New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-10-16

leading points OF Gov Senters first Message From the
complete COPY select additional items OF Interests
THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
While the property Of all the people Is alike taAeu
support of the Government very large proportion OF
them without voice IN the select ton OF the
which they are controlled Necessity for this unhappy
condnon II IL has been, time has revealed 10 No
nous spirit of cur law, which. though 1t may
adopt punishment as means, no ow. those who
are In quiet submlsson to the Government %i,nOus
other interests such as are IN common w 81 ts
favored citizens and bearing equally tnelr PVr VI III
should without regard 10 antecedens nave lu
and equal rights citizens OF the government 20
atom of foreign substance testers In the natural D0y
until expelled or appropriated by absorption, So While
large portion Of the states population occupy he anon
slous relations 70 Il OF being 10 an Ino s uS
and obligations and yet denied the rights anG PRIV
cs citizens y they IN snsP Ss S6d HRp po
until expelled absorbed Expulsion is impractlcabe
whose capacity to bestow its blessings is in
creased IN the PROPORTION thas v S,lnH sfstes
inanship demand that such population . should mia
be taken up and 6 absorption then
repeat to you what published and declared by
me on many other occasions that In my Judgment Me
ieges for POLITICAL causes among the people the State
should end and for this recommend the anu
and control Of your honorable body with this recon-
mendaon earnestly urged from the fullest OF
remark upon the subject. But in that Is has been,
perhaps, the one tending most to the peoples
me that knowledge OF each others motives tends
often to charitable Judgment OF men In then
differences, / WILL in the fullest measure or kind
uess remind that the conclusion OF the late desoatng
Varciv government in Tennessee was the weakness OF
Dy the conduct Of those who under have thus far been
denied the fdl privileges of citizenship WITH many
template their allegiance TO desire OF citizenship
under it, When therefore, the fortunes OF war suddenly
quste perhaps to cOtrol those whose counsels and
lions bad. in the violence of civil war; wrenched FOR "a
limo he Gfata from ifaI
wondered that they who had but partially sueceeaeu ln
GeSssOspg e snS Great snsrSes endured
In its suspension fresh In memory should Dc jealous lor
Its safety and In6er iSdence OF copsdsr mOss
the means security than Of extending all Its adj
vanaSes to those SO recently in arms against It, Nor
contrary to reason that the unsettled condition
ceeding the commissions which shook from center 10 CIR
dreaded that control OF the State by those who had
shown through all the trials OF war and battle such
obstinate Determined spirit against the then victorious
government might easily result in again precipitang it
into revolution Let 1t be remembered that nOnest con-
vicon of demand for the States safety affords broad
warrant for the patriotic action. But it not my
purpose here apologize for the past franchise statutes
than to advocate their continuance; AS one &C.
knOwledging equal responsibility with any, l say:
If never needful TO the States safety, SIN
and. my motive in their support the public safety
then Ts. to be tocgv9n Of all Rsn aS stand msGSS
the standponts OF our opponent and when we nave jour
tuated them can but deem 1t VIII tend to soften aSper
iy and inspire the holy spirit OF reconciliation there
demand
pOrary acknowledgements OF portion Of her people, may
only be known to Omniscience. BE this as IL may.
the party aRG Hn 'ne % sSd S eo
tempated the perpetuity of such dsfranchsemet And,
time In Its course assured more aud moro the States
safety in the councils OF that party feeber and feebler
grew the voice Of caution aud warming and louder and
tons institutions demanded with the States stability
party progress in the principles oflh0erty, eqlty ana
parties which command success the confluence aud
approval Of an intelligent and free people
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
With the appeal of State interest for quiet and rest
nom political turmoil; with the ominous memory that
proven the evils OF Pandorss box to the people OF the
South s there party with ms rash enough to propose
lar intelligence w0ud condemn 1t! Will people, who
have just won their own under the I'M
with all other citizens. signaze their victory by
whose generous aid has contributed greatly their
Honor and Justice make solemn protest. Can the
liberal spirit Of the and the Republics fundamental
idea OF equality before law be violated and the vested
privileges OF 10000 citizens ruthessy torn from Them
DO not endSUser CONFUSION Reason makes denial
Thep under the dictates Of public intelligence, honor JUS
tice and reason the ooored mans suffrage be safely
reckOned xed fact in Tennessee. What then, the
purposes far this race u concerned OF the proposed
amendment the Constitution OF the United States
Not to confer special mmunlies compel any social
equality of the oOOred people against the viii and con-
deprived Of privileges against their own To afford them
the right OF Citizenship and equality before the law IN
them the same privileges in Dino and Massachusetts
which they enjoy IN Tennessee ~ claimed their Seg
the public INTEREST," May 1t not be technically asked. II
the evil Will not be aggravated rather than diminished
by adding degradation and denying opportunity Of
improvement Is Il charged by tnef ignorance tney
are 70 voice " .he op S1 o
which they held TO equal isbty does not this strike
Fundamental to this representative repubci know il
is, with vehemence, urged that colored suffrage and
Seope' and that it is even opposed by large majority
OF the Northern States But submit to candor this is
t aUs spoken through lie lawfully constituted sntSOo
Ave- and OF party which, let tbe deliberately pondered
advantages and disasters counses have brought to
the people of this and other Southern states Impair
WEI Which '"i msy be- brought to degrade race the
Of which, without agency on its part are dent
the demopsraton Of experience II reasons OF e1pedi
ency need be added to those OF principle then the OBJ
may not those who are immediatey charged with the
interest Of the State where IT exists nationally ana
fSem % the Exemption Of States Where it does not exist
III the intelligence Of the race be insufficient to qualify
change Of donci from whore the advantages Of citizen
SKIP enjoyed 70 where they are denied ne
formally proposed the amendment IN question as part
Of the policy Of the Governments and; am Impressed
iiarly fortunate that this state should accept and
ratlfy IT. First under the SOH s 1--WE 4. 0sigs
that they should unnecessary TO dwell uPon
the e1ossS ss Of
as 70 the time and conditions, for the restoration Of
certain other Southern states and their people 70 their
FORMER respective relations with the General Government
which. Identified with her IN past suiierngs yet have
not been equally fortunate In reganng their advantages
a. States in the Union. Again. there many worthy
men OF Tennessee who labor under the disabilities I'M
posed by Congress- and which, consequently our State
are Inadequate to reach Joined 70 all this the
State itself in its exhausted condition has most serious
IA rsroad and other important material interests The
adoptiOn OF the amendment by the Legislature, more
OF her whole people than any
fortune has afforded the would at once tend TO
inspire confidence with the Northern people, create
friendly interest In Congress, and perhaps VIII the
strong helping hand Of the General Government IN our
many wants Profoundly impressed with these consd.
erstons, and by the emphatic declaration OF the people
OF Tennessee at their last election FOR nlanhood equaV