 | United States. Congress. House Committee on elections, no. 1 - 1922 - 106 pages
...will be discrimination within the letter of the law, and not in violation of the law. Discrimination ! Why, that is precisely what we propose ; that, exactly,...discriminate to the very extremity of permissible action Tinder the limitations of the Federal Constitution, with a view to the •elimination of every Negro... | |
 | United States Commission on Civil Rights - 1963 - 260 pages
...1901, Carter Glass, then a member of the Virginia Senate, stated its main purpose: "Discrimination: Why that is precisely what we propose; that, exactly, is what this convention was elected for—to discriminate to the very extremity of permissible action under the limitations of the Federal... | |
 | Earl Lewis - 2023 - 304 pages
...Discrimination! Why, that is exactly what we propose; that exactly is why this convention was elected — to discriminate to the very extremity of permissible...under the limitations of the Federal Constitution with the view to the elimination of every Negro who can be gotten rid of, legally, without materially impairing... | |
 | Jane Elizabeth Dailey - 2000 - 302 pages
...career as a Democratic power broker, congressman, and later US senator, declared, "Discrimination! Why, that is precisely what we propose; that, exactly,...this Convention was elected for— to discriminate . . . with a view to the elimination of every negro voter who can be gotten rid of."37 Further repudiating... | |
 | Judson L. Jeffries - 2000 - 180 pages
...fraud and discrimination?" Mr. Glass replied: By fraud, no; by discrimination, yes. Discrimination! Why, that is precisely what we propose; that, exactly, is what this convention was elected for—to discriminate to the very extremity of permissible action under the limitations of the Federal... | |
 | Richard Hasen - 2003 - 240 pages
...the Honorable Carter Glass: "Discrimination ! Why that is exactly what we propose; that, exactly, was what this Convention was elected for— to discriminate...under the limitations of the Federal Constitution." Debates, supra, at 3076. In addition to the primary desire to disenfranchise the Negro, the debates... | |
 | Julian E. Zelizer - 2004 - 800 pages
...Democratic power broker, congressman, cabinet secretary, and US senator, declared, "Discrimination! Why, that is precisely what we propose; that, exactly,...this Convention was elected for — to discriminate . . . with a view to the elimination of every negro voter who can be gotten rid of." Glass and his... | |
 | David Hackett Fischer - 2005 - 880 pages
...Glass was told that Jim Crow was a form of discrimination, he answered defiantly, "Discrimination! Why that is precisely what we propose; that exactly is what this convention was elected for." But even in this dark era of racial injustice, freedom as a universal idea continued to expand. Its... | |
 | Peter Wallenstein - 2007 - 508 pages
...discrimination, he explained that fraud would be unnecessary, but "Discrimination! Why that is exactly what we propose; that, exactly, is what this Convention...the limitations of the Federal Constitution, with the view to the elimination of every negro voter who can be gotten rid of, legally, without materially... | |
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Discrimination ! Why, that is precisely what we propose ; that, exactly, is what this convention was elected for — to discriminate to the very extremity of permissible action Tinder the limitations of the Federal Constitution, with a view to the •elimination... 