The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1867-02-14


% Upton, IOWA: |
THURSDAY, February "A, 1857:
REcoNsrRUcT1oN. |
rbere arc three distinct plans of recon
strnction now engaging the attention OF
Con~ress and that Of the people. The |
prasid,ntial plan is that introduced Into
Ceneress by Senator Dixon, and IN
whIch II is proposed to amend the pend
inn Constitutional Amendment, to the
exact that when any State shall exclude
from, the elective franchise any class on
account Of race or color or previous con-
dltion Of servitude, such class shall not
be counted in the apportionment OF Rep
resentatiyes and that any State may re-
quire . property qualification OF s2D'
and an educational qualification requir-
ing Of each voter the ability to write his
own same and to read the Constitution
in the English Language. @
1t is,sessa that the rebel States would
acssde to sueh plan. They could well
s6Isrd to do sSesr it would put them IN
good shape for having more representa-
tiyes than they had prior to the reoe',
lion. BY this plan the negroes "ou'o
not be counted in appcrtioning reHrese".
tatives only when they were exoluoea
frnm the ballot box ION account OF rtVe
or colo,. or prccious condition. Ihey
might, and would, exclude them from
voting ON the property OF educational
qualification, and yet, under such plan
hHentitIed to include them in their basis
of Misrepresentation. a
The Southern people would unaues-
tionably require that every negro should
have $3.50 before he could be aflowedt TO
vote; aud then by theirnatural injustice,
hy preventing tho negro from testifying,
by preventing him from holding prop
erty, and by enforcing their vagrant acts
they would keep the negro In perpetual
poverty, and thus prohibit him from vot'
ius AZ efis-tuaily rs though IL were
done on the ground of race or color.
They would also provide that no negro
should be allowed to vote unless he could
read and write; and they would then
break IN their schools, burn their
churches and school houses and mob
their teachers.
But this is not all. The President pro-
poses to apply these restrictions to white
versions now minors. He proposes 70
base the right to vote on property, ana
not on the right of self government. lie
nronoses that a man who can steal $25c
shall steal with it the right to vote. He
wants the people to attach more impor
lance to money than they have hereto
fore attached to it, Such base PROPOSE
tion, such miserable subterfnge Is emf
Aept l,s.fl A e smanate from the presen
posed educational qualification is scarce
~ less objcctional than the propert
qualification. The educated leaders (
the rebellion are no better qualified I
vote than their ignorant followers. I'll
only remedy for ignorant voting Is a
efficient system of free schools.
The plan proposed by the Reconstru
ton Committee, in bill presented b
them to Congress, is rapidly gain;n
ground, and will probably be adoptt
with an amendment establishing unive
sal suffrage with the qualifications of pa
loyalty. The bill, as reported, provid
that the South shall be divided in
military districts, over each Of which
General Of the regular army, backed
sufficient force, shall exercise super,
sorry powers Of government until /
States shall be admitted. Such a plan
Just and practical, and will bring t
President to that point where he IN,
net with Congress and en- force the Law
or be subject TO impeachment.
The proposition Of Gen. banks appli
only to Louisiana, and provides for t
oPpofu t!lenr OF three commissions
who shall superintend the registrati
Of loyal men, regardless ofcolor, and c
an election Of such registered voters
the purpose of selecting delegates to
convention designed to form 10,
State government. aud ask for the i
mission Of the State under such Cove,
ment. This plan, though good one
Louisiana, Is not receiving much ate
ation, because it is not general.
NEBRAsKA.--The bill proyiding
the admission of Nebraska, OIL the ba