pt,toburgit Oazettt. 1 1 1M11131 1 :ED D Y REED & CO. . _ xiousM "Ni m. aosuiniama Managers 'IIIIISLAIONIP • 5 . . WEDNESDLY. SEPTEMBER 19, 1866 REPIIBIAAN NOMINATIONS randi4..yr.r.assolitt MIZE MAJ. CEN. JOHN W. CEARY, or oincomasED 00IINTT. commuras. digiparr-Otobirs) unirmoT MOOItHEAD. - • TWIRTT•TRTRD DISTRICT: HOW. THOMAS WILLIADIS. sa:itusi a yummy, City CLITEIX 07 CODED JOHN 6. MOWN, Hampton Tp CUL= O 011.141.1.Xil COMM AILEX&HDIES 111FIANDS. CItY. I===ll 11111LBT sarvsz.Y. City =3 4orak i n 8. GULLY. Plum Ty. alwammlarior ESE (mosaic limum.roN, City nraiarox OPZFOOR: /01121 F. DRAVO, DAlGtn Tp assitsommt 2011Ny. WAGS, City. . SAMSON 11711.150 N, Pitt Tp. .6110.81104 T. EcKER North Fayette Tp. Collins Tp. ,WIESE43I PETER. Noss Tp. Clt7. 'THE CONGRESSIONAL PLAN Tinian= OWE. Two Rhine for the reconstruction of i he Tinionare presented to the America' pea ' pie. '-These do not admit of such moth:.... tion as would make out of both one s( hems which wouldcommend itself, as a fair com promise, - -to general acceptance. Leuing from totally different conceptions of the case, they are grounded in elementary -principles which cannot be made to hat monize or Coalesce. Ono of them must stand, and the other fall. It remains for • • the people,' in the coming elections, to say . whether they approve the measure proposed their immediate representatives iu Con gress, or whether they prefer that dictated ...by the President. • The plan of the President virtually as , 'Barnes that treason is not a crime; that it simorim to forfeitures, and entaiiii no penal• ties; and that, hence, the States unvoiced in the revolt have the right of represcuta • Con in the Senate as absolutely as before the rebellion, and that the people of the respective districts of those States have as as unquestionable a right to unconditional representation in the louse as they had befbre the revolt. The Congressional plan proceeds upon the ground that when the people of eleven States threw off their allegiance to the goy erztment, and resorted to war to maintain their independence of the constitutional authority, they forfeited all their political 1 • ' priVileges and immunities; that they justi fied the use against themselves of all the - military power of the government, and thus, coming under the rules of war, when subdued, were fairly liable to such condi . Alone as the loyal masses, acting through the constituted authorities, should see _ , proper to impose, either as punishment for treason, or as guarantees for future safety and concord. - view of its treat imirortauce, we not -only re-produce the Constitutional Amend ment in full, at the head of our columns, but propose to give each section of it such minute and candid examination as shall serve to illustrate the scope and spirit of the whole, and commend it to the approval arid support of all men, irrespective of party lines, who wish well to the republic, both HOW and for ages to come. Preliminary to this investigation, it may be well to remark that a sentiment of veneration for the Constitution, is carried toad high a pitch in many minds, that it is held to be absolutely sacred, and any re vision of it a sort of profanation. This is a false impression. Men arc greater than ---institution.s. They were not created that ! government might exist. Governments '"'are created and sustained for the welfare of . 'f• the people. Unman life and society flow on, like a broad river, under constantly riving aspects and conditions, which re. frequent changes in organic laws to meet new•exigeocies as they rise. But for • adaptations to fresh circumstances, of government, however desire ,ble when Instituted, would soon become an • intolerable burden, Witch would be vio lerttly alsken off; and, hence, among the highest resPonsibilities of statesmanship is • . the duty of so conducting changes in the Constitution as to eliminate infelicities, while what Is is conducive to growth and security is left intact. Section 1. All persons born or natural ized in the United States, and subject to the ,1711irrdertt:te:thereof, arc cifittiazenss the they. reside. No • State shall mtaekewhoerreeini iftlice'any laws 'which shall abridge the .. ,a t.ri nit iga tate or s : ttor sul lies of citizens of t he . an,y.State deprive any person within Its Jurisdiction of the equal protection of .the laws. For thirty years prior to the rebellion, : in fifteen States of the Union, including A 4 ' the , eleven which participated in the revolt, • freedom of opinion and utterance, except is conformity with the will of the domi .ntutt