New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-10
THE CONVENTION.
YrrF1ToNs- ANIMATED DEBATE IN COMMITTEE On
TIE SUFFRAGE REPORT.


"a 90, o,aliaoa A large number Of petitions, memo |
flaIs and resolutions were presented and appropriately
sy Mr. KlSESY ep AGAINST spgrSp"ns public
m0IypY 10 charitable or seotaEian institutions.
nv Mr. ENDRlsss dcpl-FOr suffrage TO women
By Mr. MURPHY (I,ein) ON the same Subject
BY Mr. BEADLE tkepJ-OD the same subject. .sso |
By Mr. T. v. DWIGHT CRepl Prom ne Prison AsSo
elailOn on the pardOnng power -. ,Doole
~ Nh mr WV A DSSiGHT% Relative the invest
meat Of the funds Of the sts SS ,u,, to women.
Ry AIR AIR CHHMPLGiS DEM CIRCUMSTANCES against
tns ssasdG n f. o. %AWRESCE cpG VAN cAMPEN
Fse91 and HAMMOND tRepl presented peu''0"S J"
RY Mr. DUGGNNE ep ~Ag ainst bribery and coiI1p
M GREELEY Gep) oprv sed q resolution that the the
Caaveton do now resolve w elf into Committee OF the
,see bat withdrew tito allow Jude Folger move
the uss Of the Asseby Coameer DC gysn 20 eve
ing provided IL not In use by tue OonVeneoi, &
Convention shortly after went into COnnlltee vi ny
bas mon the report Of tho Suffrage Committee the
Hon TqomGs q. AlvOra dep;l in The char ,,, on,
IIr. FOLGER GepJ moved 10 amend by SURFING o"'
4he cnnse prohDit.U 'paupers from V9tlns; d IN,
Mr. LAPAAM tRsl mSSeS , 70 d lsher reomisite for
citizens prior 10 Sotng and s1cndng from AZ lots
M FOIGER (FspJ aeccpted the amendment
Mir CARPENIEk tkeI3 moved substitute tnn is 1 no
man should be allowed 10 vote liness'he sha W. ' sh
read and write IN the EBFsh Language ana Sg ina, and
-secepcd Nesro sUiissr Il. onght 10 DC 5Titv have
separate proposition 20 the Tpopie Inc sJo,S ~ IN
sSroTanc in the Cr-tson that Is to he submitted
whole mn9{ nsyS p'lf Fyom 20 ,srefni read
% f a. so repoyf there seems 70 he discrimination
:, Se%i ~ 2his Of his such principle
y dope seems Sg s ~ tb no ie T6iss proper
.end desirable tn jnsree or injustice o ,ht nS
s1IisTe II natural restriction is arbitrary and
fyraurcaL Thege Is no Substitute risht nnae our rise
.ttioa The LAWYER must have an education to e1eICee
his profession hele tObe harsh Wholesome iTs,SS
tn III give N spSs t has heIStocre rejected negro
snfps re The1+et that Je people have allowed %
nen ~ NI y, Slows opfy that some Of that class were
thooght not worthy me property ~ none
sary nuctuon argument tor property T nnIv
@ne test " that ar1lad mind and brain There VIII
oppose nlpe out OF ten VIII say ' Ss An al
ssrea warf Of ineienee Is all the opposition ,nat NIL
oSap The Ifricau The same rule will apply as Wen 10
die white yOter,and intelligence shonu T ne ition
Aad commended itself TO hnn t tl, ote'"ie
under orr system Of o secret DTeSsre his own
ballot write least read IT, The eleclef R
o,e ~, Rjcseni Roe We cannot be- certain that mat
4erty have actually declared their preferences; ELI
hSs,v Te proposition commended itself secondly;
because ssim1lns VIII be gwen 70 O. m tnirliceHf peo-
PIE tins Will impe al to take advahIagT Vi i H. me-
Sropostcp retrospective and woui9 lnuIe M
enc II world lead 10 great enlightenment bgoIy sb b
prejudice would vanish ana lus,se wG t s a,i dav
fssis Of intelligence II might be thousnI 700 esIs &
Cor This RyopssoU but IL would come at some nie.
eme give Hsgn body of electors He reviewed
she objections ,ohis proposition II mient Isl, yin
sos -" scr@ already dIsfranchsed Taxation without
Sdteats rejection The ability to read ana write
iDdceS Of mans powers OF mind bnt u Wi.
fpspetors ~ election other officers may make the law
snSs s Sa se Ies S t SRP may not result in
anything positive etTS sha, sai tb 6y Sy am qdra
NJ SsREIITY said ii had beeu indicated him by
fAe majority of the Committee that he should defend
th, epOE and this hs proposed 10 do IA ConnenS 20 he
She dose the debate and not In the Committee OF Ie
whee hoped the COMMITTEE would aequlesee IN s
plan. tbAtheh tule might not be needlessy consumed
The gentleman froso Duchess proposes separate snDm
aion. We ail ALLEVIATE the people Y We propose Con
sns N aarRsrd' We desire to ala IN Constitution
without string Of submissions hanging about it, They
want 90 KNOX JFbat they voting for II certain
propostien brejectsd DISLIKE the whole SGnsI.
rejected sI compOs ons when submitted TO The people
ne hoHg the mark Of me from s s s5
that part which referred 70 the rejection OF literary &c
hat aSiy to read and write DOT absolute eoDpsr
stye that inspectors of electom are fsoe Snd sw2yed
70 eTitielse harshy Their epgo ents while leaning toe
t1Sg l0s'r o,d ne~ iDa Gm ap he nsperpor
Knows with what party each Of them Votes. ~ n
more kindly upon the eaorts, 70 read raade by
AT the challenging that is doae The polls Now, sap
pose Determined 70 ehaeng al who eoioe 10 the
boil al as been done in New York city. II would make
endless confusion and trouble H. soneines wrote hs
that il difficult 10 read Laughter, ana
who was e decide when mans 's4ns leased s TO
challenger OATH hut without 1t eotHlcuAhle Seh
Mr. n. J. TOWNSEND Rep, Rensselaer, said he be
Ieyed the proposition OF the genilems sJ3m Dutess to
he based upon grave political heresy re men
had right participate in the Cover uIOent EDder which
they hIed This was nor The dSctr he 81 Our iSt1es
This was not the doctrine Of the Rsppb sisM ID Iieh ne
had been nurtuIed and he bop 70 de s read
the Declaration Of Independence tha toe government
derived us rghts-from whom From Zen W no can read
OF write 4rom educated oeni No. S1t " IRON the
consent of the governed from. me porn here OF
catholic. lew and Gentle sfeh was a,n the 3 s9s
Then commented the strngge between, Slavery end
have almost forgotten that tie white mi nad rigts
He believed n what the Declaration OF 9soePendehee
.said the rights of all men and he 6ebesed IN ihe
doctrine Of the Book they al held sacred g1At said 40
INTO sthers ycu would they should DO uhy9 you IN
government worthy Of their fathers and themt5ves 10
believed IN educ on nut ne NAG knOw oe, S ~ pam in
1aitey worthy 10 vote than those ~ ON N1oi me
better education.
OsOn Of the gentleman from Duchess; yet he gould
hardly far the gentleman from Rensselaer, ow-
send He proposed TO put his vote upon something else
than abstract principle They already had Consti-
such qualification that just offered asked for by
constituents; therefore ne opposed TO IT. There
few important amendments only were needed. They
might attend to these and return home in the Of
Mr. CARPENTER withdrew his amendment.
Mr. GEO. NJ. CURTIS tRep, Richmond proposed an
amendment allowing suffrage to women which he with
drew after brief explanation with the privilege OF sub
Nh GREEI.EY begged the Committee OF the Whole 10
remember that the report OF the Committee Suffrage
bad been thoughttnly considered ana prepared WIN
IDIOTS had been iudicaly declared to be
Of unsound mind would be disastrous raging lunatc
on complete might brought up 10 the polls and
all present night be convinced that bis reason was gone
Now as TO paGpeTs lie knew that member of Congress
bad once been elected in New York City simply by pau
per vote. Men who manage ams-hOuses practically |
Control their inmates. They send ont those who via
ofaf their uWu - belong