Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-03-05
NEW SERIES--vOL. 90, NO. 0.


, isneu, anu IN tne huJOlnlng othte OF
Maryland | read daily of prosecutions
continuing against men, convictions
} followed by fine and imprisonment ior
violation or interference with and the
abridgment and tho denial Of the right
of voting. There is no pretcnsc in
these cases that there was an abridg.
ment OF the right Of any colored man.
In Maryland read the review Of the
trials and they are for not holding poll
ing places in convenient places, for
abridging the right Of voting by the in.
convenient locality OF the polls, and
under such charges men are being SEN
fenced and deprived of their liberty and
their property. The Supreme Court
of the United States in these two cases
OF Cruikshank and Reese have clearly
and emphatically excluded any such
Jurisdiction. They have declared that
the United States had no class Of voters
Of their own creation, that they never
bestowed the right of suffrage, that
they have no control over it, but that
there was simply the inhibition of
State or of the United States TO abridge
or deny the right Of suffrage by reason
of one of three particular causes, the
race, the color or the previous condition
of servitude Of the party concerned.
For any and all causes except those
three are no more within the power Of
the Federal Government by Legislation
TO prevent or direct than they are TO
decide in any question between two
citizens Of the same State in regard to
any matter OF their private and local
contracts. This is the language of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
This is their decision mado believe
almost unanimously in the two cases
to which | have referred Yet zoe are
asked by these resolutions 10 continue The
enactment Of general lalcs "of the chdrdct-
er already passed" for that purpose. /
am as clear as / erer ,oas of proposition
in my life that the oath / haze taken 10
support the Constitution lrould compel me
TO rote against such proposition as that.
Therefore the whole object OF these
ieoo'u''ono 70 w P,o.u.o io'" ~
ate IN aPprovai ., .nis eiass oi DN-
CONST1 UTIONAL LEGlSLA-
TION against which at the time of its
enactment on this floor struggled in
Saln' ana 10 extend TINS 1surping ana
iatai attempt az Me centrd":attoh q az
potiee Po@erS OF me States ~ me ha''ds
Me ITngrSys q MS Gm.tss I5ss 1sdsS; p, sss,r,
MT rhEoIDENI 81 Inan 10 NULn,
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OOh IN @ uEhi ihD i1lEM "
~ ' EhN MEN 1, PUN "A OoN'
oIhuOdloN OhNNoI DE AZ
CEsIhD " gou'a oe meny Jdl@ %
Jfeedom aha seg'goper"meM' mere Is
no Necessity ,or suon eonn'rneii1n u,o !
All over TINS ianu, anu ! cnaiiengo ~ .nc
ueniai, tnere ID no 'aW ~ any .o'"'' IN M
eonnlv' WIN 'ncse slnenulnei's. az
oVcr TINS ianu ''ero - aoquieseo"Io ~
their provisions all over .nls ihnu
inere Is 9oeulehce' Ing Ing iangaas., 40
Justice miiier says, wnicn Pton.o,'s
otate IRON passing q law "nicn vloihtes
tne ophgation oi con'rae. anu glvcs 'nc
congress Oh inc ni'eu o.a'cs pomer "
pass iams W 'naAo INA, onev.to, 10
Jus. as lul' as ,na' wnlon Pivn.o,.s P;,n,ea =
o.a.c rom apriusing .n' P,',n'Ses anu
ii''nuni.lcs u el',Hons AZ . Juss 40
reasonao'o '.S s'J VI nnu . pumea - Peu o;,;.as
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ru aats os :, IL n nvn,sb 5v 6ne and i'm.
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rno,Isr's r;oI, N ,,o,e NJ nm eicct;on
Tha ,n5;h;,o,v Io,gnago or ,ha
Cons,;tu,ion l. The same and as fpll in
,ho one case "a in the other No State
shall mass a law VIOLATING the obliga.
,inn y, a oon,roc, The S,o,e sLsIl
not pass a law discriminating in favor
!, of one race or the other. Both are ad.
dressed to States as States. A law
passed by a State in violation of that
provision is null and void. By writ of
error il can come either before the
State court. or that failing in its duty
it can be transferred to the Supreme
Court OF the United States. Every de.
cision which involves the interpreta.
ton of the Constitution of the United
States, every decision which is in alleg.
ed conflict with any provision of the
Constitution of the United States, is
subject TO review by the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Tho crsror,se IA ,una tho nrotsc
lion h., ,ho ;rd;c;ai hranch IL comnle,e
No law can bc Sustained that g;ycs to
a nan oS ono roce or color q r;gSt wifi
hald from h;s cslIow. .c;ti,ens ~ a difysr
~. s' 80 o - 49, ao,or 49, ,ou so 40
,ord;n@ mus, mect with sneedv over.
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forever vh'nly elao.'nH Avs " uossio
ail ,ne NATURAL inequalities win Mn whien
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