The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-19

right which That Insisted DtyOnd
all others the reserved right that the general govern
ment should interfere with suffrage In tho States
not for members Of this House. Immediately after
the words be read, sir without semicolon separtng
them the express declaration that the States shall fix
the qualification Of electors voters Who shall say to
each State in this particular thus far mayest thou 60
and no further Who shall say TO the sovereignties
where they shall stopY The States this subject
have never parted with any OF their sovereignty II Is
their right, therefore, to fix the qualifications of voters
nnrestrctedly and absolutely If they say alien may
vote, 1t is their right to do So 3sa 1000
The other clause of the constitution to which refer
red showing what meant in the first part of the
read by the gentleman, is in these words ~, ~ stta
" The Senate Of The United shall
ators from each STATE chosen by the legislature Ihere
The first clause the gentleman read the other day refers
simply It clearly appears, to the of the elec
tion the mode of chs election the constituency Of thoss
elected--to distinguish them from the constituency Of
the senatom The one 10 be the people, contra7is
tingtished nom the kgslAtutes of the States this
of the points Of difficulty in forming the federal
stitntion. 1t finally determined that the House
should represent the people and the Senate should repre-
sent the States ~ u ff,t
will refer briefly to the same authority on that point
read from Yatess Minutes of the Debates in the federal
convention the fourth resolve: Sf
That the members Of Legislature
strange tell BY ssaehses Connecticut who supposed
they ought to be chosen by the legislatures and Virginia
the government and such immediately vested in the people,
Again, Mr.. Pinckney moved
That the members Of the arst branch ha, ouse)
sMs.s Rpsn''a IN such manner as the several State legislatures shah
1 Mr.. Madison said @
L a oppose the
Mr.. Mason said ~ Y
preserving invoaby tho gov.
True have found @ from pure ssmosra
necessarily become component part Of national government
taxation The States will oppose your powern
The idea that prevailed at the formation of our const
tuition was that representation and taxation should go
together II mainly upon that ground that the
of that day went to the with the mother country
because the colonies taxed and not allowed rep
resentaon and If you trace the history OF this govern
ment down you will find this great American idea
ming throughout taxation and representation should
60 together Whoever pays taxes should vote that is
the idea. @ = &5 5a 53itI tfa tlt8 rs
Great confusion seems to exist in the minds Of gentle
from the association Of the words citizen and
agc Some seem to think that rights of citizenship and
rights Of suffrage necessarily 60 together that de-
pendent upon the other There greater mis-
take Suffrage the right to vote is the creature Of
law There citizens in every State of this Union,
doubt not who not entitled to vote SO, in sew
eral OF the States there persons who by law
titled to VOTE though they be not citizens If there
be citizens who cannot vote, why may there not he
individuals, who not citizens who may nevertheless
be allowed to vote if the sovereign will of the State shall
determine In all the States nearly there are other
qualifications for voting with the native born be-
sides citizenship. Residence for certain length of time.
Ao .''sAst VI ga SAuHohb VI oSuei
States, nativebon citizens of Maryland North Caro-
lima, certain term of residence They shall not vote
in Virginia unless they have been there twelve months
In Alabama, think the provision is the same. ~
Why, sir, In my State, where we have universal
suffrage, it is called, unless he has
paid his taxes and resided in the county six months
There thousands OF citizens in Georgia. and suppose
IN every otner otte VINO are not entitled to the right OF
suffrage under constitution and laws. Citizenship
and suirape by no means po topether in all cases Nv
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rofer briefly again to what was said IN the federal
tion on the subject OF the States retaining the control
over the subject of suffrage showing how viganty this
watched and guarded by the State rghtsmen Gouv-
Morris had proposed to restrain the right If suffrage
to freeholders This gave rise to long debate Mr.
Ellsworth said sB 8fA 5isstl
sTho qualification Of c,ec,. ,ood nm Tho uo rone so,,,
right suffrage tender point strongly guarded by
~ ~ o h hn pspS n w h mot tea m subscribe
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The words people Of the United States and citizens
m NOUS % ers MS ana enm 'ne @ same 1G ry p1a asopo % ne I po