Weekly Trinity journal., 1866-04-14
Passage of the Civil Rights Bill over 'ne
Presidents Veto.

Passage OF the civil hiSh's
| Presidents Veto.
/ At half past six O'Clock on the evening Oh the
9th of April, the Civil Rights bill passed the
United States Senate by vote OF 81 ayes TO 10
NOES. Morgan, of New York, who voted for sus-
.s;,,c the veto of the Freedmen's Bureau bill,
voted in the affirmative on this occasion. NO
doubt is felt that it will be triumphantly sustain
ed in the House when the time for the vote ar
rives No more glorious triumph of the princi-
pies for which our soldiers so nobly fought du-
ring four years, and which being so manful-
ly sustained by the peoples representatives at
Washington, could be acknowledged at this time
While it sends thrill of gladness to the hearts
of those who as dearly cherish those principles
now as when patriot lives were being offered up
on the altar of the Union, we are led to wonder
whether it may not have tendency to recall to
sense of their duty those who, chosen to be the
standard-bearers of the freedom party, now pro-
pose to lightly cast aside all that achieved
in that tremendous contest, Terribly scared must
the Presidents perception be if he fails now to
discover that Congress, fully understanding the
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old Slave line, have determined to do it.
! We glory in the realization of this great vic
tory, and wonder how any friend of human lib
eIty and justice can feel otherwise. The meas
ure which calls forth this exultation has been
terribly malreated by some % constitution ex
Founders " in this latitude, and everywhere
where Unon-haters and nigger-shriekers have
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readers an opportunity of knowing what its pro-
visions are. Here is the Civil Rights bill
"SEcr1ox l. All persons born in the United
States and not subject to any foreign Power, ex
| Guiding Indians not taxed, are hereby declared
to be citizens of the United States, without dis
tintion of color; but the inhabitants, of every
race and color, without regard to any previous
condition of slavery or involuntary servitude,
except as punishment for crime, whereof the
party shall have been duly convicted, shall have
the same right to make and enforce contracts, 70
sue and purchase, lease, sell, hold and convey
real and personal property, and to have fall and
equal benefit of all laws and proceedings for the
security of person and property and shall be
subject to like punishment. pains and penalties,
and to none other, any law, statute, ordinance,
regulation or custom to the contrary notwith
| standing"
SEC. .. Any person who, under color of any
law, shall subject, or cause to be subjected, any
inhabitant of any State Territory to depriva
ton of any right secured protected by this
| Act, to different punishments, pains or penal
ties, on account of such person having at any
! time been held in condition of slavery or invol-
uutary servitUde, except as punishment for
crime, whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted, or by reason of his color or race, than
! is prescribed for all other persons, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor, and shall, on
! conviction, be punished by IL fine not exceeding
/ 81 900, imprisonment for term not exceeding
one year. or both, at the discretion OF the Court:
The third section gives United States District
Courts exclusive jurisdiction of cases arising
under the Act. and also, concurrently with the
United States Circuit Courts, of all cases, civil
or criminal, affecting persons who are denied or
cannot enforce the rights secured by this Act in
the judicial tribunals of the State; and if any
suit or prosecution, civil or criminal has been
or shall be commenced in any State Court against
any such persons for any cause whatever. or
against any Office, civil or military, or other
person, for any arrest or imprisonment trespasses
or wrongs done committed by virtue or under
color of authority derived from this Act
tablishng the bureau for the relief of the freed
men and refugees, and all Acts amendatory there
of, or for refusing TO do any act upon the ground
that it would be inconsistent with this Act, such
defendant shall have the right to remove such
Cdusc lOI iIlftl " tit plOpeI DiotiNI VI SllNuiI
Court, in the manner prescribed by the Act re-
lating to haJeas corpus and regulating judicial
proceedings in certain cases. The United States
Marshals and District Attorneys and agents of
the Freedm en- s Bureau empowered to prose-
cute under this hill. Severe penalties are
provided for all persons who may in any way
hinder the operations of It.
The fourth section provides that on all ques-
tions of law arising in any case under the pro-
visions of this Act final appeal shall be taken to
the Supreme Court of the United States. Moth
ing in this Act, however, is to be construed
as to afect the laws Of any State concerning the
rights of suffrage.
From IDAHo.-C. W Craig has received let
ter from II. NJ. McKenna, Esq, dated Idaho City,
March sth. Nc. says they have had another of
Governor Lyons - Italian winters no mining
had been done for the four months previous
Says a good many Trinity boys have determined
to put in next winter here-which we are glad
know Had not heard from John Clark and
D Meara since last Fall-then at Lewiston. Jack
Prisk at Mineral Point, Wisconsin, at last
accounts. The Democracy held meeting few
evenings previous to indorse the President,
which was addressed by Gov. Lyons and Frank
Ganahl. Says the Cops. have Jumped " their
Governor, and that they are welcome to him.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT HUMBOLDT Bay
While the bark Nahunteag was crossing Hum
bodt bar on the oath of March, the wife of Capt.
II. II. Buhne, an old resident of Eureka, by some
unaccountable accident fell overheard and was
drowned. When she was discovered to be in the
water first mate Lawrence, of the vessel. leaped
into the sea and twice succeeded in bringing her
within reach of the tug Mary Ann. Twice did
her husband sieze hold of her, and each time
was his grasp broken by the giving way of her
clothes, when she sank to rise no more. The
Times says her untimely death was universally
deplored.
OrL.-According to the Humboldt papers work
has been renewed in the different wells with un-
usual activity, and in some ins tances with very
iattering prospects. This summer will solve
the oil problem in Humboldt. If it is found in
paying quantities, that will soon become one of
the most prosperous counties in the State if not.
many hundreds of people will have been hoaI,,