The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1869-06-02

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rebellion, which efectually disposes G
the idea of an educational qualifica
tion, the disguise under which it i
hoped that some can be induced t,
accept universal suffrage for sevel
hundred acknowledgements negroes
The first section of said amendment
making all persons born in the Unitet
States and subject to its jurisdiction
citizens, confers the right of citizen
uncivilized; and their right to vot,
under the proposed XIV amendment
cannot be abridged by the UNITED
States in the Territories, or by any
State in which they reside, though, i
not taxed, she will gain no represen
tation in the apportionment, notwith
standing she is forced to allow them
to vote. r., Thus the negro, the Indian
and the Chinaman, too, when Con
gress strikes the word "white'' out Of
the naturalization laws, as is already
proposed by pending bill, by Sena
tor Sumner, will vote without restric-
ton all over the United States.
Seventy thousand Cinnamon, OF
more, are already in California, where
their Josh-houses and pagan temples
are already appearing. Chinese wo-
men is arriving, which means popula-
tion and permanent settlement The
Pacific slope will soon be overwhelm-
ed by their immigration, if they arc
to be invited over to take part in the
affairs of our government. The prone
ness of the Chinese people to gather
together in clans and secret societies
through which they are moved as SOL
id bodies, is well understood, and,
therefore, would be dangerous in com
munities whose people respect individ-
uality themselves and their neighbors
Living for ages under centralized Ges-
potism, they are incapable of posses
sing a single idea common to our sys-
TEN of free government, and will fur
nish Just the material to be voted in
masses under the direction of gigantic
railroad monopolies, who, combined
with venal Congress, will consoli-
date political power in the land, that
would buy and sell out at pleasure our
public men, to accomplish their land
robbing and treasury plundering
schemes. Negro fanaticism should
pause in view of such consequences,
the logical result of theory which
sacrifices the traditional liberty and
constitutional Independence of its oWn-
race TO the Meloch of a corrupt cen
tralism at Washington, which stands
ready to seize upon tie votes nfthe
African and Asiatic races, over the
subservient tools of despotic chieftains,
to accomplish the political schemes, of
a great monied power.
The I'd section of the proposed XIV
amendment, giving Congress power
to enforce its provisions by appropri-
ate legislation, places, practically, all
the elections in the states at the mer-
cy Of a patty majority in Congress,
who can in times of excitement readily
find preteXts to reconstruct any State
Legislature whose politics are hostile,
as is now threatened in the case of the
State of Georgia. The old &ords
necessary and proper" which have
received a well known judicial inter-
probation, seem purposely to have been
drrrped, and the word appropriate"
substituted in this section; under
which, Congress can do any thing it
-pleases without any remedy against
unconstitutional legislation, in the
courts, because it can be the only judge
of what legislation is appropriate"
Ohio was fully canvassed on the
subject of negro Suffrage in 1867; and
the proposition rejected by over so, 900
majority; even majority of the Re
publican Senators ON this floor hold
their seats from districts voting against
negro suffrage in Ohio, a much less
Objectionable proposition than this
amendment, because it would have
been subject to alteration by our own
people, without consulting other States
Congress, for its own purposes, having
illegally conferred suffrage upon 70o,-
600 negroes, to rule the States of the
South, now seeks to use that power
fraudulently secured through the forms
of mock Legislatures, creatures of its
own will, to put the same yoke upon
States heretofore free The more po-
litical power it can thus concentrate
into its own hands, the more it will
have to sell out to the corrupt "rings'''
now revelling on public plunder at
Washington, until the Stat, Govern
ments, the natural and constitutional
guardians of personal liberty, will be
reduced to the condition of the carpet
bag Legislatures of the South, exist
ing orly at the suferance of their Con-
gressional masters, Pc, -..- f.t...- E
Disregarding the teachings of all
history, that the only basis of. a stable
nationality is the homogonity of the
people, in contradistinction to mon
grelism, the experiment is to be tried
of conducting arepublican government
by forced political fusion of bitterly
hostile races from the antipodes ofthe
human family. 1t required four CEN
turies of common government, ensan-
guined by oft-repeated bloody wars,
to obliterate the distinctions between
the Norman and the Saxon races,
physiologically similar. Yet it is
sought now by a mere paper decree,
to compel millions of the Anglo Saxon
race to share political power with their
former negro slaves; an inferior race,
who never took any part in organic
ing and maintaining this or any other
civilized government. A Constitu-
tional amendment is. the means select
ed to bind the people Of Ohio and 9th
er States to the Federal Government
in enforcing this equality against men
of their own blood and race, if in the
future they should become restive un-