Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-09-10

Of the Union ?" Isit not q fact sbss
at the time Of the adoption Of this in-
stTqment 9 majority Of the States
Whlon ratified this Oonsiitution and
organised the government under it. in
1883, recognized the equal riQht Ia
vote of al the free male citizens of
each Of full age, irrespective Of oolor2
and IN recognition of the principle Of
the equal right Of the Free people az
the republic to control its affairs ala
tney not declare in the OOngtitufion
tnaS Representatives should be apDoF-
TONED among the several StatsT ae-
oordlng to the whole number ~ fres
persons in each The execution II
the Constitution in the Representative
enumeration Of tWo-ifths Of en- other
persons than free persons in the s8v-
eral States, was 2 solemn declaration
that the States Whioh adhered 30 the
/ slave system, imposed upon them bV
the tyranny Of Great Britain, should
not hold Of exercise the baln8 political
/ power IN the national government for
slave population ag for free. / do not
stop to argue what / have argued aqain
and again, that the inhuman system OF
ohattel slavery was no part of the
American representative system. and
found no sanction in the American
Constitution. need only say. what
has been often said By the first minds
Of the country, that this slave system
existed not By force Of national, but
exclusively By force Of State author
lty that it survived the confederation
and continued 10 HE States simply be.
cause il was not within the operation
Of the CONSTITUTION OF the United
States and each Of the original States
reserved to itself the power Of deter
mining this system Of cruelty and in
justice, subject, however, 60 the higheF
power Of all tile people Of eli fke
States TO abolish it for the common
defense IN time of insurrectiOn OF fn-
yasiOn. That time did come, &c came
!Dy the act Of the slave States, and haV-
ing thus. come, the people, tn accord
ance with the Constitution, By solemn
announcements, declared that hersa ftef
there should be no slavery in any
state IN the Union, except Gs punish
ment Tor crime upon due conviction.
Those who were slaves before che great
event were, in the words of the Con-
stltution, not free persons" and ih
the words of Chancellor Kent. "vere
citizens Of the United States under
disabilities, and, therefore, not with
IN the protection Of the Constitution
Of the country. Nov that slavery haa
been abolished, the former citizen.
slaves Of the several States have be-
come citizen .freemen Of the United
States, and all the privileges and i'm
munltles of citizens are assured to
them, in common with oil the citizens
Of the United States, by the 14th Arti-
Gle OF Amendment, which has received
the sanction Of the Legislatures Of
more than three -fourths Of the States,
IS also Of an OYerWhelmingm majority Of
.he whole people Of this country. and
is this day to "aH intents and pur-
poses part Of the Constitution Of the
y Unlted States, and as obligatory and
binding as such upon all the States and
lll the people of the Union as any
lther part Of that sacred instrument.
This I4th amendment declares, among
)ther things, "thaG all persons born
within the United States or its iuris-
lictiOn," not all s1Isige persons, but all
DersOns born within the United States
y its jurisdiction are citizens Of the
United States, and of the State in
Ehich they reside, and that "no State
hall make or enforce any law which
hall abridge the privileges orimmuni-
les Of citizens of the United States.
n deprive any person Of life, liberty
Il property without due process Of
aW, or deny to any person within ils
the equal protection Of the
avs"
Thus stands the Constitution to-day,
nd lest the original and declared pur-
'Ose OF the Constitution shall be car
led into effect, lest justice shall be
established In the land-that justice
Fhieh secures to every man his due
est liberty to all shall be secured uns
Ter the shelter and sanction Of Amer
can law, this party now seeking the
ufrages Of the people Of Ohio, last
ear, by its national platform, declared
hat the l4th amendment was uucOn-
titutiOnal, revolutionary and void, and
his year, in its State platform, de-
lares that the 18th amendment ul-
sady ratified By the Hekislat0fsB of
Tenty-One States Of this Union, Is
1bVeFsiVe Of the principles Of the
edeTal Constitution.
ALLOW me to say, my COuntFVmen,
nat the day Of our national dissolu-
on is at hand when the American
sOple shall in the blindness Of party
assion and party fury, sanction bg
leir ballot this Democratic party dog
IA that il is revolutionary, unoousti-
ltiOnal and void 20 amend the OOusti-
ltiOn of this country In the mode
rescribed for its amendment, and for
le purpose Of making good the end
II which 1t was orr ginally ordained
10 establish justice and 10 secure che
.essings Of liberty"