The gold leaf., 1899-07-13


TO be living there along with the great
mass of uneducated foreig gners might
not be able to qualify themselves un-
der the clause limiting the franchise
fore time antedating his emancipa
ton.
II CONSTITUTIONAL IN NEW
YORK, GOOD HERE.
II such a law would be constitution
al in New York, or in any of the States
Of the great West having a large I'M
educated foreign population, why
would it not be constitutional i'll North
Carolina: If there is anything that is
absolutely certain il is that the Su-
prpme Court Of the United States can
not hold that Il law which would be
unconstitutional in another. The Fed
cral constitution applies to every inch
| Of territory in the Union. and if there
he one State in which such conStitu-
| tional provision would be constitutions
al it would be constitutional in all. If
| / We're competent for the court to
| Io,ll 10 nnlitic,l conditions in constru-
! mo = constitutional nrovision If would
| have 10 consider the conditions in ev-
a,., nar+ of tho coun+rv and NOT tho
! rondftfons in ono nook or cnrnnr of
rhe countrv o,. in one State of = divis-
ION of Stare oIsa II mfoh+ find itsalf
! Inv thn annIicatfon of rhi. ruIa of in
tornrn-o1i,n deci,1fnr that q Inv con-
| stitutfonaI in ono norr Of the ,.o,,ntrv
WAS unconstitutional in another part
| This ANALYSIS shoy,s no su,h r,la of
construction can be safely adopted bv
fhn cour1 of last resort of fortv-tivn
| &tatas.
| II is true Ue have NOT in \orb Car
alina today a very large foreign non
uIatjou. but who knows whom tbe tfda
Of foreign emigration NAV turn to our
shores and Quickly fill uD waste places
taS L has done in the great West in
the last three decades. The day may
come and in the near future. when
| there NAV be more unalucared for.
eignerS in North Carolina than iyno-
| F''ht negroes. nen that day may
come. II 1t ever comes, we cannot
hho"' heither can the Supreme Court.
! H. however, rhe court should look out
| n n
''il>l'''la'loh 'he motives winch led to
- i'''i'N'' ''oll anu Iie history OF thls
! question OF tlifa2e, We nave seen
| that it would nd ample ground to
SUPPORT its conStitutfona1itv. hut if i
,o,4i1o,,1,- a;,, ., :.
| i'''' 'i'''' ''i' 'oul' I'LL
| cons >FuIhS 1hlS measure WIll look only
at the written instrument and will not
ascriI,n +, if any notivo or n,rnoso
| ,,;l, :,
! "' - i"'i> ~ "1StloSoe.
! II Is Il RUE as old as Jurisprudence
that the intent of a law and of the
Il,w-nlrkers n,us+ no oc,+horad fro,,, +h>
1,,,,o.., g A..
| ' 'n" 'H'' 'ile
courts nave hotflln% TO do with any
motive of the Lawmakers. which does
not annr,r from tho contovt Of +,,n l., Nv
! :.,.
|
II RLlC Policy.
The courts aro froonont1r o,d r,.o,,
or,,- , :. ~
'''''7 ''''i 'oncl"-
>Ioh> d! CONSIDERATIONS OF urgent pub
Nc policy and there are many instances
n orr iu,1f.;,l hi,+,,.,- ,,.ro,,, 4l,,, ,.,.,.
-' '-'> ''l .
>''li'e" 10 >'f'lh point to ac-
r"mpllsh great public purpose ami
It is believed if it were necessary the
court would strain a point in This
| behalf 10 accomplish the purpoSe of
suffrage publication and elevation
| which this amendment has in viav
| Tor it is manifest thar hnfh the host
thought and enIightrneI r3nsciencp of
he nation longs TO seq the Soutb ra-
iIrved of the in>uffpraile evils of nm
restricted negro SUFFRAGE and maj tbfr-
y years experience has oyprwhelm-
| .ngly convinced the nation tlat +hn
| Fifteenth Amendment is the ,rraa+nsr
political blundc" Of the century. Th,r
;he court VIII not inuujrp fnrn tho NO.
ives Of this LEGISLATION would spnm
- be concluSivClv settled by it> dnciS-
.un sustaining the C1;nosp notur.1iv,.