The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-03-04
@...l.,er and IndEe Strong.

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=, e,gIts, appears to be driven to th'
.. ~ Il .lseplsssness by the decision o.
S,Ir,i,.d All States Supreme Court in the
Sa,d.r ease. 1t says: l 3d., z
q. are suddenly awakened, as BY :
III W =, ~ midnight, TO the sad realization
y dss n III, y that the fires Of radicalism
9 III ~ Nv ~ he fuel supplied by the Four,
nsas4 IN imepdment have enyeloped and
a.:snI ~ he fair citadel OF home rule
n | y. S,ats We can only pass such laws
~ s.t'.,,ss. and The Supreme Court may
sS,i.. that We cannot choose our own
~ X, tbe administration Of our own
nvEihOut the permission OF the federal
Ennhsnt . ~, ",
N, would seem to be a bad case at
,tdrtt, but the facts all indicate that it
sp.iils more than an attack Of night
NJ. thi, has seized our ueighbor; that
4, ,l.,n was a false one; that no prop.
n,hs been destroyed, and, to continue
Asnsoas figure still further, that what
huisook iOr an incendiary performance
.hs par. Of the Supreme Court, was in
,alty only the writing Of another much
,eda policy oil insurance on some valu,
81. rights Of a large class Of deserving
dts.a.
liha,dly worth while to reason with
o., neghbor in his present dazed and
eaAA condition, but II he will calm
klasll sufficiently to read the text OF the
,,tian Of The Court as delivered by Judge
snss It may restore him to a normal
coalition Of quietness, which is evidently
.RIM.
Ia that opinion Judge Strong sets forth
be circumstances under which the Four:
ssn!h and kindred amendments TO the
Eslsnl Constitution were adopted.
Atths time when they were incorpora-
W into the Constitution, 1t required lit
atnoxedge Of human nature to antici-
Hsthlt those who had long been regard
hR an Inferior and subject race, would,
VIA suddenly raised to thelank OF citi-
saAihbe lookedupon with jealousy and
EfIs dislike, and that State laws might
knlasd or enforced to perpetuate the
6Eadionsthat had before existed. Dis
rinniuons against them had been ha-
aai. Twas well known that in some
sts laws making such Determinations
eEtIlted, and others might well be ex-
hdd The cOlored race as a race was
Nd and ignorant, and in that condition
y lldtted 10 command the respect Of
~ Eho had superior intelligence. Their
cinlng had LETT them mere children, and
uEth they needed the protection which
iss Government extends to those who
rlnlble TO protect themselves. They
apsaaly needed protection against un.
atadly action In the States where they
'Ee resident Il was in view OF these
s'ahdefltiOns the 18th amendment waf
haA. -
ASOur West Virginia jury law being
discrimination against colored citizens
y naadId and unpreiudiced reader Of III
sassion ever doubted. No amount oi
fsa'n' reasoning as to the nature and
ssfaasfoI Jury service can disguise th'
EAtt The cOlOred people are "singlet
alad expressly denied all right to par
adpls In the administration OF the Law
y eon" ltwas just such discrimina
aHthese that the Fourteenth amend
HHliut the legislation had in pursuanc'
. eeh amendment were designed to pre-
VII lAslaster recognized that the amend
H'a'arst necessarily be enforced by thi
E's which made it, and enacted tha
Ssn defendants in any State were refuset
y Ss Hga1 guaranteed by the amendmen
~ might on proper showing Of sucl
: q have their cases removed into til
iSs'aI courts. Strauder following tn
: Ssae marked out has succeeded in gel
: aa removed before a tribunal nc
ss.! ssea v the complaint brought againl
VA EAich here convicted him.
las sabOutall there is Of It. Th
%sS" eaa talk about State rights and IN
y ,sh asAinst federal interference wit
v 1salln Of this commonwealth unit
SS''nsdly, y but It cannot alter the facts {
I ippearon the record. The framel
Sasssass jury law drew the color Lin
u afet contravention OF the col
aHaenll t amendments, and, the issu
SSashltly presented, the United Stat,
J.5'ene IN Court could do nothing less tha
ss unconstitutional; and the Beg
s,'assad =. el Of prOstrating the Chief Ju
,.l - lad his associates on their backs ar
S. s.aas them to q narrowing spectacle
". @s'sa'a Of liberty through obscured o
sa ought to join with us in congratul
~ ~, .S.,e over decision which wipes out u
~ 'esage Of class legislation IN the Stat
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Grant In Mexico,
oLLenTnS. March Q N.,.. .nn.i