Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1870-01-28

Lie Dill lUI IL duiuACSAOh Va hSAhiHS
passed by both Houses Of Congress. will be
found elsewhere. When Virginia occupied
an acknowledged place in the Union, it vas
d Union Of Sovereign States, with equal
rights. To day she is rc-admitted toa place
among the States of the Union, not the old
Union which she assisted to establish, but a
new concern. Her act Of admission is also
a penal statute.
It contains conditions to which no other
State in the Union is subjected that she
will never do certain things which other
States have the full power to do. 1t pre-
scribes an oath to be taken by her officers
and Legislators, which obtains in the case of
no other State, and attaches a penalty of
Imprisonment and fine for taking said oath
improperly, and yet it is claimed that the
Union to which she is now admitted is a
Union Of .'equal States, with equal rights
and privileges
Well it may be. but We confess our ina
bility to see it, and are more than pleased
that there has been no uproarlous rejoicing
over the re-admission Of Virginia on the
terms and conditions required.
The only part that we are disposed to re-
;joice over, is the fact that Virginia has not
been required to give her assent to the terms
of the Bill Of Admission, for God knows she
has eaten dirt enough already to sicken a doz-
en- Mothers of States and Statesmen"
There may be some who are disposed to
exult at the mere restoration Of Virginia, to
whom we commend the following summary
Of what she has been required to do or bear,
in order to secure the boon CD Of restora-
ton:
1. The ratification of the 18th amend
ment to the Federal Constitution, abolssiling
slavery.
2. The repeal Of her ordinance of Sc
cession.
3. The Reputation Of the Confederate
debt.
4. The adoption of the Bayne-U Under
wood constitution, giving the ballot to all
male negroes twenty-one years old, and
making them all eligible to Office; and
giving them control in a large proportion of
the counties of the State.
5. The election of Republican delega-
ton to Congress.
6. The election Of a Republican State
ticket.
7. The ratification Of the 18th amend
ment to the Federal Constitution.
s. The ratification of the 18th amendment
to the Federal Constitution.
Q. An oath from every member of the
State Legislature, and every executive and
judicial officer of the State, to the effect that
he does not come within the terms of the
Sd clause of the 18th amendment.
10. That the constitution Of the State
shall never be amended so as to prevent per
sons from voting who are paupers, or who
may not have paid their taxes, or who may
not know how to read or write.
II. That the said constitution Of the
State shall never be altered SC as to deprive
any one of the right to hold office on account
Of color.
-. That the said constitution shall never
be changed Sc as to deprive the colored
people of equal rights and privileges in con-
nection with the public schools Of the State
After rolling this delightful morsei under
their tongues, if they be still disposed to re-
joice, why let them do it. Halloo at the
top of your voices, gentlemen, and let the
world hear how loud you can shout, and
for how little.
Prince Arthur. the seventh child and