The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-01-30
Kugler VS.. Kansas, 1913 U. $. page

plan. one act, ONE ARTICLE to be
placed in orr constitution.
The Legislature enacted it as one
| amendment, using sections only for con
| yenience: every part is lnterwoVa1i with
all the other parts and cannot be SEPA-
| RATED AND DETACHED. The
people will adopt il as whole, or re-
,iect il as such, and for the courts II
declare part only good and the rest
void. would Ee 10 defeat the VIII Of the
| people and stultify itself.
The Grandfather clause is just as
much a qualification and integral part
Of the act. as the section about paying
your taxes. or being able to read or
| write. The court by construction can
not REPEAL a part of an amendment,
| and declare the other good, ALL Is
| VOID, or ALL is VALID. so. after
| q most careful Investigation of this OBJ
| lection the Legislature, without any fear
OF the result. submitted the amendment
as one complete whole. People vs.. Po'-
ter, 80 y. Y. Us; Riggsbee VS.. Durham.
| 81 y. G., 500. Cooley Oh Const. LilnGta-
| tions, lis.
| The last argument, that i'll a feu
| years, the negro will outstrip the whites
in point of intelligence and learning, so
rs TO be able To control the State, IS
such an INSULT, as TO fire the heart
! Of every true white man with con-
tempt and loathing for a man whe calls
| himself white. thus 70 ISLANDER
THOSE OF HIS OWN COLOR AND
| RACE. They will not dare to repeat
! the argument in n white audience, /
don't care what may be their party afn.
! Nations, for blood will tell.
| The Anglo-Saxon III every walk q
| life will ever be the SUPERIOR OF ali
nations. BY the very nature Of his be-
! ing, he is BORN TO RULE, and i'm
| prove and upbuild his country and race,
! and no man, however humble, need ever
| fear that the race that God made hewers
OF wood and drawers OF water will
become his MASTER or SUPERIOR.
Until 1908, every white man, unless dis-
qualified us above stated, can and will
vote, WHETHER HE CAN READ
AND WRITE OR NOT. From now
| on every educational advantage POSI-
| BILE. will be given our hos s.. the re-
striction Of the act 10 1908 MI prove
a stimulus. and after 1908 l do not be-
! ieye, unless diseased in mini, lore
viii be found in the whole State OF
| North Carolina a white man that cannot
| read and write sufficiently TO vote.
Do the Democratic party desire % dis
! franchise a single white man? Why Tho
| DEMOCRATIC PARTY and WHITE
! MANS PARTY ARE SYNONYMOUS
TERMS and would it DISFRANC1SE
| ITSELF?
When in 1894, they were charging that
the Democratic party was responsible
J Il d. a
the argument thus-'Lord, knows dat
is lie. the Dinlbcrats makes ali tbs COT
ton and they amt fools enough 10 mike
derc own cotton low" SO they are not
| fools enough to submit an amendment
10 distranchise any member of their own
party, be he ever SO POOR OR IN
| EDUCATED.
Do the Republicans believe the amend
ment unconstitutional! Their action in
/ trying to force an unfavorable construc-
ton before the L. :. Senate, shows 100
plainly that they do not, but they hone
, to arouse sympathy for the poor
| ABUSED NEGRO" and thus Get y
campaign fund for August, and also 10
kindle such a partisan spirit, as 10 r.
feet the minds of Republican l.. s..
Supreme Court. so as to induce them
10 over-rule their opinion in the Miss
ssippi case, which virtually declares the
constitutionaity of our act.
Do they think the people will ratify
! this act?
| THEY KNOW IT, for it is the peo-
| pies act, as drawn by their servants. the
members of the Legislature. Ii they
| believed their own boastings, why raise
| funds to declare void our election law
S,-;c Ill Il a
/ se6itiouS movements?
| Some of them say, We know that the
! Supreme Court will nulify the election
! law. pronounce the amendment Wi l. thus
/ enabling them with the help of the negro
vote to continue their fight.
How do they know this? Have the
| Supreme Court been interviewer? Cod
! forbid ] would not suggest such as
| outrageous charge. yet by their Mild rs.
sertions. their political heelers are putting
| an imputation on our highest court.
| Do they think the court vii declare
| the election law unconstitutional I've
cause the old iaw was repealed and the
| new cIe electing officers was passed at
| the same session? II this is all inelr
hope. sorrow doubtless awaits Them. IA
/ the doctrine of I'm PARI MATERIAL
mas atre0Qy Dten SCrelCucu liOIl u n y
! UARY TO MARCH. and IAN I'm
/ DURE no more, and Hoke VS., f1"nder
son was about EXHAUSTED in All
| hott VS.. Beddingfeld.
To declare the election law of 1S9e
void, Boyer VS.. league, 106 y. c., SIC
Harliss VS.. Scarboro. 10 y. G., -
| and cases decided by the present cour.
| in 1896, would all have TO be over.rnlr;i
/ a thing that would not be lone by tie
most partisan court.
Now one word in co1lclus ri:
| | have shown that the ;:nendmonc j.
the act of the people and bow careful
its agents the Legislature We're III DIS
cnssing, and perfecting the measure be-
fore they submitted it. To arouse bit
terness. I see, Senator Butler advises
| his followers TO unite with the Republi
cans TO drive this gang from the State.
meaning by gang, Democrats and white
men opposed to negro rule.
Senator Pritchard follows with biz
| ter attack on his people, while their adj
mirers loudly applaud their course and
predict bitter campaign, and perhaps
the use of force.
I'm 1893. they threatened us with bay.
| onets, and it added FIVE THOUSA Nd
votes to ON cause. Today they seeh
to instruct us by Senate resolution