The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-02-06

mitted In thy name by these men who,
while they loved not Ghe Eonstitution
and sought itsstiestsucton. now for par
ty purposes, claim TO be its ESPECIAL
friends Ny friend from Wisconsin, yes
tegday compared what he called. the Ra
,,icai party OF the North TO tie Radicals
Of tho South, and when he r~as asked the
question by come Senator 'swho are the
Radicals Of the Sout1," be said "they
are the Secessiopizts. Sir, the Seces
sionists Of the South are Democrats 70
day, acting il hartnony and concert with
the Democratic party. They we're Dem
ocrats drring the war who prayed. for
the success OF Mcclellan and Pendie-
tor. md who would have been glad To
vote for them. They were Democrats
during the war. men who sympathized
with the Rebellion, who aided in bring
ing it on. These IRE the Radicals. OF tic
South, and my friend iron. Wisconsin,,
after all, is acting with that Radica. par
ty. The burden of his speech ycster
day WINS that the reconstruction, meas
ures of Congress are intended to cstab
,ish negro supremacy. Sir, this propo-
sition Is without any foundation whates
er. believe it was stated yesterday by
the Senator from Illinois Mr. Trumbull)
that in every State but two the white
voters Registered outnumbered the coli
ored voters; and the fact hat in two
States the colored voters outnnmber the
white voters, 10 owing to the simple ac1
cident that there are more acolored men
in those States than there are white
men. Congress lras not soughtto estab
lish negro supremacy, nor has it sought
TO establish the supremacy of any class
or party Of men, If it has sought TO
establish negro supFcmacyit would have
been no easy matter by excluding from
the right OF suffrage all men who had
been concerned in the Rebellion, in ac-
cordance with the proposition of the
distinguished Senator from Massachu-
sets Mr.. Sumner), in his speech at
Worches'er, in 1865. He proposed to
exclude all men who had been concern
ed in tie Rebellion, and confer suffrage
only on those VINO were left. That
would have established negro suprema-
cy by giving the negroes an everwhelm-
ing majority in every State and if that
had been the object OF Congress it could
have been readily done. But, sir, Con
gross has only sought TO divide the po-
iiticai power between the loyal and dis
ioyat. 1t has DISTINGUISHED some 5000
disloyal leaders, leaving all the rest Of
the people to vote. They have been en-
franchised on both sides, that neither
should be placed in the power of the
other. The Rebels have the right to
vote SO that they shall not be under the
control and power OF the Union men on
y, and the Union men have been allow
I'd TO vote SO that they shall not be I'M
der the control and power OF the Rebels
This is the policy, to divide the political
power among those men for the protec-
lion of each. Sir. the charge that we
intend to create q negro supremacy or
colored State governments is without
the slightest foundation, for it would
have been in the power of Congress to
have easily conferred such supremacy
by simply excluding the .disloyal from
the right Of Suffrage power which it
had the clear right to exercise Now,
Mr., President, allow ME to consider for
moment the Commandment offered by the
Senator from Wisconsin, and upon
which his speech was made, and see
What is its effect-1 will not say its pur-
tor rom rom its inevitable ehsct-should it
senate THE secfa e ssk the Secretary Sec Ssas
81 PROVIDED, mevevtAelss., That upop = .ssrS 49,
tapncasson OF any constitution, Of officers sstirl
the same, previous 70 its adoption in any State n
person nos navinE the quAncatous OF An elector vi
der the constitution and laws of such State pfeviou
30 the late rebellion shall be allowed TO vote mics
ne shall poasess one Of the following qualification
l. sfIe shall have served a. soldier in the Frsa.
al Army for one year or more. 4.9 - =
He shall have sufficient education TO read tt
Constitution of the United States and to subscrib
his name to an oath TO support the same or y 80
s.. He saan BE- sei.ed ID his ovn right or in II,
right OF his w'fe 81 freehold Of the value of sest
Mr.. NORTON. Sir. those qualification, are
by the terms Of <he Amendment. to apply /,
those who were not authorised to vote by tn
laws OF the State before the rebellion-in othe
words. The colessd mon. He proposes to ALLOW
colored man 70 vote il h has been in tn
Federal Army one year. and proposes to allow
rebel white man to vote. although he h.
served in the rebel army four years He pro
poses that colored man shall not vote unles
he has SUFFICIENT education to read the Consti.u
ton OF the United MATES and to subscribe hi
he permits . ssbsl white man to vote who nev
or heard OF A and does not know how to m.k,
his mark even for . note gwen for whisky
tLaugntar.J tg s3ntRHsn a. rEes aHs ~ -
Again. III. he proposes lhaA the ceiored mar
shall not vots sunleas be, shall Be seized ia his
own right o. in the lghA Of his Wis Of fies.
nod o. ne veiue o. $So0. ? provision which.
ninety nins out q every thousand eolored men
in the south. Tho colorsd man cannot vote
anless - has freehold Of $3.50. bu, the white
febSt. WAowas nevssswessh' twenty fiye cen,s
who nevsrpaida rolttax IN his life, never naii
an hsnseA ashts u 70 b allowed 20 vote. Sir
whet would b. the inevitable effect of the
adoption q BUS amendmeAt TO cut of such
rebsl white vote lafgsly IN The Ascendency and
70 put these new State governssnts there to
nc formed again into The hands Of the rebels
SIR, + via not spend logger dine on that i-sf