Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-01-15

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ssuiation 81 e0faFeas esd tie tiee8oEal
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audfsRu appeai 70 e0nartss, ralh1E tbaa
10 the state legislatures, b. whom aions
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mnos fizht 70 be ballet - tbe negro.
Nsthi1a o0aid b. HoFe tffaiioaai fhan
ihis prttsxt TIE 3ftesntn amendment
as ~ mnoh waf laRasEfe ~ tha dEAlk,
o. tte LEGAL tender acf. Tbs negro
was ebffaBohised b the atai6s and not
b. congress. The aitsgna.ive made the
process eelapwla8Fg Tor obTigas reasons;
baf those VAC pr lend tbsi there Is ans
isimilaKily b6tween tbs present. coz
dift9n 81 American W0meu and ne
ssasas Of shs freedmen at the close Of
the var are eifhsF isnogabl o. insinoefe.
The aboiitioH Of slavery bT The thiF-
/ teehih a@eadmfEf, Ia 1865, vas ap-
parsBfiy unaooam gained b. any plrpose
% interfere With tie 0aatsOi Of Suffrage
By the STATES. lbs cODgfs sslontl de-
/ bates dfsqisas 10 eaed satentian, Tbs
anaaodment vas tbe f4tihcatior, b. the
/ people. Of the emancipation proc ANA
/ lions Of Sspfsn3ber -, 1872, ana January
| !, 1853 Tna acknowledgements Of TIE
freedmsu vas not shea contemplated.
t9e IDEA vas repqEna1t even 10 the
radical element Ia the dominant party,
whieb had been rendered homogeneous
by lte destruction Of slavery. Bat the
| iuteiliceEt and wealthy classes ia this
s8uth, uho had exclusively held the
polikiaai power u that secsion iili the
Gloss Of she Febellieu. we're Felaetant 70
surrender their pger1eafives, and IL
SON beoame obvious thas the rights Of
the negro we're DOT 10 be adequately
protected 10 the eonquefed states. Il
vas also evldent that ths liberation Of
the slaves would ineFease toe political
p8wer Of tbs soath unless the negroes
were msen ciliSsns aud voters. these
convictions led 10 the adoption Of the
ffutieenth aggendnent Ia 1868, and the
fifteenth amendment IL 1870, watch,
slth the reeoustFuelien aot Of March 2,
1861. c0eEced the seeding states into
negro suffrage aa condition president
for tbeir restoration to he uuion. TIE
thifeeaih, fou teenth ard fifteenth
amendments - tue constitution we're
iOnidsnts of the war. Their adv0eAses
gure consistent and logical. Bat there
"a 10 i1aia 10 politics except the logic Of
events end, iadzing bY events. Il must
b. Admtitea thas tnas far the experi-
ment Of nsRF0 Suffrage ii the south an
der the eoussitntionai amendmsns has
been an sbsoluts and upqaalifed fail
mr.. Noae Of the anttclpati0ns OF lie
pfaMolsFs have been realized. This
I declaration d0as not Imply that tte
negro Is uoi eompelsnt e vote. nor that
10 should got vote. Bas tbs soatb,
having obtained thirty-eieht additional
/ members af the lower house Of congress,
and 80 equal inefenent to fhe electoral
/ college, ~ the operation Of the four.
teensh amendment. hsa pfaeticaliy
ualiihed The fifteenth smsndmsns, aud
Neither tdaaates TIE negfo nor permits
hin 20 vote. Political power IN that
I part Of shs republic II IS exclusively Ia
re hands 81 the ehltse as it was 10
lSG1. ard he indications are that IL will
80 e0ntinue FOR A Indefinite period 10 the
fature. The naiiosal authority has been
! sxsaEsted, aud nothing remains but lhe
haal APPEAL % sha national conscience.
80 fofutda has tue dagger become,
taat lhe y 0st asiivs champions Of equal
SUI ege for women ara also the most
sT1ens Supporters ~ the reeeut meas
ares for national aid TO o3ram a achools
shese av9wed pufpoae = The rsiasatign
( - ias rslafr8 VS. - % She south, AZ
sae expsGsa OF tie public tra4suFg. upon
fee EraDd thst their ignorance IL Gu
/ insiant SID constant menace 10 cunssi-
tatianai esWrument and civil liberty.
( uadar fheif eaEent appeals tha nate
Of the bnitgd Siates passed q Ell az
pfapfiatsng seventy asVan mil ion del
ilfs fer tbs pufpuse, and there is iittls
eonbt thAt tf would have passed the
toaes u representatives had Il net been
for zoe Obstructive parliamentary tactics
Of its eReriss 10 10th Political parties.
BE- sbs statistics Of the tenth census,
Nc ~ Informed thst tho calofed males
ia the United States Abave the age ct q
40 we're auahle 90 write numbered
| l.e22. isi. or es Z 10 PER cent. Of the en-
tlfs eisss. Toe white males similarly
disqasliasd Wsra sss6s9, OF rs 10 psr
ora& OF tne vattng Population. II Is an
appalling reflection tbst, Is s govern
meat thenreaeallr based epon tntessi-
gent Ell ziuship suab sn enaEmsus tss,-
portion ~ The etectass ere destitute az
the FadsmsnSs If education. Ths al ~
1 sl9u ~ tbs pscp9ssd sixteenth 81 end.
aatrt soald add 70 this ssupendeus Mass
q iilitersey. colaFed females LIS, Tt9.
grfT 70 per- eant. = ihose who would
BE- eufranehised and white females
l69 sot. being II per cent. of thoss
Nh0 aorid b. enAlled 10 the ballot =
erand tatsi - nearly twenty three han
I 3Fed shoaaaHd lllitegA'a ana disqnAii-
ned eiectatA { b atdHign e. thr EXISTING
n4iilions waees agrgtion q i confessed
asecsc- 90 the = p-inits a siahil az
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saeFefofe, vto coltend thai thsra ahonid
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Eaen should BE- n osea 70 vate beeaase
[ tie ssbgr6ied slaves fa enfraaebissd
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