The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-04-29

soil. We hesitate not III declaring thls
course our only escape from the evils
which threaten to enyulph US. WHITE
MEN TO TILL OUR SOIL, should be the motto
of every patriot Of South Carolina.
who can Vote in this State.
The new Constitution is doubtless rati-
fed. and in less than four weeks county
elections will take place for the different
county officers, district, be it remembered,
is now changed into County. According
to the plain obvious words of the neN
Constitution, each and every citizen fthe
State is entitled to vote, after the ratltlca-
zion. ~ least none are disfranchlsed tor
political reasons.
According to the seventh section of the
Osdihance ''to provide for the ratification
of the Constitution, and the election OF
certain officers" the Board Of Commissions
ers consisting of 1Iessrs. L. w. 81. Mackey5
F. L. Cardoza, A. G.. Ransier and G. G.
Bowen are to see to it
"That, within thirty days after the rati-
1ication Of the Constitution, an election
shall be held in and for each county, at
such times and places and under such reg.
ulations as may be prescribed by said
Board of Commissioners for the election OF
all county officers, required by this Con.
stitution to be elected by the people; and
the said Board shall a!so have authority
TO call elections for all municipal officers,
at present elected by the people at tho
same time, and subject to snch regulations
as said Beard may prescribe, rot inconsis-
tent with this Constitution, or the charters
Of such municipal bodies. At such cleo
tions, every qualified e!ector, under tho
provisions of this Constitution, may vote
ior all officers to be elected" J"
Let Us see, now, who are "qualifed cleo
tors" or voters under the Constitution.
As this is important to every body, we
insert that part of the Constitution deter
mining the question. Article s, section 2,
provides as follows:
SECTION .. Every male citizen Of the
United States, of the age of twenty-one
wears and upwards, not laboring under the
disabilities named in this Constitution,
without distinction Of race color or former
condition, who shall be a resident of this
State at the time Of the adoption Of this
Constitution, or who shall thereafter reside
/ in this State one year, and in the County
in which he offers to vote. sixty days naxt
preceding any election, shall be entitled
10 vote !or Gil officers that are now, or
hereafter may be, elected by the people,
and upon all questions submitted to the
electors at any elections; Pr0rlded, That
no person shall be allowed to vote or hold
Office who is now or hereafter may be dis
qualified therefor by the Constitution Of
the United States, until such disqualiGca,
ton shall he removed by the Congress of
the United States; PtorHled ia,ther: That
no person while kept i'll any aims house or
asylum, or OF ursound mind, or confined in
any public prison, shall be allowed to vots
or hold office.
The 7th Section of Article 3, relates to
the right to hold office, and reads rs fol-
lows;
SECTION E. Every person entitled to
vote at any election shall be eligible to
any Office which now is or hereafter shall
he elective by the people in the County
where he shall have resided sixty days
previous to such election, except as other
wise provided ill this Constitution or the
Constitution and laws of the United States.
We now furnish the extract from the
proposed amendment of the Constitution
of the United States referred to in above
section, Which reads lis follows:
Section 3 Of the l-t;ll Article OF the Con-
>tituinn:
NO person shall he a Senator or Repre-
sentative in Congress or clcctor of Presi-
dent or Vice President, or hold any office
civil or military under the United States,
or under aay State, who, having previous
ly taken an oath as member of Congress-,
or as IN officer of the United States, or rs
Il member of any State Legislature, or as
any Executive or Judicial officer of any
State. to support the Constitution of the
United States, shall have engaged i'll in
snrrcction or rebellion against the same,
or gwen all and comfort TO the enemies
thereof But Congress may, by vote Ct
two-tli"ls CT each House remove such
disability
Thus it is very clear and unqucstionable
that every man, without respect to by
cones or past political or official character,
is, as all tax payers deserve to be, entitled
to vote for those who are to represent MIN
in anv office, State or county. Ihe Con-
stitution, tic llth article llich we have
quoted. dis4ua!iEcs no one from voting,
only persons ,hcr,i in named from holding
Office. In this respect the late Charleston
Convention has acted libcrally and wisely,
ard cone rs far as they could go to protect
al! tie white people of the State from any
dislianchiscmcnt.
We hope the press IN this State will at
oncc call attention to the fact that in tho
approaching election, and all future cleo
tionS in this State, whilst this Constitution
stands. there is 10 hinlrancc to any cltl-
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