The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-04-09
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Failure OF the Negro suGraEe. Amend
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From the Albany Argus

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The Radical leaders rushed the negro
suffrage amendment through Congress,
in the hope that it would be ratified by
a sufficient number of State Legisla-
lures before the next election. Their
game was to prevent the question from
becoming an issue before the people.
In this they have signally failed. The
dose was too heavy to be swallowed at
a single gulp, even by one of the New
England Legislatures. The amend
ment is killed already, and it will De
buried out of sight by the verdict the
people will give the first time they have
an opportunity to give expression 10
their views at the ballot-box.
The Missouri Legislature took action
on the subject some time ago, but the
Secretary of State has informed the Mis-
souri, authorities that their action was
void, because they did not include I'D
their ratification the second section OF
the article.
In IFdiaua the voice of the people has
Overwhelmingly pronounced against IT,
The resigning members of the Leglsia-
ture have been returned almost with
out opposition. The Republican party
conld not stand upon the issue they
made, and they have abandoned the
field. --.
In Rhode Island the Radicals are
afraid of the amendment. Its adop ION
will overturn their State Constitution
and they hesitate to ratify IT. Ieey
have therefore hung it up until the May
session of the General Assembly, when
the Providence Herald says sit will not
be passed" :,
Georgia was relied upon to pass 1T,
but, instead of doiHg SO, rejected a pro-
position so monstrous and so fatal 10
State Governments.
The correspondent-"A Veteran OBJ
server"-of the New York Times, who Is
as Radical as they make them, but who
has plimmerings of common sense, says !:
"My opiuion has always been that what
is called the Fifteenth Amendment 10
the Constitution can not be adopted 10
either Ohio or Indiana, or probably ILL
nois. If | understand that amendment,
lC forces the States to admit Chinese as
we'll as negroes to vote, and Hindoos, II
thew shall come. Now, want to ask
Won in the Times: First, If it is right to
admit Pagan Chinese and Hindoos 80
vote, if you couldi Second, If you
have a right to force upon any State,
even by an amendment to the
Constitution, a change in its fun
damental structure, viz, the members
of the civil communityi And, third,
How do you propose to enforce that
amendment on the States that reject
the amendments If the State of Ohio
should reject that amendment, what
can you do to enforce iti These are
very serious questions; and if that
amendment is carried into party issues,
think the Republican party has more
to dread than at any time since its
formation. / know that the great body
of the Republicans will support it; but,
sooner or later, if forced into party ls-
sues, it must come before the people,
and what then? The amendment is as
strong as if it boldly said negro suffrage
But nous verrOns."
Grants Endorsement OF the amend
ment will not save it. The trick by
which it was attempted to be passed
will fail, and the party guilty of such
Justification of pledges will crumble to
pieces.