Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-03-21
~ R5vt,.lIf C,jtizensIlip.

citizenship for fourteen or tFenty-one years.
merely on account of the accident OF birth; but
how shall we find words adequately to express our
adherence Of the desBotic doctrine, infinitely
more opposed to all Me fundamental principles Of
Democracy and equal rights, which has been re-
Gently promulgated from the Supreme Bench,
that the mere accidentsof g color " should debar
forever from every right Of citizenship numer-
Gus class of residents, born and reared on our
SOIL who have till now enjoyed fhe right Of suf-
frage in this Commonwealth, ed common foot
ing with their white fellowscitizens. Our Dem
ocratic" friends fegne great horror of Know
Noihingism, which stands in the relation of mere
" molasses and water to fourth proof brandy" as
compared with the supteme Court edIct in it, pro-
seriptive features but theselfstyled Democfs-
cy " have not word of cehsure of, and even en-
dorse, the diabolical decision of the five slave
holding Justises that ored persons are not eiti-
zens, and can neyerbecome such, under the Con-
sti ution.
Could such monstroas conclusion be arriv-
ed at by any fair process EXPERIMENTATION, the
Constitution, instead of being a charter of free.
dom, would be mere nstEdment Of tyranny, and
the Union formed updef it should be dissolved
instsnter, Hut thu is forced construction, di.
ametrically opposed "a its whole spirit and literal
intent. To show that ne majority of the Court,
in order to bolster up the ptensions of the slave
ny prOpagandists, are guilty 6great perversion of
facts. well as faisity of reoning, we quote the
following from their "opinion, as given by Chief
Justice fancy -
" 1t is true that every person, and every class
and description of persons at the time Of the
adoption of the Constitution regarded as citizens
OF the several States, becane,citizens of this new
political body; and none otheTA 1t was for them
and their posterity, and for nobody else and all
tine rights and lmmunities wsfesintended to en-
brace only those of Statelcommunities, or those
who became membersAec to the principles
on which the Constitution was adopted. 1t was
union otthose who@sgere members of the politi-
cal communities, whose payers, for certain spe-
fled purposes, extended overSthe whole terrific
ries of the United States, and osye each citizen
rights outside his State which ie did not before
possess, and placed all rightsof persons and pro-
who we're itizehs of the seFsfal States when the
Constitutikn " Is adopted In9eder to do this
we must rfur p the Colonies whehSthey separ-
ated from Erea& Britain, formed nebScommuni-
tiss. and l4pk leir place among the k1Fly of ma
tons. Thsy WHO were recognized as spitzens of
the States Heclased their independence ofS Great
Britain, anN defended it by force OF afaasN An.
other classpf prisons, who had been inEorted as
slaves, or Heir q scendants, were not redpgnEeS
or intendefto 81 included in that memotAb1een
strument-#he declaration Of Indepehdekce Ut
y aIne9it n thl day to realize Tie state D ptb-
~ finionE Ssing That unfortunate ella with
the civilize# and Enlightened portion Of tn &wor@
at the time of tie Declaration of IndepeA denck
and the adFphoufDf the Constitution; bat lEstorE
shows theyshave tor more than century been req
garded as lMings HDf inferior order, andkunft
associates @r thN white race, either socially orr
politically ,&nd Il d no rights which white men s
were bOundEo red beet; and the black man #ight /
be reduced % slaEery, bought and Sold and aEeat- I
ed as an or&nark article of merchandise This 5
opinion, at chat time fixed and unitersalS
with the 81 Miize dportion of the white race = =
The opIniol thus en tertained was universalk i'm e
pressed on pc C40nists this side of the Aklan-&
tic accordiNgly negroes of the African racesFers
regarded ~ theI4 as property. and held ,ssand
bought, and bold, IS, such, in every one 81 the
thirteen Col nies Il
That unfQrta pate sace was supposed to be sSpaE
ate from thesRhit#, and was never thougE d
spoken Of ez4ept 5 property"
Now the CTS refutation of the abovk b
uitcal rsasding &sere within the immtd&te
reach Of JUDI TaSey and his Associates, ta}ey
were so igndsant not to be in possessM of
them in theiF 4enE ries. These FACTS arg OF
the original Etsn-.states, seven (Maskchu-
sets, New mps Ire, New York, New Jersey,
Virginia, nj ylan@ and North Carolins had, at
the timeof e adj ptiOn of the federal Gonstitu
tion, State snstie tiOns making no distinction
between" te a d q colored, flheir requis-
lite qualification d voters. In A these seven
States, men of Afean descen were allowed to
vote, and haze exeEised the Privilege in Mary
land as late y leas as 1875 in North Carolina
as late as Isl and5n Eilginia as late as 1850
TwootheEb 4 The ginal thirteen States penn
sylvania andS GeOfs ~ which formed Consttu.
tons in 1888, soss, aiesg the adoption of the
federal Cons VsutioImad II distinction of color
in respect I'd Oters
Two Of q old Thirteen (RAQde Island and
Connecticut whicl were withowsS tate Consti-
tutons at Til tme the adoption . Ashe federal
constitutional Ssbarred by their D ,enic law,
the English 'Grts from making al listinc-
ton Of color disqualification of vots4
The fact th colo persons, or men ~, AZ
Eican descent had ll the privileges Of titens
in these eeveH STAT 81, is well known. tFhVp,
by theyery ddskrine n the decision itself, q cdk,
tanned in the trac kboye, in eleven out lbf tn
thirteen origin8 stSfs, if not in the oth@ two
Africans Of tO-A by, descendants Of thoz Wild
were thus enap4ed th the right of citisssahiE
BY their respeet8e be Constitutions, are 6.rictl
y and legally q izena of the United states Wei
commend to ef Jistice fancy more thor-
Ough psrusal d the aAswerable argumst of
his Associate il ice uitis,On this point.
Mehot 8 And IL d eent,. as citizens, 70 an
active part in ou# Re pulmonary struggle, me,
leaving theft bono upp the battle field in al 5st.
ationsof their pa lot q and EalOr, and OF rs,
retiring 10 their ESP hive States after thsgacf
complishment of de ndence, subsequent co
operated with tho a lite fellow-citizens ii "a
liticalafairs at hd De. These It is proposed ~
70 disfsanchise, at BE ck Of fancy, Cam n,
Wayne, Daniel, ar C4kon no
We wish We col etkertain the confden& -
pressed by Gov. sshth in his speeeb I.ths
dedication Of Maghar8s' Han. on Thu
that the courts Of iasil ehusetts will be Z to
freedom when pas Pc pom the late decilI6n Of
the federal Court pect to the righto IF her
citizens, irrespset color. We thinl the iu
ries, which are Of Re &ople, will be W., il left
to their own jul June untrammeld by ~
court, but the iatf J, n fear, will hftooInuch in
eral judiciary. q THl eEoP1I We must look for
/ "a reversal Of the kouaf keresy contained in
ne STAKEHOLDER. Az ne az Supreme Bench
-fDIiN6 THB DKMpca, VI. Our neishbor Of
Cha Boy STATE gets very asrathy over Mr.. WASH
kbbr9% address at adjudication Of Mechanics
Wall, Asse Che follosl ~ passage, which he quotes