Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-12
WASHINGTON ITEMS.

In the Senate on the eth, Mr.. Dixon Of
fered a series Of resolutions passed by the
Connecticut Legislature, asking for the
equality Of all men before the law and par
Gcularly the right Of suffrage for the negro.
As that State has emphatically repudiated
the ncgro-equality doctrines of the resolu-
tons since the Legislature was in session, the
attempt to force them upon the consideration
and action of Congress would seem the
height of ofliciousness and impertinence
to anybody but a Black Republican. The
resolutions were ordered TO be printed.
In the House of Representatives the fol-
lowing resolution was offered by Mr. Ran
dali, of Kentucky. Mr.. ID. S. Trimble, of
the First District of Kentucky, was the only
member who voted against its adoption:
RcsoJred, As the sense Of this House, that the
public debt created during the late rebellion was
contracted upon the faith and honor of the ma
ton that is sacred and invoilable and must and
ought 20 be paid, princinal and interest, and any
attempt TO repudiate, or in any manner to impair
said debt, should he universally disc0untenanced
by the people, and promptly rejected by Congress
If proposed.
THE Washington Republican gravely an
nomces that "some of the men heretofore
called detectives are now known as the
detected"
IL the list Of two hundred and thirty-two
members of the present Congress: sixty-nine
were bore in New England and forty-seyen
in the single state Of New York, while the
remaining places Of nativity are equally di-
vided between the Middle and Western
States of the Union, excepting one born in
Canada, one in Bavaria, one in Scotland and
one in Ireland. On the score professions,
the law claims large majority, while print
ers and newspaper men number no less than
iiteen-quite enough togive good character
to the body polite.
ELEVEN hundred dollars have been paid
to the widow of Captain Wirz at Washing
ton by confederate officer, in compensation
for household property seized and sold dur
ing the war.
Concerning the bill recently introduced by
Mr.. Sumner into the Senate, "to carry out
the principles of republican government in
the District of Columbia" offers a curious
example of the old maxim that extremes
meet Those of our fcllow-citizens says
the N.tiypdi htdligmccr, who have here
tofore feared that the distinctions of color
would be totally abolished in the District of
Columbia, so that there would be no differ
ence what color judges, lawyers, Jurors, etc,
should have, will learn with satisfaction that
the opposite principle is to have the power
ful support of Mr.. Sumner, who is not only
in favor Of preserving the discrimination by
law, but of fixing it in the very sanctu-
airy of justice, the jury-box, to which Mr..
Burke said all the constitutions and laws of
England were but accessory.
One section of Mr.. Summers bill, in con-
formty to the principle Of abolshing all dis
elimination ON account of color, would make
It Illegal 10 know whether a voter was white
or colorcd, and in order to force this oblite-
ration Of the distinction, another section
provides that the jury who are to try the
violation shall be half white and half col
orcd. That is, to deny the distinction Of
color we shall affirm the distinction of color
that :hc law may ignore the difference, the
law shall recognize the difference; that
color shall cease TO be known in court color
shall enter into the very constitution of the
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