Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1865-12-23
. The Negro Rump Congress-.

The self.styled Republicans of the Sen
ate and House had no sooner got into their
seats on Monday afternoon than they com.
menced to yomt forth bills for the benefit
of the negroes and against the white race
and a restoration OF the Union In the
Senate Wade, of Ohio, presented bill to
allow every male who has resided six
months in the District Of Columbia to vote.
There are thousands of ignorant, lazy
crime. laden negroes, who, within less than
a year have taken up a ''resdonce' in
huls and subterranean holes around Wash
ipgton city, and these are the creatures
who are TO control the District in future,
under Wade's bill. Sumner, OF Massachu.
sets, also introduced a bill TO give the ne.
groes of the District of Columbia the right
OF suffrage, the provisions of which we
have lot yet seen. In the House Kelley,
of Philadelphia, gave notice Of bill 10
strike the word "white" ont of all election
laws of the District of Columbia. With
such start in niggcrism; during tho first
half day of its exi8tenee, can the Both Con-
gress be called anything else tina the Ne.
gro Rump lis it entitled to any other
term!
But the foregoing is not all. Sumner
introduced bill making grand jurles to
consist Of One-half negroes in sections
where only one sixth Of the population are
negroes, and the same proportion on petit
juries, when a negro inficts injury on a
white a white Injuries negro. This,
t will be seen gives the negroes the entire
control over the whites in courts, and
makes .JfUe SlrthS Of the population sub
seryient, in person and property, to au ig.
norant, prejudicad and degraded minority,
He also introduced bill prescribing an
oath to DO taken by the Southern people
They are to swear against State Rights in
every form and Tor the indissoluble unity of
the Republic; to vote and use their in
huonco for sustaining the national credit;
to resist any attempt to repudiate or post.
ponc the payment of the Shoddy thieves
debt; and that they "1OjN 0ItOayS diSc0Un-
tenance anil resist any t2,CS nsaIjng am
distinction Of color or race" Could peo.
pie be redueded by necessity to a cepor
depth Of shame than is implied in this out.
rageous oath 7 The arm that pennod it
should have been paaed, and the tongue
that gave it uteranoo should hayo been
struck with eternal silence.
The fourth effort Of Sumner, was 4 bill
to enforce the anti-slayory amendment
by imposing heavy fines and long impriSon,
mont upon those who might attempt to
control the dear ncgros. Then he intro
duced resolution declaratory of the anti
slavery negro amendment, which we have
no. seen, but Of course, it is typical Of it;
author in misconstruotion and wrong
Then he introduced resolutions dclarato
} ry OF the duty of Congress which are, pre-
sumably, Of like character, ss they relate
to "loyal citizens (negroes). Then ht
offered joint resolution to amend the
Constitution SO as TO mako voters insteaC
Of population the basis of representation il
5 Congress, This is TO prevent the South
ern States from eDumerating the black
as population, and to force negro sutfrag,
upon them. Following Sumner, Wilson
OF Massachusetts, introduced a bill Il
maintain the freedom of the negroes. Ii
the House, Orth; Of Indiana, also witt
= negro on the brain, gave notice of bill
to amend the Constitution SO as 10 appor
, tion representatives according to the nun
ber Of votes in each district,
Thus 1t will be seen that during III
short period of less than one afternoon, ta0
5 raids mere mute upon the COAsti,uti07,
4 three propositions a0ere oDered to nsake %
; terS Gf he Vagramt negroes 9fthe DiStric
Of C0I~a1Liaj and quite number of othe
bills and resolutions were introduced t.
put the blacks up and the whites down.
We have not at all alluded to the illega
! and high-handed daanion measures adont