The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-23

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decided in the affirmative. Yeas, OIL,
nays so; not voting, %.
The report was on call for the yeas
and nays agreed to. by a vote as fol-
lows, in the House:
Vote for agreeing to the - az r,
| report ..........-...-....-.... 10 - - %
| Vote against..............--. AZ 90
Let it be remembered that twice as
many Democrats voted for the report
as there were against it, while more
Union men voted against it than for
| il. and not one7fourth of the Union
members voted for it. The increase
of nav was first moved in the Senate
by Democrat, Mr. Riddle, and in
the House by a Democrat, Mr., Mi
black ma d3;W a,flshgs-T} ri snu
It is only just to say that the mile
age is cut down one-half, and the ex-
pense to the Government is not so
materially increased. But / voted
against the scheme of increase because
it was Objectionable in itself, and be-
cause it introduces system of extrav-
agance which may induce other de-
partments to demand increased pay.
For one demand the repeal of this
increased compensation, and will adj
vocate it, and introduce bill for that
purpose unless some more influential
member shall do so.
| And now, fellow citizens, you may
examine the Globe from one end to
the other, and you will not find my
name recorded once In favor Of the
increase of any salary, or the creation
of any new Office or expense to the
Government. di W
/ do not doubt but Gen. Schenck
will again, at the next session, urge
the passage of the liberal provisions
of his bounty bill. If he does not, /
will. j will never cease my efforts
until justice is done to the soldiers in
this respect, and that | know is the
position of the Union members of
i Congress. 0HEEo .0ts T.fsE
Congress PASSED the Civil Rights
Bill, about which you have heard SO
much. The President recommended
it substantially in his annual mes
sage. He saidas9q lo a.19 q .ao3l
THAT good faith requires the SCI
eurity of the freedmen in their hber-
ty, their right to labor, and their
4 right to claim the just return of their
labor. / cannot too strongly urge a
dispassionate treatment of this sub
iect, which should be carefully kept
| alOof from party strife. t5Ge 8s
Before it was passed, it was sub
mitted to him, and he ute red no
word of objection until after it
passed. fsa hsg
And what is the CiUiG Rights .Bill2
1t simply provides that whatever of
Eve civil rights may be enjoyed by
any class of citizens in the States and
Territories, shall be equally shared
by all. These five rights are: sa'7
81. To make and enforce con
tracts. l3l
20. To sue, to be sued, and to be
parties.
3. To give evidence.
"A. To inherit, purchase, lease, sell,
hold and convey real and personal
property. ~.
IS. To be entitled to full and equal
benefit of all laws and proceedings for
the security of person and property.
1t does not affect any political
right, as that of suffrage, the right to
sit on juries, hold office, &c. This it
leaves to. the States, to be determined
by each for itself. It does not confer
any civil right, but so far as there is
any power in the States to limit, en-
large or declare civil rights, all these
are left to the States.
And who will object to this? Trait
ors and their sympathizers only. s
Yet, no law was ever so much mis-
represented as this, ia
I The rebel sympathizing papers of
the North are publishing the false
allegation of Mr.. Doolittle recently at
Madison, as follows: sog sse
II Now, suppose that the people of
Massachusetts, believing that it was
an evil to allow colored men to marry
white woman, prohibited intermar-
riages. This law of Congress steps
in and declares that law to be a null
lily. ~ .bG
H. This is a specimen of the false logic
/ and fact we are treated on this law
| The President contradicts this SANDER
| in his veto message Of March 9th.
/ He says: a.ld soe5i-
t. I do not say that this bill repeats
! State laws on the subject of marriage
between the two races, for, as the
whites are forbidded to intermarry
j with the blacks, the blacks can only
| make such contracts as the whites
themselves are allowed to make, and
therefore cannot under this bill enter
| into the marriage contract with the
whites ga to5 $ ~.
Much, also, has been said against
the Freedmen's Bureau Bill.
/. General Grant, in his report to the
President in December last said:
SIN some form the Freedmen s
Bureau is an absolute necessity until
civil law is established and enforced
7 securing to the freedmen their rights
and full protection. " tne