The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-02-19

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MIR. Maslln, Of hafdY onered lllhe .lol.
lowing as substitute; 2asa' J..-a7 Il
"Eyerym male citizen Or the age Of twenty-one
Sa ,S G ,ns No SaSa pnt peso ~ n q
tod States shall authorize 70 vote, ShS exercise
the right Of suffrage in this State provided, that
person WnS mas nCt "a pee s az resident q "a.
town In which hs phali oiFer 10 vote iorsis
months next preceding AZ, election, and who g
nHE, asdIngaen oE n.y. n Ss lSr ne yen
ptodues Seceipt FOR M SmoSnt ior WbIsb Ia h
80 returned, (and NO person who has been con.
SSss ea Of dd SnSeFy m an election q q any IN,
pSupsrs, shali 30 aiowei n yots N any eieetlen
In this State. /" ~ i. '.7-I'l IT
Mr., Peerce moved 10 amend Mr.. Mas.
Inns substitute by the following words 10
come in before the parenthesis. DOR who
Is under conviction Of treason, felony, or
bribery in an election" 35i l7I ''lQ
Mr.. Maslin wanted the word "white"
TO appear in our Constitution, 60 that the
world would know that we believed in a
white mans government, Under the old
system gentleman could 90 10 the POLLS
and vote his preferences boldly and above
board, but now they were almost ashamed
TO 20 10 an election. In his county q
gentleman went to The polls and slipped
| In a little piece Of paper with some names
on It, as II lie felt he was doing some
mean thing. He wanted to vote so
that everybody would know what he was
doing Ife wanted 1t 10 appear what were
our desires as a convention, as to the
qualification Of voter, @and then if the
general government said that some other
other qualification was sufficient, and let
In The negro. The mulatto, tho saIldle.coI.
ored Gentlemen. tle Irish, the Dntch. tho
Chinese ihe scsllawaV and ,he carnet.
barCer, we lnust submit .
m, Cushing ioi MaSonl said he coin.
cided fully with tho views al the GENTLE.
man from Hardy, He. for one nridcd
himself on tho fact that he hcIongeI IN
the white race and ,he never woiIId ar.
Knowledge the nronrietv If The Iows If
ConGress or the brovisioEs nr tho Consti.
tnti6n which created an eSnsIi,v If tho
races He might @,hmit IN them Int he
never would Surrender bis hei;ei thot
thev wore onnressive and nn;uet
iThe comnlexion n This Gentleman ia
very mpcI ljke ihat If vnIr humble COZ >,
RESPONDENT and tbc lsss ,ve SOW nhnnt the
color Of races tbe hetterN
Mr. Woods defended The renort nj the
Committee and honed the Convention
would mss tbe section ;mSt 40 Il Stood .
and took issue with Inc substitute in that
clanse which soncbt ~ NAB = no ~ nt
Of taxes nre. Te9nIsite 10 SotIns This
WINS a nrogressiye ace and he tor One did
not wish 10 advance backward. lie
wanted n man TO vote. not on his wealth
his birth, or any other qualification, mi
on his manhood, ~ - ~ .-5.
Mr. Sumner could moi take higher
grounds than Mr.. Woods took in This
matter, and great credit sbonld be ac.
corded this gentleman, when wt remem.
Der the place In which he was found
during. the rebellion,
Mr. jackson (of Wood( was not hare IN
to make laws in onposition IN the Consti.
tntion If the IIni,ed States If he dil
like It's provision he was moi gong 10 re.
scind them, az we had declared In the
first section Of onr constitution that thew
were "the sunTeme law NJ the landn IL
was onnosed 10 the clause rennirinS
nayment nj toxes before n man abonl5
have n roll, n vote lot the Sher;fF do
Lis dntv ani In wor,1 have Int Tow d I
IinnneSciea .Rr. n a man am ws O to ~" no HU
n T"w taxoo 10 IA 20, I'LL "a H. ~ USa
Se sr3cient re"Son W. ~ .u Laan ' i;o, I.una
tLe noII0 ' '0'" " "eeP N'A 'ioAA
M Rrown iorpros,or> caro.od ,.o
vision mSl'in9 the r;%bt ~ vote Soa pU
m lila boving Mold az Ioost h Ia III, - = ~.
(rec school p,,r r -' tt'' fots "a 20 =,
Mr. RouscI did not ,h;rL :, ont; ron,h
lican 70 debar n man Trom vo,in1 NTH he
maid his tSy ami cnotaS Thon"a7,os Kant
no he;ng IN favor C oc ,Soso ,cot,;otions
nnon vGiin% TSe fif,oan,S omanSnSSn1
had thirst a LARGE nNmhor az ;nmorent
votors mon II, aTS MO aro boun5 30 s,,Ia
NIT Int tbIa am"ndmont viii roms J SUI "
nNrt The evil II no"r Witt oan
shnnld be nrcven,eI rom Sot;no tho u
mnst hoar Il 'N" ~ '''s '"''
Mr. Armstrong inf Uamnsl,;ra, ,houch,
the 14th and i'm amendments to she
Constitution nover tvera "Jontati &, - o ~
stitntional form Int we have NOW ~ y s s
nit He did moi helieve Conoreso I had
any right to nronose 'or tho States I1 ~
adopt any amendment tor the 1nSIif,ca1
lion of voters IN anv State Who Relieved
that the neonle Of West VIRGINIA wanted
negroes 10 yotep NOT one Int no We
could not helm ourselves. he pronosed 70
let theyworli Know in tho first clause tn
this section, That we wanted ali white men
10 vote, but we incidentallv snbmittci to
the Constitution of the limited States 40
10 other voters -nnder nrotest - -
This view has heen adroiiIv advocated
by several OF the old style Democrats
who hate these modern innovationS mon
patrician riohts and who don't l;ke n
vote ALONGSIDE the moor or those If a
tinre color n little darker than their own
However with such men as Woods md
HNvmond and .Tockson If more modem
;dno, r ILL. .iso as..to,s III -. |.