Slphers of theLegislature thereof. isdenied to any ofthe male inhabitants of such State. pose any hundred thousand illiterate men. born in the United States being twentyone years of age. and citizens of the United States. or in any way abridged. except tor participation in rebellion. or other crime. the basis of repre- aud free from crime. should settle in Massachusetts and demand the sentation therein shall be reducel in the proportion which the number of such right to vote. notwithstanding they paid no tax and could not read male citizens shall bear to the whole number oli male citizens twentyone years of a word of the Constitution of the United States. and should be reuge in such State. fusedsuppose this number. added to her idiots. insane. and paupers. By the fifteenth amendment- large enough to affect her representation. should her representation Srst. 1. The right of citizens of the United States to vote sh4ut not be denied or be reduced I Suppose a sufficient number of naturalized foreigners abridged by the United States or by any State on accountof race. color. or previous in New Yotk or citizens of this District should settle in Rhode Island condition of servitude. and demand the right to vote simply because they were citizens of And to each of these amendments is added: the United States. qualified under the fourteenth anseudment but not The Congress shall have powertoenforcetlis article by appropriatelegislation. qualified under the laws of that State. and be refused the right to It will be seen that none of these but the lifteenth amendment vote. should her representation be reduced therefor? mentions or even hints at the colored race. Where the words are Instead of encouraging each State to take care of its idiotic and plain we may not resort to history toexplain the text is a wellknown insane.shall we have it thrusting them out of sight and away from canon of construction of laws. Though their object may have been its limits. lest their presence destroy its strength hero and in the to protect the negro their language covers all citizens. and all but electoral college?
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