New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-06-29
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kection of our proposed article.
og have we seen fit to propose the Acknowledgement Of
beYs above tho OF eighteen years The current OF
ksa and usages In day but especially In this country,
kn already to set quite strongly favor OF the
kxaton not total overthrow OF parental authority es
Ecisliy over halfgrown boys With the sncerest good
Vii for the class In question: submit that they may
kpend the hours which they can spare from their AbOrs
Epd thor lessons usefuy and prOfab, master
the wisdom Of the sages and philosophers who have
Esedacd the science OF government In attendance
he proposition that tax should Be assessed on and
bOaeoted from voters j. commended like some others by
lsusibe analoges The rghtul and intimate connection
between taxation and representation was apoent watch
word Of Revolutionary fathers yet cannot ignore
Ke fact the Constitution Of having, like It's pre-
Eecossors. embodied this principle, amendment
striking ont this qnafeat0n ana thus establishing man
shned by overwhelming popular vote in ls26-yeas;
sSO7 ny s2l5. We do not feel called upon to appeal
Hor have we chosen adopt any Of the schemes of dis
dhchsug terate persons which have been referred TO
kn We IN ely admit that ignorance public evil, and
beJl well as personal misfortune, and we are ready
10 march abreast with the foremost in limiting us baefn
influence But mems relative capacity Is not absolutely
measured by their literal aequrements and the state
ior support and to she'd their blood in her defense
Weprefer Iat she shall persist in her noble efforts
ies invdioIs and more genial thanIdsfranchisemont
s1s no sO Sie rest on d der to The focbe
ntls ability read and write is not absolute but
AID ,waycd by like passions with other men, and that
thsy might be tempted, in exciting and closelycon
ns tc literary requirements those claimants Of
fhStanChr who nOOriOusy DESTROYS Of voting the
ecke OF those inspectors own party while applying
far srner and critical rule to those who should
prefer the opposite ballots.
Our prese Constitution authorizes the Legislature TO
pass avs designed to ascertain, by proper proofs the
persons entitled TO exercise the right OF suffrage We
Commend tat those laws shall provide for registration
OF all the legal voters 10 be completed at least six days
before state election, and that none other than
Rnsofed electors shall vote Your Committee conf
dent that experience Of state and Of the civilized
world fully iustihes these requirements. Unless the
stboG is 10 he regarded and treated a spttoOn no
person should allowed to whose right do
bot Fully ascertaned and unqucstiOnaDle In rural
neighbOrloud. where every one who approaches the
ballot box is known 70 dozens OF either party the
krauds of unregistered voting may be mainly confined to
h0se districts where the ascendcncy of party prac
locally uucheCked but in any Ccsel peOpled districts
where hundreds offer to vote who known only TO their
few eron,. the Is totally different. Not to register
e the voters so as 10 give time for deliberate
and general scrutiny not merely by the few who may
chance 10 ' present when particular vote Is rendered
IA 10 stimulate knavery and Offer premium fraud IL
Is 10 proclaim the right of suffrage worthless and prefer
10 felOn half dozen votes every cleo
hon which may cOndescend 10 patronize. To uphold
registration Of deeds yet oppose registration OF voters
virtually assert higher value more precious I'M
pOrtance lands than in liberties Doubtless some
frauds committed where suffrage nearly unYer
BAL nai what safeguards may DE thrown around the
bfe0tive franchise; but to maintain that registration,
while 10 afford protection to the titles whereby We
hold lands will give 10 right OF suffrage is
defy Tads5 and insult Your Com
knttee would urge that this precious right 80 unda-
mental to ali others, be carefully shielded from corrul
hon aud t,St the main safeguards against Its abuse
should b. left 10 unstable AMI huctuatng statutes
but sIioHll Do firmly imbedded in the Constitution
YOur Committee having thus fulfilled the duty i'm
posed them, ask 10 be DISCHARGED from the further
oOnslderat"n Of the memorials referred 20 them and
that these IN this report be committed to Committee
Of ttc M.lole.
Albany. Jane %, 1867.
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