Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-01-29

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States, and however the country, in
the absence Of a judicial decision may
be bound by it, it is evident that the
fact of the Fifteenth Amendment
having been regularly and cOnstitu-
ti0nally adopted, must exist, in order
to make an obligatory change in the
organic form of the government.
Duress, force, fraud, and everything
else but the clearly expressed
and uncoustrained viii Of a free
people has VIGOROUSLY exist
ed and been shamefuIly fla
grant. Some there have been, Of
pretenders to Democracy even in the
Democratic ranks, who have cOun-
seled submission so tame to what
they called an accomplished fact, -
as that they insisted this outrage of
outrages on the rights Of the States
should not so much as be inquired
into. The APPEAL has not been of
that number. On the contrary it has
been steadfast to right and to princi-
pie, and fearless in its vindicatiOn Of
both as against tempOrizing, varying
-senseless and coWardly policies on the
pIetense Of expediency. The recon
struction, bayonet measures it has al
ways opposed, and this Fifteenth
/ Amendment as the most enormous of
them all. The day is near at hand
when its policy viii prevail, and when
the people, as the only sovereign pow
er of this country, viii say what all
believe, that the series Of war amend
ments are illegal and corrupt
as the purposes of their au-
thOrs were partisan and base.
The movement has already be-
gun, which is to result in an up
heavaI Of the whole Radical founda-
tons on the sand. Truth is an eter-
nal rock, which is to prevail, and the
following preamble and resolutions
which were introduced into heSenate
Of Indiana by Senator Hughes, and
taken from the indianapolis Sentinel,
speak it out in a voice akin to that Of
the day when there burned in the
breasts ofAmerican freemen thatspirit
O~feterDal vigilance which we are told
is the price of liberty,
Mr.. Hughes asked and obtained
Tl-H- 60 -rHkH.fH #Al ErlNnrHrTrngu fhFnA i
resolution Is. y:
Joint resolution concerning the so
called Fifteenth Amendment to the
Constitution of the United States, and
its pretended ratification, and pIOpOs-
ing q convention of the States, to
amend the Constitution Of the United
States:
WHEREAS, It is provided by the
fifth section Of the fourth article Of the
Constitution of Indiana that the num-
Der of Senators and Representatives
shall be app0rtiOned among the sew
eral counties according TO the number
of white male inhabitants above TWEEN
ty-one years OF age; and,
WHEREAS, By section two Of the
second article Of said Constitution the
elective franchise is conferred upon
and limited to "White male citizens OF
the United States Of the age of TWEEN
ty.One years and upward, who shall
have resided in the State six months
preceding the election" and white
males of foreign birth OF the age OF
tWenty-One years and upward, who
shall have resided in the UnitedS States
one year and in this State SIX months
Immediately preceding the election,
who shall have declared the4r inten-
ton to become citizens Of The United
States" and,
WHEREAS, It is provided by the
18th section of said article two Of said
Constitution, that "nO negro or mu-
alto shall have the right OF suifragej"
and
WHEREAS, At The recent general
election in this State, in the year 1870,
numbers Of negroes and mulat-
.oes, amounting to seven thousand or
more, voted for State and county Off
,ers, members of the State Legisla
-Ure and members of Congress, under
md by authority OF the sO-called FIT
zenith Amendment to the COnstitu-
ion Of the United States; and
WHEREAS, The said pretended Fiji ]
eenth Amendment was never legally J
or assented to by the State Of ]
indiana, not having been at any time
ubmitted TO a convention Of the 7
but only to the State Legisla- j
ure, wherein the said Fifteenth J
Amendment wa only voted on in the [
senate by tWenty-eight Senators, viz: Z
W~enty-seVen in the Affirmative and I
ne in the negative, being less than a a
.uOrum under the Constitution; and =
l0ted on in the Representatives, viz; i
.fty-fOur in the affirmative and three i
a the negative, being less than a G
uOrum under the Constitution OF the s
tate; and Z
WHEREAS, BY the sixth section Of s
he act Of Congress approved Aprlll0 (, D
S69, entitled san act authorizing the
ubmissiOn Of the Constitutions of
1irginia, Mississippi and Texas to q
.Ote OF the people, and authorizing
he election OF State officers provided
the said Constitutions, and mem q
er5 Of Congress- il is provided and q
that before the States of Vir- I
mia, Mississippi and Texas shall be r.
Omitted to representation in Con- a
ress, their several Legislatures. K
yhich may hereafter be lawfully or u
.nized, shall ratify the fifteenth arti- y
which has been proposed by Con- y
TO the several States as an Z
mendment to the Constitution Of the I,
-nited States; and 4
WHEREAS, By the eighth section Of O
10 act of Congress, approved Deem z
er 2, 1869, entitled san act to pro- a.
iote the reconstruction of the State Of h
eorgia." it is provided and required et
that the Legislature shall ratify the a
fifteenth Amendment proposed to 6
le Constitution Of the United States a
Store Senators and Representatives "
ON Georgia are admitted TO seats in I
ongress y and e.
WHEREAS, The only ratification Ell
said Fifteenth Amendment by said b
.ates Of Virginia, Mississippi, Texas +
I'D Georgia, respectively, was made II
ad done by the Legislatures OF said "a
tates under the duress and operation Ii
said acts OF Congress; and "
WHEREAS, The said Fifteenth
amendment has not received the ne
sssary ratification by threefOurths Of p
he States OF the Union, il the said d
tates Of Mississippi, Virginia, Texas, q
and Indiana are or had been st
1unted as having failed or refused to d