New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-12-22
UNIVERSAL AMNESTY.

UNIVERSAL AMNESTY
.s,eech Of Hon. J. H. sypher I'm the House
fRepresentatives, December Is, 1870.
The House having. under consideration
the bill for full and general grace, amnesty
and oblivion of all wrongful acts. doings or
omissions of all persons engaged in the war
of the late rebellion
Mr.. Sypher said: Mr.. Speaker, this is a
question in which am deeply interested.
have no prepared speech to make, yet am
unwilling to allow this discussion to close
without being heard in behalf OF a S large
who are prescribed by the third section OF
the fourteenth article of the amendments to
constitution of the United States.
The pending bill embOdies two distinct
provisions, one of amnesty for political Of
lenses, and one which might be termed pro-
lection against judgments and executions.
IL is Of the first of these provisions that
desire to speak. / am in favor of universal
amnesty. and therefore support the amend
ment Of the gentleman from Illinois MIR.
Earnsworth), which reads as follows:
IAN political disabilities imposed by the
third section Of the fourteenth article OF
amendments to the constitution Of the
United States are hereby removed"
The State which i in part have the honor
to represent on this floor took early action
S On Sn,a .u snail rumher Of narsons. Int
.Ea At + oe-;s1atmra elected nnder that con
s .tit =, Th;cI was largely Republican.
rassaJ an amendment abroSating the dis.
franchising article, and at our State cOnven-
ton last August, that amendment was in
dorsed by the Republican party OF our State,
e ~as or" IF The issues of orr recent cam
was quo ~ f ~ and the result is known
70 ynr aliNtwantv,f;ve Thousand majority.
III. ~ ~" smr fr;ands at the North had given
w. the State a. INST. The Republican party
- ~ f yn "a nIedoed t. universal am
mostly hei;evinp f to be a wise and lust
.,oosnre
WISn we look hack over the reconstruc-
Wv ,aas wu o wo fnd that the trst of anv
,r.oat ;,',nortance was the thirteenth amend.
ETent to- the constitution of the United
Sto+os T,Ia neonIa of NV State acouiesced
n that amendment in GOOD faith. Thew had
,-,ro into tho var and they had lost their
siayo nronertv. and tliev Submitted to the
i"ss and today # they had the mower.
thew wonld not re-establish slavery. The
a,nendment r. the Constitution. and in it's
f;rst article we find citizenship and civil
r;oh+s c;ven to certain classes who had
ns1or oS;ovcd tbom before. The neople of
the South "a general rule. ACCENTED that
"a a f;nai;tv 4 second clause of the amend
r,.,t daa;nos the changes in the representa-
TO-, of thot nart If the country They in a
. v I.rra degree submitted to that without
,,,,,Sh c,.,,os;t;on
'1 Taa tI;rJ article however. WAS stoutlv
..is.*.J Tr,;s 10 +%o ,,o;nt r., which 7 do.
80 ss.,.o;aiir ~ aJdress INV remarks II
s..~ ;Ia. IT, ~, T,orsons Who hold Office
P.!sce 49,, .nSu az s,,ppiI ba ;r"l;%;hIe ~ hold
Pc:o. " W." *ha;, .."I;t;co1 d;sah;l;t;es shall
S,a,vO, o Nv, act of Conaress t. nrovides
IT, Tn' tha ~ ai;J;tv ou5 %avment of the
.a*;.- III LII fnr +ha no ment of the nan-
Ma.'na. IO i ~ ~ pd;ars and so;i"rs
~I ,''..,,;5"s a-,;rst tI,o naywant of the
anu RaS. us SS nata aa e pIg oil tb;s the
evca x :u;... 20 ~ S"m+ba,.,, ,,onnio ac,
grcaC MaJOl.y " .no SvX;ncin &c ~ frs+
4I.esccu VII ILL ~ ort;oio onJ +ba+ ues nna
s .ts =, ,' sru :" rscomst""t;on r.
.s oS'' aaJ o,,,,a ~ t%a fr;onIs of
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. .nvll i'S oneni0s' 40 ''' "oi0 poi"A''o" W
'Iyo. ~, .,;,o th;. for r,o,,,er+ What
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ahs.t . , ahJ q" "'' a,na+h;.od
It'll, tS"sa on MO ~ rohe,I;o,, o1a;ns t the
,~owarrrnort Sc ~ TTn;tod Sta+as nf+h;s
Class Tiers were many who were true to the
..",,,oS,+ fn,oI o ,.,tI.,,au 49,,
sS;s A',or Int f3r The :,s ti,st tha1 1Iaro
az nnscrt,rata "a '4 70 hniS a4+r "fce " ho'
So-o ti'o ~,or and i've in co,p,n,;,,;t1 ,vboro
fo;I,,ro +o%oIa so,,o evh;i,;t;o,,y cnuro
,s.thu 20, tba Southern cansa ~os c 90 ~
SSt tha VIZ aro ciasseS 1r;. +ho traons
;ntan5eS ~ Se nroscr;bea NV" h~ +h; s .,aa~d'
,nont ~
1 IN. d;s,h;,;tv c1ause was MT d;rected
AGAINST the leaders of the rebellion the
men who were cn;ltv Of treason. Who ner.
Scented lovaI mon Who starved our n MS
encrs and who were the malignant enc
m;es of the government after the war
was over. These were not prescribed, but
only those who held Office before the war.
and Of that class many were friends of the
government during the entire struggle.
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