Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1909-03-04

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Ing the ALREADY good feeling b. 7.eer
The south and the other sections 4 rh-
country. Ny chief purpose Is not to
effect a change in the electoral vote Il
the southern states. That Is q second
a.y consideration What I look fox
! ward TO Is an Increase IN the tolerance
Of political views ot all kinds and
their advocacy throughout the south
and the existence ot g RESPECTABLE pr
( lrical opposition IN every state-evel
more than than this. 70 an increa SD
feeling On the part u all the people IN
the south that this government is thet'
/ government and that rs officers Il.
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The Negro Question.
{ The Consideration u this question
cannot, however, he complete and ful
without reference TO the negro race
! IL PROFESS AID It's present condition
I The thirteenth amendment secured
i them freedom. the fourteenth amend
,ncnt due process Of law. protection
+ of property and the pursuit II happi
/ ness. and Tie fifteenth amendment at
/ tempted to secure the negro against
any deprivation Of the privilege Z
/ vot. because he was a negro. Tbs
( thirteenth ard fourteenth amend
! rncnts have been generally enforced
and hare secured the objects for which
/ they were Intended While the IF
tenth amendment has not been gener
ally Observed in the past, it ought II
=. be observed. and the tendency d
southern legislation today is TOWARD
the enactment II electoral quallfica
lions which shall square with tina
amendment.
10 Repeal Of Fifteenth Amendment.
/ OF course the mere adoption Of &
constitutional. l4w Is only one step il
the right direction. 1t must be fairly
and Justly enforced AZ well. In tilat
both viii come. Hence 1t Is clear t
all that the domination Of all ignorant
Irresponsible element can be prevent
cd by constitutional laws which shaI
exclude from voting both negroes anl
Whites not having education or othel
qualifications thought to be neceSsar!
for a proper electorate. The DANCES
Of the control Of an ignorant electorate
has therefore passed. With this chang
the interest which Inany Of the south
ern white citizens take in the welfar'
Of the negroes has increased. The CO.
Ored men must base their hope on th'
results Of their own industry, self re
straint, thrift and business success a
well as upon the aid and comfort anC
sympathy which they may receive
from their white nelghbors of TIL
south There was q time when north
erncrs who sympathiZed with the he
gro in his necessary struggle for bet
ter conditions sought to give to hin
the suffrage as a protection and to en
force its exercise against the prevail
ing sentiment Of the south. The move
ment proved to be failure. What re
mains Is the fifteenth amendment t
the constitution and the right to have
statutes Of states specifying qualifica
tlons for electors subjected to the ties
Of compliance with that amendment
This IS a great protection to the negro
It never will be repealed, and it neve
ought to be repealed. II 1t had no
been passed 1t might be difficult nov
to adopt It, but with it in our funda
mental law the policy OF southern leg
islation must and will tend to obey 1t
and so long as the statutes Of tn
states meet the test OF this amend
ment and are not otherwise in con
fict with the constitution and laws o
the United States 1t Is not the disposi