The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-09-14

III, Constitutional AmrBdm ents = The
Rplsriion OF Democrats Towards
thtm-IloW Davis aud Hereford Voted
In, Ihau IWo Years Ago.
We have often referred in the lSTELIt.
,wSR to the ominous plank in the first
Na&l,ic platform adopted by the party
l,r the close Of the war, in which they
lsusd that they regarded "the Recon.
tlaiou Acts (so called) of Congress, as
EA, TusurpatiOus, and unconstitutional,
Evolutionary and void" Hancock en-
dnel that declaration in his letter to s.
l. Glover, Of 81. Louis, after the adjourn.
s,nlOi the Convention, dated July 18th,
l& His precise language was as follows:
-Iaoe EhOsuppOse that do not acquiesce
hlts work Of the National Democratic
CNsnton, or that do not sincerely de-
IN tie election Of its nominees. know
Wy linls Of my character"
It i important to remember this Lam
re Of General Hancock in view Of his
iaat declaration that he holds the 18th,
Ah Ild 18th amendments to be inviola'
w.
Vhsnlhe Democracy nominated Horace
Greeley in 1877, four years after declar-
hsihs RECONSTRUCTION acts null and void,
sr'ssOlved as follows:
we pledge ourselves TO maintain the
rsi'n Of lhpss States, emancipation and
Eialeheement, and to oppose any re-
tehnH Of the questions settled by the
IN lilh and 18th amendments to the
SraIlulion."
IaI We see that both the Democratic
fNHI and the Democratic candidate ap'
greatly stand pledged to the maintenance
siAslueudments. And yet let US see
k'ias leaders, regard this pledge in their
Hrshelrts. On the 7th of January, 1879,
s.llor Elmuuds, Of Vermont, offered the
lia'irs resolution in the Senate in order
sErsthe Democrats Of that body an op
l'7saity Of defining their position on
sRSirt. The resolution read:
land, As the judgement OF the Senate
hNGs thirteenth, Fourteenth and FIT
ssal amendments to the Constitution oI
:. rared Safes have been legally rati
"A, ndare as valid aud OF the same para
EasiIuthOrity as any otbel part OF tn,
OAsi'ulion; that the people OF each Stat,
Ave 4 cnmmon interest in the enforce
t.olol the whole Constitution in every
SIsOIthe Union, aud that 1t is alike the
aatlfd duty OF Congress- TO enforce sale
lstntuenis and To protect every citiZer
aas exercise OF all the rights thereby Sc
asi BY laws Of the general character al
MY passed for that purpose, and by fur
appropriate legislation, so lar as sucl
eAl!enCRt and protection are not Sc
yea BY existing laws; and that 1t IS the
"! oI the Executive Department OF the
s''sfoment faithfully and with diligence
Sa'Iy all such laws into impartial exc
%lon' and o. Congress to appropriate al
Nsa'!' netdiul TO that end,
@ae weeks later, Senator Morgan, o
Aleiua, submitted substitute for tht
''a'a'lon, aud at later dates various othe
F'PoiIiOus Of delay and obstruction wer
h9aaied by the Democratic members
"a 1t Sas not until the 9th of Jun,
SNa vote On the resolution was reached
Ia''ols on the SdoptiOn Of the resolution
~ Yeas, 23,-aii Republicans; nays
.-aI Democrats, as follows: Bailey,
r,taa'''ee, B'yard, OF Delaware; Beck. c
Ss,'''Eyi Ccckrell, of Missouri; Cokt
', l,'si = DarI. Of West Virginia; Eator
w. Connecticut Garland, OF Arkansas
", S''d,e' Of Georgia; Harris, Of Tennei
> a0fod, Of West Virginia; Hill, {
ssg'l; W y, Esrnan, Of New York; Lama
:, " I',i"ippi; Muxpy, of Texas; Morgan
"a Ss40ana, and Voorhees,, Of Indiana.
e.. N%0ae Democratic Senator voted to a
~. sas' v'lidityU the amendments; fou
w. W. No'leIh and three Northern Dem
sla 'o'Sd against it--all the other Nortl
% Dtnor,Sis ;rc,,J;,n ,Lo .-o t-o
NV ~. Jersey, Ors from Pennsylvania, tW
.I oaio' one FROM Indiana, two fro
S5soA' ~, aud one from California, all I
NJ I' 70 Vote to affirm the amendment
w. ~ y'I declining to go on the rsoOr
sas,S sS%rs The debate an Arkansas senat.
la,rSu@ S@ tmend by declaring that d
Ni,,ntsns were not adopted In q leg
YSs'. ard Tor this Mcdonald al
TSes Of lndians, voted aye.