Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1846-01-23
REPORT
Of tie S,lsct Committee, on The subject Of re-
peahRg tie hm5 ichich mate Distinctions on
account If color, in the House, Jan. 9, 1916.

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peahng tie lars ichich mate distinctions on
account IF coior, in the House, Jan. 9, 1916.
Mn. Harvey. from the select committee
to whom was referred sundry petitions for the
repeal of the black laws, made the following
REPORT.
The select committee. to whom were refer
rcd the petitions of numerous citizens of o.
hio, praying for the repeal Of all laws which
impose restrictions and disabilities on the col
ored inhabitants of the State, and also that
part Of the Governors message which has re-
lation TO the same subject, have had The mat
ter under consideration, and now report:
That they have endeavored to brstow upon
the subject that amount of reflection and lH-
vestlgation which its Importance demands,
and a majority of The committee have come to
the conclusion that the request of the petit
TONERS should be granted, and the RECON-
mendltion Of the Governor carried out, in the
repeal Of the laws in question.
We diem it unnecessary to consume any
time in preliminary remarks, the committee
will therefore proceed directly to call the at
tention of tde House to those parts Of the stat
utas sought to be repealed by your petition
ors, which operate with the greatest severity
on the co!orrd inhlbitlnts Of the Siat,.
BY the act Of Jan. 8, 1901, it is provided,
'that no bl lck or mulatto rers)n shall be per-
United to reside in this State, unless he or
she shall first produce Il fair certificate fron
some court within the United States, of his
or her actual freedom; which certificate shall
be attested by the clerk of said court, and the
seal thereof annexed thereto by said clerk"
The act Of Jan. %, 1907, provides, ''thlt
no negro or mulatto person3shi!l be permit
ted to emigrdte into, or settle within this
State, unless snch negro or mulatto person
shall, within twenty days thereafter, enter
into bonds with two or more freehold sure
ties, in the penal snm of five hundred dollars,
before the Clerk of the Court of Common
Pleas Of the county il which such negro or
mulltto may wish to reside, conditioned for
the good behaviour of such person or PERSONS,
and pay for their support in case they should
come to want. And in case any negro or
mu,atto shall migrate into this State, aud not
comply with the conditions Of this act, it shall
be the dnty of the overspers Of the poor of
the township to remove. Immediately. such
person, in the same manner as is required in
case Of plupers.'
Section 4, of the same act, provides, that
no black or mulltto person shall hereafter be
permitted to be sworn, or give evidence, in
any court Of record, or elsewhere, in this
State, in any cause depending, or matter of
controversy, where either party to the same
is a white person: or in any prosecution which
shlll be- instituted in behalf of the State, a.
ginst any white person.
Again: By theact for the support and reg
ulatlon Of common schools, blacks and null
at,ops are excluded from the privilcres of the
system, the door of the district school house
IS closed against their scholars, and the priv
ilege is denied them of educating their chill
dren out of the public fund.
The sections of the statutes above quoted
c%ont,in. it is believed, the principal parts OF
the laws which bear oppressiveIy on the col
ored population of our State.
Tie minority of the committee have come
to the conclusion that the laws in question
should be repealed. Tn, reasons and arru-
menis in support of this opinion, they will
bring 10 the attention of the House under the
following divisions:
LIST, These laws are inconsistent with the
provisions and shirt of the constitution. as
well as unjust in principle.
Cd, They are opposed to the dictates of a
sound and cnIirhtened public ~pol,cv.
In order to a rirhta 2prehensjon of the spir.
it and provisions OF the constitution of ON
Stlte, we must 90 back to those organic law
AMI ordinances of the general government Of
our country, on which this Constitution is
founded.
By the articles of confederation of the L.
nited Stltes, adopted Jaly ., I773, it is de-
clared, ',thlt the tree inhqjitqa's of each oil
these Sites sillI 1a entitled to all priyileres
and immunities of free citizens in the severa
States.
BY the ordnance for the Government of In,
territory northwest of the river OHIO. nasse,
in Congress-, July l9, 1897. it is provided
that for every five hundred free maze inh4J}
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