The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1868-07-24
The Amnesty-..Its Eject.

nv t'"'VH"i iuNSlkcHccT says tnt
Presidents late amnesty proclamation
puts all the people Of the United
States upon complete political and
civil equality" II follows, says that
paper, that person who never was
a rebel, no more than a person who
never was rebel, is subject to be
challenged at the polls Of his Wei
mage on grounds Of rebellion, or 10
be governed by military authority in
any matter
In regard to the power of tho
States to regulate suffrage, it says:
=" The prescription Of valuable
franchise in 1868 for acts done to
the prejudice Of the public good in
1864, or earlier, would appear to the
most stupid or most blinded as sim
ply an CT post focto law. The con.
s'ltution contains these words (ariicle
! section 100 No States shall pass
any bill Of attainder, er post fieto
law, or law impairing the oblga-
HOhs OF contracts.
The Inielligenccr cites the limi,a.
''n" IF .h9s ~ zg ", 7'G .....sss !. IA.
preceding section, which prohibits
that body also from passing any
bill Of attainder or ca posto faci,
law and it asks, how can the four.
tenth article, known as the con.
stl'utlonal amendment" should il
be adopted, operate as applicable
to rebel upon person who, before
it went into effect, had to all pur-
pose and all intents, and ander all
senses known to law, ceased not only
to be but ever to have been, q rebel n
On these grounds ii declared the
right Of all persons in the South to
vote at the approaching national cleo.
tions, and that sit is the duty of
those who may be charged with the |
supervision Of elections in the
South to see that no man is wrongcd .
in the premises
But says the Richmond Dispatch. /
these persons so charged with the
supers::ss::cn,' ara the very persoss
who will ses ~. he wrong il dose
They are appointed for the express
purpose Of wrong and outrage, and
no authority Of law or constellation.
nor no right, however elsar, viii BE-
respected BY thcm." Does not the
Convention at Austin ask Congress
z give !. tina power to appoint regis.
'san for the purpose Of disfrnn.
shising whomHoeyer it pleases
Even radical Judges decide that
he Presidents psrdoning power il
lbsoluic, and that Congress has no
power to restrict !. by Legislation,
'nd yet radical Conventions, radical
military commanders and radical
'egistrsrs' will continue to disfran.
'h'ss large proportion Of the South.
~ people. But il We were 10 an.
81 70 radical Judges 10 restore our
TT Of suffrage, they would prob..
,le shifk the question, and IL they
lid noA there would be srmcd ne.
'roes u tssp us away from the polls
Il she poist II the bsyonet. I,isto
'revent the snses.y from having liz
'iect on suffrage that The Austin
Convention wants 70 asn the negros,
nd appoint the. rsxislrsrs. Ia. .
|oubtedly the Presidents smsssav ,
III do good, but the NstioaAi Il.
sillgencer Is mistaken in suppssiss /,
hat II will restore the right of sui 1
rage 10 the disfrunchised. |, ought
DO 20, but will no, While the reg.
'tralion and the polls are in she
ands Of the radicals backed BY mil. 1
laTy power. But in spite Of these
liabilities, va believe the Southern 1
tates, Teas among the rest, II Der. Q
aitsed to vote Il Ill, will give large I
'ajositics for Seymour asd Blair.
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