The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-12-21


sns'siniag t.is s,sx he cises to- la
psrtart decisions 81 the Uai,ed
Stats Safr. coart Ia Nieesota
-. BAss~r, l36 L s R~port,, page
3l3. tns, ct1rs say:
III whatever Language = Il tue
MAJ he sraGsd. AS purpose mast be
deter asd b. SIS IN sral and tea
s0uatl~ fl ct
L. Soal Hug IS, Cruwi.y liS, L.
5. RI. RS, page 7e3. So, sour. says;
And fa- rule l. gcn rai st,A TT
esenes ~ the eHssttn. Ills at leg
isiauv.s bod, hat tie courts eau
uot n q Ilre irto ne motives OF the
legisiHt II IA passing hem. ,xeepi o
ihey ga. be- disclosed ou in. Is-. 90
tDe ncss, cor Inf-rribe troie in.!r OPP
eli alton. eousideieo with ref, renee To
the condition -. the country and .x-
| IsnGg iegtsi lion.
The motivs If the i.gisis oTs con
| s,der.d a. the purpose taey lad "a
vie~, will al ways toe presumed 10 be
TO accu tapllsh IL al wh ca follows a
the natural and reasonable IF Il -
their euactmenfs.
Attorney Gamer Barrie 4. Dem
| ocr.t. out be Is not so pr isaa tENt
b. Will risk LIS rrputstion as l-w
yef 10y fayonng = prop. siaon IN ST
IL clearly uneous national II will
be- observed that n court in the
Two ca e. cited abbSe b ia that the
natural and reasonable Elect ot u
statute must DE TAX iato cons,d-r-
| ~ he
| sonable effect aud operation of The
"erandfatn-r clause" viii be 10 dis
franchise all B-grces whose suc.s
Tors eculd lot vote prior o 1867 Tee
Democratic papers IN North Carols
ma maintain that While the amend
ment is in ended TO ard will disfran.
chise many Thousand negroes, Vt,
according To their view, not - single
white man will % Jisfrauchised how
ever iliitterate he may be.
Ii Is preposterous IL say tas' tuIs
is not u discrimination and that IN.
U. 5. Sapreme Court will not take
ding 20 the opinions quoted above,
will take into consideration the mat
ural and reasonable fleet OF the OF
GRAFTON If such an Amendment ard
must necessarily knock ont the whole
amendment, or The grandfather
clause" leaviu & the education, flea .
ure therein which would dIsffa ch Use
almost as many whites as negroes il
North Carolina.
1t IS SO clear that the proposed
amendment is unconstitutloIa ~
that will dismiss 1t from furthel
discussion, and ask the people OF
North Carolina 10 d feat il entirely
or adopt substitute, which l tnip
better plan.
TIE Legislature will meet aga n n
June 1900, and | commend to theii
earnest considera alton a substiI ute
for their amendment, prohibiting Ne
grOes from holding any Office ,withir
the gift of the people of North Caro-
lima. That this is constitutional
ropose to show by the debates il
Congress on the suffrage amend
menr."
In the year 1869 Congress had un
, der consideration an amendment (,
, the Constitution which plsced tn.
7 ballot in the hands of the people o.
the United SfaIes, without regart
to race. color or previous condiiivl
OF servitude."
This is known as the Fifteenth
f Amendment, and as lC was origin al
ly presented III the Senate of the 40ti
! Congress, 1t read as follows:
mo state snall deuy or abridg,
the right OF its c,tIz-Ds to vote aut
hold Office Gu account of race, colo
;. or previous condition of servItuue.
Congressional Globe, 40th Corgre SIS
: third SESSION, part lst, p. 66S LIZ vii
: be seen mat the original Fifteenth
1 Amendment as proposed by the Sen
t ate had provision comforting on al
people, without regard to race, col
or or pre- vious condition of servi
tude" the right not ouly TO vote, bu
to HOLD OFFICE.
Now let's follow the debates IL
, Congress and See what disposition
was made of lhe proposition confer
ring, alike with voting, the right I.
s hold Office.
= The proposition cpnferring III,
right to vote and hold Office passet
the Senate and was sent To the Hous,
where il was debs ted at consider a bl,
Q length. Finally there being a disa
Q greement, a conference committe,
t was appointed, and presented rhel
! report rs found In the Congressiona
Globe 10th Congress, Sd session, par
3, page 1923, which Is as follows:
o The Committee of Conference o,
t the disagreeiIg votes of the tw,
o Houses on the JOINT resolution Is X
No. 81 proposing an amendment t,
q the Constitution of the United State
q having met. after full and free con
ference, have agreed to recommen,
r and DO recommend to their iespec
n tive Houses as follows:
t That the House recede from tbei
= amendment and agree 10 the r, solu.
ton Of the Senate, with an amend
ment rs follows: In section Que, lin
q two, strike out the words "or hoI,
{ Office" and that the Senate agree L
: the same.
q Nv. NJ. STEwAnr,
: Roscoe CoNKLING,
:, Managers on the part o! the Senate