The advocate., 1891-01-07
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It's gitd pro quo
But, sir, tho people Of tho west feel that they
bought the freedom Of tho slave with a great
price. They gave 10 tho poopls OF tho south a. a
compensation for the onfranohlaemont Of the
slave forty members OF tho House OF Raproaontar
iivea and an equal number OF electors In the
electoral college, Tho complaint that We make
today, the complaint that the people Oi the
north make today Is that you have retained the
representation and you have suppressed tho vote,
You have violated tho compact You have 70.
tained tho representation that has given you ioE
fourteen years supremacy In the House OF Rep
r6Bentalivoa, and that has on two OCoaaiOnl
thWarted lhe win OF tho people by placing on ono
OF these occasions man In the presidential
chair who was nevor elected 10 that ONCE In any
fair and just sense any more than the Khan OF
TArtaTy or lho Gar OF Russia.
The history of the reconciliation"
between Che west and the south. con-
sequent upon a fratricidAl war, in
which the best blood Of these sections
was shed, rs historically presented az
Che people Of the west buying 'the
freedom OF the slave at a great price,
giving 10 tho people Of the south; the
compensation for the enfranchise-
ment OF the slave being forty mem
bers OF the House of Representatives
and the same number OF presidential
electors. What an eminent historian
Where, o whore, can possibly DO his
peer7 And then the monarchs who
sit upon the throne Of Tartary and OF
Russia we're Gin any fair and just
sense, elected" TO the position OF
president Of the United States, az
was Governor Cleveland Isn't this
what he means and what he desired
10 sayl Probably he thinks as to the
other one Of the two ocCasiong,'' y
when an eight TO seven electoral com.
mission gave the title Of president in
February, 1877, TO Rutherford b.
Hayes. What a grand rehearser Of
set speeches this exceedingly great
man must indeed be-. And, az he
may have ample leisure on and after
March A, 1891, TO be in a chair as a
professor Of American political his
tory, perhaps his alma matsr-Wil-
liams oOllege-may request his SER
vices in such a position when the
earliest vacancy occurs therein. Mis-
sissippi having a new state Constitu-
tion, which was adopted November /,
1890, our Senator Ingalls, IS furious in
his opposition to il, for il contains an
election ordinance" upon the Aus
tralian system, upon which the Sena-
tor has given no advocacy, And it's
section 2l4, relating to franchise"
reads:
On and after the lrst day OF January, A. d.
1902, every electOr SHALL In addition 10 tho lore
going qualifications (Which relate TO two years
state residence and o one years residence in his
election district, and the payment Of "a uniform
poll tax OF two dollars 10 DO used in aid OF the
common sChOOls'D DO able 10 read any section OF
the constitution Of this state or he shall be able
TO understand the same when read 10 him, or
give a reasonable Interpretation thereof
Now the constitution of the Sona-
tors native state--Massachusetts-
has this educational test:
No person shall have the right 10 vote or be
elected 10 Ofllce under the constitution OF this
commonwealth who shall not be able t0 read the