The Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1865-1870, 1868-02-23

q from the rule that the Democrats adopted
Nevada, admitted by the Republican party,
had population at the time of her admis-
sion equal to the population of Oregon
when she was admitted by the Democrats.
If The population of Nebraska exceeded that
of Florida or Arkansas.
We have italicised one of the strong,
: startling points of this part of the
e speech, for the benefit of such conser-
= vatives, rebel sympathizers and clam
e orous advocates of a "white mans gov
eminent" as sometimes read the APPEAL.
In support Of the attitude assumed by
the Republican party that all loyal
, Americans are citizens and that repre-
sentation should be based upon the
voting population, Mr.. Stewart made
the following telling point:
But on the Democratic theory the four
million colored persons in the South are first
to DO denominated brutes and denied all
rights Of representation or selfprotection
and second, the rebels are to have represen-
tatlon IN the Halls Of Congress for these four
million men. In other words, on all the DAYS
IN the year save one the negro is set off as
one of the beasts Of the field but on the day
the census taker makes his appearance he is |
set up on his hind legs and called man.
According to the showing of the Sen tor from
pennsylvania the South would be indebted |
for nearly one-half of her representation to
her colored population. The State of South
Carolina would have more representation On
account of her colored than her white pop
ula.ion.
Following an argument in support of
the proposed constitution al amendmen
and in reply to some remarks by sena-
tor Buckalew, he said:
The fact is that there are not more than
twenty or thirty thousand deprived Of holding
Office in the whole South, and most of them
would be at once relieved if they would cease
rebellion against the lawful authorities of the
Government. This number is not larpe-not ,
half as many the Nation lost by starvation
in rebel prisons under the inhuman manage
ment of the constituted authorities of the late S
confederacy. n
Most admirably put, was this reioin- 2
der, pertinent and apt. One of the
strongest and most unanswerable parts V
Of the argument is concerning the force Il
Of the Constitution and that part there -
Of which is never alluded to by the Cop :
perheads, who are SO fond of quoting
from that instrument. Said the Senator: e
That amendment, believe is now treated T
as part of the Constitution, and we follow S,
he Constitution. Only white men were cit,- f.
.ens before the war in the rebel States and
only white men voted. Now all 81
men are citizens, and all men vote. In each d.
vo1,tr J |
he reason why more men vote under the rule -
FLOWING citizens to vote is simply because VI
here are more citizens so that SO far as TO
citing is concerned, it is based upon citizen m
hip. the same as it was before the war. 1t T..
annot be said thatw have changed the form it'
4 government, because more men have be- ed
ONE citizens; for If such was the fact every ior
edition to the number Of citizens, from what
yer cause, would change the form of a re-
ubiIcan government. Do those who have ad
rgued that we must not change the form of pa
overnment Of South Carolina mean that we
lust guaranty them slavery and all their in
'itutions as they existed before the war:
This cannot be done without a change Of cee
he Constitution of the United States !
Reviewing, at length which pre- Ma
udes publication in our columns, the ella
'phistries of the Copperhesds with re- pul
ard to the sovereign right of the white :
bells to exercise supreme political con- bel
oil of the South and meeting them with efn
powerful array of arguments, he thence 'ne
the,
SUM Posi'ions Col
ken ty Senator Hendricks of Indiana; hu.
d in so doing furnished forth the fol- T
wing able defense of the present posi- dra,
n of the Repu blican party: foul
He (Mr. Hendricks) said that our esis.a- pass
n was to secure partisan power and not K
welfare of the country. This we deny. Cou
maintained that our purpose was to es-
fish in the rebel States negro supremacy, 'ioA
ich We deny, but contend our only object Con
o secure republican governments and pro- Fra,
ion for all men in life. liberty, and the ever
suit OF happiness. Is it possible that the he a
lator, after laboring two hours and half q,
how that the Republican party was seek far :
to destroy the Government, establish tions
and perform thousand atroci- viii
equally repugnant to the Constitution n,
to the laws of justice and humanity, did snec
lily believe that he attributed to US no pur- dicat
es or designs which we ourselves do not W.
fess: l attribute to the Democratic party ri
ny evil purposes which no Senator on this o,de,
r dare avow, and which that party, with conn
its audacity, dare not avow. Was it a tba
TX in their platform that they would re- tinue
the draft, encourage assertions, recog- No n
the independence of the southern confed- ~ IN
y, or deny the truth of reported Union order
ories /? Do they now openly proclaim A