The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1905-09-09
ILLITERATES NOT BARRED.
THEY SAY.

THE said amendment. by Il tranSpar-
ont and impudent pretcnNe. processes to
aim 1T protection against AN ignorant
suffrage yet it provides the power and
the discretion to permit the most ignorant
iliteratcS to vote if they shall give as
Surance that they will vote AZ those who
administer the law shall require. and en-
CANCERS the suffrage of the most enlight-
ened citizen who desires to vote and who
rlarc> to give an intuition of his intrn-
ton t, vote ~, his Judgment and con-
science may dictate.
"The said amendment. while profcS>ed-
ly aimed chiefly against what its Spon-
SorS pronounce. as the evils of ignorant
and corrupt negro suffrage. gives no
hope that in its administration the lg-
! >lant negro will not he accorded lis
much consideration H.s the co!ored man
who. 10y dint If enterprise and energy.
| may hav" acquired an elementary edu-
! cation. aS well as that interest in gov
eminent which comes from the acquiSi-
, ton of property. 1t gives 10 reason
, able assurance that the corrupt negro
! to whom political Tarty principle is Il
stranger. may not be preferred to that
| element of the race who may be found
with honest loyalty and gpod faith to
profess allegiance to the party for the
time being in opposition to that which
appoints and controls the election Off
GERS.
st affects the right of suffrage of
| many more white men than there are
co.ored voters in the State: imperils the
| franchise of all citizens III the State:
imrpIi.S the franchise of all citizens of
| foreign birth or parentage: imposes an
insulting and unending restriction on all
the Young men of the generations to
| come and by the power to prescribe
prccariouS and oppressive requirements
| us to the evidence upon which the an
| cestral title to vote under the so-called
| grandfather clause may depend. opens
| the way and provides the opportunity
to jeopardiZe the right to vote of any or
| evry citizen of our State.
| THE prof goncEtS of this measure great
| ly pretend to fear an influx of negro
population fiom the South. in case this
amendment should lie defeated. and yet
| the fact is, that under carpet-Eag con-
StitutiDnS. adopted in nearly all of the
States of the South prior to the 1st of
january. 1860. under which the negro
| had the right to vote and actually did
| vote in those States in the Congressional
| election in 1865. the whole cO!ored popu-
| laton of that Southern section of our
| country who ,Nall. before the end of
| next year. arrive at the age of 81. will
| be empowered. under this amendment.
| if they should migrate to the State of
| Maryland. to vote here after the required
period of residence. without the cduca-
| tional test Prescribed for cur native col
orcd population and without the educa-
tional test that will be prescribed for the
| young white population Of this State
after the end of the next calendar year.
"FAvORS NO NEGRO DONNA
TON"
'The Republicans of Maryland do not
feel it incumbent upon them TO make any
reply to the PARTISAN war cry and sense
les sham and shihholeth of negro domi-
nation The Republican party of the
State of Maryland favors, TO social equal
domination over the white people here
or elsewhere and can be depended upon
| to guard against the establishment of
either of these conditions here in Mary
land with equal safety and with greater
| sincerity than Il partiSan organization
| that wears the mantle and uSurps the
name Of Democracy, as understood in its
best and broadcast sense in this land.
| '"Thc Republicans of Maryland point
| with confidence and pride to the wise and
conservative administration of the late
lamcnted Lloyd Lowndes, the four years
Of whose incumbency in office witnessed