Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-09-10
The Fourteenth Amendment,


The most vital principles which divide
the Republican from the Democratic party
are embodied in the fourteenth almond
ment 10 the Constitution, upon the policy
Of this measure the people must judge
The time approaches when the people ar,
10 say whether they agree with the Dem
ocratir platform that this amendment i
unconstitutional null and void" Hon
Mr., Rawlin, in a speech at Galena, Ill
in 1867, ON the political issues then pend
ing in which he meets the question Of re
pudiation, says;
The purpose Of the fourth section o.
the constitutional amendment is the SET
Element Of these questions, II provide
that the validity 81 the public debt Of IA,
United States authorized by law, inolud
ing debts incurred for the payment O
pensions and bounties for services rendered
IN suppres,ing instruction or rebellion
shall never be questioned; but neither IA,
United States nor any State shall as,um,
or pay any debt or obligation incurred in
aid oi instruction or rebellion against
the United States, or any claim for the
loss or emancipation OF any slave, but all
such debts, obligations, and claims shall
be held Illegal aud void.
II may be said that this amendment i.
unnecessary, that no one would think OF
rcpudiating our national debt, or our ob,
legations for pensions aud bounties; that
il they did, the amendment would he No
preventive; they would only have to cleo,
a Congress that would refuse the neccs.
s,ry uppropriations.t meet thom; and
that il was idle "a think Of either tho
United States or any Of the States assum.
ing the rebel obligation or the payment Of
claim, for emancipated slaves, To this il
may be replied that it will be difficult t,
mud any one To 90 before the people and
advocate the reputation of an obligation
expressly declared in the Constitution
when, but for its being 50 declared, they
might be found And as 10 the rebel ob
legations and the payment for emanci
patcd slaves, il not only settles them for,
ever, hut will make men cautious about
mourning such debts in future.
OF the necessity of these amendment
90 settle the questions that had been in,
Nolyed in the war. and resulting from il
there can be- no doubt, yet all the scccd
ing States excepting Tennessee, rejected
them as au infringement upon their con
stitutIoual rights.
GOVERNOR Ton oN SEyMorR.-Ex,
GOV Todd Of Ohio recently made a ,peccl
m favor Of Gen. Grant, at Orwell, o., from
which We make the following extract
seymour is an Intelligent man. know
him we'll. He was governor nj the tim,
was governor. Mr. Lincoln called fol
volunteers, | sent him only thirty thou
sand, while Seymour sent him fitcol
thousand The President went round
.mlimautjns Seymour. and saying no
thing about what had done. took NJ
Lincoln to task for this, | said "IIou
s-,it ynu are complimcutius Seymour for
his fifteen thousand men, and ueslectinl
lo compliment Morton and me-" Hi, an
~N,r MIS- perfectly satisfactory. He said
Nl.y. Tod, | never thanked Mrs. Fin.
'aiu for il cup Of tea in my life" Laugh
Ter 4ad apPiau~eE The truth was Morton
AMI Ind dome nothing hut what was eN
in.ti ot a., while seymour had. II,
ltl never done the like before. and n,.,ur
did tif,rwsrd II was not uecos>arv.ts
keep It urlsr--uu,rtl in lnditIta. Illinois
and pHla tp correspond with the Hre-i
dent t~ II wa~ IN New York In thas,
States fue governors acted Is, the Pre-
l,at~ corr -panacu'> aud agents lur
viii remember tlmt remarkable aispatel
pf tt..w EAfN 4. *, ,If.slr. s4t.t,s.r ~ f.-.s