The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-10-03

Inc EueCN Oh tue "
the constitutional Amendment
wv hite immigration Repelled
--NegrO Immigration Invited.
We have received tho following let
ter of inquiry from correspondents in
Virginia, which we publish entire, for
the illustration IL affords Of what would
be the effect of the adoption of the
pending Constitutional Amendment IN
this S late;
CUMBERLAND County, VA,
September 20, 1867.
To the Editors Of the Enquirer;
IL, with a number Of my friends who
we're greatly worsted by TIE war, I'm
ding that under tho adverse rircum-
stances surrounding us In Virginia, VIC
are una bic to prosper, have dete, min
ed to seek u home IN the Northwest,
and from a personal knowledge Of
Ohio, we prefer gong to that State.
at is true that, impelleG by a ems
of duty at the time, as well as from
the necessity Of the case, we aided the
rebellion, but we are now loyal citi
zens, and propose going TO Ohio to
throw in our mite, as we'll as well as
all our might, with the people of that
great State. We see, however, that
there is u Constitutional amendment
to be voted upon AZ your next cleo.
ton, and write to inquire fit be adop-
ted, will it G%isfrUnchise us2
"Of course, we propose not 10 inter-
fere in the affairs Of your State, but to
get information as to the policy of your
State, whether to encourage immigra-'
ton IL to deny, to all in u condition,
the rights Of citizenship. An express
ion of your views will be acceptable to
us. "EMIGRANTS."
The effect Of the adoption of the
pending Constitutional amendment in
this State, would be, undoubtedly, to
debar the whole class to which the
above "EmIgrants' belong, from the
right OF citizenship. In addition to
this 1t would also deprive about twen-
IS thousand ONO soldiers Of the right
OF voting, many of whom served
throughout the entire war with ideli-
ity and bravery, but left their regi-
ments under a natural impulse to re-.
JON the families, soon after the sur
render of Lee and johnson, thinking
there would be no further need for
their services, and that the iormality
of u discharge was unnecessary.
Oar correspondent, however, may
rest easy about the adoption Of the
amendment. 1t will not be adopted
Our citizens, OF all parties, have begun
to reflect upon the subject, to count the
cost OF It, and to see that while it
would, upon the II e hand, by its ill'b-
eral and unjust distinctions, deprive
many OF our own citizens of their an
cent privileges, it would also instant
" repel the immigration h:ther of a
large body of thrifty, intelligent and
industrious white men OF the class of
our correspondents, whose productive
labor would add largely to the agri-
culturSl and manufacturing wealth of
orr State, and whose only offense has
been the maintenance of their allegi-
anco 10 their own State Governments,
under the pressure of their immediate
authority, u sense Of personal duty or
the force of surrounding circumstance
es. Radical party discipline can not
entirely blind the people OF Ohio To
these facts nor 1t make them shut
their eyes 10 the other fact, that the
enfranchisemcnt Of the negro will IN
wife hither thousands OF that ignorant,
thriftless and lazy race, to cumber our
pauper houses and prisons, and burden
our industry by their idlenoss thu
making our State a double loser, from
the thrifty immigration it has repealed
and the Thriftless one il has invited
So apparently has this become to tn,
Radicals themselves, weeks ago, aban,
dohed the contest on tho amendment,
and it will be beaten in the State by
10000 majorIty.-[CIn, Eng.
RadIcaIism