Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-09-22

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YES.
We clip the following specimen Of igno-
rance and impudence from the Journal Of
thia morning.
''rhe Democratic party made the present
Constitution Of Ohio which gives 10 negroes
having more white than black blood the right
Of suffrage"
True, 'the Demoera,ic party made the
present Constitution,' but that i gives to
negroes having moro white than black blood
the righ, Of suffrage" Is not true. The pro,
vision Of the Constitution, regulating the
qualification Of electors Is 80 plain, that
every msn vho can read, can judge for him
self Here is the provision
Article 9, section l. Erery WHITE MALE
CITIZEN or THE UNITED STATES, of
the age Of twenty-one years, who shall have
been a resident Of the State one year next
preceding the election, and OF the county,
township or ward in which he resides, such
time as may be provided BY law, shall have
the qualification Of an elector.
We would like to inquire Of the gentlemen
who claim that the present Constitution Of
Ohio gives certain negroes the right to vote,
how the section should read, in order to pre-
vent negroes from voting, if the section quo
ted gives them the right to voter The present
section says that WHITE male citizens Of
the Uniten States" &c, shall be electors.
Does not white mean white2and il so, how can
il be construed to make part white and part
black, mean white7 Suppose you take gal
lon measure; pour in flee pints of milk, and
then pour in three pints of black ink, would
the mixture be white9 Would il not be Just
as reasonable to assert that the mixture was
'ohfte, as il isto assert that man who has FIVE
eighths white blood, and three-eighths black
blood, is sohits man. Again; if man orer
twenty-one years Of age, 6ve-eighths 'Ohite and
three-eighths black, is a whfte man, should
not the same rule hold good in regard to chill.
dren, who are 6ve-eighths pAits and three.
eighths blaekf Would not they be Dhite
children1 And yet majority Of the same
Republican Supreme Court which decides that
men Orer ttrenty-one years Of age, with that
proportion Of negro blood in their veins, are
white men and entitled 10 pote, also decided
that child fve-eighths white and three.
eighths black, was, not a ichite child, but a
black child IL the rule was correct in one
case, should it not be equally good in the 9th.
err Was the decision made because men over
twenty-one years of age can vote, and child
cannot2
But there Is another reason why we claim
that the Constitution does not give negroes
the right to vote. The section requires that q
man to be an elector, must be "citizen ofthe
United States" 1t has been decided, repeat.
edly so, that negro cannot be citizen of the
United States, and such being the case is not
this sufficient to prevent negroes from voting
under the present Constitution of this State 7
1t is demanded that an elector in this State
must be citizen Of the United States, and il
a negro cannot be citizen of the United
States, how can he be an elector in this State I
No, gentlemen, the Democrats did not make
a Constitution which gave negroes the right
to vote, but q Republican Supreme Court, de-
cided the language in the Constitution
that to be an elector a man must be @
WHITE male citizen ofthe United States, "
; also meant certain negroes.