New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-10

nroveI nocessary elsewhere He was opposed
hoyeyeA 70 the 70 days clause I Ge IL had been nto
duced into he convention of ls6 The smple question
ny h h,ct far Which il was incorporated in
ple Constitution BY the COnsuuso It ~ 49, H. Con
was made The test of the elective franchsei ny lho &
sttnton Of 1873 citizenship alone was MADE the cso
1n"n tS with its proper restrictions was not Wise 70
rerede The report OF the minority of our ComltIdS
s f,Iv mat corruption is the leprosy OF our DooI
p0tcbut 1t fails TO show reason 1or ne taTt OF
NJ raio.itv For II there such haste Oh the PAT
en- any in declaring their intention to become eaen
lust on the verge of an election 1t rather and fIe
~ some such law TO pat ePd to undue haste anu %
hurried comforting of citizenship he wac 1pluso1d t of
proposition because he was ashaIneu o ne S th Ye
courts upon the eve OF an ho I'm helm
applicants for citizenship and tber iIieus, WY v
ing them 9lo2g sog59 IND % e. 'gy American citizen
shin he was disposed 10 favor because ~ Nae oei IT,
that the vital danger 20 repe,' ncstlon of the
OF corruption among It's electors Tue ptsIe aud
Suffrage Committee was safe, just and eqW'a''' "'
should be adopted. o. ~, 10 az
Mr. GREELEY hoped that the question would 10 9
yiied He did not think that the question haI peeii iS
ess we 20 back to county residence ana uticI w.
dence we should under the amendment nave ulo .
election from Districts that easily be carried 20 those
that are doubtful ami certain TO need then voVos,
the election would become simply q g"n'O""s ViO"'
Mr. l. TOWNSEND said that at the proper time Ss ne
womb er an amendment which he thought would heeI
the views of the minority, which wound otIe
clause until after l86S-untl after te he1, =. ne Thought
election I'm regard 10 paupersm he wished 10 De 49,
consistent He thought that when man
almshOuse he should be eohs9ereo al benefit
SUI % Of other districts outside NewYork where
StroIs their votes such system is antire
publican and should he abolished -, ,, doe,rod IN
make The law more specific but had been overruied by
his colleagues upon the cOlnnlttee, .,.,. chat tho
words "pubc pauper" were too general in Their appn
cation They might apply to any one MS
T6s would exclude some worthy citizens as any mem
Der on the floor 1t was unjust TO deprive or %, and
poyerty property qualification should no more Apply
to the white man than to the black tho, tho gentleman
MIR HAND Rep Broomel stl1 tnut .le * he vrn
from Rensselaer, Mr. Townsend had answered.
arguments having first SAID that suffrage was nataai
,h and then proposing take II away FROM poor me-
lit we're natural right why need any statute Jaw upon
bee,ins{ why make any other limit by awt AS to tne
poverty qualification il was must to men whQse
might only be caused by misfortune The patriot WHO ns
shed his blood In defense OF his country, whose Wous
have incapaciated hm from work and who mas s mn
himself 0ustrd at the polls while the noisy brawllhg
wifebeating drunkard Is permitted TO cast his vote "a
member: Put them under guardianship Ihese are
eases that are extremely difficult 10 Families desire
TO conceal their shame; and even the VIE ala al n
has For these reasons he should oppose the
AZ 9bi point fbe Committee rose reported progress,
and asked leave to sit again and the ConVeh'oh 'hP
| on adjourned ,......o-
Miss Anthony and other ladies in attendance upon
the Convention to-day and admitted TO seats upon
the floor They are preparing for grand on
Wednesday evening and evidently intend that the ques
tion OF female suffrage shall not be ignored MITE Stnlo
is reported as having said in her Fourth OF Juy speech
at Lake Waccaba: "She presumed that not member Oh
| the Constitutional Convention had gone 10 tho war
or could show the Of bullet received IN battle
Now i'm nontof fact the Convention boasts OF half dozen
heroes OF the Rebellion among It's members perhaps more
among whom are Gems. Merritt ana motifs Sois. l}u
game Seaver and AXte the latter OF whom me ls also
Methodist clergyman is stu suffering rom so' tb
contrary Notwithstanding the ballot ana the puie' 40
Mr. GREELEY made an Intellectual attempt to get The
Convention TO hold an afternoon or evening session. Du'
the majority Was 6fGf sG d hS1 II is not at ali prob
able that ut this stage they will go INTO night seS'io