[Roscoe]

--- No, that was a direct quote from the law

With "...on account of such person being an alien, or by reason of his color, or race..." removed.

Parsing misquotions.

[tpaine]

'Parsing' nothing.

This section of USC clearly shows that the rights of United States citizens are protected by the the laws of the United States, not by the laws and governments of the several States as per Cruikshank.