The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-12-18
[GRO SUFFRAGE N HISTORY
WITH WHICH THE
puryyIEGE WAS ACCORDED.
r.,-~d No Part of the Earlier
a~~epsuurtion seheDes-The Re-
s~~s,~. of the Fourteenth Amend
~ent by All But One state.


n snn.,zt sa~maab.s Of all ire lis
.h9ese threaten the future Of the
<5utgr ariaez from the presence Of
a HACK population upon it's terri
L.. Tbs :sceut conflicts between the
! = .ae.s In North and South Carolina
- nat TIE p4Tsg which the great
ksreh poltlcal philosopher foresaw has
- ,,,ste disappeared. even In the closing
- as tn century. although there are
.rs.css tfat the beginning q the end
me al sstr .snt is probably near al
ne
! fe,za third e century after DE TocGue-
xS.ss-s rote the race trouble took A shape
s,x ha did not fOresee. AZ the time
20 MS democracy IN America" ag,-
red. negro suffrage was unknown e1-
In very small number OF the states
!, oEIy states in which the negro had the
ia; or the same terms Is the white
!. q, the time cf The opening 81 the
o, secession were Maine, New Hamo-
. vermont. Massachusetts and Rhode
md. The only one OF these states In
txh the equality was absolute was
kGe, The other four states. as Chan
1er Kent said. and Chief Justice fancy
c;ed Kent la this in the Dred Scott
gave the privilege in form only. In
"a OF The other older states Of the North
negro had The ballot al one time. but
Al OF them IL had been Withdrawn or
4rse restricted before the beginning OF
u civil war. Al tbe time, early In the
when lie Tocqueviile wrote, the en-
lament 81 the negro with the suffrage
r1psghout the country on an absolute
ltuafty witn the white man was I'M
IkugEt OF By any considera BILE number OF
mons Even the Did Northwest. tie ter
'nry iroru which, BY the ordinance Of
n. slavery had bean excluded. withheld
ballot from the neeTo. Ohio. the old
Of tie slatss OF TIE Northwest terri
II. voted. as Iate ne 1851, against negro
6rage. and 50 did Kansas. the region
which. thirteen years earlier. the slay-
81 question. through Douglas repeal Of
y Missouri compromise. took the phase
Ash brought On the war.
aGeBefal negro suffrage. % course was
" Of the rcsgi1s OF the war or secession.
h anti TIE gaT was over il did nos IN
into :he thoughts OF many pers0ns. f.
ks feature u the reconktTlcilon ieEis-
0n. YET IL had no place in the earlier
gAires for the restoration OF the seCeded
kss Many of the Republican leaders
3xr opposed 10 II at first. Lincoln dld
want H. although there Is an ooinion
1rme welI-infofned quarters that he was
y author VI Il. Writing TO Michael
|en. OF Louisiana. on March Il, 1854.
ixo.n congratulated Hahn on having
nj his name IN history as TIE "hrst
y state governor OF Louislai/" and
Nj. Now yon are about To have con-
Patton, w3ico among other things VIII
kgahly define the elective franchise |
lniy suggest for your private consider
|an. whether some OF the coiored people
~ not be iet In a.. for instance. the yefy
Ntslseni. aud those who fought gallant
4 n our ranks hey would probably
~ IN some trying time 70 come. to keep
IL lewei Of liberty in the family of free
I'D, Bal this Is only suggestion. not TO
1e public, bat 10 y0u alone
AIso fac,s are brought cut hy this letter
3Foin waa opposed 10 indiscyim.nate ne
No suffrage. sucA "a CAME ia ;lse seeded
ehs BY ~ feco9sjrGcti0n act Of 1887. and
Il Relieved tie regulation or the suffrage
state rrerogatiFe. with which con
4sN hal no risht under The constitution
alerfeFe. Nor did many Of the Repnb-
5a members of congress at this tit1e
pr the granting Of the ballo, t1 the ne
"a except ia a limited degree.
sv&nson who followed the Lincoln plan
NcoEs;ructian IN a general way. as FAR
lhe changed conditions after I.lncoln'=
1nIh would permit. favored Lncoln's
n az limited negro suffrage under
main conditions. ana hy state action. as
Sen IN Ills extract from a letter writ
II b him % Gov. Sharkey. Of Misslszip-
On August =, 1865. FOUR months after
kseolrs death: II YOU could extend
" elective franchise - al persons 0t
Pr Nho can read the constitution OF the
siea States Ia English. and write their
sIkTts AMI 20 81 persons OF color who
q real estate valued at not less than
n and pay taxes thereon. you would
9nrlsisly disarm the adversary. anu set
EXAMPLE that ether states would FOL
PIE desire 20 "dlsarm the adversary" ar
stse meant that shoee was an element
the North who wanted 10 give, The Negro
ballet en- the same trims az the white
fsn TIE element. however. was small
ysg 70 The tin'e az which Johnson wrote.
Il Vas Increasing rapidly Several
fass sonspirc4 70 make Il grow. namely.
fs so-calleyi back codes'' adopted by
sely all - .hn eeCedeG states the refu-
% BIOS. - those states st hrst 20 raft
mr. fourteenth amendment. the nght
siseon ,hc Republicans in congress ana
ESQ Johnson the feeling honestly
n hy many Republicans after iha 500
sThei~eeo rr-el4ent and congress began.
Fl tAe haltof WIS necessary - the negro
as protection and The desire. at flrS;
(~al'g 0ouG1tt - S1funer ard Stevens
faay - ;ho Republican chleftalns 10
n TIE feGro thc ballet AS a means az
txnS HfIS3 icsg supremacy in the
NJ hHe@o suffrage MS no part OF the
e. aastracoen sehe ines Liaeolra's
r. Ra "a@ eu,an.3 Ia Ats message
IA -ssf F.