Excerpt from The Voice of the Third Generation: A Discussion of the Race Question for the Benefit of Those Who Believe That the United States Is a White Man"s Country and Should Be Governed by White Men
There Is But One Solution Of The Race Problem.
That solution can only be arrived at by a thoughtful people having no sectional or political interest at heart, but, looking at facts, conditions and history, allow truth to predominate over prejudice, and accomplish the result of placing this great American Republic on the high plane it should occupy. The race problem will vanish into the gloom of an unpleasant memory of unpleasant events, if one thing is done by the American people, and that one thing is The Repeal Of The Fifteenth Amendment To The Constitution Of The United States.
There has never occurred in American history an act of a legislative body, a decision of a court, or the act of a set of public officials which has been so far-reaching in its damnable effects, so destructive of American happiness, so annihilating, in its lowering the standard of the priceless jewel of American citizenship, than was this amendment to the Federal Constitution passed in haste and now allowed by an intelligent nation to remain a law in this great country.
The amendment, familiar to every citizen who has read the United States Constitution, is composed of but few written words, yet though small in size, it has become what will be the paramount issue in the politics and the domestic economy of the country.
The exact words are as follows:
"Art. XV., Sec.1. The Rights Of Citizens Of The United States To Vote Shall Not Be Denied Or Abridged By The United States, Or Any State, On Account Of Race Or Color, Or Previous Condition Of Servitude.
"Sec.2. Congress Shall Have Power To Enforce This Article By Appropriate Legislation."
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