The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1879-06-04
IGNORANCE Again."

Now, Hubbard, don't go Off half.bent |
don't reckon without your host. See
what the items of the bill are first. You |
quote from the HERALD: "Keep it be- |
fore the people, that Congress has moth
ing to do with elections in the States.
The Supreme Court have so decided"
You say, IGNORANCE" again. "The
Supreme Court never so decided and
no one can show it," Without saying
that the HERALD never printed those
words rerbdtum ct HerdtiDl, | will join
issue with you. They have no control
over elections in the States. The Su-
preme Court did so decide i'm the United
States vs.. Crinshank, on Indictment for
conspiring to and preventing Levi
Nelson and Alex. Tilman, colored per-
sons entitled to vote, i'm an election
held in Louisiana, after the passage of
under Statute passed by Congress,
making the act felony, fixing the pen
atty at not more than 5000 fine, and
not more that ten years Imprisonment.
Def't. was convicted, and on motion,
in arrest of Judgment, upon the ground
that the law was not Constitutional,
and that no offense was stated in the
Indictment of which the United States
Court had jurisdiction. The District
Court of the United States in Louisi-
ana being divided, certified the eases to
the Supreme Court of the United States
for decision; that court decided that the
ofiense was cognizable only in the State
Courts and that Congress had passed the
law without author of the Constitution
of the United States, including the 18th
Amendment, and the clause to give the
Congress the power to enforce ii with
appropriate Legislation. They said the
18th Amendment did not create any
voters, the voters were created by the
States; to them belonged the power to
punish for violation of the rights of
voters. See the case of the United
States against Reese, on the same sub
ject, which went to the Supreme Court
of the United States from Kentucky
Now on the question of the power of
Congress over the elections i'm the
States, for President and members of
Congress. You say, ave thought
under the Constitution, the times, places
and manner of electing Representa-
tives may be regulated by the Legisla-
lures of the States, but the Congress
may alter or change such regulations"
Yes, you thought when you passed the
18th, 18th and 10Th Amendments and
the necessary Legislation to enforce
them, that you had done wonders for
the negro, but it turns out that your
eyes were SO blinded and your hearts so
filled with passion, prejudice and hate
what you had undertaken for him, and
your lease of power has expired, and
new tenant entered, and you are now
bowling, wailing and gnashing your
teeth, and calling on the rocks and hills
to hide you from an offended people, in
GLIDING the negro.
You are not precise in yourattempted
quotations, you must be precise, for you
are an educator of the people, and they
must not be misled. The Constitution
of the United States, Article LIST, Section
2nd, ."The House of Representatives
shall he chosen every second year, by
the people of the several States, mark
the words, not of the United States)
and the Electors shall have the qualifi-
cations of the Electors of the most nu-
merous branch of the State Legisla-
ture :" so il seems that the States create
the voters for members for Congress.
Section 4, ''The times, places and man.
ner of holding elections for Senators
and Representatives, shall be prescribed
by the Legislatures thereof, but Con-
gress may, at any time, make or alter
the times, places and manner of hold
ing such election, except as to the
places of choosing the Senator'S" There
is no trouble about the words times and
places, but we ought to see what the
word manner means; for by that word,
Congress is limited i'm its action i'm the
matter. See Webster's Dictionary:
"Manner; Form, method; the way of
performing or executing" Not who