She has never done it. she will netd it. she cannot do it so long as we have a Supreme Court which roads the Constitution of our country with the eyes of justice. nor can Massachusetts or Kentucky deny to any man. on account of his race. color. or previous condition of servitude. that perfect equality of protection under the laws so long as Congress shall exercise the power to enforce. by appropriate legisislation. the great and unquestionable securities embodied inthe fourteenth amen nent to the Constitution. But. sir. a few words more as to the suffrage regulation of Massachusetts. It is true that Massachusetts in 1857. finding that her illiterate population was being constantly augmented by the continual influx of ignorant emigrants. placed in her constitution the least possible limitation consistent with manhood suffrage to stay this tide of foreign ignorance. Its benefit has been fully demonstrated in the intelligent character of the voters of that honored Commonwealth. reflected so conspicuously in the able Representatives she has today upon this floor. But neither is the inference of the gentleman from Kentucky legitimate. nor do the statistics of the census of 1870. drawn from his own State. sustain his astounding assumption.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that immigrants are ignorant.