The Republican courier., 1900-01-27

his suffrage because he is ignorant
and at present the majority of the
negro race has no electoral ca.
pacity.
The course of civilization ha,
been in the supremacy of the white
race. The physical properties of
soil and climate have had less in
1uence than intellectual superior.
lty. In every climate on every soil
where the white man has appear
ed. he has asserted supremacy.
The African and the oriental fall
under his dominion, and the popu.
latiOns are moved and controlled
aS he directs. 1t is so today in
India, in Africa, and is rapidly
crystalizing into a fact in the far
east, in China, and in the islands
of the Pacific. The conception Of
this power and strength i'll the
white race, whose distinction is in
the separation of the races, is the
hope of civilization and the en-
lightment of the world. Language
and art and science and architect
ure and ali modes of culture will
bear the impress of the white
mans supremacy. 1t is universal
law. 1t is present here and every
where, and no act of congress can
suspend it.
'The greatness of republic con-
sists in the representation of per-
sons. Political power in a repre-
sentative government must be in
the organization of electoral action,
,, so that there may be an express
ion, realization of personality in
the government.
"There is no basis for electoral
rights where there is no capacity
for electoral action" In the i'm
personal mass, where there is an
absence of individuality and per-
sOnality and an absence of electoral
capacity, it is the duty of the state
to lift the individuals composing
the mass from an Indifference to
electoral power and to educate
them for it's exercise. 1t is the
duty of the state to develop in each
member of the community personal
power as an elector. This is what
the state of Louisiana is accom-
plishing. provides for the negro
and the ignorant emigrant sch OOls
where they can learn the elements
of an education. The state is try
ling from among this class "the for
nation of an independent man
hood, so that he who has reached
his majority in years is always il
his political majority When thi'
shall have been accomplished the
voter can exclaim: Il have no
gone with the multitude to dc
evil
"It is thus also that Indians ar
excluded from voting; not because
they are not taxed, but because
they are subservient to the will o
a chief, and absolutely controlled
by it, they are without freedom
They also exist in a tribal relation
the organization of a race whicl
isolates them from the organic aDt
. moral being of the nation; but il
Withdrawing from the tribal rela
tion they come upon a natiOna
position and should be regarded a
members of the nation"
The population in the Philip
pines, as we learn from the JUNO
senator from Indiana, are wanting
in personality and fall under tn
control of some superior mind, ant
, are not fit to be intrusted witt
electoral power. And this may b
truly said of the mass of the negr
population in the South. Ever.
!, person should have representation
in the state, but this means ever.
actual person, one who is possessed
.. of sufficient intelligence to sepal
ate himself from the mass and VIII
is invested with a personality
showing a capacity for electora
action.