Huntsville gazette., 1890-10-04
NEGRO VOTERS.
Mississippi Wants Them Barred
Cut Altogether,
Even at a Cost or Several OF
Her congressman.

The Corsfj dtion.li Convention VIII Ne
tion of tkc Repeal of tile Fifteenth
Amendment 10 :. Vote of the states.
hat VIII I,e the Result?
JACKSON. Nj -, Oct 2.-In order to
expedite bush. ss and curtal threat
ened long SESSION the constitutional con-
vehtion decided Tuesday to have night
sessions iii the future. I he committee
to which was referred the subject me-
mOrlailzlng congress us to the eXpedi-
ency and iir0prlety of rereaing the ff-
teenth amendment reported i'll part as
follows:
WHEREAS 1hele are in the state OF
Mississippi and some other states Of the
United States, III approximately equal
liumbers, two distinct races, or types of
mankind, the white AMI the negro; and
WHEREAS. These TWO races, though
friendly and homogene us for ali business
and iniust rial purposes, are widely sep
arate by race instincts and prejudices in
all political and social matters; and
Whereas we are without any well-found-
ed hope Of a change III respect to the po-
litical relations of the two races; and
whereas with such n condition the one
Ei;ce OF the other must have charge of and
control the governments of such states
and to do so thel e will ever be ever-recur-
ring conflicts OF greater or less magni-
tude between them; and
WHEREAS, A government thus main
tanned, existing and resting upon such a
condition, must of necessity be without
permanent efficiency or stability; aud
WHEREAS Such condition of insecurity
is not only great political or social evil,
but also greatly impedes all industrial de
velopments; and inasmuch as the white
people only are capable of conducting and
maintaining the government of such
states, giving security and protection to
the whole pc ple and property thereof,
the negro race, even if its people were edu-
Gated, bein5 wholly unequal to such great
responsibility if they should come into
contro. OF such governments; therefore,
be it
REsoLVED, BY the people OF the state of
Mississippi, IN its constitutional conven-
tion assembled, That it is our deliberate
judgment anI opinion that the true and
only ef1ire Il remedy for the great and
important difficulties, arising oat of the
amble, lies III the rel ell OF the fifteenth
amendment Of tho constitution of the
Unitei States, Whereh such restrictions
and limitations may be put upon negro
suffrage by the several states as may
be necessary and proper for the main
tenance Of good and stable governments
therein
RESOLVED. That we request that the
congress of the United States cause to be
submitted to thc several states PROPOSE
/ ton TO repeal rzad fifteenth amendment
of the constitution, AMI TINT we Will
cheerfully accept as d condt on to such
repeal such reductions in the house Of
representatives OF congress from Missis-
sippi as may be reasonable ani just in
view of the diminution in the nlmber of
voters in the state consequent upon such
repeal Of Il e fiftet nth amendment.
The Judiciary reiort, which had been
been hAed for special Tuesday was
again postl o. ed, and the convention re-
salned consideration Of the Legislative
article of the new CO slituti0n
The following section Of the report
was, after spirited debate. stricken
out by vCte Of 60 10 AZ: The legisla-
ture shall have no power to appropriate
any of the public motley for the estab-
lishmeMt ard maintenance Of q bureau
of immigration, OF for any purpose Of
bringing immlgra Is 10 this ia e. The
vote derives signii' cInce from the fact
that the rejected section was copied
from the platform Of the Farmers ALI