Suffrage under national protection: speech of Hon. George F. Hoar of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States. 1879

Suffrage under national protection: speech of Hon. George F. Hoar of Massachusetts in the Senate of the United States. 1879

Speech made by Senator George Hoar during the consideration of resolutions submitted by Senator Edmunds, that the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments should be enforced by the states and not by the federal government.

Senator Hoar argues that unless Congress stands behind and enforces these amendments, black men will not fully be American citizens.

1879-02-05

African Americans --Suffrage
Citizenship
Constitutional amendments
Edmunds, George F. (George Franklin), 1828-1919
Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

Hoar, George Frisbie, 1826-1904

Washington : [Government Printing Office]

12 p.

English

ALMS.1879.01

Washington, D.C.

"Why will they not embrace and welcome the one thing needed to place them far in advance of other American States, and that is, the great doctrine of justice and of the Constitution which shall secure to every man, white or black, dwelling upon their soil his manhood, his honor, his freedom, his equal suffrage as an American citizen."

Speeches (documents)

21 x 14 cm.