The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-05-10
THE INTELLIGENCER,
wHEEL1Ne. M 10. 1000.
To Abrogate Fifteenth Amendment

To Abrogate Fifteenth Amendment.
That the south is making a combined
attack on the Fifteenth amendment is
quite plain. The adoption of the Mis-
sissIppl constitution was the first blow
directed towards the Acknowledgement
Of the negro. Then followed South Car
olina and Louisiana in violating the
fundamental principle of a republican
form of government and openly defylng
the constitution. With these eminent
examples before them Alabama, North
Carolina and Virginia have determined
10 also have white mans govern
ment. 1t is the burning shame Of the
century and the one dark blot on our
boosted civilization, and cries aloud for
correction. II these states persist in
DISTINGUISHING the negro then let them
be represented in Congress only on the
basis of the white vote. the only con-
stituency they represent. To show the
spirit that pervades the effete Demo-
crazy Of the south with reference to the
franchise it is only necessary to refer
to the debate on the Pritchard resolu-
ton IN the senate bearing upon the
proposed disfranchlsing legislation i'll
North Carolina, when Senators Morgan.
of Alabama, McEnery Of Louisiana,
Money of Mississippi. and TIllman. Of
South Carolina. scowled and rallied at
the Fifteenth amendment all through
their speeches. Speaking on the Ha-
waiian suffrage bill, Senator Tillmnn
made the following exhibition Of him
self and OF South Carolina:
Finally, after the bayonet had come to
us U.S. ag Tigb, IN We 5G,' took he govesnment we
stuffed the ballot boxes; we nqlidossd I Lne
mixers 9n9 Te i sn1' , c ~ soStb caro-
~, ", ibnir f,onr,Itpfi6n have done their
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There is brutal candor Tor you but
I, 10 No NOR. frank than the scheme Of
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Nto,+pon,erv A1obama- the promoter OF
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the Race Problem CONVENTION WHICH
ts NV in session at Montgomery. This
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gentleman, who by his title represents
c,Lrtstt,, 5a,,o,,inat Ion daIivernd n
Sh''7'i"''
lecture in Philadelphia, March ., on the
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abrogatp the Fifteenth amendment as
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solutiOt VI t4HS
said that an educational and property
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test SOuIu ii"' 'eeii4''N'i''
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meant that such provision would dls-
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HahCA'lSe liitSidtS a"N .'1''-sS
That would never do In the south. How
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this difficulty? Let him answer Eor
mFns-H'
How may we obtain the legal and WORK
ing expression OF this Idea OF justice TOT
both races? / nnswer-perhaps TO your
surprise, but altogether without hesitation
-thr3ugh, ana only lnroGghh' Ine PIpSt
TO the Constitution Of the United States.
That ProyiSion has made tne Sa tbs ,e SI
authority, and has thus operated to weak
en- and In part 10 destroy mat sense l ~
and in the last analysis, the sole arblter
q his political fortunes ! 40 not SugSeiS ~
terms Tor destroy that potential cItizenship OF
the negro to which have referred; but r.
amendment sSG' as una may make the question OF
the definite conditions OF thS franchise ranch
Tn The FRA franchise L in fact a local issue.
The Fifteenth amendment Is ino Sc5a NV,
onfrhncRi sSp wh sc Tie public sentiment
OF the state slianc iises. ~ eoss M gave
Of 81 Inc ' public welfare refuses the privilege
Of the ballot Il Is dead ie'! Si IN she or
sstandinS clauses and the 'grandfHtIer''
provisions Of The state law are 9iready no;
10 iimI, The negro Vote wherever that vote,
through the overwhelming numbers ' OF Az
Involve 1Sta Inc country or the state in social,
civic and commercial ruin; do mot b. b.
IhegeGiS,atiye subtcrfugc Represents higher
morality than 4, he , dominion OF the brutal
ana 'Ii'sp', ,a,s mn, ,a,,a, ,,wo,,or II
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