Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-27
AQuestion Of Interest.
Arc Confederates Eligible to Seat.
in tins Missouri LeS:slature!

arc Eligible to Scnts
in In Hissouri Leg;slnture!
This question is being discussed ut
some length i'll the papers of tho
State, and from an interested party
We have received the following COM
m%unication:
LEXINGTON. Mo-. Nov. Is, 1872.
To the Editor of the Kansas City
Times:
Will yon please inform me, and a.
large number of your readers beside.
who were once Confederate soldiers,
what all this talk means about cx-I
GLIDING from the Legislature those of
our class who have been elected to
that body? There are, as well as Il
can remember now. among those who
have been elected: Collins, of La
tayctte Winston. Of Platte; McCar-
tv, of Clay IIuil::-df Montgomery ::
Stancil, of PcmiScot Edens, of Mis-
sissippi; Relic. of Washington; Price,
of st. Louis Newman, of Randolph,
and, perhaps, four or five others, 1t
occurs to me that if the amendments
to the constitution mean anything,
they mean that the past ia all wiped
out, and that before the law all are
equal politically. Let us have your
opinion on the subject.
'Iri...iulis'
.AN iNifiESrED iAKTf.
In reply, we would say to IL cor
respondent. that W weeks g we
published a full and exhaustive opin-
ion On this subject from EX-Goy.
Thomas G.. Reynolds, which opinion
was comcurred i'll by the Hons. C!lGs-
ter II. kruni, JAS. O.. Broadhcad and
5. Il. Glover, OF 81. Louis. In this
opinion Mr.. Reynolds atsirIns what
the Supreme Court has already de-
cidcd. that the registration required
by IL Constitution is not necessary
to constitute Il qualified voter. and
quotes as further authority Chief
Justice Shaw. of Massachusetts. who
hiss decided that registration is mere
" {. II convenient regn-
lati"n 9t the mode of exercising the
right oi voting, already possessed.
MI. lteyh'lt' ais" states HAT the
clause" no person liza be Il member
OF me House o! Representatives who
sinai not ave been a qualified voter
oi WIS Sla.c '"o Years, Sc:, Is al
r - ...
'i ,ht '"'i.pet '"Nins ms seat. u
WIZ, therefore, follow, if this be adj
IL mas Deelt the lnterprc-
sa',"n Oh lie iaw, not only IN TINS
an o'n-. ~ o"l III II
oi,ne "a. ,Sa,>-'ha' thest per-
n"nn "e e.Lt|c" 70 theIr seats.
4 heIc - 'I'''nGt opinion a1nfmca ny
os .iIi .tf n,a.s WHICH also very MAJ
..;,n.l. "n 'a>es. TIC ciainis,
w. "ii;"..nS $50 iea.oi'' 'Ha' .nc
.", ~ .Hn. ish,s arc III ,he
~ r.iuon anu 'n"t ,iie! mot
c'.s $50 "Sails' wno' 'hE
ie'l.r :asa,,.ino opcra1to rom all
p"' restore tneih
''''i'e,'i''ei ~ INC privileges they
Wouiu nave eiJ1!el put Tor the ex,
.>.chcc VI me- ia"s' !ia remove All
traces Oh ING
III discussing 'nis yer! same SUD-
Ject' rue Si- Louis democrat, Ill .
fe',iarhaniH i'a'h, creoltaplc nm"
conser'al'fc t"''orial' goes over Tue
! en'ire sfon''u, q"o.Ins INC opinion
Oh i'cth"i"s' anu CONTINUES:
AS there are ho' less nan thlr'y
eX-Cenfeaerates me the Demo
cratic members OF inc new Leglsln-
ture, the question OF their eilSnoillty
becomes an Interest1Ig one. The ar
giincnt against their admission is
based on section two: article three,
OF the Consiitution OF Missouri which
provides That No person shaii be a
member OF the iiousc OF hepresen-
tativrs Wh" shall nor nav been u
Qualified voter ofthis stale Two years
A.
AS the consiiiutlonaianieIidinent un-
drr which the rebels were eniran.
chisca were not Officially proclaimed
untii some 'lnie after Tue November
election W years ago. ltis therefore
claimed that tie cx.Contederate eau
hidatcs who wera elected at Inc eiec-