The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1879-01-29
THE TRUE DOCTRINE.

their doctrine of Capitalization and
the crushing of all the rights of the
States, are now at work, ia the Sen
ate of the United States, to iegislate
anew GU these points, and their fu'
gleman in the matter, Judge I'D
munds, has introduced a Resolution
in relation to the enforcement of the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth
Amendments, and to protect all cita-
zens in the exercise of all rights Sc
cured by laws passed for that par-
pose, etc,
The Democrats, In the Senate,
have met this move boldly, and re-
gard Senator Edmunds' resolution as
proposing legislative action in con.
fiict with the decisions of the Su.
preme Court Of the United States,
particularly in the Cruikshank case
regarding these Amendments, which
they quote from the dicta of the
Court to sustain the ground which
they have taken In substitute,
which we publish below.
The following are the full resolu-
tions, agreed upon by the Democrats,
and we ask our readers to read them
we'll and carefully, and see how our
old party, the party Of the Const!tu-
ton, the party of the people, are true
and consistent to their sacred and
time honored tenets:
/. Resolved, As the judgment Of
the Senate, that the 18th, 14th and
18th Amendments to the Constitu.
ton Of the United States are as valid
and binding as any other part OF the
Constitution; that the people of the
United States have a common inter
est in the enforcement Of the whole
Constitution in every State and in
the Territories Of the United States,
and that it is alike the right and du-
ty of the United States, SO far as the
power has been delegated to them,
to enforce said Amendments, and to
protect every citizen in the exercise
of all the rights thereby secured.
2. Resolved, That the government
of the United States and the govern.
ments Of the several States are dis
tinct, and each has citizens Of its
own who owe it allegiance, and whose
rights within its jurisdiction it might
protect; that the government of the
United States is one Of delegated
powers alone. It's authority 10 de
| fined and limited by the Constitu
tion. All powers not granted to il
by that instrument, nor prohibited
Iby it to the States, are reserved tx
the States respectively, or to th'
people, and that no right San be &C
quired under that constitution, o.
secured through laws Of the United
States, except such as the govern
ment Of the United States has tn
authority to grant or secure.
| 8. Resolved, That the Constita
ton Of the United States has no
conferred the right of suffrage upoI
|, any one, and the United States har
, tuo voice of their own creation 10 th
, States, but the fifteenth amendmen
of the constitution has invested CHI
LIENS of the United States with
, new constitutional right, which
exemption from discrimination !
the exercise of the elective frar
) chise on account OF race, color Q
, previous condition of servftude, On
1t is within the Jurisdiction Of th
government of the United States
which congress may exert by apprs
pirate legislation to prevent the d.
NAL or abridgement by State Of th
right of q citizen to vote when sue
denial or abridgemens Is on accouu
of race, or color, or previous cond
I ton of servitude of the voter.
l 4. Resolved, That when sue
right to vote is denied or abridge
3 by the conduct Of a person who
t not so acting by authority and |
t obedience to the laws Of q State, ],
risdiction to punish such conduct
, in the State government, and is n.
in the government Of the Unite
. States.
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Tomorrow night the first ho
J on the light fantastic toe, of the pre-
e ent season, comes of in the fine an
Y commodious room Of the Town Hal
I and the members of Rapides Encam,