Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1906-09-22

persons shall be eligible as electors
In that State. His purpose Is 10
test the legality OF the fifteenth a
mendment TO she Constitution OF
the United States. For the sake OF
tne South IL is 70 be hoped that Mr.
Beard will reconsider before the
Legislature meets: II not. that his
bill will be defeated. for we can
see no good eo be accomplished.
and possibly much harm, by forcing
the Supreme Court of the United
States 10 make a fat deliveranee on
this subject.
So far. so good. For our pur-
poses. nothing could please US bet
ter than 20 have This bourbon re-
preventative from Florida do this
very thing. 1t would do more 20
open the eyes of the phlegmatic
North than anything that We could
suggest. II would be the straw
that broke the camers back" and
It would bring Co the front as
living issue, a principle that had
long been laid aside.
II Is evident that the far-seeing
editor Of the Times-Dispatch has
had a close insight as 10 this view
OF the situation and that he is cor
rect from his standpoint goes with
out saying The "fre-eaters" Of
the Southland are responsible for
much OF the trouble from which
their section suffers. They never
learn and they are not content to
"let well enough alone"
The colored people OF the United
States have nothing to fear from
this species Of agitation Il will
tend to FIRE the northern heart and
open again the food-gates OF pas
sion. The amendments 90 the Con-
stitution OF the United States are In
separately connected with fruits and
the results of the late Civil War.
When you attempt 20 destroy the
one, you attack the other.
Il subserves our purpose very well
for IL will emphasize the fact that
the average southern bourbon is
even more opposed 20 the YANKEES
Shan he is to the Negroes and that
he uses the latter in the equation 20
even up with the former. The
wounds OF the late unpleasantness
are far from being healed AMI &C
casionally a hot-headed enthusiast
breaks out in a fresh place" as d
means OF securing prominence in or
der 10 be elected TO a higher Office.
There are tens OF thous anis OF
conservative southerners like the one
presiding over the destinies Of the
Times-Dispatch. who have a dinlcult
time keeping this element within
bounds and. who are seriously ham
jicapped in having them keep quiet
when company is around"
The Times-Dispatch says:
There Is little doubt that the
resolution proposing the fifteenth
amendment passed Congress By less
I than a constitutional majority. and
| there is doubt whether or no IL was
legally ratified by the States. Mr..
A. c. Braxton. OF Virginia, made
that claim. and ably maintained II
In a paper read before the Virginia
Bar Association several years ago.
The vote in the Senate was chal-
lenged al the time by Mr.. Davis. OF
Kentucky. He pointed out that the
| Constitution received two-thirdE
/ majority OF the entire membership
OF the Senate. whereas the resolu-
ton had received only two-thirds OF
the votes present. being FIVE less
than a. constitutional majority. In
the House the measure received only
IA votes when las were required
but contrary 20 oil precedent the
Speaker voted aye, and declared the
measure carried.
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i II continues.