The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1895-11-08
votes being cast in favor OF it, Thus
died every possible chance OF the cause
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died every possible chance OF the cause
OF woman's suffrage ever rrevai..Le III
this State until anot her const.tu;.ou mas
been formed.
Then the an-important sccuou con.
tanning the suffrage plan itse.: was call
ed up and the war began Mr. Patton
offered "a substitute plan. tie ea6ipp
provisions Of which were:
livery male citizen oi tie State
Of South Carolina, of the age G. 81
years, no. .aboring under q Gsac..iues
named in this constitution. wru shall
have resided IN the State ;wu vears
and in the county IN which IL .:.e:> TO
vote one year next p-ecediLs al ! e.ec.
ton, and who shall have uaIc a.. po!l
or other taAes uue by him TO N. State
for the fsca. year preceding tina, ip
which he sna.! offer TO vote. and who.
in addition thereto, (al shall be able TO
read the constitution IN English PANT
and sign MS name; or, o. ska.. have
been engaged IN the active military or
naval service of the late Confederate
States OF America, or of the Cnl;cG States
OF America, during the late war be.
tween the States, or &C. sha. be the
Lawful hneal descendant OF re.Son
who was engaged in such seTv.c'. and
shall be alive at the time Ct lie aGQr.
tion o, this constitution, shall We a
qualified elector of this State. and.
when duly registered, shat be entitled
TO vote for all officers that are now or
may hereafter be elected by the people,
and upon ali questions submitted 10
the electors at any election
Mr.. Patton said he could see very
little in the speeches made By the ne
groes before the convention. He grant
cd great deal OF what the negroes had
sad, particularly in the conduct of the
negroes to their eXmaSterS' .am lies.
!! was II complete v:ndiCatioL Of the
treatment given 20 the negroes by their
masters. He reserved the right to
doubt some o. the things sad about
the negroes as soldiers ard sailors.
There never was race, which, coming
from real canuibaiism, nas reach ned the
state OF civilization trat the negro has
gained Il this State. But when the
negro member Iroc.aims that South
Carolin!ans were not brave and cour-
ageous in the Revolutionary War, JUS
t!ce demands that this statement shall
not go unchailenged. He must not at
tack history with untrue statements.
The statement that South Carolina fur.
nished not more thar COCO men N the
whole Revolutionary War was absC-
lutely false.
Miller asked Mr.. Patton Il he mad
anything TO give n the way Of ev:
ience, in Gods name please 10 present
II. Mr.. Patton then Eecounted the
glorious history OF the South Carolina
flag" the battles IL which il fcured
He went Oh % deta!! the particularly
brilliant and daring acts OF South Caro-.
linians IL the beginning Of the war.
He quoted from Mr.. Gree.ey's "hmeri-
can Conflict" If South Carolina had
no troops " the war. tear up these pic.
lures cf Sumter and Marion They
were humhugs. Gen. Henry Knox, Of
Massachusetts. was quoted ana othey
high authorizes e prove thac South
Caro.!r" furnished @.,0cI men and
more
Mr.. Patton was Particularly severe on
the negroes. he then made a rowerful
speech against the sTb.erfuCe section n
the committees article.
ATE. s~eeches from the recCc mem.
t"rs IN r"i ~ AND scvev.. other mem.
hers. Senator T..!n"E gave notice iaat
tt-Eortow during lie DAY Ue would cal
q: TIC :-cv!uCs question or section :,
,.LU a>|eC a. who had amendments Or
Substitutes u send them al :o-E gh, SO
"s - cave them printed Ious went
~, oLe providing COR Ire A,:S,:u..aE ba.
10: >y>;em Senator T:..mat srea.s to.
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