The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-03

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%All eOmmunisaiions. vSsGAsr on busins,
o. Tor publisation, ahould be addressed TO VIZ.
auhtAan, Propristor HArioEAL RnTvBETeaS
Ms.AlAfiaa. DO.
THE FIFTEENTH AMENDMENT.
The opening Of the New Year brings viii
IL, as almost certainty, the prospect 9th,
complete ratification Of the equal suffrng,
amendment at an early day. The question
Of caste will then be eradlcated from oui
statute books. Before the law men will b,
equal In political and civil rights. From
the hour that this Is formally accomplished
the nation takes new departure, swinging
into broader and grander orbit, ana NOV.
Ing forward to new duties aud greater re-
suits. II Is well, then, for us to see how va
stand on this question Of ratification. ..
We give In the nrst place the ofIlclal re-.
cord "a i now stands at the State Depart.
ment. Up to December 9th the folio wing
States were on tllo, their Official ratification,
with the dates, having been received,
Kansas, (dsfective,) February 81, 1869,
Missouri, (defoctiye,) March l, 1869, Ne.
Vada, March Q, 1869, West Virginia, March
Ii.aIs haren ., lsOSi IL
,aso' ,s,'s' . Lo0si Louisiana, March 8,
1872 Michigan, March s, 1869; Wisconsin,
March ., 1902 Massachusetts, March Q and
II, 1902 Maine, March 10, 1860; Indiana,
March Is and II, 1859, Now York, March
17and April III South Carolina, March 10;
az. C..., hs,eh soi Arkansas, March
~ g NAY Nv Florida, June 49,
p'nHe' 'uly virginia, October
'SSs OS.ooer II Alabama, No
m sta nj 'nenty-'"o states,
ara no,.S !. $500 u NInsas sna Missouri
woraIng ~ m '".s,S -. :. 'ue NV case tne
I'm ,ran,,n,.,t,,, -. ..,e o. rs 'nAngeu
second cs.s /, ~, -, ss .na+ M IN 'ne
a.s,c., ,.n =. ..',.,,.S - esu1I. DON
,Iv. I..,.,.,-..s ~" sneiI Ie'pec-
son,1 ma. s,.n-,i , Aa, ina' Oh MIS-
not Yneet y,tn -, n.s.o us ouiyI snS WIN
sas meet an ~ IN ,O- 'snl OF nan nan
lnv s,ats. 4, ,.-,.,.S - -. nc REJECT
mint AZ, ,hroo Ev.,,,,..i... 49, l-.s
naiay.,o ~, 40 80 AAtSn 70, ioos5
tsoo. Tsnns'... ~, anu onio nay
am,uanAn, 49, -. ~. I y, 'u'
tive ana tvsnt,.,wo H. ~. "n. - sno "eH
hay. been unabls 40 o.oa,,.In $3.50. y"
belleye thai thsT. \, an 80, II .,.,,,s, 49,
ohlo ha. fnI,v ,o1oo,.a AZ. .H,e 80
our orlpIop /, ,h., A.. a.. - .IN.ss
voted 70 reject The smondTDon, h,, ~,
aotion was b,b In ,ho H. ~ y. 80 ~
Iectiop fall. pnI... ,.,o..I-s -
ensuing session. II wa, mi, "a, ,ho, ,..,
such interest To N. Iast st.io .,so,Io. 4.
Ohio, and II /, believed ,b., ~ ,So .,so,,a.
of thTe, RsnnblI..n. -. II.y.,,,S- 0'oe,
the rauaontIoD ~.. ..OH..5 ,n." ,S OOun'y
,bo ,,.Io-I,- - NY iO'uips
one ~ ~. IN. n'S SD 49,, hocen'y, however,
some doubt as to the chance Of again elect
ing Republican. Ohio Is In doubt.
VI the other states, Rhode Island has par
shy iatineo, the Senate voting last May.
INC 'o'e Wih 90 taken when the Legisla-
A''eihOieo during the present month,
and there Is no doubt of the result.
Georgia, hia claimed by those who argued |
that railhcalion was final, had rejected the
amendment Tho Illegal character Of its
General Assembly has vitiated all the pro-
and viii probabIy rocord hsr ro,. 80 ~
@Otn OF the month The legal Legislature Is
'O ~. lVr Ine lo'h instant
INC iolo"inE STATES nave not yet votsdi
Saiornia, Iowa, Maryland Minnesota,
i'ois'iPpi, Ne0rAska' Ne" Jersey, Oregon,
"eotsA ana le1As-'en In all.
VI these, hisslssippi, Texas and Georgia
WIN rAtliy before their Congressional delosa,;
uons are roadmi'Ied' The Iowa Lsesi.
'SIe, whose Sessions are biennial -, N |.
snort utne' " will rally 49, -