Sharp County record., 1912-07-05

the DallOt HUH 'Ao
Voter. There seems to be a bellei
among some, who evidently have
hot Given careful reading to the
nronosed amendment, that the
White voter would be subjected to
&be test of qualification as laid
Aown in the wording of the meas
b,re should it be adopted, but such
il not the case. Such a thing was
|not contemplated for a moment
Mere in Arkansas by the general
assembly, which submitted the
amendment to the people, nor has
|uuch a result followed the adoption
|& the same amendment by several
81 the other Southern states,
IN In addition to the qualifications
ow REQUIRED of voters Amendment
10. T. adds the following;
M"Apd>who is able to read and in
rpret Or interpret when read to
Im, if he is prevented from read
the same by reason OF any
iysical disability, any section OF
4 constitution Of the State of Ar
nsas."
III the amendment stopped there
application would affect the
Mite voter but this follows:
''But no person who was on Jan
t3ry 1, 1866, or any time prior
ereto, entitled to vote under the
'c0nstitution or statutes of any state
IL the United States wherein he
heh resided, and no male person OF
{oreign birth who was naturallzed
prior to the adoption of this amend
inent, and no lineal descendant OF
sl,ch person, who shall possess the
ofher qualifications described in
6Ms article shall be denied the
xiRht to vote because of his inabll-
Nyto so read and interpret sections
&the constitution Of this State"
Thus it is seen that the amend
Iient does not affect any person
Who was a citizen and had the
ndht to vote in any state in the
Union on January |, 1866, nor does
II affect any lineal descendant of
any such person. 1t is seen also
that it does not affect the natural
ized citizen or his lincal descend"
ants. The provisions of Amend
irlent No. II reach the negro be-
Cgllse the negro was not citizen
an0 did not have the right to vote
on january |, 1866, In 1868 Pres
ident Lincoln issued his Emancipa-
tlon Proclamation declaring all
slaves in the Confederate States
free, but this act did not make the
|nedro a citizen and Give him the
/ fht of equal suffrage at the polls,
I)lo Thirteenth Amendment, which
c|1cially abolished slavery was
W1de part of the constitution in
s; still the negro could not vote.
Fourteenth Amendment, guar
on(ecinG equal civil rights to all,
1rdless Of color, was adopted in
, The Fifteenth Amendment,
eoEnestly contended by very many
a lhe country's greatest thinkers to
n4Ye been one Of the most serious
p pders Of the government, was
1pted in 1870, This amendment
fnnteed to all the right of suf-
irrespective of race, color or
ious condition of servitude." Il
therefore, plain enough that
endment No. II was first
ght out and proposed for the
nation from politics of only
|lliterate negro voter, The ne
|who Is able to meet the require
Is of the measure can vote.
Ne understand the matter, the
Q||uity Of the Grandfather Clause,
'Wnlch Is the amendment now be.
(olFy the people, has been carried to
tue supreme court of the United
1l1fes, where 1t was declared with
.ln the constitution, the court der
Q'qr1ne that 1t could place no con
lF|iction upon the Fifteenth
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