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Gov. Morton's
m tti -tti r TT-TT f
J9 mZ, J i ml J iMm
At jXcw Albany, Iud., July
ISth 18GC.
HE nr,VIE73 TIIS DSCL.SATIO:i
THAT "Til a WAR WAS JUST AMD
KICESSAEY."
DWELLS OX Tllli !:;2U.IIZ.TOX
Ol'' Itlil'lIW-iUNrATION.
Alill'SilCll'iJl.
AND DENOUNCES THE DEMOLMJATIO
POLICY.
Ni:v Ai.iianv, Ls'i) , Jn'y 18
TIio Union (Joiigvossionnl Convention
for tliis Distriot was lie'ol nt the Fair
L'louiiils tij-.i!:i v ; fivo counlios wuro rep.
roeiitcil j six lliotisai.cl iers ins wore
present.
At 2 1'. yi , Governor .Morton appear
eil, nceumiKinie I by (i.in'l. tfi'esliain and
oil el's. Tliu (.Jovern or stemeil weak,
ninl was nssislod to tlio staml, wliero,
laliina seat, ho ileliveretl nit ii!oini.'iit
ndili css of iieaiiy f ree hours, dtirin
which In! was iVeq iontly gree'a'.l with
V0C;leii-i iil .t uses
iiovkiin'o!! iioi:ro-;'s si'I'.iumi.
Some three or lo ir weeks no a ILmii.)
eralio coiivetilion was hel.l in - his city nt
which n iMiiLidnte 1 r Conyres was
noiniiinled, speecliU'iwnsiii itle by .Messrs.
YoorhiiM ninl .MoDonal I, nil 1 u scries of
resolutions a.lotid.
Tliu resolutions wory evi lently inlend
oil to inniiiiialo t now loliey in the
Democratic party, aril to eiialilo lliu
pa ly, il ios-ili!i), to relieve iii-elf of the
odium willi which it isiw.v loaded down
and ly whieli it, nrist ':! Ynv bu car
ried to the bottom.
Tliu son old 'nt iheso resolutions du
el, ii'cs tint ''the win' wnsjost tin. I neces
sary to pi'eveiil tliu disruption ot the
Union ami the ovei liirmv of the Coiisti
I'.l'ieii," and thanks the soldiers I' r their
valor in pivsciv'tij; ihu natior,
S',:;!e."i til nil lis niter the war was
over, the men eonipn iiii'j; th" eoiiveulion
di coveie-l for tlie first tiuii! that the war
win "j 'i-t and iiL"cs-'.ary" oa our part
a ti'iitli which h id been arrived at by
the "re it b idy of tH.i poople of ih.t
Unite 1 Siates in ire ill. in li .'t' years b i
fore. II) V it h lop 'U ; 1 Mill, ill's di-i.1 i.'ei'y
wnlii'-t iniilo at X.-w A'.iri iy, oi- by
u'hat, in.' i:.s . ih.i ti'iitli bi'ok'i in noon
mill. la so i ilitie.illy lietiijjfite.l and so far
bohiti I til l m, ', doc no1. apieai'.
Neverthe'ess, Xeu' Albany, was s.livji
cl as the place of reve'alion, and the politician-!
there assembled thu homblu in-,
strum nits fir l!uj d'nso niaa'.ion of the,
new I rut li. I
This res il.ilion i i a complete and mi- I
rmi'i'Visl confesiiou id' the disloyal anil
ti'eisonable, eoursu imrsaed by the no
li tiled 1) mi )ei';itii! p'.rty llii'ou ;!iout the
war, nnd a lull admission that tln-ir prin
eiples and practices wci'o liO'tilc to the
Union. .The wholo (iiunlry will rc;;:ii'il
il sn :i dying repi.-niatioi, torced from a j
ootiviiili.'d criminal who is standing in
lull view ot t'u Mc ill'ild, but will reii'il
it as a confession, Rpriuinu; not from
iHniluiie(.' of the heart, but f rom liopes of
parilon and renewed 1 i Ut. The. min
in ikinv; this c.infjwion m'; tjio coiiiitvy
to reccivo it as :n iividenoii that they
have lr on! t!u llrsl luen in favor of the
war, find de n inded that they slnil bu
received m giod Union inun, who liavu
proleetel and preserve. I tho oottntry,
and not as lrieib's, ni dors mil ubettors
of rebellion.
Allow inu to "ay to llioin, tliuir request
will not bo ijrantud. They will be held
to tliu record, nnd oanuot bn rcliuvod
from tlicir great responsibilities by thy
cheiip disoovery that tlia war was "just
nnd liecessiry," sixteen nioutlis uLur it
was ended.
It is trim; our Sivior, in his jvtrnLlo,
described thoso who caniu in at tho elev
enth hour, us having roocived ns much
pay as those ivlio had worked nil day j
but Ntill it must tin remembered that they
came in onu hour hel'iru tho work was
done, nnd lielpml to Iiii'hIi it, but these
Peiiiooriilii) politicians did not poino in
until sixteen mouths niter tliu work was
nil over,
It lliu war wns ' jut nn 1 nem'sviry ,"
its tliesj tii mi 1101V my, why did. tho
Democratic party throughout the war
ilMoutieu il as unni'txiiry, unhihj and
Uin' i:ixitittL- al ? and as-ert that it was
tor :cd upon our Southern brethren - by a
w icked invasion of their rights ( If the
war was "just and neeessaiy," why
did Dem icratio members of Congress
vote agunsl all supplies of men air." mo
ney igiinsl all appropriations nnd
incisure necessary to cany on the war,
mid do all in their power, by their
speeches, to discourage the loy il people
ot the North, and encourage the disloyal
people (.f lliu South! If tliu war was
"just an 1 nee-ess iry ," why did Deuno
cratin poKlici ins throughout Indiana d'n
c nil'.ig ! ciilistnieii'.s, labor to keep lKm.
oerats lro:u g iii;g into .tlie ariny, and
exhort the people to resist til l dr.'ill ? Il
the war was 'ju-t and necessary," why
di 1 Do iiooratie p i'.itieians nrgutthat the
(.1 overniiietit coaM not c-iercj a State ?
and that, each State ha 1 n right to judge
ol the infraction of the Constitution, us
well as the remedy ? and peaceably to
withdraw from the Union, according to
tho determination (4' its own will ?
If 'M ho war w h ju t and necessary."
whv did the Pjiii vjr.ir-.y of Washington
county, in a nice ing held at S ilom, in
February, LS.il, resolve, that, if a separa
tion took place beV.vc.m the North and
Sjuth, the liiio ol separation .must run
North of Washington county j and that
il they were compelled lo fight on cither
side, Ihey would be found lighting in the
armies of the South ?
If "the w ir w jl't ail tuues.s iry."
on oar put, ihen, ol ours", Jio rebel
lion was wicked, an 1 reb.'ls ought to be
punished an I ex il il 1)1 IV ml Co:ig:-es.
H'tliu war'was just and nuaes'ary,"
why diil thu Sons of Liberty conspire to
overturn the State G ivernment, release
rebel prisoners, seize arsenals, iiiurd"!'
the H.wcii:iv, and precipitate Indiana
into rebellion )
If "tliu war wis j ut and necessary,"
why did not these men enuourag;) on.
iistiiieiiU, enter thu army themselves,
eouli'i'o'.i'e lo thu Sanitary Commission!
lie'p lo support sol Hers' families, nnd
unite i;l d ling all t'.o 13 thing! which
shoul 1 b 1 eh.o.ti l'.illy p -rf inu.'d by every
loyal and pitriotio citizen .'
If (Id wir w.h jut an 1 noeeosiry,"
why d: I til 1 ) -'in icr.-il hi iliticiam '0
to CiiiiMgo, in thu mi.Lt of ihe la-t great,
cini;i aig i 1 I' 1 i I, in tho very crisis ol
Ihe li ''il. an 1 t-iere res ilve tint the war
. , , ,
was ',vie -C'l iiiid uo.M'.i..'itii,i iii,,il 00 our
p ut ; ili.tl it was n I uiuve, an I We ou -Jit
to lay . I w i l (.car ' ;,!. ,.1 and mw 1 ,r
peace J
Aa-I. i.i ..Hurt, il war was "ju-t and
II M '-ni'V," why did I) 'ill I'U.llic po'.liiel
aus I'el'i-e to proclaim the fu-t until i-ix-leeu
111. inihs alter it was over J an I nllcr
they had done all the Irn ui they could,
and when their adhesion to the tJ jveru
iii'.'iit could do no good.
After the rebellion had been suppress
ed alter the victory had been won
all. r every ciiemv in the Held had be:'ti
conquered, and every obstielo at home
had bei 11 overcome, and the nation had
been preserved, with nit the aid of the
Democratic parly, and in spile ot it, lint
portion i,t it which inhabits this Con,
grcssional D. strict caine together in Con
vention in tho year of Our Lord one
thousand eight hundred an 1 sixty six,
and resolved that "the wa'r -was just mid
necessary to prevent thu disruption of
the Union and tlm overthrow ot llm
Constitution."
They neVi r discovered the f.iet until
after suVccs had crowned our nrnis, and
defeat had overwhelmed their allies, mid
their every ell irt to secce the siicces,-, of
thu rebellion had failed j an I the q ;cs
tion 1 now submit to you, and which is
already present in your minds, is, wheth
er these men have had an iietutl revela
tion o( new Until, nnd have icdii'.ed 11
change i t heart, or whether only the
circumstances have change I by which
ihey are surrounded, and to wliih Uicy
are now, lor hi llish niul nnlitieal purposes,
Becking to adapt themselves.
When Democratic leaders now resolve
that the war "wis just and necessary"
on our part, they slullify all they have
said and dono for thu last six years, mid
contradict and nullify every oilier plank
in their platform, but they can not blot
oat tho story ol th lr misdeeds, nor
orasu from the pngu of history the re
cord of their crimes against tliu coun
try. I-OJtMI.IZIN'l IIHI'ltl'SliN'r.VTION.
There are two kinds ot representation
in, Uiini:ruiK lliu representation of the
Stales and ut thu people Each Statu
has two Ueprisentatlves, or Senators, iu.
the Senate, while it is inle'ided that Ihe
people shall bo e ) lit ihlv "and equ illy
represented in the Uou-e.
In the original formation of the Cm
slitution, Uepreseiilat ves were appor
tioned among tho several States by add
iiiij t ) tliu whole number of I'reu person j,
'exiliidiiig Indians, n it taxed,' three,
filths of nil other persons." These ihree
tilths of all othor pu-.-on w.'im slives,
and, in effect, eveiy live si a vim 'vcre
counted in three l:e.' persons, in making
up tliu i.at'.) ol repr.scnl'itioti. This was
a very hard provi-nou lor t' 0 people of
tlie free Stales, but it was demanded by
the slaveholLr.i. mil concede, by our
fithers in co inroniise, they believing
that slavery was f.tst passing away, and
eouh'. not 2:1 lure a 'rurter of a century,
and it became li inlly 1111 :ilurnt intoler,
able burden and injustice, as it gavo to
tli ' South a representation of twenty
two votes in the. IIi'Huof ll'prusL'iiia
lives ami in the Electoral College for
I'resi 1 nit mil V';ej iVeiid.)it, on au
c 1 nit of their property.
Anenrdi.ig t ihe !;.'ih:h of !8o ), the
eleven reoel S:ate( not ii'elu ling in their
number IC ontueky, .M iryl in 1, Delaware
and .Misso ji'i, ha 1 a white p ipulatioii of
"',') .l-.', '.).)!, and hid a negro population
of 3,7.1 ),i):Jl. r,y the last appoi'liou
ment, which allowed (Mis Uoprosoutative
for every 1M,())) people, tho while
population of thes! rebel St ites would
eu'iilu them to forty-two l'cpre:ent'i
lives, and tlu colore 1 popula'ion, now
that slavery is a'o ilidie.l, and each negro
counts as one person, would c it'll' them
to thirty It .-;i:m 'nU'.ive.i nior,', m iking
seventy-t wo in .ill.
I!y the sa-ne cen en t'x sev?u North
western States h id a negro popal.il.iou
of (j.1,01)!), 12,00i') of whom lived in Indi
ana, and altogether making but half
enough fir one licprcsentative. And
now in those deven rebel States the ne
groes enjoy no political rights or con
sideration whatever. They have no
more voice in making the laws by which
they are governed, ar in choosing their
rulers, than the beasts of the field and
yet ns ihe Constitution now stands, their
late til. liters will Irivo thirty votes in
Congress and in thu E'eetoral College
on their account ju-t equal to the unit
cd vote ef Indiana and Ohio. In other
word-, the white men of llr-sc lebel
S:.i'(M, nine'eeii-t .venlieths id whom
are rebels, and were eng ig -d in the late
rebiUion, can vote down Ohio and Indi
ana, by representing the negroes, who
are stripped ot nil political rights what
ever.
The uegio, for ifioiM'lf, amounts to
nothing, counts 1 n- nothing, and his ex
istence is iiiioi iy ig .oi'ed.iiilt he imoiinls
to a lii.-iii. an I co ion tor a nirii. for the
hem lil ol whitu rebels, by whooi i he is
sun'otnd-.d, Tlie white people of ihe
rebel S. itei have f ,:".y f v v-itei for
lliemaelvi'S, and t'oen will h ive thirty
v.'les more tor the nog.'oei .
Djuio :i'.ulli) p 'hiioians apped lo the
vulgar prejudices of ill-; people, by claim
ing. that lids is a white man's ( toveru
nienl, is il which has thir'y votes in Con
gress mid t'uiily votes 111 the Electoral
College, based on negro representation !
This advantage which ilio rebel Slates
now have is mon-.tr. ms, and is not t j be
qnietly'en lured. No Northern man,
who lias the least, respect for himself,
cm for a in :irj;it cons.rr, th it they shall j
retain it. E.'en if- they were loyal if 1
tlu.y h ad tried to -m t.iiu lliu Government
instead of destroy it they could have
110 possible claim to il.
They havj thirty votes in Congress!
that hive no constituency i thirty totes I
a-from thirty rotten boroughs under the
English system. And these thirty votes
just balance mid set oil' the thirty Voles
sent up by three millions six hundred
and I'ourty-two thousand white people
flom Ohio mid Irniiaiia.
These eluvjn rebel Slates have other
advantages in the government, which it
seems to inu ought to satisfy 'tho most
avaricious; Domujuratio politician. They
have twenty-two votes in the Senate,
while Ohiojndi.ina and Illinois, with a
joint population exceeding theirs by a
quarter ot a million, luivo bftt six votes
This is a gross inequality, and would
seem to have but little foundation in
reason, yet it was part of the original
theory of tho Government, that the
States, without regard to lliu population,
should have, equal representation in the
Senate, and we are not seeking lo change
it,
In order to correct the shameful iibu-o
! niul itijuslieo I have- been describing,
.Congress has passed a joint resolution
amending the Constitution of the United
States, the second clause of which pro
vides "ih at whenever the right to vote
is denied in any .'-tato to any ol the mule
inh.ib tan's of such Slate, twenty-one
years of age, and 11 citizen of the United
States, or is in any way abridged, ex
cept fir puilioipulion in tin.' rebellion, ,.
idhercrime, the basis of lvpreseiituiou
therein shah be reduced, in the propor
tion Mi-'h in ile citiz uis shall bear I,., the
whole number of male citizens twenty
one years' of age in such S: it 1 '
Too eil'.-ct of ihis amend si mt ii-ll be
to exclude the negi'i popa'a'iou !r,m
being counted in 111 iking up the basis ot
representation in any Stale in uliidi ne
groes over twenty-one years of ago be li
the s imo proportion to the whole negro
population that, white males over twenty,
otic years of age bear to the whole white
population, and de luets the' negro popu
lation by that proportion from thu whole
number fir which representaiion' is to
be given. This w.ll have thu client to
deduct thu whole liegro population of
tho rebel States Irom -th-j aggregate
number for which representation is to
be given, and vill deprive them ot thirty
votes in Cougrcsi, and iu the Electoral
Coile.ru It also deducts the twelve
thousand in Indian 1, Iro n the aggregate
population fjr which she 'h entitled to
representation, and so iu evry other
Statu. Tois 11,11 Ni l 11 nit, in olfe,; leaves
tliuq ieMion of negro snlliago lo each
State, to be determined by mid within
itself. If South Carolina wants repre
sentation for nor negroes, sho hai but to
confer thu right of sutTrng-j upon her
m.ul j negroes over twenty-one years of
age, mid sho will have it. And the mat
tor is referred entirely to her own de termination,
and so with every oilier
Statu.
The prineii'lu enunciated by thu
amendment is thu, that wherever there
is a r.ico of people who arc deemed un
worthy or unlit to receive and enjoy po
litical rights, they shall not be made the
b :a!;i for conferring political rights ami
powers upon others.
Against this amendment tho Demo
cratic party has placed itself indirect
oppo-iiion D in'ocratiu members of
Congress voted ,'igitust it, and Demo
cratic oolhicians are misrepresenting it
all over the hand They demand ihal
110 1 oustit, u'loual aumlmeiit shall bo
passed uuiil i!i,. rloven 'rebel Stales are
luliy reprc en'.ed in Congress, ' when
ihey know lull well no amendment tai
be passed .ab.idg'ng lliu p wer ot lire
South, imp ,. sing conddi. m i upon rebels,
or exciting seea.ity fir ih,, lutiiie.
Tlie,' de.11 iud th it So I'iieru rebels shall
rotai.i the ouoroi ins a vantage they
i.ow h ive, . wli ii'eby e ieli one ol tlfeai
Ins sixty per cent, m 110 i.-f p iwer iu the
llo'.'eiiimeui. th in has n e.Uu.'.i of I.-ni;.
ana, or any oilier N ii lhei'ii S ate, an 1
they demand it bei(usu the.-u rebel
belong lo I h '.'! parly, will vote their
ticket, an. 1 a.vist ihe.u 111 getting into
power.
Nt'iino hiu';-'i:ai;i:.
Tile lir-l section of the amendment is.
iu ihese words:
"All persons born or naturalY'd i;i tliu
United States, and subject to the juris
dictions thereof, are citi,-uis ot the Unit
ed Suites and ol the S ales wherein ihey
reside. No. -tile sli ill make or enforce
any law which shall abridge the piuviU.
cges or iiniintuiii.M ,of citizens of tjie
United Siales;iior shall any State il prive
any person of life, liberty or properly
without due process of law, nor deny to
any person within its jurisdiction "the
equal protection of its laws."
Thu first clause of thu section declares
who shall be citizen.-! ol'lhe United S.-ius,
lull does not add to their privileges or
iiiiiiiiinitii s us citizens It gives 110 right,
power or privilege to citizens of the
United Slates which they have not always
possessed.
The first part of the second clause
prohibits any State from making or en
forcing a law which- shall abridge the
privileges or imiiiuiii'.ics ot citizens ot
the United Stales. Citizens of llm Uni
ted States, as siiih, though they may
not be tho citizens of any State, hiva
certain great privileges or immunities,
which are notio be abridged or inteis
fered with by the laws of tiny Slate.
This has b en done heretofore in many
cases, liurcby great wrongs were. in.
dieted; and heiicu tho necessity of this
provision.
The second part of the clame declares
t,hnt no State shall deprive any person
ol life, liberty or property without duo
process of law, nor deny to any person
within Us jurisdiction tho equal pi'oteo
t i Hi of the I iws.
liy this ii is intended to' throw the
equal protection of the lnv around every
pjrson who miy be within the jurisdic
tion 0. any State, whethur citizen or
alien, and without regard lo condition
or residenc", not only as to lilu and
liberty, but also as to property. It has
happened 111 times past thai several of
the Southern States discriminated Jig dust
the' citizens ot other Stales, by wiihhol.
din;;' the protect ion ot 1 Lo laws .for lite
and liberty, mid denying to them the
ordinary remedies in the Court for the
vindication ol'their civil rights, and hence
thu adoption of this provision.
Hut it is now being ihsperately argu
ed, to releein a desperate cause, that the
first section of thu amendment confer
theiiehtdt sullVago upon negroes in
Indiana mid every other State, 1 confess
my astonishment that any respectable
lawyer wdio has the slightest regard for
h:s legal repuimion should be wiling to
c-iuiiiiit hi.nscU' to such a proposition,
and argue ag liusl thu clear incaiuug of
the English language, and the manifest
spirit and purpose of the amendment.
fhey might as 'well try lo extract negro
suffrage tVom thu Ninth Commandment;
which t'tiy-, "Thou shall not bear false
witness agiiiist thy neighbor," nnd in
fact, I common l these gentlemen to tliu
pirticiil.tr study cf thai commandment.
It is one of the most ll igr iut and im
pudent attempts to practice n fraud upon
the public mind of which L have any
knowledge, nu.i should b i hel 1 up lo
g li.-rul execration and contempt. And
so shameless is it '.hut Judge Perkins, iu
a com niri'.euiioii published only lust
week, in n-lei ring lo this subject uses
the following language;
'.MeDouuld sii' ksto run thu campaign
on the proposition that the proposed
amendment to thu Constitution winters
ni'ro siillragc, but that is plainly at il-e
proposal uni, and one on which defeat
must of course result. Thu proposed
amcu'l-neiil does not confer negro suf
lV..ge." Who'her ho correctly represents Mr.
McDoiuiM I am un iblu to say, as I am
not lauiiliar with his speeches; out it is
vely certain thai he justly denounces
the shallow pntence that this section
coiil'erif negro, stiffing1!
It is as well se'tled :u tiny other pro
position connected with con-liliitioiial
law, that a person may be a citizen of tlie
U.. Led Stales, and yet not a citizen of
any Slate. The tnuii ol foreign birth
may be natt raliz.'d by the Courts, ami
thu s undo a citizen of tliu United S. ate.-:,
although he is not a citizen of any State;
and a native born person may lo.-e his
residence mid citizeii-hip iu one S'ate,
and lor a long lime tail to acquire them
in any other; but duiiiig lh.it. time he is
iiiiqu.stiouably a citizen uf the Unite I
States.
Ai to what conlilutes ( inxeiiship in 11
Slate, depends upon its constitution m:d
laws Tbo co'iiditiifiis :i"o different in
di lie rent States.
It n from the first paj t of the second
liluusu of the se.:lion, which says "that
no State shall make or ci:l'oicu any law
which shall abridge ihe privilege's or iin.
niunitiesof citizens ol'lhe United States."
that it l.s pretended lo extract negro
siillrage. Now if the light oi'sull'i age is
a privilege ul' immunity belonging to
citizens ot thu United Stales, as such,
then these genthuii'iii aro light; but if,
on the oilier hand, thu right of sullruge
is Conferred, regulated, bestowed or1
wkhhell, by the several States, then it is
not a privilgeof immunity of citizens of
Ihe United States, as such, and there is
no logic or truth 111 their position, Nur
is the ii;;hl of sullVago nn immunity or
jirivilego bciooging to tho citizjns of a
Statu, as sum, but i coaLou'ed upon sank
citizens as thu Constitution and laws
thereof prescribe. Women and children
are citizens of the State, but have not
the' right of sull'r.ig'. If the right of
sullVago is a privilege or iiniiuioitv of
citizens of thu United States, as such,
then it has alway been so, for tho mncn.l
iiieiit only deli, ics who shall ho citizens
uf the Unheal States, but does not coir
fcr new privileges or immunities, and in
that case would always have been under
tho control of Congress, and not of the
States. .
That the right, of sutlVagn is ornferrcd
and regulated by tho States exclusively,
is a proposition to well understood lo be
ilt'gnu 1 here, and springs directly from
provisio.is in thn Constitution ()f the
United Slates. Cil'zens ot thu United
States, as such, have priv. leges and iin
niunUios which aro very clearly describ
-JP.--...T:'aJi.T
ed by Judge Perkins iu the communica
tion referred lo, us follows!
"Tho rights and immunities of
ciliz 11 (if the United Sta'esaro to enjoy
civil rights, nnd to yo into any and all
the States, mid there acquire that eiti.
zeiiship, and enjoy such' political rights,
in addition to civil, as tho State may
coiif. r on its citizens, and tho proposed
Constitutional Amendment meets theso
two obligations.'1
II tho first section of the" amendment
confers the right o! suffrage upon not
groes, il wholly defeats the operation of
Ihe second section, which is lnteiidud to
1 qualzu the representation, and proueods
directly upon ihu hypothesis that suf'.
li age is regul.i'ied by the several StntPS,
and makes the basis of representation
depend upim'the action had by tho Statos
on that subject.
The third section reads us follows;
1-
"Th.it no person shall bu a Senator or
LYprescntalive in congress, or elector of
President and Vico-l'rosident, or hold
any ollice, civil or military, under tho
United States, or under any Slate, who,
having previously taken 1111 oath as ft
member of Congress, or us an officer of
the United Slates, or as a member ottha
State Legislature, to support tho Consti
tution of tho United States, shall have
engaged in insurrection nnd rebellion
against the same, or given aid or comfort;
to the enemies thereof 15at Congress
may, by a votu ot two-thirds of each
House, remove such disability."
The ju dico of this section appeals to
the heart of every loyal man as a self-ivi-dent
proposition.
It, renders ineligiblo to any ofhoo un
der the States, or any State, thoso pro
minent and leading rebels, who, having
held important olllecs, in which they
took an oath to support tho Constitution
of the Unite I. States, afterward commit
ted perjury by engaging in tho reboll
1011. . ....
It provides that 'tho ofliccs bIhiII not
hereafter be held by perjured rebels, and
proceeds doubtless, upon tho opinion
lh.it it is bad enough to permit rebels to
hold ofliee, but that when they havo ad
ded to their tieasou tho violation of their
oaths it would bo more than tho country
could endure. Having taken tho oatll
and ' broken it, having involved the
country in the horrors of civil war, truth,
justice and common sensu alike demand
that they should not again bu trusted.
Tne Fourth section of thu aniundmonti'
is in these words:
"Tliu validity of tho publih debt of tho
United States authorized by law, inclu
ding debts incurred for payment of pen
sions and bjiinlics for services in sup
pressing insurrection or rebellion, shall,
not be quest ioiied' 1 Jut neither tho
United States, nor any Stale, shall as
sume or pay any debt or obligation in
curred in aid of insurrection or rebellion
against tliu United States, or nny claim
for tho loss or em incip ilioii ol any slave,
but all suuh debts, obligations and claims
shall be held illegal ui;d void."
Tlie list clause declares, "that tho
validily or binding obligation of tho
ub'ic
including debts iuourred
for payment of pension.) and bounties
tor-servi 'ei in suppressing the rebellion
shall not bo question'.' J,"
Tlie second cl.iuso prohibits tho ass
sumption or .payment, by tho United
States, or any State, of any part of tho
rebel war dob, or any claim for tho loss
or emancipation of slave-!. Is thero any
mail credulous enough to be'iuvo that
the parly which is to ' bu formed in
Philadelphia on thu 1 lth et August, bf
conlederato ollleers and soldiers, rebol
politicians, Northern Democrats, and
'Sons ot Liberty," will uvur voto to tax
tlinmselves to pay tho interest on the
National debt, unless tho Government
will fust assume tho payment ot tho
rebel war debt, mid agree to indemnify
them for the loss of their slaves?
To proseeulo thu war, tho Govern
ment had to borrow largo S111113 of money
by tho sale of slocks. Tho Democra
tic leaders ol the North, being hostile
t) thu slocks, and did everything in
their power to destroy their oro.lit ami
prevent the people from investing their,
money in ihem, well knowing that if
they succeeded in this, tho wur must'
fail, and the rebellion triumph. The
debt liavliu; been created for tho purpose of
(oiitiicr'nij; tlie rebels, they aro naturally
hostile to il, nnd It can not ho expected that
when restored to political piAver, they will'
vote to tax themselves for Its payment, nor
can It he cxftcoled Unit tbev wl l act with any
Xoithern party who will tux tlicm for that;
purpose. Thu new party to bo Ibrnwd ut.
PI11I nlelplil iwlll Inevitably be, from thonaturq
ol'lhe elements of which It will bo composed a
repudiating party, except upon tho condition
of nssnu lug and paying tho rebels for tholr
slaves.
I need not extend my icniiirlis on this
subject, and will only further olworvo, that
Cmd'mwd on Second rnie.
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