Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-08-18

IT lttsEs LOT FOLLOW. 1t does NOT foiipv
~cau-- = man opposes the 18th Amend
zen. ar j. discovered laboring to over
throw IL. tina, he Is necessarily m enemy
j. negro suffrage. We do not say here
lha, negro suffrage 81 indiscriminate man
hcoi saffrsgc Of any kin,. !. good thing.
hot this ~ ssy. ,hs. thing may be good
in itself s=d bad still in its bege.iings.-
r. e favored. for example. negro .suf-
frage a. earnestly and had worked for il
a. iaior:sus!y - Mr.. Shelby Clark himself,
vc should still bc opposed to the Fifteenth
Amendment There are many and grave
abuses competed with our State matters
which ali honest and enlightened isen BE-
sire 90 sec ahated, nevertheless, there il
not. wc dar. say. a single ,est anil en-
li-h,cncd man in Maryland who would
freely conscn, that the Federal govern
"a. rat should in,ru.e itself within our clear
" defined municipal jurisdiction. even tn
abolish an admitted evil. A temporary
rn.i might. indeed. follow, but the evil
example would remsin. tn pass in time
into precedent. which might be quoted
whea there was Federal Intervention
threatened net 10 remove. but tn create
ar perpc,uate evil. No. the wi-cr. in
deed. the only safe course for State to
pur-ue in the case supposed. would be to
iarn deaf ear tn all unauthorized intru-
Zion. whether il presents itself in the shape
of the lamb or the wolf.
Tha, the 18th Amendment was adopted
partly by force and partly by fraud. and
tina, !, never could lave been adopted at
all without the agency Of one or the other
"r 10th of these elements, admits Of no
contest. There is not an intelligent and
cah'lil man Of any party that now denies
this The sanction. both Of New York
anil Inliana to the Amendment. was OBJ
taincl hy the baldest fraud The South
-rn States without exception were literal
IL irsc""ned into It's adoption, and yet the
required two-third vote was barely OBJ
tanned No candid man now denies this,
We repeat. and the Amendment is dcfrn-
del by it, friends. not upon legal or Con
s;i,u,i"nal grounds. but upoa what are cal
L-l q intrinsic principles" and the Higher
Law doctrines Of Mr.. Seward alone. But
even il the clements IT force and fraud
had been absent. We should stiil declare
,la, the Amendment was destitute IF the
character of legal statute. The State.
alone. We con;cnd. have rightful jurisdic-
!. ton "rcr the question Of suffrage within
their r>p"c..ve limits To regulate this,
that i.. to say who shall and who shall
not vote.--is one Of the clcarcst If their
Reserved rights This has never been
questioned that We know of. Mt least never
NJ I" the advent If the 10th Amendment
W" hold that the right to expand or amend
the Federal Constitution. either by the
action ct the State Legislatures or through,
Oh" agency Of a Convention. is limit cd
I" the delegated anu does not embrace tn,
r~,~rr,i powers &c the States. Tncs,
Latter. aS the Constitution in substance ex.
presses il, rcmsis with the States sercr,l.
Igor wi the people of the States rrsp-c-
Eniy. IL this be true, it follows. if thir-
sy-rix States Of the Union, either by their
Legislatures or through n Conventios.
w"-s' {" adopt unanimously Constitutes,
which inhibited without it's own frec,-os-
sen, the exercise by the one ren,aI1i.fs re-
cn>aat Safe "f Jingle Of it's reserved
l"'wcrs. the prohibiti,V would ne Illegal,
v"id anal II no binding effect. each State,
in regard 20 its reserve. or ungrantcd
powers. having sovereignty as unquza-
hr-l as the mos, distinct of uationalitics.
IL dSCS mn, follow. then, that one and
a." same l-rson may not. without a viola
''"r 1T consistency. advocate the ab.pga-
t'"n ri the 18th Amendment and stu up-
hold State manhood suffrage. We p,u-
~'ivcs know many thoughtful men in thu,
State of >tr"ng democratic prclivitics who.
wh'sr "Pr"irg and denouncing the 18th
-ta"'>sis.cnt A. the most dangerous If usur-
i'a'i"u> AMI NJ the grosscsr Of outrases
uT=s, ,hc rights of the States. favor. never.
loss. ia. Submission IF this manhood suf-
frag~ rswsion 10 the vote ufthc legal cleo
'"r> Il st.ryiand and express the deter
m'nss's to support at the p.lls the right
at tlr rcsre to The ballot. their objection
's''ne. ma tn negro suffrage. but to the
n''sts iii which il has been forced upon the
Sta'e. And say what the dead issue"
advocates ms: this suffrage imbroslio can
ncvrs ~ settled until each State for it.
AN as its own free volition. has voted yea
~ s~y upon the subject. The truth is.
'ic Sss@s. whether favoring or oljeetinr
." urgrc suffrage. cannot afford to lie, the
18th Amendment lise. Either 10 mus,
die &C 'key can have no Ese.. Ii takes from
tacm many aud essential rights Of sell. |
fs'tes.ion and is standing menace to ali !
remaining rights ,ha.,hey p,,Ssess. What