Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-04-14
BAYARD, AGAIN
Another Speech from the Senator!
"The Old. Old Story !"
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CoutN ne .lltf, rresid,d.
MI. u. 1T attn somewhat deliberate ar
rargemeut "a. Il. II ..cs. said that this WAS an
occasion uuusuai ia poiut OF time for holding
political meeting there is yet noiparty canvass
no nominations have been made,y we have mes
for q political purpose, but not u narrow one.
lie need not, more than others, disclaim party
politics, but they had met tonight for purpose
broader and higher than mere party politics.
The immediate occasion of his present visit was
proclamation just issued by the President OF
the United States, s,annonncing In an unusual man
ner what he called an Amendment to the Consti-
tuition, by lhree-lourh of the United States. Mr.
Grant had in that message exhibited, The speaker
thought a large amount of ignorance and other
feelings that would not tend 10 improve him In
the eyes of the people. lilo had made greut
blunder Ia saying that this amendment makes
four millions Of new vo,ers. 1t does nothing OF
the kiud 1t does not extend the right OF
suffrage TO black mtn in any Of the
States where the bulk Of This popa-
lation exists, for unhappily for these states
for the blacks themselves, and for the nation, they
had the right of suffrage There before the amend
meut passed. Besides 1t applied only to men
over 81 years of age and applied therefore 10 but
10 900 persons, while the President, with gross
negligence, says 1t eniranchises four millions; IL
has no wide application In tue North. ln New
York, negroes have always voted with but a
small property qualification. In Rhode Island,
they have ulways voted, while white foreigners
could not and in Massachusetts, they have always
voted. III fact the only States TO which the
ameldmcnt did apply. were Delaware, Maryland
aud Kentucky. Ihis amendment would never
have been brought out, hud 1t not been Intended
10 drown out the sentiment of tho white men oil
these three States, by the introduction oil this new
element.
He wished to treat this subject with the gravity
aud consideration due it. This government was
founded on the idea that we are people Will con-
science good sense, aud the ability to subordinate
ourselves to the laws. II We have not intelligence
aud integrity the government would fall 10 pieces
We meet here as q body of the people drawn
from au agricultural community, and representing
It's average sentiment To discuss these questions
tie will with grave earnestnes5 tell thcse people
thus gathered the condition In which ho thinks
VIZ staud. Our Government Is one OF tue lew
with written charter, and Is, therefore, sup
posed to be more permanent The fifth section
Of this Constitution, or written chirtcr, Is mat
| which provides ior amendments, for our fathers,
| not like some of the present day, did not think
they knew everything, but thought their work
| capable Of amendment. The hlth section pro-
vides that "Congress, whcnever Two tnifos ol
both Houses shall deem 1t necessary, shall propose
amendments to this Constitution" This plainly
means two.thrds of oil the members of Congress,
for when tsc Constitution permits, as In cases OF
| impeachment, two thirds of the members present
| to decide question, II plainly says So
Lately, three amendments TO The Constitution
have been made. In 1865, the Thirteenth, In
| 1868, the Fourteenth, ahd III 1869 tue Fifteenth
| was submitted, and Mr.. Grant says 1t Is ratified.
| These amendments were attempted 10 be made III
time Vi great excitement, just on the heels Of
| great civil war, when the public mind was In nc
| condition for such work He was not prepared,
| however, to suy that, on account oil the time,
| they were unlawful, but to demonstrate that they
| were so on account OF the method.
We're all the members present when they
Il xl...,st tt...lI ftAu
| Congress, to say whether they would
| propose Them or not for Congress can only
propose" Mr.. Bayard then read the rest oi
the section providing that by no constitutional
| amendment shall any State be- deprived of It's
equal suffrage in the Senate without its consent
aud then said that at the time OF the proposal ol
/ this amendment eleven States were deprived o
any suffrage in the Senate. When they proposed
the 13l amendment, IL was adopted. IL related
| To Slavery IL was dead and he hoped that ques'
tiln would never again rise to vex us. The
Southern States Recognized the fact and voted lt
adopt it. The 18th was presented and the SAINT
states votes To reject IL. But 1t wa'
declared adopted. Then came the l5tl
amendment aud it Is declared adopted. 1
was a complicated and deliberate violation
Of the Constitution while protesting Il
amend II. Here is a list Of the States: New
York is numbered amongst them, but she hat
formally and solemnly Withdrawn the ratification
u former legislature against the viii OF the peo
pie had given. The consent OF Virginia, Mlssis
sippi and Texas, counted in the list, had been oh
tnined by coercion by the threat OF deprlyinl
them OF Their equal Suffrage 10 the Senate. Tht.
were held by the throat, pinned To the earth b
bayopets. Georgia, too, is counted; where
Georgia to-day. She has no Senator, but Will
they have kept her out Of the Senate, they hav
counted her voice for ratifying this amendment
Aud here, amongst ourselves, speaking ireeiy,-
is the voice Of North Carolina, South Carolinf
Louisiana, Florida thut had been given for th
ratification of the Amendment the voice of th
people of these states No! but tue voice OF
ban. led horde of political adventurers and an ~
from States by military FORCE is of no NOR
importance than the signature to prom isary mol
obtained by ioot-pad, by the threat tt plsto
This so-called ratification Is u iasehood, an
can not stand. Everything substantial mlus
be founded on truth. IL will not do to incorp.
rate II falsehood into our Constitution I; it mus
. sooner or later, aud soon rather than late, IA
beneath The immu,able law OF the Almighty
: Justice.
u the will OF the people will, in any country III
under any form, in the end prevail. Meanliln
| what are we 10 do !? 1t stands US the declare
law OF the land. lie was not here to say as W
said ia the old days Of the slavery agitation III
a man Is not uuund to obey a law he does not r
spect. He never would teach such doctiin
lYhile hdppeurs u tip ye must simply submit 10
" MIR. Bayard then read the new Amendment al
declared that 1t gave the right to vote to all rae
" and all colors OF men, TO Asiatlcs, Africans, WI
y Indiuns, Holtentots, Bushmen, Greennuders, L
ouimaux, Malay, Chinese, aud Azlecsf II there be a.
ls | left Under ID you cannot discriminate agaii
any men. True 1t says "cliizens," and our U,
urazation laws limit natur ilizatiun to VIII
3 men. But that restriction Is near us aea'
SUMMER the autocrat Of the Senate, has deere
* il, A bill to strike out the word "whlte" is nj
before the judiciary Committee. Mr.. Bayn
read Mr.. Summers letter to Philadelphia Ia
To yer about the case that recently occurred In Il
sid stuuu nR
n raiizai-n. Mr.. D. here indulged in some digr
sion concerning John Sherman. the Judiuia
Cumlnitlee, and the small influence the Comm
rel had in the Senate &C., which had no bearing
:" his subject, aud then proceeded to picture
!, overwhelming tide of men OF all colors likely
~ come here To participate in The government
thls land which he said had been discovered b.
Is white man, its institutions founded by VIII
men, and has been made nll 1t is, by white I'M
We have now in America, he continued, lhr
ID eight or forty millions Of people, four millions
rty whom are colored. Across the Pacific, broul
od close to our western shores, are the Chiue
- constituting one third Of the whole popoiation
ip' the earth. They have five hundred millions
people and could spare enough to vote US
for death and not miss them. II they were to s
~. the crime of iniauiicidc, alone, they would e
ITO a population capable of peopling this count
ID. They had not come before because these pr
ten leges had not been held out 10 then I'LL liz
n He alluded to the religion Of the Chinese 1
spoke favorably of Christianity as compared v
ely IT, Our whole government had its root in u
,rs vine ordinance. 1t takes Its start in the marrl
,a,- of one man to enc woman, and this was csl
'a lisbed by the Son Of God, himself while on ea
ma From this came the family, from the family
community, from the community the Nat
iii, What would the Nation be without 1t
~, The speaker here referred somewhat full
uid the "Chiuese Question" bis general idea b,
the that our system Is in danger OF being swan
per by the Chinese. whose population Is more
| ten times greater tnan ours.
The speaker next took up his favorlte ih'
oil that no man has q ..rght' to vote. He uske
'ges .'what is Sulfrage7" Is 1t natural tight!
or born 10 man or is It rather privilege "
-, even General Grant, who knows as little oi
III government, as any one can, calls j. "p
dis iepe in his proclamation. Just so! It asa pI
ilege. Ii Il were not, all people would be ad
-, ted to It, from their BIRTH
nui- Mr.. Ayers Stockley here interrupted the sp
by or. TO ask II the Constitution gave Congress
king right 10 interfere with Suffrage In the States
Mr.. Bayard kindly explained TO the gentle
that that was Just what tae Fifteenth Amendi
Peed was made forte give Congress that very p'
ying and quoted Justice Curtis, OF Boston, TO-
opstrate that 1t had no such power before the
nh. sage of the Amendment.
MIA Mr. Bayard then mounted his hobby, ,agair
iger, after stating that " the power OF coun
,er emanates from, and rests with all It's people
MI that 10 Republic "a mejoray shdt say trho