Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1869-07-01
New Series-vol. 8, No. 23.

3. So 81, ..s..'s. l.5. .... New s.
commanding the District of Virginia
shall cause the lists of registered voters
of said state to be revised and corrected
prior to such election, and for that pur-
| pose may appoint su ch register as he
may deem necessary. And said election
shall be held and returns thereof made
in the manner provided by the election
ordinance adopted by the convention
| which framed said Constitution" Isl
] 1t will be seen that by this bill the
people of Virginia were to proees6te the
work of reconstruction at sneh time as
the President might deem best,And that
such reconstruction in all its parts was
| to be on the basis of equal political rights.
The Constitution to be submitted was
! framed by q convention, in the election
of which colored citizens participated,
and of which colored men were members.
The registered voters who are toyote
! on its ratification or rejection, and also
| for members of the General Assembly,
| for State officers and for members Of Com
! gress, include the coloIed men in Vir-
4 kklla auQ ii tklG SOu8titQkf0u1 - SQ0DIcu
it secures to them equal political rights
| in that State. The remaining sections
of the bill provide for the hereconstruetiou
Of Mississippi and Texas on the same
principles, and left the time and manner
to the discretion Of the President. te9
This bill was reported 10 the House Of
Representatives, and u unanimously
agreed upon by eonnittee, of which
four members Were DemOoyats- The
most distinguished Democratic Repre-
sentatives Of the Statesof New York and
Psnnsylvanissdvoeat its passage. Out
of ahsnt seventy. Demoeratic meznberslof
the House, only twenty-five voted
against it, and the only .Demecratic
member from Ohio who voted, on the
passage of the bill voted for 1t. si q, +. a
1t thus appears that upon the recon-
naendatiOn Of General Grant even the
Demecratic party of Ohio. by sheir Rep
resentatives In Congress, voted for equal
political rights in. Virginia, Mississippi
and Texas 3 And to-day the great body
of the .psople of those States, DemocFats
and CONSERVATIVES rs well ss Repubii-
cans, have yielded assent of that great
principle. In view of these facts, Isub-
NIT that I am fully warranted insaying1
that General Grant has begun theIworks
of reconstruction in mastery way, and
with marked success. 7.4g llc1.ll.s q
I Again thanking you for the honor You
have done me, repeat, in conclusion,
what said two years ago. The people
represented in, this, convention meanJ
that the State of Ohio. in the great pro-
gress, whose ieadingobject is to elevate
the condition of men, to lift artifieiald
weights from all shoulders, to clear, the
paths of laudable pursHits for all, and
to afford all AN unfettered start and, q /
fair chance in the raes of life,n shalrl
tread no more stepss backward. ! shall
enter upon my part of the labors of tho
canvass believing that the unien Re-
publican party is battling for the right, i
and with undoubting confidence that |
the goodness of the cause will supply I
the weakness Of it's advocates, and COM !
mand in the result that triumphant sue
cess which it deserves. ,,.0 SO i,e-l.s7
rsnnsyiv.Hi. RspubIican Platform.
4, The following isthe platform on which |
Gov. Geary and Judge Williams of Penn
sylvania were nominated, Wednesday.
! Resofped, That we rejoice in the glori-
Gus national victory Of 1858, which il
bringing peace, happiness and prosperi- |
ty to US as nation. 4
Rtsotced, Tha. we wholly approve of |
the principles and policy Of administra-
ton Of General Grant, and we heartily
endorse every sentiment contained in
his inaugural address, and especially do
hereby ratify and approve the late
amendment proposed by Congress to the
of the United States and
known as the Fifteenth Amendment.
Resotved, That we have confidence
that the general administration will
wisely. and firmly protect the interests
and dignity of the nation in respect to
BUR just claims against Great Britain,
and that we endorse the action Of the
Senate in rejecting the Johnson Claren-t
1oH treaty, known as the Alabama
claims. Il
: Resotred, That we heartily sympa-
,hize with the struggling people of all
nations in their efforts to attain univer-
'al freedom and the inalienable rights of
nan.
Resolyed, That we confidently endorse
he administration Of General John w.
1eary as Wise, economical and honest,
md that 1t derives, as it has received |
he approval Of the people of Pennsyl-
vania; and that we especially commend
lis uniform efforts to restrain the evil !
# special legislation. -
Rssotued, That in the Hon. Henry w. !
Williams, our candidate for the Supreme
COURT, we present a learned, pure and
'atriotic gentleman, who will adorn the
Ugh position to which We propose to
lect him.
Resolued, That we reiterate and affirm
ur adherence to the doctrine of protec- :
ion, as proclaimed In the ninth resolu-j
ion of the platform adopted at the State :
March z. 1886.