New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-03-17

| zee suo Lorarc hsyiug lesho;c 90, ,te xtt,u Z.
| {, MINOR al't G the srIJsi iccoOe of Is OF aay
be vote 70. ,be f., 'hs Dsriic Of Eh CT 1e
| a. i1bsbitsJ'," ac-lChsp T. SECT. 9, Art :.
"Lyery male person beng tseItyo one ye4rs E: .gs,
and re-e' ni IL say pxticu..r tow. 4 tbs III u
| Eei fof tb tpsce e ole year preceding having 5
freehold ests'e &c see above :ssI have ri.t. ro
vote in tie cioos Of Representative or ptesen,s-
ave-: fer said town. "-lChsp ! Ssct- 3 Ar 4.
! Thee ptIsoLi Who sbsl be qualified 10 voc iot
senate, 81 RerestLtstiIe v.hn the -eyers ;oEG.
| q tn. Conmopwssltt shall give ihe.rvo'ss
for a Governor" &c.-lCh,p . Sec., Ar3
| Atr I1k.-Cons'itutCp forIed II April, IL -
| "Ete5t NAE isiabitant OF III. age who 50 A, hsv.
Ierior5Ly resided within che o. the courte. OF tt..
State fer sir months Immediately preceJitg he day Of
election shall at such election, be entte1 :, vote for
| Representatives, Of the s,id county 10 Assembly u
| during tie time Aforesaid be sh4 have been free
hooer, Possessed OF freehold Of the value Of twenty
pouLds within sad county, or have rented tensnent
therein Ct the early value OF forty shilngs, and been
rated and actually paid taXee 10 this State = At Z.
Ne Jersey.- Con- titution formed July2, 776. Ice
| word Colony changed 70 " ) ale" on the 10Th
Sep'eu Der Hi" All Inhabitants Of this Colony Of
full age VINO are worth fifty pounds proclamation
money clear eetaie In the same, and have relied u
the equity in which they claim vote for twelve
months Immediately preceding the election, shat be
entitled TO vote for representatives II Couacll sni As
senby, sno sto for all other public Off ;eIs that shall
be elected by the people Of the county at large. -
/ Ant 1.
Vygia,a -Con.titution formed July5 l776 -" Toe
light Of srsge in tine election Of members Of bOth
! Btusts shsl remain as txercrssd az present.
Previously to this date Virginia uud,rtoe Royal
Charter, under the British rsttutioa and Eas,h
! COMMON law which could have permitted 10 dstlRc-
tcu Of color. This Constitution, il seems. va 10
force at the date Of the publication Of the volume from
which we are quoting, viz December, 1870. And /
is well known that negroes continued to vote 10 VIZ
.nia up 70 the year 1870, wher Conott atIou
foIn cd, which excluded then.
MarDloHd.- Cor stitution formed Aug T. l11D
"DeclaraftoH Of R'ghn.-l. That all government Of
right org mates from The people, q Duude1 10 compact
oily and il stItued solely for the good Of tie Thle
=. THAT The JeoJie Of this Stats ought 70 have the
and exclusive right OF regulating the iGtern Il gov
eminent ard police thereof That the RtabH
ants of Ma land are entitled TO the comm1E tar Of
LngiGHd and the trial by iury' &c ). That
the right IN the people to participate in the Lessa
ure is the beet security OF liberty, and the foundation
OF all rCe goveInmeLt for this purpose, elections
ought - be free ana frequent and ercry man having
property IL common interest With and an attachment
TO, the community, ought 10 hare The righ Of
sUp,Gge.
:; The Constitution and form of Gorernmeat"-
That tire Hsuse Of Delegates shell be chosen il the
following nanLer: All reemen above u years OF age,
having freehold Of ~ acres Of aud in the county IN
which II ey offer to vote, and residing therein, aud all
ftemen having property IN tbs state above tee value
~ III which they of, TO vote whole year next pre-
ceoug the election, sha have right Of suffrage i'll
The election Of Dee gates for saO cOuhiy, &c Arr. :.
Tie uatttr-oi-faot voting OF coored persons uuder
TIN Constitution is atttsted by the several amend
mtnts attrwaro LtIoducedt to restrict It. which would
have been .essary # the privilege OF voting was
lever exercised.
Tie frst If these was passed IN lSOl Ich ~, aud
eoi fru cd in $50! (ch restricting the suffrage to
free white male citizens ana other IN elections
III the CITY OF Baltimore tie City Of Annapolis"
"n the elc cons Of such cities either OF them for Del
:" egstes TO the General Assembly, electors OF the
" S.Iate AID Shonfs.'
The second mesdment passed in 1909 (ch. S3), aud
confined in 1910 (ch. 80, extended the restric
ton e. free white male cuIeIs 70 voieTs for electors
o. the President and President Of the United
States for Representatives Of this state in the Con-
ertss of the United States for delegates to the Gene
rsl Assembly Of tbs State, cector Of tue Senate and
SLeris.
This restriction, Ike the preceding one, cOufned
to 1.-The City of Aohapcis or Baltimore Elsewhere
colored citizens wee permitted to vote as formerly
And this according to the book of Gales & Seaion)
continued up to Dec 1870 how much longer an
III able TO say.
Mar, LAND Il tn, fIom l776 till 1901 allowed colored
citizens 10 vote On the same conditions with white cr
zens. And the cooycd vote in Baltimore and ALnap-
Oils became 40 formidable in the State eectcns. tnst
il 1891 it wa. extipgushed. This sstfi;ed TIL 1910,
when the same hutAce rational elections became
too formidable TO be longer tolersted But, ont OF
Baltimore aud Annapolis, coored citzens could still
vote Wac Judge fancy ignorant of these facts 10 BIS
own State
North Carolina Constitution formed Dec. Is, l77s
"Decaraon Of Rights /. "Tuat ali political powers
vested in a. o derived from, the people only = "Iha
The ysope Of this Srse ought to have the sole ami e1
elusive rigbt Of regulating the internal government
sId the police thereof" g. That no man. or set OF
uen are entitled TO txciustre or separate enelu neuts
or py1rileges from the com nudity But in ccnsde raon
of public service" 8. That eec lone OF members 70
ttrve as Repre- eutaSes in General Assembly ought TO
be tee' rl., IT..
all persoIs POSSESSED of FREEHOLD IN any town 10 this
Stale having right to representation, and also all
fIeenen who have been Inhabitants OF any such town
twelve months II before and at the day OF election
AID thai have paid pubic taxes, shall be entitled to
vote for ber TO repre- sent such town IN the House
Of CcnuCDs, &c.
This EQUALS Massachusetts,, and equres no comment
This blings US 10
N,lc. Hamp.hire-Tte elk State Constitutions prev-
ousy quoted lear date from lS to 1880. all previous
to the cate Of the Fecera! Constitution. But IN the
book Of Galts & Seaton, from which | have been
quoting, "the Conttitution Of New Hampshire Is
given "as tc-ed and amended, 10 February, 7"!.
Tbs wa. etttr the adoption of the Federal Const,u
iion, but the title indicates preriou one, which Gust
have been formed b,Jors the eieral Constitution.
"Bii f Rights.-Art |. AL men are born equally
fee ana LdepeI dent. ,beretore all government Of
right originates from me PEOPLE s founded In Consent
AID Instituted for the general good" Art !. " The
Jeorh Of this State ssye the sole and excl night OF
goYeIIng themselves a. 'Iee sovereign ecd ilde-
PENDENT Stee, and 90 and forever shail exercise and
q 10y every Fower, urisdicton and right aiming
thereto which rot may lot be By them expressly
dele gated TO the United States of America, IL C)ngres,