The Baltimore County union., 1867-07-27

said that he Is better protected than II tried
by those Of his own color-tchafcrcr 4, isaiirays
best for ne negro IN the estimation Of some
people. But suppose lac does not think 50 who
shall decide tho mat,erg Il II ne privilege,
the drrisiou WHITTIER hc will exercise Il o. not
l. clearly his own, aHi not that % his white
fellow citizen. The jury question IS only in
tIoluced bearing on the ques ton ol suffrage.
Colorcd citizens have been Kept out oi the Jury
box because they harr bscIl deprived efhe ballot.
II the sheriff had been interested ia their votes
be would not have overlooked them IN sum
moning the panel. Justice Wilson says, I" the
great principle of Solon's system was unqucs.
tonably this nobiconc. that every citizen should
enjoy the iHc,itmablc right Of being tried by his
peer aud bound only by laws to which he had
/ by our peers called by one writer Of distinc
, tion 4. an incstimable right" and by another
said tn hc d" one oi the fundamental! laws OF q
, Just government" II Is also set forth as fun
damcntal right IN the Bill Of Rights Of Mary.
land and Is guaranteed by the Federal Consi
tuition, for trial by Jury means n Jury of our
"pecrA.' And yet, because deprived ofsuilrngc
all this grand display OF principle IL mere
I rhetoric 80 inr as thousands u our" icllow-rit
I ixens are cunccrned-ror q yrcicrea HilI l.
Of Protection as the qaid lroqsO for Allegiance.
while the state dcprivcs the party ul the only
means by which he can avail Of such prntcc.
tiou. Ia wit.-Suilragc.
foundation nf It's State Government has been
confined to white mcE bu, that very Govern.
mcnt Of lsi6 was the offspring aud result of
| Revolution. Let this be remembered.
The colonies declared their Independence by
an act nf Revolution and maintained IL sue.
ccssiilly by such Revolution certain princi
pies were established which have been rcgar
/ led ever since as fundamental. Aud among
those principles Il was established that citiscs.
ship was the heritage ofwhitc men. Thisprin.
ciPc was arbitrary, established 10y the law Of
| force. Yet it prevailed II continued until the
| REVOLUTION or 1901 IN that year upon
| a far more extensive scale. the people OF this
country wagci another atd bluniicr RENOLU
| TlON. involving 10 some measure The sanc
| principle ~ that of is.6. tu wit The right nf
certain States 10 separate from aud BE- indcpcn
| dent ui the mother country, a. thc South term
| cd it " the rish, "f scli government. In this
| REVOLUTION the negro participated. IN the
| field, side hy side with thr white uian II has
also Established certain principle which were
| ih""tic, before the war but they have ceased
to bc dcbAtcabr: they have been aliujirnicd
anI are now part "i the fundamental law ri
tiic country.
unc oi these principles is that the negro j., ~
citizen "i the United states aud Of the statrin
| wh,ch hc resides.
Another principle established l. that the
ncgr" i entitled {" cgsai benefit Of all laws
aud proceedings irr the security uf person aud
property a. !. enjoyed by white ciiizcns.
Aud another principle is that g. avail nf the
two form, r.. and as necessarily involved there.
in. suffrage Is Indispensable.
The relations Of the negrn a. the State. there
fore. have become entirely changed he was
th. bone of contention his status produced the
war oi I>Gi. AMI by it his sia,u. ha- been iixci.
| We uu-t reason forward not backwnrl--nn
matter huw iistasteiil ii may he. | ara mot
ativ"rntiu: hs claim 3" suffrage. hat showing
that hc ha. it Whenever the ritittus "i the
STAT, .N.rc.,e their snycrcign Ipwcrby ordain
ing % Scw Furm"i government. iti.asmuch
a result "f the way the general cmaucipn.
ii"u wa- q result Di the war.
| IN Maryland they campose. presume. one.
fourth "f the entire population. and those who
undertake. tu reconstruct the organic law Of
'hi. state. leaving the principles established
by the revolution oi is6l Out ~ view. will find
that their work viii not stand the legal test.
A. before stated II u not alone the interests oi
the ncgr' which are concerned. but the persons
designed Iu bc ousicd FROM Office. and the par
~ opposed ,p the adoption a! q New cunstitu
ton viii have something ;o say un the subject
supp. q. And ~ the question is q legal one.
the Ice! -.oi! viii ncccssariiy hr lor the Courts
now iu existence.
| Finally. The most authoritative expression
oi vhat ARE the rights aud privileges oi rii:zcn-
shin itu-' he lnok-i for IA the action uf the
General q ycrnmcui. tf the late re-, ,'luiion
has nl-o et.led the question that wc have a
| Naf.ai..l government. AMI Hnf merely lra que
or ro'u, ,,.. t.'w.rr ;i"s'a'c-; whether ,c;tl,d
lofi aily. f..'. is .'ut-ii t'.- artgttert
Tn.u .,i.4; j. 30, decision % ti.c ~. ..ua. t;..
crntnr.t .t s.-.rl 90 fL" .uciIrats af ri;i-.u-
sl4ra .l.r..., p. .nt .'..i's fs'" The
I,.i.lt.. - .-. -.nf''i.'ut - ,hct'ovcfumc,it rep
re.rntn especially '.h" power anl majesty
of the ic"pl, o' lhr whole country" have
granted him suiiia- - ia the District of Co
lnmhia. Tn. Executive nrpartmcn. has piac
81 him side hy side with tho white man in The
public "ilire- The Judicial Department las
admitted him q" pra -tice aHi enrolled him rs
q counsellor in The supreme Court. Could there
be stronger yilcucc gwen " the incidents of
ciiizeh-hi T. q. Npouuied hy the General GOV.
eminent. In Mnrylaui the negro has:hc maine
81 citiz"u but doe. not enjoy any %. The " priv
ilcgc. aud immuntic- of his position a. such.
How these are t. be acquired may be the sub.
| iect % q future communication.