The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1866-01-31
From Washington.
NEGRO suFrRAGE IN THE p,srn,cr
W NAsuENGroN, January IS

ron the election laws of the District of
Columbia by the House Of Representa-,
th's afternoon by vote Of ll4to ST.
WITH The exception Of few members
from kentucky and Missouri, all the re
publican votes Of the House were cast
Tor Tue measure. Previous to the vote
on the passage Of the bill the House
slaughtered Judge Hale's a,neudmen,
providing for reading aifcations, &c,
by refusal to rtcommit the bill
Many demo Gratis assisted in this work
IAe galleries were filed by anxious spec
ta'ors and listeners OF both colors. the
blacks prepOnd a,iny, however. Tie
passage OF the bill was hailed with such
po'Sterous and prolonged applause ON the
hoor that Speaker Cofax lost his ,emper
and said that he wo1ld not in future at
tempt to suppress the galleries unless
members behaved themselves. JubiIap,
radicals rushed into the lobbes, the halls
and the barber shops, and grasped the
greasy bands Of every thoroughbred
freedmen they found in those localities.
Coming down from the galleries big dar,
k'es Jostied loft'ly against the high born
danes Of this District and ,rod upon their
drapery with an air of divine right. In
the street cars they hobbubbed with She
cessiul Congressman and grinned famil
larry IN tue faces Of the heretofore ruling
race. lhe sole remaining hope Of the
people ol the district is iu the President
They expect the House bill No, will
pass the Seriate.
seven coIored men, representing large
numbers of colcred citizens Nor;h and
South and in the District of Columh;.
oe'ng authorized to speak, publish card
to-day, addressed &c the members of Con.
RFess' respectfully submitting tha, in the
issue now pending before Congress for
the extension Of the franchise its ac,ior
snou'd be based on the idea tha, there
can' OF night, be no privileged class before
'ne law in republican government: and
'"ey seriously and most earnestly objec,
10 any discrimination in such qualification
or account Of color, because TO do 40
would be inviduous'y affecting them, and
exposing them to similar class legislation
throughout the land, and thus make them,
liable to the creates, injustice. They
want the bill to affect alike all loyal ci,i.
Zens in the District Of Columbia.
PROVISIONAL GoYERNMxNrs FOR THE
SOUTHERN srArEs-srGECm OF SENATOR
ben Wade's speech on Senator Iowe's
resolution for establishing provisional gov.
ernments in the lately rebeIlious States.
ana more particularly IN reply 10 the
elaborate efforts Of Mr.. Doo!,,le yester,
da!, Is chiefly remarkable In HAVING a
bandoned the cover, line of attack HIN,
erto pursued on his side of the Sepa,c
1t is impossible to decide how far Mr.
Wade intended at the outset of HE remarks
10 'nvelgh against the Presidsnts recon
struc''on policy but it is safe to presume
mat he WAS led nvoluntarily into a moe
uneqrvpcal denial Of the expedieucy Of
the Presidents views on the question than
he "onId otherwise have attempted ifpot
carried away by the force Of his muscular
ora'ory. AS it WA, he was led to wrath,
'u'Iy proclaim to the President and The
democratic party that h. would neva,
yield han breadth to tie voice or act Of
either, except 40 far as it conformcd 70
the great idea" So far AS PtesjAer,
Lincoln had gone 10 the radical work. bs
had served the cause of the par,v well:
but neither from his teachings nor the
acts OF his successor would the republican
party look for guidance. The speech oc
cupied little over an hour and a ba,f
when he left the Senate breathing hard
and looking defiance.
THE FREEDMEN's BuREAr.
lhe Senate and its densely crowded
galleries were regaIed to-day With tv,
bne conservative efforts, 10 the speeches
Of Senators Nesmilh and Stewart. Both
Lhese penl lemen ca,,a ~ lJI !