The daily gazette., 1880-02-12
rEsRIAHY m 1850
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Tie Iexis.xtrss os S1zfh czr01ir1a. II is
ss5d, d .b0la 70 Pass regEzy law
similar 10 Ebs lzE q MzAsa<f2setts, 70
curing ea1A x0sr 70 write bis oEu
name @ he registry Lists GreE: Co
Jezadn 4 taksa 70 dis By tbs Rep1bli-
can psDen, o. he grO1De, a. ihsy ss!,
tss i vii a<Fx1Ee EbOGa 50 per cezG- u
tie eg3e,ed men Of tie righa 70 To~
The oher Es1s SAY thx Z VIE na2s
No eiEiBcion Il r&ns. e3lor o. coD-
dS.ion. Gzd Il s1eh as - r1gta IN
MsssAch1ssus Il exI,D0 be E1Ong IL
S0e<h Carolina CoosT il3e Sos-ib Car
lima l4u syeEy sSsc1Of rou.Hg u 49,,
and ginning tie rlgls 70 Register, DRg
make n Gornai app5cztiOo 70 the oesis-
naaed onoer, sbo will tbeEeupoD suR5-
D0n ;SSsn TO iDquiTs iIyo he fs1s- II
deemed qualified be SiIl b. enrolled,
and be Will be supplied With . cert5b-
czfe, which mus be sIhibltec =, tie
poll before be viii Be allowed 70 vote.
To make the lss operative in tb- NOyen
ber electOp Il bss ben oecioe9 70 p&ss
q bill regulating elsszi ns a. tempo
r&y eIp-disni; tie eoEseqasni eouirat-
ton q tise c1ioged vote will, of c0urse.
make The sdoPsiOn II constitutional
amendment =: The fall election fore
goDe conclusion.
Tie arguments employed by ibe
managers u the measure I'e TIA; TIE
Law win spply 70 bob raees Tia;
Massachusetts and COnDe1icai have
simiias Estutes, and uhz; d right il
those States ezuDH b. wrong In South
Carolina thai 1: viii be an incentive
70 acquire learning. and that il eAnDoi
be regarded az violation Of tbe con-
s,ituiiOnzl provisions protecting The
rigtts u gutirAg-. It applies alike V
whites and blacks. Tie white yO.Srs
who are thereby debsrred from exer-
eising the elective frzDchise vii probs-
bly, ~, exceed 10 PER cent. Of the tOal
white vote, hiie only atout % Der cent.
Of the total eolorsd v0e will be eOfD-
Petent 70 qualify.
II may " necess&Ty 70 snse1 such
Law ID delaware. Certain il IL li.ai the
white people will 70. permit tie STATE
" % under the control u the negro
vote. Their own Interests f,rbld sucb
thing. Aud il it was right 10 posh the
negroes " the polls 10 carry the election.
and control the Stale BY the agency Of
ignorance II Is clearly right to control tie
Ignorance IN such manner a. Ae can "
prevent the danger which Is almost sure
TO follow Its investment with power.
There IL no reason for the existence
u sueh registry law in Massachusetts
aud Connecticut that does not exist in
Delaware. Property qualification tor
suffrage IL in Cur opinion better test
for suffrage than education. But both
tests might be included in the same law
The yOle IL = valuable Franchise. By
Votes Our properly is isxed-lieht o.
heavy ss the majority VI yoters please.
Almost every right We have is In pJ.-
session u The majority al the polls and
the while people viii be fools To allow
their rights 70 be voted away by negroes
and their allies, who are TOO ignorant 10
read and 100 indolent 70 acquire and TOO
wasteful To hold properly.
The present election laws in Delaware
are favorable 10 the negfoes-but they
do not render full satisfactlon-they are
complained Of as tyranUical and e1-
elusive, because the collectors are no,
forced tn call on negroes for lh-ir taxes.
'fbe payment Of 10 light a poll tax is
not submitted To by the negroes they
will not even 90 forward and pay II To
secure g vote. Why then trihe with
such people. II they mus. have
registry law WHY not make one tha,
will require the voter u register hun
self, and stop this cla,nor bout tax.
Ia New York and Philadelphia yotens
are required TO register before, il they
can vote. The ranks OF the Demo
cratic party is open To all who W sh 10
have share in It's government and all are
invited 10 toparticipate in lis privileges, and
M man need Stard astde ~ ha mill
not assist - govern The State properly
he will have himself 10 blame therefor
since the majority, while they hold the
right 10 make the laws will not submit
10 be controlled by the minority.