Smyrna times., 1874-10-28
Senator Bayard nO Democrat.

right OF suffrage and IS opposed to universal
education. Read the following extracts from
his speeches:
Resolced, That the elective franchise is
political privilege and not natural right, and
is to be granted or withheld by the several
States to their respective inhabitants, rs in the
free, sound judgment and discretion of each
State shall be deemed best for the public
interest and welfare.
The foregoing resolution was part of the
platform adopted by the Democratic Conven-
tion of Delaware, 1868. and was drafted by
Hon. Thomas +. Bayard.
"I do not believe that human happiness
is to be manufactured by statutes nor do
believe that the extension of suffrage in every
country will assist us in having better govern
mcnt here; for | am one OF those who have
long believed that already the suffrage in this
country was far too widely extended; that
already the ignorant and the corrupt Of our
nation have voice, which it is very unfortunate
for the people that they should have. These
are no new views with me nor are they newly
expressed.
! The foregoing is from the speech Of Hon.
ThOs +. Bayard, in the u. 5. Senate, Dacem-
ber l6, 1869. See Congressional Globe, Part ],
Page III.
"The Honorable Senator from Indiana, in his
argument of yesterday, attempted to Justify
the imposition of these permanent conditions
upon the State Of Virginia by the excellence in
the abstract Of the propositions they contain ;
to wit: Universal Suffrage, the right 10 be
universally elected to Otice-n0 diSQualiica
ton to be interpoSed, and the matter of
universal education, and because these things
argue favorable to a republican form Of govern
ment, he said he would vote 10 put them into
the constitution Of this State permanently.
1.-THE result Of such a dangerous proposition
would be this: That if the experience of future
generations should discover that Unlimited
suffrage is not benefit to the people of a
: State that a restricted suffrage is wiser for
the people of State that your system Of
! universal education Is not the rdiH0Jie system
that VOM suppose 10 to he, as IL ioelb may be then
lCOuld; that such system of education is in
l judicous and unreasonable, operating IN
favOrably upon the mental health Of their
J people; and should desire with the light OF
) experience, to reform and improve it, then
comes this condition arbitrarily imposed by
Congress upon the people.
= The foregoing is from the speech of Hon
q Thos +. Bayard, IT, ). Senate, Feb Is, 1870
a See Congressional Globe, Part =, page 1888.
/ DEsTITUTTON IN KANSAS The Western
, papers are publishing appeals for charity il
l behalf of the destitute in Kansas. One o.
4 these calls, from Smith county, declares tha
0 the measures taken by the Legislature are
+ worse than useless, and upbraids the Governor
n with " narrow pride in asserting, in the
9 face of the plainest evidence, that Kansas i
J, able and willing to take care of her own poor.
y The committee who make this appeal say tha
Q they must have assistance "ten-fold create
= than the Legislature scheme can afford, ant
J. greater than the State of Kansas can supply,
J. that twenty counties, with a population rang
q ing from two Thousand TO six thousand each
}. are almost destitute of food. The case 0
Smith county, for instance, is, that of its fiv
thousand people two thousand will be who'll
dependent on charity within two months, an
of the three thousand remaining not ift
"a families have surplus of provisions for them
selves, without expendinR pound Of grain i
!. support of their teams, which are to the faI
mer indispensable. An absolute communit
10 of food, they estimate, would not supply thei
n families till April |. These people, say tn
a. committee. are in rags, moneyless, resourceeSs
n and tho farmers OF the eastern portion Of tn
a State, though comparatively spared, are yG
a too crippled by the disasters of drought, locust
is and chinch bugs, to be able to do much nor
20 than take care of themselves. 1t is very hare
y they say, to realize that persons in such
ssv country as ours can die of hunger, yet that i
without exaggeration, the condition of tl
n. people of Western Kansas. A little help wi
M enable them to retain their homes; without i
v the homesteads will be desOlate, and henC
v: they appeal to people of the more favored DO
nd tions oil the country for assistance.