The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-02-01

lsuse Of section eight Of the frst article Of
be Constitution Of the United Statss, which
leclAres that
"Ths Congress shall have povsf. - nAlea1l
AVS which shsll become necessary g1RDe1elA
aFfying Into sxseufisn the forsgoin 1wS1I -
ID othsr powers vsslsd BY this Const neion = ~
aovsrnmcat Of the United States oeAny d1mt
nsnt or olkeef thsrsof." @
Here il declaration Of 90 wod9 f
wise Be : general principle anyhow, that y
gress shall have the power 70 pas
necessary 70 carry into execution sSs!ss
that ara vested in the Government 49, =. -
Canefitnkiaa.szAs CeAgnpaa - ~; eea1s -
sS.,Srt~s ~ 1si1fsiu loyal Npublftah gov-
errmeur;AAash 6eateyft has the night 70 use
~b.tS11 M1lnss nay b necessary for that
,.....eee...s,A lefaros AhasA AAfAe-
isr 6f dc means will depend upon tho char
In Il - esss Z ~ bss1s ~ - d army !;
ia another case perhaps it may be simply pre-
sentine question TO the courts, and having
il tested in that way in another case it may
90 TO tie very Foundation of the Government
Itself. And ! propound this proposition !:
that il Congress, after deliberstion, after long
rfnk6I6d7 eaper7iSSnte 5ahsh cdne to shseos-
In nelA byaErN6ukai0a1. Stats -kusefo-
merts cannot be erected and maintained IN
the rebel States upbn the basis Of the white
incubation. it has right to raise up ana
maLe voters of q class of men who had no
-;oht tn vote under the State laws. Ihis II
s;mpIy the use of the necessary means IN the
scn,io,.pi the gaazantee. dfws Aays found
atesf reSeesed trmts thAeS 1oyae 4eFussican
State governmental, governments that shall
answer the purpose that such governments
are intended TO answer, cannot be successtni-
IL founded upon tho besss of the white popu-
la,ion, because the great majority of that pop
utation are ds!oyal, then Congress has . righi
TO raise NO new loyal voting population fol
tho puspose, Of estahliehisg shAse eoeEn,,
ments IN the execution OF The guarantee
think, sir. tAis pepee4sipe ~ - aeer that i
is not necessary 70 elaborate u. We are no'
required 70 find i'm the Constitution partic-
nlsx great Of power for this purpose, eat "
find general efant Of power, md We End
also ano,kse @oat Of posse nasthdfizing Us te
use whatever means may be necessary TO ex
eeute the first; and we find that the Supreme
Eesr& Of The United States has SAID that VI
Judgment Of Congress upon this question shai
be eoncIhdrA Ahsk III Aen0s AsslAviewed b
the Courts. that il is q purely political matter
and. therefore, the determination OF Con
eress, that raising ap coiorsd nsA tesheyigh
OF suffrase Is means necessary 10 the execu
ton Of III pssuhss ssss esstnnisAtion which
cannot be reviewed by the Courts, and is con
elusive upon the peopieof this country.
ms. Motion hen referred 10 III. JoAASsa'
assumptieG ofShea right y jsiaiatA and after
| wards control reconstruction. That at frs
he had declared his work dependant upo1
! tks sssclioa d Censves. Thsl be dsfna
| chised in bis proclamation more Sonther
| men than Congress, Inst shi!s the disfran
chisements Of Congress were Of only som
Al, 900 or $4,000 rebels, Mr.. johnson dis
frxnchised 250.oe8 or 10000. fhht MI
johnson . EeutAern State Governments ha
never been ratified By the Southern people
| and on this score he thus discussed
ApASoER TO BE APPREHEsDED.
| How cal, it be pretended for moment
even admitting that the PRECEDENT had th
power to start forward in the work of recon
| struetion, thai those State Governments ar
legal formed by sEfslf majority, never rat
lied by the people the people never havin
had = chance to vHe for them? They stan
IS nsers arbitrary Constitutions, es,sblishs
mot by the people of the several States, bu
| simply by fnrce of exenatiss porer. And
Sir, If we shall admit those States to REPRE-
senta,ion on this floor ant in the other Hous
sader those Constitutions, when the this
shaft have got beTond onr keeping and The
are fully restored to their political rights
they viii then rise up and declare that thos
constitutions are not binding upon them, the
they never made them; and they will .hro'
them off. and with them vii 60 those proyis
ions ~hieh veresincorperated therein, Heclal
ing that slavery should never be restored an
that their war debt vas repudiated. Thos
provisions were put into those Constitution,
but they have never been sanctioned By th
people OF those States, and they will ca,
them out ~ not bell, & their act and deed q
soon as they hail have been restored TO i
Iikieea power in h1 Gosernusent. Theref0s
II saythate vsn'if b cencedes that the Pre-,
ident had the power, which he had not,
start forward in the execution of this snarar
tee, there can still be no pretense thai ihos
governments are legal and authorized, an
that Ne are bound TO recpg sizeknem II
The speaker showed that under Mr. Lob,