Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-12-23
RIVER MATrERs.

Aati-SG Gvery Standard, calls attention
to thrss points for which ne asks the
earnest and immediate attention OF Con-
gress;
The first e, an amendment OF the Con-
sItuCion. Several members, IN House
4 and Senate, hsve offered forms for this,
while Air. Sumner proposes oil for the
same purpose. A Constitutional amend
ment is preferable. SLOW and somewhat
uncertain es this is, ws dread Chase and
/ his ec--t 50 much thst -va hope the Con-
/ slitut8n will bs fortified. Meanwhile
every iJrm that We have seen Is def
! CieDt.
JUICE Kelley offers the following:
! "ReSo9Vsd, That! two-thirds OF both
/ Houses ooncurring, the following article
! be proposed 10 the Legislature Of the
several States, which, when ratified by
I three-fouFlhs Of said Legislatures, shall
be valid IS part Of said Constitution,
namely:
''ARTICLE- No State shall deny or
exclude from the exercise OF any OF the
rights and privileges OF an elector, any
citizen 0! the United States by reason OF
rsce or oOl0r.n
We remember the example Of Georgia,
and hence We claim the insertion after
the word " elector,n Of the following
or from eligibility 10 Officer This ad-
dltiOn seems Indispensable. We urge
immediate action. The usual Law of pO-
liticai resctioH leans 10 giving the Gov
eminent 10 the opposition in 1872. TheFs
Is no such loyal majority as Ssuarsnteses
against II. TwenJy-seven thousand I
votes changed from one side to the other /
would hsys elected Seymour. In such 4
circumstances the present Congress I
~frr sfaafsa hn-
yOld the possibility OF ever being moved, I
See0Gdly-If Johnson g5eS quietly out 4
Of Office or the 4.n OF next March, il .
win De proof thst 10 President can be 1
Hpeached-that Republics cannot de- /
Tend Themselves. II this be 90, We shall .
advocate the abolition Of the Presidency.
l. must not be possible hereafter for =
PElDoe Of Ass2ssins TO hold the White
House. In behgf Of the unsheltered Icy
aiists OF the South, We claim the lmme-
dists impeachment Of Andrew Johnson.
ThirGly-The situation OF Georgia de-
msnds the instant attention OF Congress.
She hiss swindied her colored population
out o. their right to Office. The con-
stFueti1n she thus makes of the law is
absurd; en- honest judiciary would set 1t
aside.
But Congress must trust to no such
deputy. EJ must face the duty fearlessiy.
Il must fLd or make some wsy to keep
such u Stsge cut Of Congress. The legal
scumsn Ct the Senate viii be sufficient,
We doubt not Mean " bile we venture
to suggest that, if no bgttar way can be
found, both Houses lay The credentials Of
the Georgia members on the table, and
leave them there until the fifteenth
amendment Il adopted. Then, under
that provision. bar out the State until
B. y, 80
c2siou 10 present Ia detail the urgent
reasons foT each OF theee. For the pres
sDt, re simply suggest the points, and
most earnestly demand action.
As to the first we think /; doubtful that
enough States can be procured TO vote for
a constitutional amendment favoring
"universsl Suffrage" Of the second, that
only Radical fsuaticism could prompt 80
foul abuse CT one Of the most patriotic
Presidents ths country has ever had
and Of the third, that We can almost with
certainty szzure our readers that Georgia I
will remain Ia the Union, for the reason
by the Montgomery Mail, "thst
squivocsl proclamation left it
Ia doubt whether the fourteenth amend |
m4nt was ever ratified. Oregon, Ohio
and New Jersey having Withdrawn their
il Georgia should be declared
il would turn out that I
pne less than the required t1enty-eight
5Cstes had ratified the fourteenth amend
ment. II Georgia is legal State, the
amendment sticks; II she is not, the
amendment goes by the board" The
% legal scumen Of the Senste" will hard
, overcome that difficulty, WENDELL. :