Impartial Suffrage
Summary
Editorial discussing the issue of whether an amendment currently under consideration in Congress will be a better way to guarantee the stability of the country or whether granting Negro suffrage and a general amnesty to the South is the answer. It appears that the South would favor amnesty and Negro suffrage over the amendment. However, the Examiner argues that the amendment is the less risky choice because it fears that the Negro vote will not necessarily go for Union candidates and therefore keep former rebel leaders from regaining control of Southern politics. "We have no wish to see Congress drive a hard bargain with the South, but we trust it will protect us from the evil and humiliation this new plan of pacification will inevitably entail upon the country."
Article Source
Newspaper: The Frederick Examiner
Publication Date: November 28th, 1866
Page/Column: 2A
Town: Frederick, MD
County: Frederick
Subjects
- Aftermath of War / Reconstruction
- Civil Liberties
- African Americans
