The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1867-02-16
No.28.

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In the Senate Of the United States, on The
9th, Mr. Dixon. Of Connecticut, presented
the Presidential plan of reconstruction.
We give it in fall Mr.. Salisbury, Of Della.
ware, on behalf of the Democratic party, de-
INJURED to it, utterly repudiating any such
doctrine as was. contained IN it,
] WHEREAs, At the last session Of the thir-
! tieth congress an amendment to the cQnstitu-
i ton of the United States was proposed to
! the legislatures Of the several states, which
said amendment had not been ratified by the
states IN which rebellion against the United
/ States recently prevailed; and
/ Where's there Is. reason TO believe that
/ the following amendment to the constitution
/ Of the United States would, If passed bv
congress, be ratified by the Legislatures Of
said states aud
! Whereas there Is reason TO believe that
/ the constitutions Of said states viii soon be
amended by voluntary act Of the legislature
/ and people thereof by the adoption Of an
article as follows:
/ ARTICLH.-Every male citizen who has
Presided in this State one year, and in the
county in which he offers to vote six months
! Immediately preceding the day of election,
and can read the Constitution Of the United
States in the English language. and write his
name or who may be the owner of $3.50
worth Of taxable property shall be entitled
/ to vote at any election for Governor of the
State, members of the Legislature, and other
officers elected by the people; provided no
! person, by reason of this article, shall be ex-
/ cluded from voting who has heretofore re-
| eeived the elective franchise under the Con-
stitution and the laws Of the State; or who,
/ at the time Of the amendments, may be en-
titled to vote under said Constitution and
laws. -rs1- scH @
Now, therefore, in view Of the above con-
| sideratiOns, and in the confident hope of an
easy and fraternal restoration of the Union.
ResOtUed, That the following article be
proposed to the Legislatures Of the several
states as an amendment to the constitution
of the United States, which, when qualified
by three-fOurths of said legislatures, shall
/ be valid as part OF said constitution
/ . GARTIGLE, Section l. The union under the
constitution shall be perpetual oH
Sec. 2 The public debt of the United
States, authorized by law, shall ever be held
sacred and inviolate; but neither the
/ United States nor any state shall assume or
] pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid or
! insurrectiOn or rebellion against the United
/ States.
| Sec. 8 All persons born in, or naturalized
! in, thel United Estates, and subject to the
/ j
state in which they resides and citizens of
each state shall be entitled to all the privi-
leges and immunities of citizens of the sew
/ eral states No state shall deprive any per-
son OF life, liberty, or any properly, without
due process of law, nor deny to any person
within its jurisdiction the equal protection
of its laws, .f.....fr
Sec. 4. Representation shall be appor-
toned among the several states according to
their respective members, counting the whole
number of persons IN each state, excluding
Indians not taxed. But when any state shall
on account of race or color, or previous con
ditiOn of serVitude, deny the exercise of the
elective franchise at any eisoiiOn for the
| choice of electors for president and vice
president of the United States, representa-
tiVes in congress, members of the legislature
and other officers elected by the people, to
any male inhabitants of such state being
/ twenty-One years Of age and1citizens Of the
United States, then the entire class Of per-
sons so excluded from the exercise of the
elective franchise shall not be counted in the
basis of PepFes entation. No state shall re-
quire property qualification for voters more
than the value of 5000 in taxable property,
nor as an educational qualification more ed
ucation than enough to read the constitution
of the United States ia the English language
and write his own name.
This plan, says the Memphis Appeal, pro-
posed by the President and ccncurred in by
a handful Of Southern5 men, (among them
Gov Orr, of South Carolina, should Of
coarse receive from the people of the Pro-
Vinces, dispassiOnate and sober eonsidera-
ton; although we do not imagine that there
| Is the least likelihood of It's adoption by the
Congress Of the United States. Whatever
our opinion as 70 the faults of the PRESIDENT s
policy, since his accession to Office, he has
| certainly shown & generous temper towards
a conquered people has pardOned many
| who were leaders in. Secession, and in the
civil war, and has insisted on the Constitu-
tional rights Of the States. If he dares not
propose a better plan, we may be quite sure
that none better has at present even the
ghost of a chance. -,t
Henry b. Blackwell, Of New York, sends
US a letter of advice TO the South, desiring
It's publication. with comments. IN which ne
urges that we may turn the tables on the
RAIDS. by Offering to be reconstructed on the
basis Of universal suffrage of white and negro
men and women. We notice it IN connec-
bion with the Presidents plan because It
states, as we think truly, the Northern feel
ing and determination.
We do not doubt that the radical princi-
pies of the North are immovabIy fixed upon
Negro Suffrage as acondition Of Southern
| reconstruction" nor that T" the advocates of
Negro Suffrage daily grow stronger and more
numerous.
But we do not believe that the result is
to be arenewal Of civil war, or q concession
by the South Of political equality to the
negro"
Of course, the interest Of both North
and South if they must live together, is
peace, harmony and fraternity And vet
we do t" recognize the fac" that the rad
icalism Of the North is actual, organic, and
progressive" We are told that, if the South
resorts to arms, {" the North viii be prac-
I tically unanimous" We do not doubt It.
Il is practically unanimous now, in iegisla-
ton
The South nas not even begun to think Of
a resort 70 arms as a possibility. She Is
chained like Prometheus to the rock, and the
Vultures tear her vitals but all her people
know that it would be insanity to endeayor
TO resist any thing, No doubt It Is desired
she should. But she sincerely desires
peace. We were al weary Of the condition
Of things that war engendered. we remem-