The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1868-01-25
From the Ohio Statesman.
From the Ohio Statesman.
The Resembling Of 0hio's Consent to the Ne
gro Suffrage Amsnansns to the Federal
Corafitution

From the Ohio Statesman.
The Resembling Of Ohios Consent to the Ne
gro Suffrage Amsnansns to the Federal
Co1stitution.
s The Columbus correspondent OF the NY
andot Democratic Union, in noticing the
passage of the resolutions resembling Ohios
consent. as given by the late legislature, to
the negro suffrage amendment to the con-
stitution of the United States, says:
"Already has the present general assembly
taken q most important step in the direction
pointed out by the people in the elections last
fall, by resembling the joint resolution adopted
by the last legislature, ratifying and asserting
the constitutional amendment proposed by the
37th Congress, known as the 14th article Of the
constitution OF the United States. The rescind-
ing of said resolution and the withdrawal of the
assent of the state of Ohio to said proposed
amendment, was accomplished yesterday, by a
strict party vote.a Your readers may wish to
know by what authority Ohio can withdraw her
assent from amendment to the constitution of
the United States. after ii has been adopted by
her legislature BY virtue of precedent in the
action of the republican legislature of 1854, (by
reference to page 100 of Ohio laws of 1851, vol.
5s )your readers will find joint resolution adopt
ed by the general assembly of that year, ratfying
proposed amendment to the constitution of the
United States II is known ms Tom Corwins
amendment, which prohibits any future amend
ment of that instrument, which will give congress
the power in interfere with the domestic lnstitu
tons of any state, &e.,-and by further refer
enee to page 1872 of Ohio laws of 1868, vol. 81,
you can find the resolutions Of that year rescind-
ing the above cited resolutions l am thus x
plicit in explanation of our action, that if any
of our abolition friends deny our authority, any
of your readers can point them to their
ton for example.
So much for the precedent which shows
that the resembling of similar resolution,
solemnly passed, was commenced by the
party that now denounces as wrong similar
action.
The protest Of the abolition members
complains that the previous question was
demanded to cut off debate, and that it was
the first time that question was ever demand
ed in an Ohio senate. So far from this be-
ing the fact, the writer of this has seen that
question demanded time and again it the
Ohio senate, by the party opposed to the
democracy, on party questions, but never
when it was so clearly right to do so, as in
the instance complained of in the protest of
the negro suffrage members of the Ohio
senate as entered upon the journals.
All amendments to the federal constitu-
ton require the assent of three-fourths of all
the states. With Ohio added, the negro suf-
lFdSt huSuuU1eDl Oh last winter received
three-fourths of twenty-seven states, leaving
the ten states of the south out in the cold
Pending the proposition of the Ohio legisla-
ture to rescind the consent given by the last
Legislature, the radical majority in congress
introduced into the senate a joint resolution
to declare that three-fourths of twenty-seven
was sufficient to amend the constitution of
the United States, thus ignoring states of
Al e
and South Carolina and Georgia-of the
original states which formed the constitu-
ton of the Union, which radicals now seek
to trample under foot.
The so-called republican senators resort
ed to hlbustering TO gain time, so as to pre-
vent the resembling resolution from passing
until after congress has declared the amend
ment part and parcel of the constitution
This would have been virtual defeat of
the resembling resolution, for 10 state has
right to take back its assent to an amend
ment to the constitution after it has been
declared carried and engrafted in the con.
stitution.
To prevent the minority from thus thwart
ing the ma ority, the previous question was
demanded and sustained, and it is in pre-
cisely similar cases, that the Ter parliament
ara intended TO cut off all debate, in order
that the clearly ascertained wishes Of the
majority might not, by delay, be rendered
an abortion. II was successful. The reso-
buttons passed - Ohio's assent was with
drawn. Congress dare not now pass its resolu-
ton, which even if Ohio's assent had not
been Withdrawn would have been fraud
Negro suffrage has no place whatever in the
constitution of the United States. So much
for the previous question in the OHIO senate,
and the necessity for resembling and with
drawing the assent of the people Of Ohio to
a proposition which they gave fifty thous.
and majority against at the late election,
and in so doing changed Ohio from radical
to a democratic state.