, 1869-01-27
ETHHGTA


Wisconsin, from the House brlnch oI the
Committee on Reconstruction, proposes
that the House sha!l take up the c3=e of
the Legislature Of Georgia, aud by legs
lalion undertake to tor2e that State 10
admit negroes to office. The Co institution
Of Gcorg1a was framed BY convention
In which bolh races were represented; il
contained clause like tha: of The
National Consultation, l1d all the Sac
constitutions, giving 10 each bzsuell
Of the Legislature tLc exclusive
right to judge Of tic elections
and qualifications OF its mcmo.rs.
Under that power the white ma.
jurity in each branch of tue Legislature
OF that State decided That the black mem
bels, though they hsd majority ot the
votes III their respective districts, were
not legally elected, and that their white
opponents, thzugh receiving minority:
Of votes, were elected. There is 1o doubt
that this dtcision WIS wrong thati, yio.
LATED law, justice nni truth; hut 1t vas,
nevertheless, DECISION by body
huying thu powur aud The cxclu-
sire authority 10 make such dc.
cis1on. To deprive cach b:aucn
Of the Legislature OF that p1wcr wcnid
liz to establish Il lar more dangerous pre-
crtcnt, nnd ono which 10 other State Of
the Cnion would tolerate. There IL not
Legislature III thu country .ha! hls IN.
III sntuu Time committed tint Identical
wrong. Tho partisan minority uf tl,e
Legislature of ulio. last winscr, c)ul.
mitied s'u,l'ar offence, md cited, ~ n
rrw tucnt lar iiIris cnMl,tcf, the action nf
lin House VI Rcrrt srltn.iyrs III WAaA-
lngton In ,JecsIug General Morgan. The
llnnse u Representatives This very week
lcpen'td Thu same outrage III Rejecting II
Democrat duly md fairly elected IN Mis-
souri,, and giving Ills seat tn K:pnbl!-
eau who waa never elected, sud w!io
ought not 10 lavr bcun admitted. To the
people at largo tho beam In tho eye Of The
Honso II Representatives Is fully MS large
ue TINT IN thc cyr Of the nc7rgia L.gisla-
tufe. The fact that Tho parties excluded
III enc caEe were black aud iu thu oLLc,
| white )y no lneuus EXCUSES nr nitigAtct
tic Injustice. Tllusr p.rtiasn ncts nrt
}Wrhaps incidental t3 our ays,cm oi gov
crn,ncut. They ntc conilntti tn M parry
ntt. as IL general Thing, ,l,t people very
rl"rtfly rc'irrss thu wr 'ng In thu end.
Wrhopu t''r tt",lsp will Iri .!lu G.o'g' ID
Cnhc ntonc. Tho cvIofe't lrnl,lr ri thu
State have TIM ln1l'h. at4d, like All o;Act
| people, ln,1sl lGiy Alun II tu Apsrtri t,teil
rights. l.el them veto lur ~, party u,
tun,l!dnth WIN Il HR lhr,n lr1us ,.ar, a,.l /,
lhc etJ. having trnth IN thotr side, lIlr,
will COME out Fight. Ittl.r llousc II! !.rp
tcs' tatntivc, be- compelled 10 waite on tin
:n"Jtc',W Mr. A"lu thai body II i'll d.se..lt
the R.c3hstl ultltn E.mu,itttu tr III. III
1nr .h,E CGn- :'ria'inA Oi nlla.ys IN (. !
ein.
/ lhe Senatc, r sDmc Explained res
Set, permits The suljtct III a,!o,i.tiri
ScLatcr Hill IL teuiia n1ac.cd uu.t
Ihcre is un 1eis'su ur der the sun wh.l
FAD +: houts.ly given tar rlti,slns s':m;s
sinn 10 Senators tru,l Georgia. Ii c,ihe
ct the Senators is Disqualified, let 1h
ssnatv rcject him f,r tL4; r*ssso:. But, Il
is The case With AIr. Hill, wh.re 1b
person elrcttd is qualititd, lc. hil
l'c admitted with the same prom ptncs
that he would if presenting credtn
'ials Us Senator from Illinois or Nearas
ks. The country has the righs to hav
e.etoIs from Georgia in that h2dy; II
county Is -~';t'ed to their service, al
tits sn outrage upon ta-~ "nurtrv genar
; ally, and upon the Repu blican parry. I
Exclude man Of the ability and palrio
ism and personal purify Of Joslua Till
,, 1,y the mtre exercise OF majority vol