The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1866-01-26
Black! Black! Black!
d ARK AS ER E BU s i!
ETHIOPIA IN WASHINGTON |!
A BLACK DEED BY A BLACK CONGRESS! !
THE WORD WHITE STRICKEN FROM
ALL LAWS PRESCRIBING THE
QUALIFICATIONS OF VOTERS
IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA.
BLACK DEED BY A BLACK CONGRESS-
THE NEGRO ELEVATED To A POLITE
CAL EQUALITY WITH THE
WHITE MAN!
The Republican Party Openly COTnmit-
ted 20 Negro Suffrage!

tea 10 Negro suffrage!
On Thursday last, January 18th, the
House Of Representatives at Washing
ton, resumed the consideration of the
bill to extend the right of suffrage to
the negroes in the District of Columbia.
After striking out all qualifications, the
bill read as follows:
BE it enacted 5y the Senate and House
Of Representatives. Of the United States Of
america IN Congress assembled, That
from all laws and parts of laws, prescri-
bing the qualifications of electors for
any Office in the District of Columbia,
the word white is hereby stricken out;
and that from and after the passage Of
tfii> uUt IiU ptiSUu SIIdII - dlSqudIIIlVu
from voting at any election held in the
said District on account of color.
Sec ,. and be IT further enacted, That
all acts of Congress, and all laws of the
state of Maryland in force in said Dis
trict, and all ordinances of Washington
and Georgetown inconsistent with the
provisions Of this act, are hereby repeal
ed and annulled.
A vote was then taken upon the bill,
which resulted in its passage, ayes 1l6,
noes 81! The ayes are all ''RepubIi-
cans" the noes are all Democrats, eX-
cept Anderson, of Missouri; Ashley, of
Nevada; Benjamin, of Missouri; Far
quhar, Henderson and Hill, Of Indiana;
Kuykendall, of Illinois; Latham, of
West Virginia; Phelps, of Maryland; !;
Randall and Green Clay Smith, Of Ken
tucky; Stillwell, of Indiana; and Van
Horn, of Missouri; just thirteen Repub-
licans, who voted with the Democrats
against the bill. Ere1y Republican n1e01-
Der Of Congress from this State UOted for
| the bill. Their names are A. A. Barker,
J. NJ. Broomall, William D. Kelley,
George V. Lawrence, Ulysses Mercur,
Geo F. Miller, J. X. Moorhead, Leon
ard Myers, c. O'Neill, G. w. Scofeld,
Thaddeus Stevens, NJ. Russell Thayer,
Thomas Williams, S. F. Wilson. Let
these names be handed down to the Ia
/ test pOsterity, on the roll of everlasting
infamy, as those of traitors to their race,
enemies to their country, and breakers
of the law of God, which separates So
cially and politically the white and
black peoples. Now, let the people
/ strike home. Now, let all men who
call themselve7 Republicans shake
off the shackles of party and step on
| like men to assert the supremacy Of the
white man. Do you believe in thi:
mingling and mixing of the races? Dc
you believe that God intended it to be
| so, when he created them different from
| each other? IfnOt, then leave the party
whose leaders uphold this doctrine
You must do this if you would be cleal
Of the responsibility which will rest
upon the heads of those who are striv
ing to bring about this black and white
/ revolution in society. For Gods sake
don't let yourself be deceived again!
AS a lasting record of the disgrace o
the Republican" party, we giveinfull
below, thevote upon the Negro Suffrage
Bill for the District of Columbia:
YEAs-Messrs. Alley. Ames. Allison, Ashley. 0.
Baker Baldwin, Banks Barker Baxter Beaman
Bidwell, Bingham, Blaine, Blow, Boutwell,, Bran
degee Broomall, Bromwel Buekand Bunday
Clarke Of Ohio; Clarke, of Kansas; Cobb, Conk
ling Cook. Cullom, Darling, Davis, Defrees, Della
no, Deming, Dixon, Donelly, briggs, Eckley Eg
glestOn, Eliot, Fansworth, Ferry, Garfield Gam
NELL, Griswold, Hale, Harding Hart, Hayes, Hig
by, Holmes, Hooper, Hubbard, of Iowa Hubbard
| of n. York Hubbard of Connecticut. Hubbard
James Humphrey, Ingersol, Jenckes Julian, Kas
son, Kelley, kelsO. ketcham, Latin, Lawrence, 0
| Penn; Lawrence, OF Ohio; Loan, LOngyear, Lynch
| Marston, Marvin, McClurg, Mercur, Miller, Moor
head Morrill,, Morris Moulton, Myers, O'Neill
OrIh, Iaihe, Patterson, ferhain Flke Flahts: Foin
eroy, Price, Raymond, Rice, Mass, Rice, Me )
, Rollins, Sawyer, Schenck, Scofeld, Shellabarger
| Sloan, Spalding, Starr Stevens, Thayer Franci
Thomas, Trowbrdge, UpsOn, Van Aernan, Val
Horn, Ward, Warner, Washburne, IN, }, Washburne
, (Mass.l, Welker, Wentworth, Williams, Wilson
(Iowa), Wilson, pa, Window, Woodbridge-ll6
NAYs-Messrs. Ancona, Anderson Ashley, (Neya
da), Benjamin, Berger, Boyer, Brooks, Chandler
Dawson, DennisOn, Eldridge, Farquhar, Finck
, Giossbrenner, Goodyear, Grider, Harding, ken
tucky), Henderson, Hill Hogan, Hubbard, ives
Virginia. Hubbell, IN. y, James NJ. Humphrey
johnson, Jones Kerr, Kuykendall, Latham, Leant
Marshall, Mccullough, Mckee, Niblaek Nicholson
, Noell, Phelps Radford, Randall (Pa), Randall
(ky), Ritter, Rogers Ross, Shankln, Sitgreaves
Smith, Sdllwell, Strouse, Taber, Taylor, Thornton
Trimble, Van Horn, (Mssouril, Voorhees,, Winfield
So.