The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1869-03-17
rIII XIV COXsTITuTIONAL AMEND
MENT.


raisel the old war-cry Of "nigser,"
in regard to the XVIII Constitutional
Amendment, now submitted to .ne
Legislatures Of the States for ratifica.
ton. We hear men talk Of the "usur.
pation' Of Congress IT. forcing Negro
suffrage upon the yeople in oposition
10 their wishes. Petitions have been
circulating.extensively in this part Of
the cooatry, praying the Legislature
oftlis State not to ratify tue Amend
inent. .t
Az to the constitutionality Of Con-
gress thus taking hold Of the matter,
, we refer our readers to the following
Clause Of the Constitution:
Arr. ", SECTION 4. The United
States shall guaranty to every State
ip this Union a republican form OF
NTvornment aud shall praiect each oil
them against invasion.
Here it is expressly stated that no
State shall be permitted to have form
ofgovcrnment that is anti Republican.
Who is TO determine the case? Man
ifsstly Congress. Again,
Art. v. Tho Congress, whenever
two-thirds of both houses shall deem
ii necessary, shall propose amend
ments to this constitution, or, oil the
application OF tho Legislatures Of two
thirds Of the several States, shall call
q convention for proposing amcnd-
mente, which, in either case, shall be
valid to oil intents end purposes, a.
part Of this constitution, when ratilie,l
by the Legislatures Of the several
States, or by conventions in three
fourths thereof, as the one or tho other
mode Of ratification may be provided
by tho Congress; provided, that no
amendment which may be made prior
70 the year one thousand eight hun
drcd aud eight, shall in any manner
affect the first and fourth clauses in
the ninth section Of the first article
and that no State without its consent,
shall DO deprived Of its equal suffrage
10 the Senate.
Now, who wants anything plaincr
than this? When you hear men talk
Of tho usurpatious Of Congress, just
read thom this clause Of the Coastitu
ton.
But, let us look at this question OF
negro suffrage iu itself: Fit is right.
and If the country would be benefited
by its adoption, then let us have it.
Some Of the most. common objections
againstit arc, al fRiows:
II is sometimes tontended that the
Negro is not human being at all.
We have heard protesting christians
argue in tho same way, while at the
samc time they professed to believe the
bible, which says that God "hath made
Of blood all nations of men,
Such mon are either hypocritcs or very
ignorant.
Again, Democratic speakers and
writer's are fond Of fpicturing the dread
full '"miugling Of tho races" the "mis-
cesenation" that would follow The
adoption Of Negro suffrage. Raw
head and bloody homes! Now, we are
as much opposed to the mixture Of the
races as any one; and therefore we ia
vor Negro suffrage. 1t is very clear
that state Of suffrage for the black
man would be just the opposite ola
state ofslavcry, and that what had
happened in the latter case would not
likely take place in the former. Now,
before the war the whole country
south Of Mason & Dixon's line was a
"great brothel," in which every lust
and passion of fallen man had fall
sway. And what was the result /?
Just what might be expected-the
races were fast becoming one, and had
slavery continued fifty years longer
there would not have been drop of
pure native white blood in the South.
So damning was this lust that minis
ter ofhigh reputation in South Caro-
lima wrote book, tavoring slavery,
because TIC young ,comlen Of the South
could only be kept pure BY prouiding
Stare ,comen for TIC young men! The
people Of the South should thank the
Republican party for overturning an
institution that was fast destroying
them. Slaves always multiply faster
than their masters, and few more
years of slavery would have seen the
black man dominant in the South.
Now, ifsuch results ATTENDED the
system ofslavcry Of the blacks, cannot
any reasonable man expect that con-
trary results would follow the adop-
tion ofa contrary system: No doubt
Democracy longs for q return to sla-
very, that misccgenation might be
practiccd. 1t is plainly seen that
sihcs the Negroes became free, this
terrible crime is becoming less and less
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