Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-08-04
VOLUME XXXIII.

the said money should be applied to the
| patriotic purpose Of the donors, and this
! Convention is informed that the said moneys
are in the hands Of the so-called FreeflRte
! General Committee, Of which -- Is Pre-
sident" etc, etc.
! They say emphatically they have large
! sums on money. As a member Of the late
! Convention, / recommend il 10 the use Of
! charitable institutions. And YOU, gentle
men Of the grand inquest, who have equal
| privilege with the most favored Of the late
| Convention, will, no doubt, join me in the
| recommendation, as will every honest man
in the State; each and every one Of whom
have the same right, on the floor Of any Con-
vention that may be assembled to alter the
Constitution as | or any one Of the late Con-
Vention.
Can it be possible that these men, in their
desperation, expect to corrupt a great State
with their money? And yet the clamor of
the affidavit man for his share, or blood, is
Insignificant. It can't be so
Gentlemen, the tendency Of the colored
population Of the city and State to industrial
pursuits and orderly conduct has given salts
faction and promise for the future.
But the construction given by Commits
slOner SHANNON to what is known as the
civil rights bill will, if persisted in, lead to
great inconvenience, hardship and oppres-
sion.
Under the laws Of the State Of Louisiana,
the colored man has precisely the same
rights and redress in all cases. civil and
criminal, that any white man has or can
have, and yet by the construction given by
Mr.. SHANNON, in cases Of assault and bate
ry, be claims the right, and has done so, to
drag, under guard, for hundredsOf miles, re-
spectacle citizens, on a charge Of assault and |
battery upon a negro, an Offense for which |
the Constitution and laws Of the State flrn- |
ish precisely the same remedy for the black |
as the white man. He claims the right un-
der that bill to arrest theJ Judges ofthe Courts |
Of the State, however honest their decisions, |
If adverse to his construction of the bill /
Under his construction, there is no security |
to the citizen, unless his skin be black
now repeat what have often said before,
that the negro having equal rights under |
the laws Of the State, with the white man, If |
what is called the 4" Civil Rights Bill" is 4
Constitutional law, il is not applicable to the |
State Of Louisiana. And / earnestly recon-
mend the Attorney General Of the State to
correspond with the Attorney General Of the
United States, in order 10 get the proper
Of the act, that we may have
as to our status.
Finally, gentlemen, as a member of the
late Convention Of GA, with feelings of kind
ness toward each and every member, earn
estly hope that they Will desist from their
illegal purpose, and that you may not be re-
qired to enforce any law Of the State in vim
dicatlon Of its peace and dignity. But if
they meet, they must apply the law Justly
and iirmly-and the Constitution must be
Vindicated.
For this charge, given under the sanctions
Of an official oath, Judge ABELL was arrest
ed and held in bail to answer. At this
point the Radicals openly proclaimed their
purpose to defy the law and its ministers,
and to etlectuate their purposes by force,
and bloodshed, if necessary.
Sd. To make sure of their work these
reckless conspirators now commenced their
A few days after the arrest Of
Judge ABELL the Radicals held a mass
meeting, which was principally composed of
negroes, atwhich inhammatory speeches we're
To show The true character Of
hese, we quote from ucrbGtim reports as fol-
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