Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-09-08

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gro suffrage. bsG bscanse il asss.es for
sAs ssaissal Psssr . right of i.servs.s;eu
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Ssszhsn Ssafss ve1l ~ sbelish negro
suffrage fthey ss.la. ! ssrani.ly aos true
= resa d Florida md SoutA Caroline.
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ssse". But aanisaisg Il to b trss ofall,
esr point -. taat none ofthem could shsl-
ish il fthey would. wssgrse Il essrs..
V the declaration. thsE Il '.wcsld DO esr
party no ssod 10 carry Maryissi. Kea-
fssky and Dshvsre BY large najoriaSs
and loS@ - ress Il tie Sssses." But
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0rs'Aer. eS = IN The Bthe free
action Of the epAs q ~ Ection and
with their fun <-rrov.l, )Nobody pre-
scnds tkas the repeal q the 18th Amend.
ment would repeal negro suffrage in vir-
ginia or in any other State where il al.
ready exists BY fair State action. Thi.
repeal would interfere with no guarantee
which the Democratic State Central Com
mittee Of North Carolina have given '.sincs
the late election, pledging full protection
to the colorcd voters in the exercise Of eve.
~ right they possess under the Constitu-
ton and laws of that State" Where ne.
gro suffrage exists BY fair State action and
with the approval Of the people, it would
remain undisturbed- it does not
thus exist, il might il and certainly ough,
to be disturbed But this 18th Amend
ment business is two-edged sword. II
opposition to it would initiate against our
party at the South-though We are una
bic to see VIII nothing is more certain
than that its acceptance would terribly
weaken. il it did not completely destroy
our party both in the West and East
The issue which the democracy has made
for the last eighteen months and is now
making in both these sections has been
and is, chiefly if not exclusively. with thi.
Amendment. Every victory that has
been won-and wherever there has been
a zig int within this period. there has been
a democratic victory-cverv victory has
been Won upon this issue And this is
the issue to-day in these sections. as our
neighbor can readily find out. by reading
the resolutions of democratic conventions
the enunciations Of democratic statesmen
and the editorials of democratic Newspaper.
But the fact is too patent TO admit Of dis.
pute. Whether colored suffrage was Of
was not = prominent issue" in the las,
presidential election, it is certain that the
18th Amendment was not, and it is also
certain, that the national conventions o.
both parties substantially held the doc
trines We maintain to-day, namely. thai
the question Of suffrage was a question
which the States alone were competent I,
dispose Of.
We waive all discussion in regard I,
the ''force and fraud" manner in which
the Amendment was adopted. Our broth
er admits I" that the ratification of tn,
Amendment was obtained from some O
the State Legislatures by force and fraud :
The whole truth lie, that BY force an,
fraud it was obtaincd from enough an,
just enough Of the State Legislatures :
carry it and give it the semblance Of law
Notwithstanding all this, however. on
brother substantially advises that we shal
treat and continue TO treat for all time th
10th Amendment as Of the same legal ei
6cacy and binding obligation as any &C
knowledged article Of the Constitution -
One would think that instead of losin,
strength by fighting such freud and usur
patton as the 18th Amendment is acknowl
edged to BE-, party Of honorable recors
and constitutional instincts would suffer il
public opinion by coudoning and accept
ing such an outrage. Our brother, how
ever. II Of different opinion. Power
not for US, it seems, until we agree b
make ourselves unworthy Of it,
On the suPposition that il is Law. W