The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1868-07-09
Congressional SuKrase;

Congressional Suffrage.
We have shown how southern states are
made by congress, and how states and
municipalities are administered by militia
ry governors and freedmen's bureaus, but
the end is not yet. If, says senators Sum
ner and Yates, congress imposes negro suf
frage upon the south, why not upon the
north ? Surely, why not? The question
is we'll put and comes from the right quar-
ter, albeit it is direct kicking over of the
Chicago platform. Mr.. Sumner lately
made speech in favor of congressional
enactment of universal suffrage, and Mr..
Yates, of Illinois, followed in the same di-
reotlon, urging for the right of congress to
impose conditions of admission upon
states, and of the perfect control of that
body ever the question of suffrage in all
the states. He said senators who voted
for the omni bus and Arkansas bills had
committed themselves to this principle.
We quote:
eff they had the right to control the
suffrage in the states of the south, -they
had the right to control it in the states of
the north, and there was no possible eva
sion of this point. Congress had the
right to enforce by laws a republican form
of government in every state of the union
whether admitted or to be admitted.
This power is vested in congress by the
constitution, and it requires congress by
laws necessary ard proper to carry into
execution that power"
Yates and Sumner thus both assail the
Chicago platform, which says expressly
that Il" loil " states are hot to be interfered
with by congress. There is deception, we
thus see, upon this question of suffrage,
as there is upon the debt, the currency,
the tariff, equal rights, and other ques-
tions. The people who choose to be de.
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discern the signs of the times, cannot fail
to comprehend the rottenness of the radi.
cal platform, and the fraud practiced by
those who made it,. Having spoken Of
this deceptive platform We give striking
illustration of the cheat:
Resolution reported by Mr. Thompson
and adopted at Indianapolis, February, 20
1865.
Fourh-The public debt, made nee
essary by the rebellion, should be honor
ably paid, and all the bonds issued there
fore should be paid in legal tenders, com
monty called greenbacks, except when by
their express terms they provide other
wise; and paid in such quantities as vii
make the circulation commensurate will
the commercial wants of the country, ant
so as to avoid tho great imitation of the
currency and an increase in the price O.
gold"
Resolution reported by Mr.. Thompson
and adopted at Chicago, May 20, 1868:
Thnd-We dentunce all forms of re
pudiation as a national crime, and the ma
tional honor requires the payment of the
public indebtedness in the utmost goo(
faith to all creditors at home and abroad
not only according to the letter but tn,
spirit Of the laws under which it was con
tracted."
Mr.. Thompson was once an old Henr,
Clay whig. and we must know how his ole
friend would scoff and scorn such a two
faced record as this.--N. Y. Express.
"COME Down." - We we're mucl
amused the other day, By an anecdote of
certain secretary of governor, several re
moves back from the present chief magis
trate of the Empire state. Like most sub
officials, to whom some "pressing" fina
process is committed he had an itching
palm, while at the same time it would no
be exactly safe to show his hand too open
w. On one occasion he had been waite,
upor by an impatient party interested il
two important bills which had been passe'
by the legislature, and, with sundry 9th
ers, were awaiting the governors sigma
ture.
"Did you place my bills before his ex
cellency?" asked the party of the secrcta
ry.
"Nn-n-ot yet" said he; Che had
slight impediment in his speech "n-n-o
quite yet; the G-g-g-overnor's v-vcry bu
sy. B-by the b-by, w-what was Imam
of the m-man that g-got up into tire
when our Savior was w-wa,king along tha
w-wayT
"Oh, you mean Zaccheas?"