The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1885-08-14

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paign upon the Southern outrage issue
Il their disposition to yapor about Il.
They t;ra n imrossihle "a Law down srv
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siuon with the shShtes' practcai mean
ing.
Suppose the evils and wrongs Of
which they complain are IS great and
grievous. say. ~ burglary Is in Detroit
and other cities. how do they propose
to remedy Il?
Well. says the Cincinnati Commercial.
one Of the most ardent of them, 1--WE
think the enforcement Of the Fifteenth
task, and II would not be impracticable
to reduce representation in states where
there has been the unconstitutional dis
| franchisement Of a race-in some States
OF the majority OF the people by reason
of color and previous condition Of servi-
| tude"
But the Fifteenth Amendment has not
| been passed since the Republican party
went out Of power. 1t was in existence
| under several Republican Congresses
| and under Presidents Grant. Hayes.
| Garfield and Arthur II the Democrats
| won the last election BY a non-enforce-
| ment Of the Fifteenth Amendmen. it was
because Republican Presidents and Re-
| publican Congresses failed either from
power or inclination to enforce it How
| can new Republican President and q
new Republican Congress do what
three or four previous Presidents and
Congresses have repeatedly failed to
do?
Under Republican Congresses and
nnder Republican Presidents burslaries
have been committed in Detroit. Tnese
Presidents and Congresses have been
unable or unwilling to prevent them.
Burvlaries continue to be committed
under Cleyeland's Administration. Ac-
cordng 10 the logic OF the irreconcila-
BILE Republicans. a Republican Presi-
dent and : Congress ought, therefore,
10 be elected. Then the prevention Of
burglary would be hopeful task. y
For there Is Just a. mnch reason for
supposing that Logan would suppress
burglary IN 1889 as for believing that
HAYES did II in 1879.
III course it will be said that burglary
4 different from Acknowledgement be-
cause one is An offense against State
law. the other against National law.
But even when that Is admitted. the
neglect Of previous Republican Admin
istrations TO treat acknowledgements diff
ferent from burglary still remains TO be
explained. But so far a. the fifteenth
Il concerned. Is il verv different in it,
nafurep
The Fifteenth Amendment relates 70
condact Of States in abridging or deny
ing the right TO vote to any citizen ION
account OF his race. color or previous
condition of servitude. What State
does this? II any State has done so.
under Z Republican Administration,
WHY has not that Administration en-
forced the amendment? II no State has
done 30 how can the present Democrat
ic Administration enforce an amend.
ment that has not been violated? How
can Republican Administration 10 be
elected hereafter enforce an amend
ment which has not been disobeyed but
remains intact and undisputed?
II there are any United States statute.
relating 10 the violation OF the elective
franchise OF citizens Republican Ad
ministration with all its officials have
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