The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1888-12-13
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opinion appear 10 favor restricted rep
resentatiOn ia tho South, which means,
Of course, restricted suffrage, or dis
reimbursement OF a large minority OF
tho eolOred voters, Senator ingalls,,
who has heretofore been olaased IN a
radical OF radicals, appears to favor the
separation of the white and black races,
with colonization for tho blacks,
The MASSES Of the Republican party
arc amazed over this marked change OF
opinion among the atateamen OF high
moral Ideas. Manhood suffrage, So
calico, has been one OF the Fundamental
principles. What means this eOnfea'
sion Of ita fallurep The answer IL
easy, The negro vote OF the South has
failed aa an element Of power 10 the
Republican party, Because OF this,
Republican statesmen are now pro
claiming manhood suffrage q failure,
and that African civilization IL played
out, What IL the remedy proposed 2
The proposition IN 10 reduce tho repre-
6entation OF tho South In Congress and
In the Electoral College 70 the basis Of
the actual vote east, instead OF the
batia Of population
Again, il is proposed TO regulate the
qualifications Of tho yotem Of the TO-
sptctiye states, This raises The ques'
ton whether Congress even under me
constitution 90 amended, has any NHNt
10 prescribe The qualifications OF the
voters for Presidential Electors or for
mumbem OF CougroFa, In tho great
Presidential case Of lildcn VI Hayes,
me- Electoral Commission held lNol 20
Uuu The electoral vote p, LOU iui
lrs concerned, lle state was supreme
"I.f|l. r.l#. of Coo vote cNat, by llr
uWug Buudof Louisiana was con
lraiyr, aud thc United states Wuthori
us had no wight TO 60 behind tha'
count even 90 defeat fraud 100 thr
count lu other words, Cuph
md cyorY oua ~ lln Republicans ON
lluuU t.ll chat Louisiana wa.
0Yuu 10 dplgrmiuo who should vote
row tho vote should be- cast aud That
toe count whether tight or wrong wa
lual, and could not DO corrected, or
even reviewed by the Quilted States
Under this holdipg o President S },
| Mldon, who was elected, was deprived
VI his seat, aud q man r. h. Hayes
who was not elected, was proclaimed
| President,
By The fifteenth amendment the
! States are prohibited from denying or
abridging the right Of olti2ons TO vote
on account OF race, color, or previous
condition of 0cryitude, The States are
not prohibited by any other clause OF
The constitution from prescribing IN
educational or other qualification 10
vote, 30 that, II they see proper, they
have the unquegtiOned right 10 pre-
| scribe IN educational, or property, or
tax paying qualification to the right Of
voting,
These rights are held By the States,
and cannot be- Jointly held by the states
ana General Government Congress
therefore has no constitutional power
to Ax the qualifications Of state cleo
t0ts, even In elections for President, or
members Of Congress,
Under the 18th amendment no South.
tfn State can make q race diocrtmina.
ton on the right Of suffrage, but there
IL nothing 70 prevent IN educational OF
. property qualification that touches
Ul races and C0l0m alike,
II Is not within the possibilities Of
the situation for the present status Of
the negro race IN the South 10 be
touched by Congress, save through a
constitutional amendment,
II Is entirely beyond the grasp OF
Congressional enactment
The tate and fortune oi the SoutherA
negro Is In the hands Of the South.
The negro has found that out, and he Is
governing himself accordingly