The Democratic advocate., 1909-10-08
negro in THE NCRTH
PROHIBITED By LAW FROM SETTLING
IN CERTAIN STATES
Denied the Right Of Franchise in
Nearly All Of Them.

the treatment accorded the negro
at the hands of his alleged friends in
the Northern states, we print below
extracts from the Laws OF these states
bearing upon the subject:
In 1862, as part of the work of a
constitutional convention held at
Springfield, ILL.,, were the following
sections of Article XVIII of a pro-
posed constitution: "a No negro or
mulatto shall migrate TO or settle In
this state after the adoption of this
constitution. (2) No negro or mulat-
to shall have the right Of suffrage or
hold any office in this State (3) The
General Assembly shall pass all laws
necessary to carry into effect the pro-
visions of this article.
In the convention the first was
adopted by vote Of SO to Z, the sec
ond by vote Of AZ TO 1S, and the last
by vote of 46 to IS. This article
was submitted to special vote OF the
people; each section was approved by
n majority; the constitution itself was
defeated by majority Of 16,051 votes,
but the vote on Article XVIII was as
follows: The FIRST section was APP
proved by majority Of 100,509 votes,
thC 6tGOuu W n IA ANDtNSA
votes, only 35,e49 voting against IT,
and the final section was passed by a
majority OF 1854 votes. Where was
the lash for them who, under the IL
linois act of 1853, reduced freedom
to bondage and by these provisions
prohibited the negro all entrance In
to the State?
"'By the Revised Statutes OF Ohio
published in 1860 and in force August
/, 1860 1t is, by an act passed April
2, 1853, provided that the judge OF
judges of any election held under the
authority OF any OF the laws OF this
State shall reject t;ie vote of any per
son offering to vote at such election
and claiming TO be white male ciu-
zen Of the United States, whenever II
shall appear to such Judge or judges
that the person Offering TO vote has
distinct and visible admixture oi
African blood" Further, a fine no
exceeding $500 and imprisonment fol
not more than six months Is the pen
atty for receiving the vote OF any per
son who has a distinct and visible ad
mixture OF African blood. q Obi,
Statutes Swami and Critchfield dS60)
PIP. 54S, 549J
1.-The Constitution OF Iowa pub
lished In the General Statutes Of 1866
(p. $500 has: Every white mall
citizen of the United States of the ag'
OF q years, etc, shall be entitled L
vote"
The Revised Statutes Of Wis
consin. published In 1873 (repeate,
In the annotated statutes publlshe,
in isS9) under Article i'll of the Con
stitutIon IN. 1el has this: Ever
male person OF the age OF II year
belonging 10 either OF the followin
classes who shall have resided. etc
shall be deemed qualified eleetor
"a White citizens OF the Unite
States, t2l White persons Of forelg
birth who shall have declared thei
intention TO become citizens. etc. t3
Persons of Indian blood who hay
once been declared by law OF Congress
20 be citizens Of the United Statel
a. Civilized persons OF Indian de
scent. not members Of any tribe. pro
vided that the Legislature may at an
time extend by law the right OF SUI
frage to persons not herein euumef
ated.
"'The Constitution OF Michigan pre-
fixed to the compilation by Thoma
M. Cooley, under an act Of the Legis
lature approved February 2, 1857, ha
Article VII Section ], which repeat
in substance the foregoing Il Com
piled Laws, p. 62l, as does Article vi
Section |, OF the Constitution OF Min
nesota, in Revision OF Statutes. pub
lished In 1867.
Volume ! Of Pardon's Digest q
the Laws OF Pennsylvania. publishe
In 1862 tp. 37b) prescribes. mo per
son shall be permitted TO vote at an
election, as aforesaid, other than
white freeman Of the age Of 2l year
or more" The House OF Representa-
tives OF Pennsylvania on Wednesda
passed the bill to prevent the I'm
migration into the State OF negroe
and mulattoes" National Intelli
gencer, March 27, 1862
Illinois, the home OF the great Lin
coin; Ohio Iowa, Wisconsin, Michi
gan, not only denied TO the black mel
their wives and children the right ur
der any circumstances TO take par
in the creation OF laws for the govern
ment Of the people, but even refuse
TO them the protection and shelter {
home, even the means Of maxim
bread and meat for their helples
families. Maryland guarantees [
them all the essential rights Of lif'
liberty and property. She only say
under certain conditions to be ovei
come by application, your voting rigt
is restricted.
What is the explanation OF III
partial change in the States name
or I'm their treatment OF the colore
people II was feared that theI
would be great emigration nortl
ward of the negro people TIL
could not be tolerated, no matter
they were left to starve and die O
the south bank of the Ohio Marylan
has admitted them, and still admit
them, freely.
When ii was found, however, thu
the migration northward did not tai
place, then it occurred to our Repul
lican friends: Why not give the
voting rights equal TO the voting rigl
of the Southern white man? All wi
vote the Republican ticket, whether
is good or bad. With this immen!
accession the Republican party wi
be kept. in perpetual power And /
when they saw the danger Of imm
grafton gone, when their laboring me
saw the competition of the black lal
orer dwindle. then, and not until the
did they relax their laws of absolu
exclusion"