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Excerpt from Re-Construction, 1865 to 1871: Speech of Hon. Willard Warner, of Alabama, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 3, 1871 Constriicliou 1860 to 1871.The Senate having under consideration the following amendment, proposed by Mr. Wauner, to the joint resolution (Ii. R.No. 521) repealins the duly on coal: And that all political disabilities imposed by law or by tho Constitution of the United States upon citizens of the United States on account of rebellion are hereby removed Mr. Warner said: Mr. Presidext: He who would approach the discussion or treatment of a great question of Government, involving the welfare of a large portion of the people, in a purely partisan spirit or with any other intent than to state the truth as he sees it, and to act as his best judgment and conscience dictate, is unworthy to be a citizen of a free country, much less to be an American Senator. I hold my allegiance to truth and country far above my obligation to party. I support and act with a great political party, because that party is an instrumentality through which I can serve my country and humanity. Seventeen years ago I aided in organizing the Republican party, as an agency through which might be wrought out certain great and noble ends, foremost among which were the immediate limitation and ultimate eradication of human slavery in this country. It became in the hands of Providence the instrumentality through which a gigantic rebellion, inaugurated to sustain and perpetuate slavery through a division of the country, was crushed, the territorial integrity of the Republic maintained, and the equality of rights of men established. And now, while I may criticise some of its acts, I am profoundly convinced that its future success is absolutely necessary to the safoty and well-being of the country. TRtJE Condition Of Kucoxstruc I lON. The main (and I may say almost the only) objections urged against the plan of reconstruction adopted by Congress, are: first, that the colored men were allowed to vote; and secondly, that a small class of those engaged in rebellion should not be eligible as members of the State conventions to frame new constitutions for the rebel States; and thirdly, that this same class should not be eligible to any oiEce except by authority of two thirds of Congress. The two first-named features were contained in the act of Congress of March 2, 1867, for the more efficient government of the rebel States, which provided as follows: That when the people of any one of said rebel States shall have formed a constitution of government in conformity with the Constitution of the United States in all respects, framed by a convention of delegates elected by the male citizens of said State, twenty-ono years old and upvi ard, of whatever race, color, or previous condition, who hare been resident in said State for one year previous to the day of such election, except such as may be disfranchised for participation in tho rebellion, or for felony at common law; and when such constitution shall provide that the elective franchise shall bo enjoyed by all such persons as have the qualifications herein stated for electors of delegates; and when such constitul ion shall be ratified by a majority of the persons voting on the question of ratification who arc qualified as electors fur delegates; and when such constitution shall have been submitted to Congress for examination and approval, and Congress shall have approved the same; and when said State, by a vote of its Legislature, elected under said constitution, shall have adopted the amendment to the Constitution of the United States proposed by the Thirty-Ninth Congress and known as article fourteen; and when said article shall have become a part of the Constitution of the United States, said State shall be declared entitled to representation in Congress, and Senators and Representatives shall bo admitted therefrom on their taking the oath prescribed by law; an

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• Plný název: Re-Construction, 1865 to 1871
• Podnázev: Speech of Hon. Willard Warner, of Alabama, Delivered in the Senate of the United States, March 3, 1871 (Classic Reprint)
• Autor: Willard Warner
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Vazba: Brožovaná
• Počet stran: 24
• EAN: 9781330879368
• ISBN: 9781330879368
• ID: 09697730
• Nakladatelství: Forgotten Books
• Hmotnost: 45 g
• Rozměry: 229 × 152 × 1 mm
• Datum vydání: 07. July 2015

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