The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1867-01-01

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dictate joa paes ga 3 8 gAieA sena-
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tanm ta NaIi g. IL .aa and
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Taa b.H t3 a3lait n alWsska Was taken
un ST. Edmmda Il Vermont iooa
tfa foar - support 81 Ae amendment
~ Alr Brown. attaching the condition
ofuaFaral uslaee upeu The admins
SON 81 the state. He maintained iiar
Caea and tbe right 10 make condi-
lions praeedent 50 tho alu.saon 81 a
State. aud thai Il would D retroyadiug
from the principle 81 equal ighls asser-
ted Ia the District Suffrage hlll to per-
nit an incoming State d deny suffrage
/, on account ~ color. Neither the Con-
gr6 81 1864 had any right 70 .orostail
asa action Ui this body; but the Lstab-
lishing act Of 1864 had not contained
j ANYTHING inconsistent with the propos-
5 elrequireacnt 81 striking ont the word
+ white. was the right as well as
the duty Of Congress y scan closely
any ngw constitution proposcts There
was no inherent right IN Che people q
6 tlis territory 10 come m on their own
rms. The Senator form Ohio, who
had always been in the front ranks q
liberty. would not deny that narepub-
lie All mon guiltless Of crime had the
right Of franchise irrespective Of race;
: that The right Of o voice IN soliciting
!. aW-maheYs belonged as such 70 the lg-
uorant man as 70 the intelligent, Was
the Democratic theory.
Mr. Wade asked whether il Congress
I could establish such permanent eondr
+ lions, there would be amy rights reserve
4 Ell to States.
Mr.. Ednunds- Il We cannot admit Q
State upon q condition, then what be-
2 comes Of our condition that the people
i Of Kansas or Nebraska should never
: SO 40 slavery? II we have power to
i do that, why not set up amy other arbl-
Iary condition tic supposed that the
senator, like Rufus Choate, supposed
that the Declaration Of Independence
S was only a glittering generality and
u That the rights Of humanity We're OF iit-
\ tie account lie regretted TO see That
that Sanuor's course on the bill. They
7 never could have any permanent pros
e perity in q departure from justice.
D Alr Wade denied that he had reced
/ ed from his position es an advocate o.
!. liberty. lie was not, however, an ex.
tromist, losing sight Of practicabllity, SC
y as 70 tail il accomplishing good Tx
le was not to be frightened BY red rng.
" Mr.. EdInunds asked whether it wa
Il right Is deny suffrage to class.
MIR. II AIDE thought not, but said ht
: never gfasped at a ghost Of principe
Y when it was inapphcable. lie had al
! WAYS shown BY his acts that he did no
o. consider the Declaration Of lndepend
4 deuco differing generality Hethough
that it was not IN The power Of Cong
Va ress to force III Interchangeable law on
territory
N SIR Sumner called the Senator'S at
le tertion 10 the fact that ii the enabhn.
act there were three Hregocable condl
tions,
~ Dir. Pomsroy, 81 Kansas argued tina
~ il the condition was to have any Ntallt
IS, at an, il must be submitted to thp pee
* re. Ho thought that the bin could b
~ amended in no o.her way Ho woui
vote for the bill.
fe Arr. Howard 81 Michigan, colnbattc
~ lhe proposition that Congress had
re right to impose ilreyocable condition
nj upon new States, and argued that theI
must be perfect equality between th
States. II such thing we're possible
se' ~ the same rule Congress could form
is complete code OF State laws and max
AS them irreyocable. It would deny ali ii
Z reserved rights Of States. lie couldn'
vote for it; nor did he believe it woni
w ever meet with the sanction OF the pes
on Pic.
OF, Mr.. Edmunds replied that i alwa,
on bad been held ia lis State which ",
cb older ii Repubicauisln than Michigan
that the laws Of Congress were abo'
the state laws, and were the supIen
no laws Of Che land.
tu- Mr.. Howard SAID Michigan had I
he precedence Of Vermont in joining Il
Republican party BIZ week.
6lr. Edmunds would say to the sen
1i9 tor that before the gallant little state
-eh Michigan was born the Legislature
ln- Vermont had affirmed this principle.
.ri- This was no new power proposed TO
IL. exercised by Congress.
Gn-1lH-- Horace GraeleK Mlltoa no