The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-30
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Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia, Il Is easJ
to see where eyerybody else's benefit IA e
come in save and alone the benefit of The
citizens severnlly Of those States. BY the
operation Of this bill-andw know enough
of re onstruction TO know that all the cleo.
tons under II will be duly carried. and
oil the carpet-bag candidates pronounced
"duly" elected-the Radical leaders will
gain, FIRST, three notifications of the propos.
ed negro-equality amendment; second. sil
more surreptitious Senators and third, sew.
enteen more bogus Representatives She
carpet-baggers will gain some nine thous
and State offices, little and big; and about
one hundred and ffty thousand more ne.
groes VIII be lugRed into the American body
polite. These being the advantages pre-
scented to non-citizens of these three States,
what are the advantages proposed TO the
citizens themselves2 We look in vain for
ONE E.FFr
Should they defeat these pretended in.
struments, they will nevertheless be de.
clared carried, as in the cases Of Alabama
and Arkansas; should they secure Senators
Of some personal respectability, they will
be refused admission, as Ia the case OF
Georgia, should they elect q full conserva-
tive delegation will be denied sents, as in
the case Of Louisiana; and II the delegation
be half representative and half m~isrepresen-
tative, the misrepresentation will be adj
mitted and the representative members cx-
oluded, as in the case of South Carolina;
and lastly, If, foregoing all questions Of
Constitution, Senators, or Representatives,
the effort be TO secure good State officers,
such men would be instantly elected on
the least h~esitancy in lending their official
influence TO any scheme for the promotion
/ 80 na1to.1 a..N.WaaN. - - .-g1.ZaI l.. A.
fact that such Is now the case by law i'm
every n Of these three States. The citi.
zcns, then, of Mississippi, Texas, and Viz
ginia are brought face TO face with this GER
tainty, that, II innny manner they may OBJ
tain. under this bill, any advantage rs
against Congress, such advantage is, by the
very terms Of the bill, to be legislated by
Congress out of their hand. The section
Of the bill reads;
SEC. z. That the proceedings in any Of
the said States shall not be deemed final,
or opente as n eomplcter restoration thereof
until their action respectively shall he np-
proved by Congress.
In one point ofview, this is q noble COM
pliment to the citizens of these three States:
for II means that the Congress embodying
oil the intelligence, all the culture, the wis
dom, experience, the power Of the Radical
party. Is so fearful that the sagacity Of an
oppressed and crippled people may, under
that very Congresses wi law, overcome Il,
that II provides In that law q loop.hole
whereby to creep out from shame Of an ap-
pretended defeat at the hands ola superior
political skill In another point of view
n n more important point, because more
p~ractical-it is evident from this section
that nothing is to stand unless Congress is
willing 10 have IL stand. Should an cleo
tion 90 adversely to the Radical interest,
Congress- will not approve such election,
and, Of course, such election will 'not be
deemed final or operate as a complete res
toration," and in the same way in event of
the success, and consequently, no validity
in II. The liberty ofaction, therefore allot-
ted the citizens Of Mississippi. Virginia,
and Texas under this bill is simply no lib
erty at oil. They may vote themselves
deaf and dumb and blind, and make all the
negroes vote their way too, and triumph q
hundred times over; and yet at o mere
breath of the Congress everything may be
ordered TO the exact contrary Of the way
the election went. The cards, to use a sim
lie betting the nature Of the transaction,
are stocked.
But one result is TO be tolerated, and that
the reduction of these three States 10 the
condition of their reconstructed sisters
misrepresented by carpot-bagism abroad
and robbed by pauper suffrage at home.
A PROMINENT republican newspaper says
that Senator Sprague showed as much
bravery at the battle of Bull Run rs any
officer on the field, and that in his late
speeches in the senate he has shown equal
courage, and about the same result.
Ha hau nAVu IN nAlN a ...aWa ,...a..waw.
and dangerous army than any the confed-
crates brought into the field, and one which
places the government in greater peril.
The rebels fought openly and dohantly,
proclaiming hatred Of tho union-not of the
constitution.
The men whom Aprague, and all men in
the country who demand the roofing out OF
corruption In tho government are now fight.
ing, are secret, treachorous foes TO our pc.
itical system. In tho name of freedom,
they establish despotism. In the name OF
the constitution, they enact laws which vio-
late its letter and spirit. In the name OF
the union, they overthrow state govern
ments, and deny states representation in
congress. In the name of morality, they
have fastened upon the country n reign Of
official prostitution.
Stuck TO HIS VELocREDE. Dam, Of the
New York Sun is known 10 be an amateur
performer on the yelocipede. He has late
ly been appointed 10 q local Office in New
York, but not the position he wanted.
The following racy allusion to his fortunes
In that respect appears in his paper of Tues,
day
'Our neighbor of the World advives Us,
instead of seeking a public office, to stick
to our profession, which IL is graciously
pleased to say we "adorn, ., and TO our We.
locipede. We are much obliged 10 om
neighbor for his favorable opinion, which
we esteem as a high compliment. But as
10 the advice, we do not see the wisdom
of il. Stick 10 onr Yelocinede This 4.