 We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes as a class, or on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision.  The Encyclopedia Americana - Page 1by Frederick Converse Beach - 1904Full view - About this book
 | North American review - 1897 - 808 pages
...it was Intended tor the benefit of the negroes that the Supreme Court long doubted whether any act not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes as a class would ever be held to come within its purview.4 In time, however, its application was extended to discriminations... | |
 | George Washington McCrary - Election law - 1875 - 492 pages
...if not exclusively, for the protection of the rights of the freedmen, and doubt is expressed as to whether "any action of a State not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision." It is also... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1876 - 844 pages
...section of the article of amendment Congress was authorized to enforce it by suitable legislation. We doubt very much whether any action of a State not...against the negroes as a class, or on account of their nice, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision. "It will be seen from the above... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (4th Circuit) - Admiralty - 1877 - 684 pages
...Congress to secure their rights and equality before the law. We doubt very much whether any action by a State, not directed by way of discrimination against...held to come within the purview of this provision." As no such contingency had arisen in this State, as is contemplated by the Fourteenth Amendment, it... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1877 - 800 pages
...fifth section of the snide ot amendment Congress was authorized to enforce it by suitable legislation. We doubt very much whether any action of a State not directed by TIT of discrimination against the negroes as a class, oronaooount of their race, will over be held... | |
 | West Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals, Edgar P. Rucker - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 966 pages
...confined to the single case of legislation directed against negroes as a class. The language used is : "We doubt very much whether any action of a state,...come within the purview of this provision. It is so clear a provision for that case and that emergency, that a strong case would be necessary for its application... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1879 - 884 pages
...confined to the single case of legislation directed against negroes as a class. The language used is: "We doubt very much whether any action of a State,...come within the purview of this provision. It is so clear a provision for that case and that emergency, that a strong case would be necessary for its application... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1880 - 792 pages
...section of the article of amendment, congress was authorized to enforce it by suitable legislation. We doubt very much whether any action of a state not...held to come within the purview of this provision." In the recent case, Strauder v. West Virginia, determined FlTZOEHALD V. ALLMAN. at the present term... | |
 | George Washington McCrary - Election law - 1880 - 558 pages
...expressed as to whether "any action of a State not directed by way of discrimination against the negroes on account of their race, will ever be held to come within the purview of this provision." It is also said that "the Fourteenth Amendment is so clearly a provision for the colored race, that a strong... | |
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