The Suffrage Question

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Excerpt from The Suffrage Question: Remarks of Martin I. Townsend, in the Constitutional Convention of the State of New York, on the Right of Colored Men to Vote, Delivered July, 1867 Mr. M. I. Townsend - My friend [Mr. Hand] did not report me so in his speech. My friend from Ontario [Mr. Folger] must have mistaken the conversation we had in the library for a conversation we had in this Convention. Mr. Folger - Perhaps the change of phraseology was the result of that conversation. [Laughter.] Mr. M. I. Townsend - If it was, I should not shrink even from the doctrine I laid down in the library to my friend from Ontario [Mr. Folger], and I say to my friends who come here, instructed by my constituents to extend the right of suffrage to the colored race, that if they come upon this floor, and give up the argument at the outset, their colored friends will accomplish very little from their advocacy. But I will go on, if the gentleman will allow me. I say that my friend from Broome [Mr. Hand] was so excited from some cause, I know not why, that he put into my mouth a word which the printed report of my remarks will show I did not utter, and that is the word "inaleniable, " because I held then, as I hold now, that a man may alienate every right under the government under which he lives. I say my friend from Broome [Mr. Hand] held me up as a monster, for having laid down the doctrine that a man had a natural right to participate in the administration of the government under which he lived, and after giving me an excoriation for laying down that doctrine - Mr. Hand - I call the gentleman to order. Mr. M. I. Townsend - I hope the gentleman will not interrupt me. Mr. Hand - I rise to a point of order. I deny having spoken of the gentleman as a monster, or using any language - The Chairman - The Chair is of the opinion that under strict parliamentary rules the remarks of the gentleman from Rensselaer [Mr. M. I. Townsend] are not in order, although not for the reason assigned by the gentleman from Broome [Mr. Hand]. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.