Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-09-25
Education Made odiOns!

/ having ike application to white eiti-
zens. Ostensibiy An Aetto preserve
the purity of elections" its practical
purpose and effect were to disfranchise
the intelligent class of young men who
attend the schools and colleges of the
State. That the purity Of the ballot
box was in any special danger from
this class of voters or had been inyad-
ed by them under existing laws no at
tempt was made TO show. The act
bears upon its face sufficient evidence
that it was grounded in party necessity
solely, and that the protection it as
sumes to give was simply the intercep-
tion Of votes politically obnoxious to
It's authors. AS a Democratic mem
Der remarked, the purpose of the bill
was to stop these abolition holes"
(the colleges) and for the reason, as
stated by another Democratic member,
that 'we (the Democracy recognize
the fact that the churches and these
chartered institutions are all against
Us, and as we expect no favors from
them we shall give none"
But the application of this. law is
not confined to persons attending the
chartered Institutions Sec 2, Lclause
8, provides, that, 7a- tsei
"a person shall not be considered
or held to have gained a residence in
any township, city or incorporated VIII
lage of this State who may now be. IN
attendance upon, or who shall hereaf-
ter come into such township, city or
incorporated village to attend any
schooZ, Seminary academy, college, or
Institution Of learning located or es-
tablished therein as a pupil scholar. or
student, unless the person IN attend
anoe in such school,. seminary, acad-
emy, college, university or other in
stituGon Of learning, as such pupil,
scholar or student, was a legally quail
fed elector Of the township, city or
incorporated village in which the same
Is located or established, or unless the
pupil, scholar or student shall upon
the oath declare that he has no other
place of residence, and that it is his
intention to make such township, city
or incorporated village his place of
permanent residence, or unless the pa
rent or parents of such pupil, scholar
or student had an actual residence
therein in accordance with the fore
going provisions of this section, or
had removed thereto with the intention
of making the same such residence be /
fore, at the same time or since, such
commenced :"
The act further preseribes that
when voter shall be challenged
e as unqualified, on the ground
that he is in attendance upon, |
or that he came into a township, incor-
porated village or ward ofa city or vii |
age in which he offers to vote, to at
tend any school, seminary, academy.
niUersity or other institution Of learn
ing located or established therein, as a
pupil, scholar or student, the follow /
ing questions Gin substance) additional
to those proposed to other voters
shall be asked him
We're you a qualified voter of this
township, village or ward when you
such attendance
Did you come into this township,
village or ward to attend school
Did your parents actually reside in
this township, village or ward at the
time you commenced such atte ndance ?
Did your parents remove to this
-ownship, village or ward intending to
make the same their place of resi-
lence before, at the time or since you
such attendance
Have you no other place of residence
han this township, ward or iDoorpor-
tied village
Is it your intention to make this
ownship. ward or incorporated village
our place of permanent residence ? T.
This act imposes upon a male eiti-
en attending school, though twenty
me years of age and a resident for the
lsuaI period, the following conditions
# voting not required of any other
leetor and without compliance with
me or all of which he cannot exercise
ne elective franchise:
That he shall be a legally qualified
lector at the time he began his attend
nee at the academy, college or other {
of learning.
That his parents shall have perma- 1
ent residence at the place of such at
enhance.
That he did not'come into the town
hip or precinct for the purpose of
uch attendance
That he shall swear that it is his in +
antion to make the township, incor- c
GRATED village or ward where he pro- /
oses to vote his permanent place Of /
?
These new conditions are virtually :
without which this law 4
Nv forbids these persons to vote. But a
he constitution per contra entities all a
ersons who have certain other p
to vote, whether possess t
of those required by this law or ?
OF. 1t declares Cart. 3, Sec. L. that, !, Z
EUery tohite male citizen of the Uni :,
d States, of the age of twenty-one o
ears, who shall have been a resident of t,
lie State one year preceding the elec- p
on, and of the county, township or O
ard in which he resides, such time as n
ay be prOUided By lal0, shall hare the a
talitfoati0ns Of an elector, and be en-
lied tn Uote at all elections"