The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-08-12
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Hundred ard Fifty y-nIne, the House oil Repre-
sentatives of the State of Pennsy lvania, resov-
ed itself into committee of the whole on bill
No. l5l, entitled "An Act preventing the in
termarriage of the white and black races" as
follows:
Be IL eRacted By the Senate and House Of
Representatives. of the Commonwealth Of
PennsgiUuniG IN General .fSSem5iy met, and 1t
is hersby emacted By the authority of the same,
That from and alter the passage OF this act, il
shall be unlawful for any black man to marry
a white woman, or black woman to marry
white man.
SEC. ,. That any person or persons who
shalt marry in this Commonwealth contrary TO
the first section OF this act, and any Justice OF
the 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 msdemeanor: and shall,
! upon conviction thereof in any court Of quar-
ter sessions having jurisdiction thereof, be fined,
/ at the discretion of SAID court, any sum not
! exceeding five hundred dollars; which shall 60,
one-half to the prosecutor, and the other halt
( to such county as may have jurisdiction IN such
case; and shall be imprisoned in the county
jail Of such county any time not exceeding one
year.
/ After some sparring between the parties oP-
posed to the Bill and those favorable to il,
Mn. MILLER (ssRepublican'') moved the
indefuile postponement Of the Bill. On this
motion, the yeas and nays were required and
were as follows
YEAs-Messrs. Acker, Barlow, BayaFd, Bry-
son. Bnrpy, Church, Custer, Dsmant, Dodts,
Durboraw, Fearon, Foster, Galley, Goepp, Gra-
ham, Gratz, Green, HamersIy, Hill, Irish, Kim
nev, Lawrence. Nv ashrngton,) Mann, Nehatty,
Mcdowell, Miller, Neal, Nil, Patterson,
Peirce, Qulglev, Ramsdell, Rohrer, Stoneback,
Taylor, Thompson, Thorn, Wageuseler, War
den, Whitman, Wgton, Wilcox, Wiley. WILL
IAAIS, jBedlord,) Williams, (Bucks,) Willis
ton, Wilson, Withrow, Woodring and Zoller-
80.
NAYs-NIessrs. ABBOTT, Barnsley, Bertolet,
Bower, tClearfeId,j Broadhead, Campbell, Eek
man, Ellmaker, Fleming, GIatz, Good, Gray,
Gritman, Harding, Hot;enstine, Jackson, Ketch-
um, Laird, Mcclure, McCurdy, Oaks, Palm,
Pennen, Pinkerton, Price, Proudfoot, Rouse,
Sheppard, Shields, Smith, (Berks.) Stuart,
WALKER, Wolf and Lawrence, Spe4ker-34
So the question was determined in the affirm
ative, and the Bill was ''indefnitely PostPon-
ed,' or in other words, was lost.
It will be seen from the above, that GEO.
w. WILLIAMS and GEO. G. WALKER,
the two members elected last fall by the Black
Republicans of this district, r0ted in direct an
tagonism TO each other, the name of Mr..
| WILLIAMS being found among the YEAS,
! and that of MR. WALKER among the
NAYS These men, Messrs. Williams and
| " " a&eL, >re-nominated by the Black ReDub-
| licans Of the district. The question, therefore,
arises, can any consistent man vote for both Of
them MR. WILLIAMS, by his vote, de-
clares that he has no objections TO whites and
blacks intermarrying, while, per contra, Ma.
! WALEER, in the same manner, emphatcaliv
/ opposes such intermarrying. Which one are
! you for, Messrs. Abolitioni3tsl Are YOU or
/ Walker, opposed to white and black amalgama-
! hon, or for Williams in favor of it? Which
horn Of your dilemma will you take! Which
of your candidates for the Legislature will you
| drop!