Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-06-19


The Supreme Court Of The United
States has decided that thst amend
ment cannot be violated by an indi-
viduaI person. II forbids the us'sed
States and It fcrbids any State from
denying the right Of negro to vote.
Has Georgia, or any southern State
denied the right of the negroes to vosce
Never. So that Mr.. HALsTEAD is out
in his reckoning. But he explains as
follows;
"Now the right to vote is practically
denied and fagrantly abridged in seve.
raj OF the States. And this very denial
and sbridgmont is 'on account OF race,
color, or previous condition OF servi-
tude.' The exact thing that the fit
tenth amendment was constructed TO
prevent has been accomplished, and
this very violation Of the Constitution
elected Grover Cleveland President oil
the United States"
What lame and impotent concur
sion. How can right be practically
denied and fagrantly abridged" which
each Of these s. several States accords
in fullest measure to the negro! IL
cannot be done. Perhaps it is the law
less acts ofprivste individuals which Mr.
HALsTEAD alludes to when ne grave
ly speaks of violations of the fifteenth
amendment. II so, LOT WRIGHT, OF
Cincinnati, and his gang violated the
fifteenth amendment last fall. II SO,
Mr.. HALsTEAD is lsw-breaker OF the
worst type, seeing that he is constantly
engaged in endeavoring to disqualify
and disfranchise southern citizens. He
is, we repeat, guilty Of moral trcasonsI
But we are told that the vote of
citizen of Georgia counts for twice as
much as the vote Of citizen Of Ohio.
This is untrue, as everybody knows.
The number Of presidential electors in
each State depends upon the population
Of the State, except that each State is
allowed two electors for its two United
States senator's. The small States of
New England are Republican States.
So are Oregon, Nevada, Colorado, &C.,
all Of which last States voted last fall
for BLAINE. Consequently, the Re-
publicans have no right TO complain Of
the undue weight given to a small
State by its two senatorial electors.
What, then, is Mr.. HALsTEAD's
grievance 1t can be nothing, we re-
peat, but the unlawful acts of private
persons, or else he means that the white
voters Of Georgia influence the negro
voters to supportthe Democratic ticket,
thus asserting by necessary implication
that the negroes have no political opin-
ions, but would all vote the Republican
ticket if not unlawfully induced to do
otherwise.
What is Mr.. HALsTEAD's remedy?
1t must be that he would have the
Federal Government send down armies
10 Georgia to make the negroes vote.
The small vote in that State he will not
allow to continue small. 1t must be
increased. Georgia must cast as many
votes in proportion to population as
Ohio, or else Mr.. HALsTEAD evil
know the reason why" Isn't that a
fine platform for a national party to
stand upon?
Next November the people Of Vir-
ginia will have an opportunity to show
what they think Of that party in this
State which is in alliance with the Re-
publicans Of Ohio and Of the North
generally. We had hoped that the
election of CLEVELAND would put an
end to sectional strife and to northern
libels upon southern communities. But
not so. The South is still suspected,
prescribed section so far as the Repub-
lican party can make it so. They
would buy success at the price of dis
cordant, belligerent, and hostile sec
tons. They prefer place to peace and
prosperity. Sure are we that the peo-
pie of this old Commonwealth will
never stand under the flag which Mr..
HALSTEAD carries.