The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1870-08-29

not be taken from any s,ateysave by rev.
dictionary measures. He called atten-
ton i, the faottlat iptellig ent and edu-
Gated foreigners had 10 feside in this
country for five years before being deem
ed competent to be entrusted with the
elective franchise, while an ignorant,
wooly.headcd, thick-liPped negro can
eo,e without question. This amendment
not only makes voters ofthe negroes, but
as far as Legislation. car. accomplish ,en-
forces nesfo equality, for the rightto
vote carries whit the right to hold Of
fee, &C. asjudges. jurors. constaJles, Of
teruey', and, In short, to Luld any once
in the gift ofihe peoples Now who be.
licvcs, continued the ,ispeaker. that
the negro race Is fit rcpOs.
i,ory Of political rowcrl They have no
history save as conneetsd with the eau.
casian race, and hoss never taken sin
Gle step leadingto civilization, and will
itnor be said, when i4his,ory has dem.
onstrated that;thc white race can scarcely
sustain Eself.goverhmcnt, that VIC should
call to our assistance this ignorant. degra.
ded and unci,ilized race? ''' '''- ~
The 18th amendment. is the first aiep
towards monarchy, and monarchy is des-
pQ'ism. by il the radical party has de-
grsdcd suffrage, usurped the powers Of
the States, aud added to tn. already over.
grown power centralized 10 the hands Of
the federal government. Unless tho
tenor ofshe-public minds changed, nm
less .ho.Hopis risesin the majesty of.heir
power, and resturs, the Constitution in
all its. pris,ine purity. tic last vcstigc d
republican liberty will be crushed be-
meath the ir.u. bound vheols'bf q console
dotted imperial dcspo,ism. Yet my op-
poncns will call these dead issues. Dead
issucsl Is .ko Constitution dead !
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When the people abandon as dead issues
the Constitution and the teachings Of the
fathers, and follow the do.mss Of the rad
ical party, you usy dive The last nail in
the coffin ofLibcrty, asd place constitu.
,ionsl government in its burial STROUD.
= The speaker then. discussed Summers
equality bill, (which be declared would b
passed should the radical party succeed
at th. eoming'elections. He showed that
not only under this bill wosld the blacks
and whites be. forced to association term,
Of entire and perfect equality At al pub.
lie places Of amusement or resort, but
that even the customs Of tho people vould
b altered and changed, and that lit
had been customary with those before
him to invite only shho neighbe,s to ST.
arossd their Preside, that custom would
be altered and sbapgea, and they would
no longer dare to refuse to ask. tho sable
ward Of the nation or bis dusky !hsnd.
maid to join in tbc family circle. This
bill not only doc, this, but with ghoul.
like malignity it inyades the sacred rest
ing places Of the dead, and declares that
neither in public 'spor private burial
grounds shall any distinction DO made on
account Of race or color. You may, con-
tinued the sp,ske,, have prov ided q rest.
ing place for the loved ones vhou.it
hath pleased God, in his infinite mercy,
TO take unto himself--you may have
Lsautifed d..adorncd it and watered its
flowers with your ,cars-you. may have
laid there your little ones, or that dear
one who has shared your joys and sor.
rows-but underthis infamous act ne.
gro may demand. to bury his family
llere.a Under the terrors Of the Law you
are compelled to submit and in tue
grave that equality which can never y
enforced in life is sought to be obtained,
and the, bones Of tue negro picanuinnies
must ,hiegle with the dust Of your dear
ones. ,sB {sa d.fa biz -u
The object Of these measures is to Grad.
icatc from the minds ofsthe young and
growing generation the prejudices now
existing against the negro. They argue
that shc constant association Of the white
children with the,sblack ip the schools
will breed familiarity, and the
whites will seon cease to look upon tho
negro Will antipathy and scorn. i
means anal gamation aud nisccgeuatiou
for such constant association between the
races will beget either love or passion
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