The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1868-07-29
BIngham,s Amendment.

The Cincinnati Enquirer makes the fol
: lowing truthful comment on the adoption
Of what is known as the i4rh amendment
proposed by the Revolutionary Rump, anC
ratified by the BAYoNET. The amend
ment reads like one Of Bingham's speeches
"a drag of words-nothing pertinent, bu
susceptible of different Interpretations.
The EhQurer's articlc expresses our ssenti
ments. Read il:
THE BOGUS FOURTEENTH CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT.
| This miserable political contrivanee, the
mere spawn of political campaign, coin-
pounded of bigotry, intolerance and folly,
has been declared adopted, and to hence.
forth constitute part of the Constitution.
1t was meet and proper that an amendment
containing provisions so base should be rat
flied by fraud and force. 1t really and hon
estly never has been ratified. The pretend
led ratification BY the six Southern States is
a cheat and a. delusion. There has been
no ratification among the late Confederate
States, except a ratification dictated at the
point Of the hayohet In addition, also,
the States of Ohio and New Jersey, which
ratified il in 1867, withdrew their assent iu
lS6S,while the matter was still a pendint
question, and duly notified the Government
of their action, The Congressional
trump" has directed the Secretary Of State
to pay>no attention to this resembling of
the ratification by Ohio and New Jersey,
hut to count their votes as being for it.
Without this rejection OF these two States,
the amendment is beaten. seI
This bogus Interpolation in the law of
the land ought not to be permitted We
do not believe it will be longer than it takes
case arising, under it properly before the
Supreme Court Of the United States. As
long as it is allowed to stand, it will be a
terrible blotch upon the Constitution. One
OF its main sections denies to the States
representation in Congress for their negro
population, unless they, at the same time,
permit negroes to vote. They thus make
Of the negro a privileged POLITICAL class.-
States can be represented for their female
even If they do not give women
the right Of suffrage. But not so the ne
gro! He must not be touched. The effect
of it in our own State will probably bc
when the census is taken, 1870, the loss of
one of our Congressman and Presidential
Eector, unless We submit to negro suffrage.
hnuthsr section Of the pretended amend
ment declares that tthe validity Of the pub>
ic debt shall not be questioned. Under
This section Radical Congress will, we pre-
'ume, pass law Furnishing with fine and
Imprisonment all persons who question =
'haLis the language-the validity Of the
public debt, and who oppose its payment in
yold! We shall return again to the old
edition law Of John Adams for model.
Another section procribes from ever hold
ng office under the United States or the
'tste Government a large numbor Of the
oading persons in the South, embracing the Q
alnnt, experience and character Of that t
rction, and. in orderto clinch the proscrip-
ion, it provides that it shall require two
birds vote in Congress to remove these dis a
bilities in individual cases. ytt t
These are some Of the salient features of t
MS bogus and bastard amendments with ;
hich it is proposed to disfgure the Com
tuition. Whenever we return to legitii G
late and regular government, il no before, t,
lis Disagreement will be healed and this n
otch upon the Constitution effaced.