The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-07-10

on Onciai Corruption
rHs AWARDS TO CANAL CONTRACTORS
Mr. LEE (repl OF Oswego, called for the consideration
OF his resolution previously offered, requesting certain
Information from the Canal Auditor Is TO awards to canal
contractors for compensation between the years
l8td and 1885,
The resolution was on motion adopted
INVESTMENT or EDUCATIONAL FUND
Mr. T. W. Dwight offered the follosing;-
Resolved That the Committee on Education instructed
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treasury who shall the interest income
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requiring regular q the amour. and Of
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the resolution was referred TO the Committee on Edu.
cation.
STATISTICS or rHs STATE nsoIszHR's DrARrxssr
Engineer and Surveyor containing statistics called for BY
previous resolution 1t referred to the Committee
on Canals and ordered printed.
AMHRlcAE EQUAL RIGHTS ASSOCIATION
Mr.. Fo'oER, lrep OF Ontario, offered resolution
granting the use q the Convention chamber on wsd.
American Equal Rights Association, which was laid over
under the rule.
rHE sUvvRAax QUESTION m COMMITTEES WHOLE.
The President announced that the Convention would
20 into Committee Of the Whole the report Of the
standing Committee oa the Right Of Suffrage
Mr. Avord trepI Of Onondaga. was called 70 the
chair
the CLERK then read the nrss section as follows:-
one years who shall have been an nhabian Of this State
tor o ss @ ~ for s
the election strict where he offer his vote shall De
where ali officers elected by the people provided that
az Sas rsa per-
stored to sy sh shall oSs Be- 70 vote ss @
have been publ ps"per shall vote at any election No
psy Or s
ward be gwen election, shall vote at such
90 sSssnssd sns the Vote
doe. NOT to has PAID ao offered
TO pay any money Or other valuable thing 70 nu.acs or
passed excluding from Young a. 40 eleaSn eyey person
wager depending upon the result thereof
Mr. FoLGsR moved 10 amend By striking out the
clause aisquafying public paapera
ad ing the section the follow ing wvrds:-"And pro-
vded further that any person not qualified Voter At
the time when this proviso shalt take effect shall not
thereafter ut any election unless able to read tho
constitution In the English language and write his name
and inability 70 20 read aud write shall 10 cause for
challenge at tho polls; but this proviso shall not
apply to any person prevented from inability
from reading or writing as Aforesaid " Mr. CARPENTER
said proposing TO make this addition TO the Soc
tion he desired to that Ii the proposition snould
be approved by the Convention it seemed proper IN has
Judgment. that Il should he submitted as separate
clause for the decision OF tho people, SO that standing
entirely upon It's merits might receive their endorse
justice sac or injustice JUSTICE Of any restriction upon
suffrage depended entirely upon the ques.
function were natural right or privilege II il were
right then every restriction upon It's exercise
based upon class raeo or age was not only arbitrary
bat tyLanncal. But even government such as ours,
which recognizes and allows the widest latitude of nights
and privileges, citizen had right not even the right
to life ITSELF which perfectly absolute In the mat
ter Of suffrage state mad certainly The right
cse such discrimination comforting the elective fran
whch could no. be- Disputed Granted however toa o
people might restrct suffrage II did not follow thar such
lotion could DO vndicated sxcspt upon an equable
basis for involving tho public welfare be did
not believe although the people OF tho state
had rejected unqualified negro suffrage. and had
really opposed 70 impartial suffrage, or were in
isv2Rpf Q property qualification Nine out OF ten
because they knew some coored men whom they
DID m regard capable Of voting inteileenty. But II
post ballot not ignorance In any other citizen
equally dsngerousf Lot suffrage In the future DO based
only upon principle booking only 70 intsgsncs or
1he proposition he had just offered had commenced it.
self TO his judgments BECAUSE under system Of cleo
inlegently unless he could write 1t least read
the words contained In the ballot which he cast Mr..
been already urged against an educational quacation
Mr. HAND. (rspl Of Broome, asked the last speaker
10 withdraw The present amendmsnt and present Is q
Er GRxIL.Y trep) OF wsstshsstsr, said he wished TO
~ few words gsnss. e % s0s course be Intended
the majority Of the committee that they would expect
him 70 undertake the general defence Of their report
no proposed TO do that at hs close OF the debate in
convention, and not in committed He did not
propose 10 defend the report point by point,
prominence, and greatly heightened the debate this
report and give notice that shall ask the CON-
tes 10 all oul the report TO morrow even il they had
10 at untA midnight In regard 70 the amendment
proposed by the member from Duchess was proposed
TO make It separate matter. He believed that they
would utterly confuse and ALLEVIATE the people n they
should 20 before them constitution submitted
them In pieces, and then number OF amendments to
very urgent upon point aud very that
the constitution should DO submitted 10 the people,
and that they should then have The opportunity 70 decide
| they had been living under for the last twenty
years Nj. Carpenter proposed to gnot the power OF
challenge AZ the polls In ali cases where man was sus-
pected OF being capable OF reading writing The
committee bad been especially careful 70 avoid cha
lenge the polls. Lot be board Of registration.
who could calmly deliberately decide who and
Legally voters At the polls ne would have
every man who made challenge be compelled do
specifically and OATH In the city Of New York,
In the last Presidential election, no had known many
voters who were anxious to vote, but owing TO mis-
cbiovous and exasperaing system OF chaleng.
Ing had been prevented from doing He trusted the
Convention would careful not introduce this very
| DANCE provision into the constitution
Mr. SPENCER (repl OF steuben asked whether II were
premature 10 discuss the question whether the new
whether certain questions should not be submitted sep.
araty? 10 the Convention OF ls46 at the close or the
Convention, after The frame Of the constitution had
been brought TO perfection, committee was appointed
for the purpose Of proposing plan OF submission 70 the
1 people
Mr. B.oKroap tdem) OF Jefferson, said that there
great many persons In the state Foreigners well eda-
caled, Who could read and write vel in other
languages but who unable read write English
Was proposed that this large ciass OF pssons should
be excluded from exercise Of this elective franchsof
Mr. CAaPxsrER did not think that . practical oo,ec-
| ton.
Mr. TowSsxyp, (rsp) OF Rensselaer,, said he was not
| in favor OF the resolution Of the gentleman from
Datcne because be believed the doctrine announced
by him grave political heresy. The doctrine he
referred to tho which the gentleman In his
umarks had seemed to base the proposition be had pre-
sented He differed entirely from that gentleman In the
that votnghe exercise Of the elective franchise
| OF The fathers. Their views had bees that
| all men created equal were endowed
| with certain inaiienahle riRhts, and that
governments derived their just powers from the consent
OF the governed Government did not derive its powers
from those could read and wre but rom the con-
sent of the governed whether those men who werc TO
| be governed were born upon these OF upon foreign
snorss whsther they OF complexion or Of an
DINER whether they Protestant Catholic, or Jew
or Gentle