Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-04-05
Trouble I'm the Happy Family
Negro Suffrage Not Yet Through.

| Negro Suffrage Not Vet Through.
In our announcement yesterday that the
Senate Joint Resolution, submitting to the
voters the proposition to strike the word
"White'' out of the Constitution, had
passed the House, with an amendment dis
franchising Deserters and those who had
fled the country to escape the draft, and
Rebels, we thought the Senate would con-
cur promptly yesterday. In this we were
mistaken. The amendment was taken up
in the Senate in the afternoon. Hon. MAN.
UEL MAY made the first speech, attacking
the amendment in an able speecll-one that
gave very considerable annoyance to the
loyal" With effect, he presented their
notification record. Mr.. TIBBALs, Repub-
lican, followed him. After he finished his
speech. the Senate took recess until half
past seven p. M.
In the evening session, Mr.. KELLOGG Of
fered an amendment to the House amend
ment, simply disfranchising those who had
borne arms against the Government during
the Rebellion. This amendment was dis
cussed, and then passed by majority of
one. The House was in session for the
purpose of being in readiness to act on any
amendment the Senate might see proper to
make, if it should make any, and the amend
ment was sent forthwith to the House for
its concurrence. The amendment was dis
cussed in the House until nearly eleven
O'Clock, when a vote was taken, and the
House refused, by large majority to concur
I in the Senate amendment. A committee of
conference will follow, to see whether mat
| ters cannot be compromised. G
The debates between Republican mem
bers, of the House disclosed that there were
ltwenty-three Republican members who
could not go Negro Suffrage, pure and
simple. They did not think the measure
polite. They saw political death in it
to them. After the conference held
here on Tuesday night by the leading
men of. the Republican party, in which it
was urged upon the Republican, members
to pass the negro voting resolution, the,
held a. caucus, and finally
resolved to support that resolution If
there should be coupled Herewith the
disfranchising amendment as it was passed
by the House. On this they thought they
could save themselves with their constitu-
ents and preserve. the party from over
whelming defeat. At first glance this dis
franchising seemed: reasonable; but 1he
Senator and Member from Ashtabula could
not assent to disfranchising deserters and
persons who fled to escape the draft.
That they could not stand. They
have not more than hand
full of Negroes in Ashtabula, while as they
regrettingly admitted, the disfranchising
of those who fled the country through
of being drafted aoould
lose them betaoeer eight and nine han
dred Republican Uoters, and it wouldn't
do to disfranchise those patriots %
Ashtabula wants to infiict Negro
Suffrage on Central and Southern Ohio,
and would be glad to dsfranchise Demo-
Gratis who fled the draft; but inasmuch as
there were eight or nine hundred Ashtabula
who\ we're guilty of that
houghtlessness-that' the way they draw
it no,o--they prefer that none should be
punished for either desertion or skulking
the draft. A peculiar thing is the patriot
ism of the Republican leaders. Don PLATT
that the Republican party was
about drawing its last gasp, and that it
was befitting to look round for an admins |
trotor to odninister on the concern