat the "plan" which we printed
yesterday from the Richmond Enquirer as
the draft to be presented to the North
Carolina Legislature providing for the re.
construction Of the southern States is alto
gether incorrect. The correct proposition
was probably presented to that body yes
terday. A private dispatch received here
last evening said the prospect Of Its adep..
ton Is good. At the proper time we shall
publish the plan as 1t emanatcs officially
from North Carolina or some one OF the
other southern States. AL advance publ
cations on the subject have been impolitic
and exceedingly unwise - National Rep,b-
licdn.
Although the above comes fromthe Pre-
sident's organ, facts seem to indicate that
the statements are not true. The Raleigh
Sentinel has been supplied with a manu-
tscript copy of the proposed plan of settle
ment by Hon. Lewis Hanes, of Salisbury,
who, as q party to the conference, on his
own responsibility, furnishes it for publ
cation thus early. 1t is as follows, and
seems to be identical with that published
by our ~neighbor:
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CoNsTITU-
TON OF THE UNITED STATES.
ARTICLE l4.-Section |. The Union un-
der the Constitution is, and shall be, per-
petusl. No State shall pass any law or
ordinance to secede or withdraw from the
Union, and any such law or ordinance shall
be null and void.
Section 2. The public debt of the United
States, authorized by law, shall ever be
held sacred and inyiolate. But neither
the United States nor any State shall as
sumo or pay any debt or obligation incur
red in aid of instruction against the Co.
vernment or authority Of the United
States.
Section 3. All persons born or natural
lied in the United States, and subject 70
the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the
United States and of the States in which
they reside. No State shall make or en-
force any law which shall abridge the pri-
vileges or immunities of citizens of the
United States; nor shall any State deprive
any person of life, liberty, or property
without due process of law, nor deny to
any person within its jurisdiction the equal
protection of the laws.
Section 4. Representatives shall be APP
portioned among the several Statesaccord
ing to their respective numbers, counting
the whole number OF persons in each State,
excluding Indians not taxed. But when
any State shall, on account of race or CO.
lor, or previous condition of s%ervitude, ex-
clude from voting at any election for the
choice of electors for President and Vice
President of the United States, represen-
t~atives in Congress, members of the Lee
gislature, or other officers elective by the
people, any of the male inhabitants Of such
State, being twenty-one years of age and
citizens of the United States, then the en-
tire class Of persons SO excluded from the
elective franchise shall not be counted in
the basis of representation. No State shall
require as a property qualification for
voters more than two hundred and fifty
dollars worth Of taxable property, nor as
an educational qualification, more educa-
ton than enough TO enable the voter to
read the Constitution of the United States
in the English language and write legibly
his own name.
PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO STATE CoNsTITU-
TIoN.
ARTICLE. Every male citizen who has
resided in this State for one year and in
the county in which he offers to vote six
months, Immediately preceding the day OF
election, and who can read the Constitution
of the United States in the English Ian
guage, and can write his name, or who may
be the owner oftwo hundred and fifty dol
lars worth of taxable property, shall be
entitled to vote at all elections for Cover
nor of the State, members Of the Legisla-
ture, and all other officers elective by the
people of the State /; Provided, That no
person by reason Of this article, shall be
excluded from voting, who has heretofore
exercised the elective franchise under the
/ Constitution and laws of this State, or who,
at the time Of the adoption Of this amend
ment may be entitled, to vote under said
Constitution and laws.
The Sentinel says that Governor Orr, OF
South Carolina eX-G Governor Parsons, OF
Alabama Ex-Governor Marvin, of Flori-
da; Hon. N. Boyden and Hon. Lewis
Hanes. of North Carolina, and Judge J.
L. Jones, of Arkansas, being in Washing
ton city on other business, after frequent
conversations with members of Congress
and others, both Democrats and Republi-
cans, Conservative and Radical, felt that
the exigencies Of the country demanded
the earnest efforts of every true friend OF
the South and of the Union. They &C
cordingly determined upon a conference,
each acting upon his own personal response.
bility, and disclaiming all right to act in
representative capacity. Several confer.
ences were held, and the above programme
was agreed upon as the only one they
could devise promising to effect the de.
sired end.
The Sentinel, which is in some sort an
official organ Of the North Carolina Legis.
lature, says:
eve are not prepared to express an
opinion upon SO grave a proposition with
out due consideration, and we have not
had time to weigh it in all its bearings. 1t il
a matter, however, Of great magnitude, and
should be calmly and seriously pondered. Il
such a programme were rendered to us by
the North as a fnality-an end Of all fur.
Their collision between the two sections
Objectionable as the verbiage and the prin'
ciples involved in some instances in the
scheme may be to us, such is our anxiety
to end the clamor, and so strong is oul
devotion to a constitutional Union, we
should accept it. Nevertheless, we feel,
though the proposition comes from an un-
official source, and accompanied by no such
official assurances of favor in the North as
inspires confidence Of its acceptance, the
scheme should not be hastily disposed OF,
and especially should not be hastily con.
demned. With the feelings, purposes, and
anxieties of the parties proposing this
scheme we entirely sympathize, because
we are sure they are honest men and true