The weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 186?-1869, 1866-02-14


| sion appointed to prepare code for the gov
erpment Of FFeedmen) was put on its second
Pending the consideration of this bill, the
J sen3te.3M message, announced concurrence
| q tile proposition to elect forthwith Z Coulr
! eillor ofState. 81
The House having voted resumed the pend
| 5fifhe business.
Mr.. Faircloth moved to amend the bill by
striking out the word "pursue" in the LIST.
section.
This amendment was rejected after discus
sion and the bill passed its second reading.
A bill to prevent wilful trespasses on
lands and stealing any kind of property
therefrom," passed second reading.
IA bill to punish vagrancy," was put on
its second reading Sunfry amendments
were offered, pending the consideration OF
I which, the bill was referred to the Judiciary
COMMITTEES, together withthe remaining bills
( on. the subject of freedmen. sis s1as i'si
The Committee that superintend the
election of d Councillor of State reported the
| election of Mr.. R. F. Simonton. fssfst9s
THE House then adjourned until 10 o'clock
A. nj. on Monday next 4fi5 sl3
"a I'm reporting the amendment on yesterday
to 1sthe bills concerning Negroes, Indians
and persons Of COLOR The reporter stated
/ that :4les ~ ~
b Mr.. Fairclotfps amendment was further
amended, on motion of Mr.. Phillips by add
| ing at its close the following words: Ex-
Zeepting however from the operation OF this
4 provision all cases where a marriage shall
have taken place subsequently by the 26th
.day of April A. D.,i1865, according to the
forms of law 10rooidet further, that all such
persons shall have heretofore lived together"
= In this he was mistaken The amendment
was intended as an amendment to the one
offered by Mr.. Smith of Hartford, but was
neither finished nor offered It was copied
by the reporter through mistake.
| IMPORTANT EXPRESSION OF VIEWS
BY THE Observation-Disclosures
WITH A COLORED DELEGATION
ADDRESSES TO THE PRESIDENT BY
FRED. DOUGLAS AND GEORGE 7.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF THE
PRESIDENT-HIS VIEWS UPON NE
GRO SUFFRAGE FRANKLY AND
FULLY EXPRESSED.
|
This afternoon, the delegation of colored
Representatives from different States of the
country, now in Washington to urge the in
terests of the colored people before the Gov
vernment, had an interview with the Presi-
dent. The delegation was made up as fol-
lows:
Fred. Douglas New York; George T.
Downing. representing the New England
States Lewis H. Douglas (son of Fred. Doug
las) and VIM E. Matthew'S of Maryland ;
John Jones, of Illinois; John F. Cook, of
the District of Columbia; A. ]. Rayner, of
South Carolina Jos. E. Gates, of Florida ;
A. W. Ross, of Mississippi; VIM. Ripper, of
Pennsylvania; John NJ. Brown and Alexan-
der Dunlop, of Virginia; and Calvin Pepper,
| (white) of Virginia.
The President shook hands kindly with
each member of the delegation. 90.
ADDRESS OF GEORGE t. DOWNING.
Mr.. George T. Downing then addressed the
President as follows: at
r. We present ourselves to your Excellency,
to make known with pleasure, the respect
which We are glad to cherish for you-a re-
spect which is your due, as our Chief Magis-
trate. 1t is our desire for you to know that
we come feeling that we are friends, meeting
friend. We should, however. have mani
tested our friendship by not coming to furth-
er tax your already much burdened and val
liable time but we have another object in
calling. We are in a passage to equality be-
fore the law God hath made it by opening
Red Sea. We would have your assistance
through the same We come to you in the
name of the United States, and are delega-
ted to come by some who have mjustly
worn iron manacles on their bodies-by
some whose minds have been manaeled by
class legislation in States called free. The
colored people of the States of Illinois,
Wisconsin, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida,
South Carolina, North Carolina. Virginia,
MARYLAND, Pennsylvania, New York, New
England States, and District Of Columbia,
have specially delegated us to come
Our coming is marked circumstance no.
ting determined hope that we are not salts
fed with an amendment prohibiting slavery,
but that we wish it enforced with appropri-
ate LEGISLATION. This is our desire. We ask
for it inteliigently, with the knowledge and
conviction that the Fathers of the Revolu
ton intended freedom for every American,
that they should be protected in their rights
as citizens and equal before the law. We
are Americans, native born Americans. We
are citizens, we are glad to have it known to
the world, as bearing no doubtful record on
this point On this fact, and with confidence
in the triumph of justice we base our hope
We see no recognition of color or race in the
organic law of the land. 1t knows no priv
leged class, and therefore we cherish the
hope that we may be fully enfranchised, not
only here in this District but throughout the
land. We respectfully submit that render
ing anything less than this will be rendering
to us less than our just due; that granting
anything less than our full rights will l,e a
disregard of our just right, of due respect for
our feelings; if the powers that be do sc, it
will be used as license, as it were, or an
apology for any community, or for indivi d.
uals thus disposed, to outrage our rights an d
feelings 1t has been shown in the present
war that the Government may justly reach
the strong arm into States, and demand from
them, from those who owe it allegiance, their
assistance and support May it not reach
out a like arm to secure and protect its sub
jects upon whom it has claim
ADDRESS OF DRIED. DOUGLAS.
| Following upon Mr.. Downing, Mr. Fred
Douglas advanced and addressed the Presi-
dent, saying:
MIR. PRESIDENT We are not here to en-
Tighten you, sir, as to your duties as the Chief
: | MAGISTRATE of thia Renuhlic. hut Tn chow