The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-03-18


Our member votes against the bill to pre-
vent the intermarriage Of whites and
negroes
Mr.. Gro. w. WILLIAMS, the gentleman whom
the people of Somerset county last Fall elec-
ted TO represent Bedford county in the Lower
House OF our State Legislature, gave his Black
Republican principles thorough airing on
Friday last, by voting IN favor OF the IN
definite postponement Of The bill 10 prevent
the intermarriage of whites and blacks We
knew Mr.. Williams TO be a Black Republican ;
we always lookshppon him as an unsafe man
to be sent to IN Legislature but we must
confess that we never had any idea that he
would dare 10 perpetrate such an outrage as
this, upon the feelings and the decency Of the
people of Bedford couaty. Men who thus
bring lis to shame, should be sent into utter
obscurity, by the unanimous voice of their
disgraced and insulted constituents. But such
is Harh Republicanism, and such the men by
whoff' it is propagated and sustained. Negro
voting ard negroes intermarryihg withN the
whites political and social amalgamation wien
party countenances and supports such doc
-trIs1es as these, is it not high time that the
white freemen OF our country take measures TO
put it down Let the alarm be sounded .
Let the people rally around the banner of the
party of the white n1an--the banner of the
National Democracy-andsis them say unto
Black Republican Negrdqsr!k kt'thus far shalt
.Lo,, ooo,., LnA NJ IT.,
black waves be stayed !"
We append the bill which Mr.. Williams
vote helped 10 kill, and also the geas and nags
by which ii was defeated
The House resolved itself into committee of
the whole, Mr.. ZOLLER in the chair,) on bill
No. 15l, Gan Act preventing the Intermari-
age of the white and black races as fol-
lows:
Src~loN l. Be il enacted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania an General .7sstmbly met ana
at is hereby enacted By The authority of the
same, That from and after the passage Of this
act, it shall be unlawful for any black man 10
marry white woman, or black woman to mar
ry white man. -
SEC. 2. That any person or persons who shall
marry in this Commonwealth contrary TO the
HIST SeCitOU u tiiS dCiS dii1 JUSTICE OI Tie
peace, alderman, clergyman, minister or other
person, who shall join in marriage any person
contrary to this act, and every person who shall
be present at such marriage, shall be deemed
guilty of a e.iSdPmeanoF and shall UPON CEN
viction thereofln any c0Gft ofquartsr sessions
having Jurisdiction thereof, be fined, at the dis
cretion OF said court any sum notexceeding five
hundred dollars which shall CO. one half to |
tbeprosecuto-, ana the other half 10 such coun-
ty as may have jurisdiction of this case and
shall be imprisoned in the county Jail of such
county anv time not exceeding one year. -
~ MIR. MILLER moved The indefinite postpone
ment Of the bill.
On the motion,
The yeas and nays were required by Mr..
SMITH, (Berks,) and Mr.. MILLER, and were
as follows, viz
YEAs-Messrs. Acker, Barlow, Bayard, Bry-
son, 3urley, Church, Custer, p,smaat, Dodds,
Durbaraw, Fearon, Foster, GaIlssS, GosQp,
Graham. !akas1n Green, Hamersly, .Alai.aa. Irish,
Kinney, r4M'Febce, (Washington,l Eann, Me-
hafey, MDowell, Miller, Neal, Patterson,
Pierce, QaisIsy, RamsdeI, RohsF, SsaRsbssA.
TayIor, Thompson, Thorn, Wagenseffef, Var
den. Whitman, Wlgton, Wilcox, Wiley,
WILLIAMS, (Bedford,l Williams, fBucks,)
Willston, Wilson, Withrow, WoodEias and
Zoler-50.
NAYs-Messrs. Abbot, Barnsley, RsrloIs,
Boyer (Clearfeld) Brodhsad, Campbell, Eek
man, Ellmaker, Elsm1g, Ela!z, Cool. GRAY
GLItmaa, Harding, HoI!s nsIIss, JacEsol, Kerch-
um, TaIId, Mcclure, MCUrdy, QaEs. Palm,
Penne7I, Pinkerton, Price, Proudr55t, Rouse,
Sheppard, Shields, Smith, Berks,) Stuart, Wal
ker, Wolf and Lawrence, SPeaker-3F. ~
So the question was determined in the atfr