The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-11-06
Hon. Thomas Ewing on the Re-
sUIt OF the Elections.

suit OF the Elections.
Hon. Thomas Ewing has written a letter
to the Commercial, in which he gives his
views Of the result Of the late elections
We make the following extract from it:
The President also disapproves Of the re-
construction acts cow 10 process Of being
forced upon the Sou'hera States, and cou-
cur With him. The measure strikes me as
neither wise nor just Admit that the re-
bels are treated in ii with mercy; that they
! deserve death rs u punishment for their
ireason, without regard to the means by
which they came or were forced into it; that
| instead, they are merely placed in political
/ hnnlaga. under their former slaves. Still!
| the III ishment is arbitrary and uulaw,u!; it
| has no Constitutional warrant and uo one
| is bound TO submit 10 It any longer than
! constrained by actual icTce-aHi 1t j. not
likely to conciiate the kindly feelings OF
/ thn men of the South whom il Vro>c-ihCs
and places in objection. The measure, as
! ! view II, iSUuwiSe and unlawful as to them.
and unjust aud degrading to as Of the North
| no never rcbelleG. Carry it into effect and
/ It gives to the plantation negro Of The South
/ n barge excess Of power in the government
/ of tie Union over that enjoyed by one Of
our Northern citizens. For example; the
| pro.crption aF the whites gives 30 the ne
groas in Louisiana. efficiently, the power OF
| the State in the local and also in the Cen
cral Government, and the State Is to have
mower in the Union due to its whole popu-
| laiinn. white and black. The census of
| 1850 gives Louisiana an aggregate popula>
ton of 70S 900, composed OF So, 900 whites,
and 25l 600 blacks,
The State. therefore. will he entitled, un-
der the reconstruction resolutions. to seven
Representatives in CONGRESS, Of which 35l,
OO1 blacks will be the whole efficient cousu-
tuency-the white men who can read and
write and cipher as far as the rul of three
having no more to do with than their mules
and horses. So that 5000 manumitted
slaves send a member to Congress, and
100000 citizens of Ohio do the same thing,
and no more. One manumitted plantation
negro in Louisiana will, therefore, have po>
litical power in the House OF Representa-
tives equal to two citizens Of Ohio, and the
prenonlarance win be considerably greater
in the Electoral College, for President =
The 3ji coo Louisiana negroes will be cnu
tied to two Senator's 800, 900 citizens o.
Ohio are entitled to two. One Louisiana
negro will, therefore, have political powcI
in the Senate more than equal to six Of oul
citizens. TO prove the reconstructio,
: scheme n wrong against uS, citizens Of ;
Northern State, who never rcbelled, it wer,
only necessary to show that one OF Us, cit
izen of Ohio. is as good rs manumjttel
plantation negro Of Louisiana, and ought t,
} have voice as potent in the General Gov
ernment Of the Union.
Tie Constitution as it is involves Unequal
tiles this particular among the citizens Of il
the different States, and would not amen,
It to remove them; it works no mischief
for we are all the people Of TIE same race
! Of like Intelligence, in all things alike, NOR
} ally and socially. But would lot amen,
: the Constitution to increase it where it cy
7 lists, or to create it where it exists not AM
especially, would not give This eDarmou
ex, G s OF power to mon Of q different rae
3 who are notand can never be oUra5aocatos
= Of whom we know little socially eXoaDt tha
t they are ignorant and degraded, and mott
!. ing politically, except that they have Il
ways been, and are, a disturbing clement !
+, our system. Their degradation, ignoranc
+ and immuraltY, the bitter traits Of slave
ry and oppression, cutitle them to our con
miscration, but do not entitle them to
S place so much above us in the scale OF pc
, ltical power.
l 1t would be much SnaieT coHceSSlOhb
Us I? the fI.c"n ?, Yl tG:'sQLi'',a @ o4og a' bo o