Daily Richmond Whig

THE SUFFRAGE QUESTION IN TENNESSEE.
The following is a brief synopsis of the bill which has passed the Senate of Tennessee:
Under its provisions the following persons are permitted to vote:
First. Every free white man twenty-one years of age, a citizen of the United States, and publicly known to have entertained unconditional Union sentiments from the breaking out of the rebellion until the present time.
Second. Every white young inhabitant of the State and citizens of the United States, and arriving at the age of twenty-one since March 4, 1865, provided he has not engaged in armed rebellion against the authority of the United States; and every free white man of lawful age, coming from another State and a citizen of the United States, on proof of loyalty to the Government of the United States, and being a citizen of the county, wherein he may offer his vote six months preceding an election.
Third. Every free white man, an inhabitant of this State and citizen of the United States, who has served as a soldier in the army of the United States, and who has been, or may be, honorably discharged.
Fourth. Every free white man who voted at the Presidential election of 1864, or voted on the 22d of February, 1865, or 4th of March, 1865, in this State.
Fifth. All those who can prove, by two good and true Union witnesses, that they were, at the last election, true friends of the Government of the United States. All other persons are excluded for six years after the passage of the act, and may then be readmitted to franchise by petition to the Circuit or Chancery Court, on proof of loyalty to the United States, in open Court, upon the testimony of two or more good loyal citizens.
Section fourth provides for the registration of voters.
Section fifth provides for challenging voters and the administration of the oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the laws and proclamations made in pursuance thereof, and the amended Constitution of Tennessee, with the acts of the Legislature in accordance therewith.