The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1900-01-29

| which has for Its sole ooJect tne auNthce-
ment OF both races. the progress of the
state. socially. politically and fndustrial-
w. and inaugurate again negro DONNA.
ton in that state the tragic period OF 1873
.rhere never has been any disposition
| on the part of the people or louisiana
| to deprive the negro OF any OF his point,
will continue to be determination. fixed
and unalterable. to deny him social
PRIVILEGES on equality with the whites,
TO prohibit him from aspiring to an
equality In social life which nature for
| bids"
Mr.. NcEnery said the suffrage article
I'm the Louisiana constitution was APP
! proved by all citizens of the state.
| From the day that the negro was en-
| franchised" said Mr.. McEnery. land
negro domination prevailed I'm the state.
until 1876 when IL was overthrown. there
| was an era OF corruption. vice and Tyr
| amy not equaled in any age.
Result of White Supremacy.
lie revived this situation and then
| spoke OF the beneficial results OF white
| supremacy He said the regulation oil the
/ suffrage i'm Louisiana did not affect the
negro alone but a large number OF per
/ sons who had emigrated TO New orleans
since the civil war.
i 1t was a dangerous power. unreasoh-
) ing and without intelligence. and had 10
stowaI of political power upon the I'M
personal mass could not be justiiied. Inc
I exclusion OF that mass was not vloia-
I ton of any representative law. The pro-
posed North Carolina amendment did not
exclude the negro from voting.
He has the right in common with the
white people," said he. ION the conditions
alike applicable to both races. that he
.an read and write. or that he owns
certain amount OF real and personal prop
erty He Is deprived of no right of sur
rrage by tLs comforting Of IL upon another
class"
lie maintained that the right to vote
could bee conferred only by "A state. ana
there was no restriction upon the state
as to persons IL might ADMIT 10 eltclo-
rate. lie then said:
There is nothing in the text of the
suffrage clause quoted TO show that h.re
j. any denial or abridgemcnt OF the right
10 vote Oh account OF rage, color or pre-
NIous condition. The state being the sole
judge OF the qualifications of electors.
can discriminate among the ilteIate as
To electoral capacity.
The opportunities Of the south are
those OF the nation. Let her alone and
her possibilities Tor the future can only
b. cOnJectured- They are limltless. The
rapid Industrial progress of the south was
impossible under negro domination. Ike
store To tbs negro unfortunately the
ballot and invest him with power ana
there will not only be check 10 the
progress Of the south. but the advantage
gained will De- lost.
There can be no admixture OF the
races This = a law OF nature. Tney
must work out their destinies on parallel
lines which cannot come together. The
Anglo-SaxOh blood and brain will always
be- the superior and cannot be suD"Fdi-
mated by the negro. We OF the south are
making the negroes condition better
every day. We do not deny his political
rights because he Is a negro. WEI reg
ulate the suffrage because he IS ignorant
and at present the majority Of the negro
Face has no electoral capacity. The qu IS
tom raised IS judicial one. Congress has
an. power. but IL has not the right To
declare any law or CONSTITUTIONAL pro-
vision of "a state unconstitutional"
Butler Favors Resolution.
Mr.. Butler of North Carolina. inquired
OF Mr.. McEnory when the amendment
20 the Louisiana constitution similar to
that now pending in North Carolina was
under consideration did he not pronounce
Il unconstitutional Mr. McEnery replied
that he had pronounced h unconstitu-
tional. but inasmuch as il was adopted
he had said that he would support IL I'm
the senate He felt IL his duty TO his
constituents 10 DO 50 and he would also
h. found supporting the laws and con
stiUution Of both his state and his coun-
try. Referring 20 the Filipino insurrec-
ton In this connection. he said:
Il de- not stop 10 inquire now whether
my country i'm the Philippines is right or
not: ! do not inquire VINO fred the first
shot which preciQitated hostilities. II is
enough Tor me 10 know that my govern
ment has been assaiied. and / Will up
hold its hands until its enemies are
brought into subsection"
Mr. Butler then read letters and papers
written by Mr.. AIcEnery calling the Lou
isiana amendment grossly unconstitu-
tiOnal." and THAI II was 50 regarded by
the aolest constitutional lawyers in the
state.
AIr. Tilman. of South Carolina, called
uD a bill TO revive and amend an act
To provide for the collection of abandon
ed property ana the prevention of frauds
IN iusurrcctionary districts within the
Initeu States. on Mr.. Tillman's request,
hot only Just. but II was the bOunden
duty Of congress 10 provide for their
payment They covered captured and
abandoned cotton.
MIR. Hale: w ny. that viii amount to
sfUtaN.t-U 10 Sloa.tsotun.'
To this Mr. DAVIS uissented. saying that
under court decisions the claims for capt
ured and abandoned cotton would aggre-
gate about Ss.Woe0 This money was in
the treasury and had been held by the
United States for twenty years for those
Ia whom the cOur.s had adJudged IL TO
belong.
1T is not" said he. "a sulceway for
the payment 81 all the claims which
have been referred 10 bY Mr. Hale" THIS
bill was objected 10 and it went over.