No institution will stand which does not correspond with the nature of things.

Vain were all the efforts of party interest or of philanthropic enthusiasm to give to the Blacks political predominance in the Southern States.

Votes, ballot boxes, laws, federal arms, all were in vain.

By methods which no man will justify, but which no power could resist, the Whites have re-acquired political authority.

The nature of things could not be made obedient to the dogmas of democratic equality.