The gold leaf., 1899-07-13
White Supremacy Made Per.
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/. OFF the amendment is adopted,
VIII the negro be allowed TO vote:
A-Only such negroes Will be allowed
10 vote as can read and write, or such
as are descended from those negroes
who could vote prior TO the conSti1u
ton of 1880. or who have come from
States where negroes could vote be
fore 1867.
> Q-Will the amendment disfran
chise the uncducated whites?
/ A-Ccrtainly not. Under it any
white man who could vote at any time
! before 1861 or whose ancestors tthat
is. his father, grandfather, great
grandfather. etcD could vote al any
zine before 1861, can regiSter-whether
he can read and write or nOt-any time
before 1908. and will always thereafter
be entitled to vote This lets in every
white man and Croatan, however,
lacking in education, Who has not been
convicted of an infamous crime.
| 3. Q-Why this difference between
the white man and negro!
A-Why. bless your soul. it is a mat
ter of natural understanding and ca
pacity. The white man has more sense
and capacity than the negro. and in
herently understands the duties and
I responsibilities of suffrage and citi
ZenShip better than the negro: and the
Democratic party holds that the un-
educated white man can be trusted to
cast more Intelligent vote than an
educated negro. That is what white
Democrats believe, whether white Re
pUhliranS believe it or not.
+. OWN white men who are reg
iSt"red before 1908 have to be able to
read and write to vote after that
/ time?
! ANo. Every white man who reg
i>torS under the grandfather clause of
i the amendment before 1908 will be
placed Oh the 'pprmanent roll and
viii forever thereafter be entitled to
vote. although he may never know a
lerter in the books.
>. Q-Has this amendment been
adopted and tried anywhere else?
Ayes. 1t is the law of the State
of Louisiana today.
g. Q-How has the law worked in
! Louisiana:
Splendidly. The white people
there are delighted with it. 1t has
! solved the negro problem there and
= established white supremacy perma-
nently.
I T. Q-Has there been any registrar
tOn under this amendment in Louis1-
ana:
i Ayes. The registration under the
grandfather clause. So-call9d, of the
amendment was completed on the
:1St day of August, 1898. and the
''pcrmanent roll Of all persons emit
tied to register and vote because they
or their ancestors could have voted
prior to January /. 1861, has been
made up and filed in the appropriate
office and every one whose name ap-
pears in that list can forever hereaf-
) ter register and vote whether he can
read and write or not.
i s. Odd the negroes in Louisiana
register under it!
\ A-Not many.
! 9. Odd the uneducated whites
register under it?
i Ayes. Both the educated and un-
| educated whites registered under the
grandfather clause, and We're placed
on the permanent roll. and Will not
have to register again in order to vote.
10 Odd the Republicans of Lou
/ isiana claim the law was uncOnstitu-
tional?
! A-YeS. They tried to fool and scare
. The people there, just as they are do
ing here. by telling them before the
election that the amendment was I'M
constitutional and Threatened the peo-
pie with the United States Court bat
the people paid no attention to them
as they viii not herc-anE when the
amendment was adopted there nothing
more was heard Of the cry about the
! amendments being unconstitutional.
II. Q-Aou say the registration un-
der this clause of the Louisiana
amendment was completed September
/. 1888:
: Ayes. The registra ton books
We're open all during the time from
May 10th. 1898. to September 1st,
1888. when the permanent roll was
made up.
;. T. Q-And the Republicans did
nothing to stop it or bring the Ques-
ton Of its conStitutonality before the
colrts?
Away, dear me. no. They knew
the law was all right. and that 1t had
heen investigated by the greatest law
yers in the State and pronounced
sound and good. Why the Louisiana
amendmont-Whic is in constitution
ally eSsentiI. particulars the same a>
oUrs-Was n,Cparpd under the direction
of Judges Foster ana Semmes, two OF
the greatest lawyers not only in Lou
islana. but in the Whole South.
-. Q-Is the grandfather clause in
our amendment the same as in the
Louisiana amendment!
A-tpOn this point, yes. The only
material difference is tn under the
Louisiana amendment th permanent
roll was made up at the list regiStra-
ton under that clause. ana all SubSe>
nuent registrations are made from this
roll. while under our amendment reg
iStratiOnS under this clause will con-
tiCUe until 14GS-so that all our white
boys How over thirteen years Of age
can register under it-then regiStr:>
tjCnS under it Will stop and perma-
nent roll Of all who have registered
under it during all this time will be
made up and they VIII forever there
after be entitled 10 Vote because their
/ names are on this roll whether they
can read and write or not.
II. Q-1la> the con>tstUtiona1ity OF
the amendment been thoroughly ;nves-
tigated by our North Carolina lawyers.
A-Ee>. Thoroughly. fully and ex-
hau>tively. 1t was submitted by the
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