Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1867-02-15
Washington Correspondence.
WARRINGTON. D. c., Feb. 7,h, Is

Babel may not be amiss if it should, pleas
consign it to the waste-basket. The people q
this city have been favored with about si
weeks Of fne sleighing and skating westhe,
d A Skating Park was fitted up. and many wer
the new beginners who tried their hands 70
= feer) at the slippery exercise. went in o,
: my nerve and succeeded in skating on m,
: manner. lis . new plan, and think shall
take out patent for the same. But, now oul
e glory has departed, the snow and ice with it
and We now must resort to something else t.
: amusc ourselves.
Congress is pegging away on reconstruct
ton, impeachment, civil service bills, Sc. &c
Yesterday in the Senate, the matter relative
to George W. McCracksn's letter from Paris to
was referred to committee on Foreign rela-
tons. ltappears that McCracken wrote to
Pr>siden, Johnson, urging the removal offor-
eign Consuls and Ministers who were known
to sympathise with the radical party. Among
others mentioned were J. Lath,op Motley, eur
Minister to Au>tria, Murphey. the Consul at
Frankfort Hale, at Madrid. McNIath, at Tan
|gres. Perry, at Tunis, and several others
The Consul 1t Genoa he styles common
drunkard" and says when he is sober he
asaails President Johnson. infer from Nc
ICraken's letter that, when the Consul is drunk
he praises him-a very logical deduction
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in McCrackens whole letter, as far as the in
tegrity and morality Of our foreign represen-
tatives is concerned. That they are nearly all
radical, no one will doubt. McCracken wants
place himself, and 'thst accounts for the
milk in the cocoa NUT
Mr. Pomeroy introduced bi to amend the
act gra nting lands to the State Of Kansas to
aid in the construction Of the southern branch
ofthe Union Pacific Railroad and telegraph
from Fort Riley, Kansas, to Fort Smith, Ar
kansas This bill was referred to the Pacific
Railroad committee
Mr.. Dixon, of Conn, offered the following
which he said he intended as an amendment
to Mr.. Wades pending constitutional amends
ment:
"Wherea,, At the last session ofthe Thirty
Ninth Congress an amendment to the Consli-
tuition Of the United States was proposed to
the Legslaturss of the several States, which
said amendment has not yet been ratified by
the States in which rebellion against the
United States recently PREVAILED and where
as there is reason to believe that the following
amendments to the Constitution of the United
states would, if proposed by Congress, be
ratified by the Legislatures Of said States !;
and whereas there is also reason to believe
that the constitutions Of said States will soon
be amended ~ the voluntary action of the
legislatures and people thereof, by the adop-
ton Of n article as follows;
"AnrIcLE. male citizen who has re-
sided in this State one year, and in the county
| n which he offers to vote six months immcd-
ately 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 S25C worth Of taxa
Bile property, shall be entitled to vote at any
election for Governor Of the State, members
Of the Legislature and all other officers cleo
tod by the people Of the State.
| Provided, That no person, by reason Of this
article, shall be excluded from voting who has
heretofore exercised the elective franchise un-
der the constitution and laws of the State, or
who At the time OF the adoption of this
amendment may be entitled to vote under said
constitution and laws.
| Now, therefore, in view. Of tho above con-
sidcrations, and in the confident hope Of an
early and fraternal restoration of the Union
| RESOLVED, &C., That the following article be
proposed to the Legislatures of the several
States as an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States, which, wen ratified by
three-fourths Of the said Legislatures, shnl be
| valid as part Of said Constitution
ARTICLE
SEC. /. The Union under the Constitution
shall be perpetual
SEc. 2. The public debt Of the United States,
authorised by law, shall ever be held sacred
nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or
obligation incurred in aid Of instruction or
rebellion against the United States.
SEC. 8. All persons born or naturalised in
the United States, and subject to Me juris-
diction thereof, are citizens Of the United
States and Of the States in which they reside
and the citizens Of each State shall be emit
tied to all the privileges and immunties of
the several States. No State shall deprive
any person Of life, liberty, or property with>
out due peocess Of law nor deny 10 any per-
son within its jurisdiction the equal protec.
ton of the laws.
SEC. 4. Representatives shall be appointed
among the several States according to their
respective numbers, counting the whole num-
Der Of persons in each State. excluding Indi-
ans not taxed. But when any State shall, on
| account Of race or color, or previous condition
Of servitude, deny the exercise Of the elective
franchise at any election for the choice of
electors for President and Vice President of
tho United States, Representatives in Con.
gress members Of the Legislature, and other
Offices elective by the people, to any Of the
| male inhabitants of such State, and being
twenty years of age and citizens Of the
United States, then the entire class Of persons
80 excluded from the exercise Of TIE elective
| franchise shall not be counted in the basis of
representation. No State shall require
property qualification for voters more than
| the value Of two hundred and fifty dollars
! taxable property, nor as an educational qnali-
fcstion more education than enough to enable
the voter TO read the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States in the English language and write
his own name.
General Elliott W. Rice, Of Oskaloosa, is
now in the city. He is hare experimenting
Indian Affairs. General Blunt, Of Kansas,
was also hore on the same mission but has
departed westward.
The success of Wallis Opera House in this
CITY 10 such as to awaken 3 lively interest on
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