Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-01-13
LOCAL NEWS.
The District in Congress.

| sumed the consideration of the bill to extend
| suffrage 10 the negroes OF the District of Co.
| nances the word "white"
| Dr. Davis, ofNew York, said that under GER
| tain restrictions he was not opposed TO extend
| ing the elective franchise in the District of To-
| lumbia; but he remembered that in 1860 the
| number of colored persons in this District was
| fourteen thousand, and in 1862, after the pas
| sage OF the emancipation act refugees came
| hither from Virginia and Maryland until near
| ~ thlrty-hve thousand were incorporated with
| the community. This accession was from the
| nMeia M ana plantation generally, who had known
| niue or nothing of civilization excepting the
| iash OF the master. He, therefore, submitted
| Whether IL was generous, wise, and eXpedient
| mar such a large lumber of such new residents
| should possess the right of unqualified suff-
| rage In his honest judgment il would be i'm
| proper 10 confer this right until inteIliganc ca
snail be enforced or inspired in this class He
| belleyed the black man was entitled to citizen
| ship, and therefore entitled to projection, and
| II was right TO extend the shield of the Cavern
ment over him, as over the proudest grandee
| OF the land. But citizenship was one thing and
| the right of suffrage another. Under ali the
| circumstances he was unwilling that unre
| siricted suffrage should be given the black
man, as proposed by the pending bill.
Mr.. Chanler, of N. Y, expressed his views
upon the subject. Suffrage once established
| here, the principle must hereafter include all
| the negro race throughout the United States
| This is a white mans Government and the at
tempt of Congress to govern the people of the
District Of Columbia by such radical measures
| &c ahdt NJ" pcnulnS was contrary 10 the Con-
stItution of the United States aud the spirit of
the Declaration of American independence
ne American sovereign is the white working
man, who acknowledges no master. But this
Dill proposed TO give suffrage and part in the
government TO the subjects of the dead King
Cotton, who was buried by the white yoIun-
teer forces. The Union is the emblem of the
triumph of the whi race, and should never
be surrendered TO the black. The arrogant
majority of the House, by this bill, were en-
acnng the same outrage which alienated the
Colonies no thar
lying the express will of the people of the Dis
trict of Columbia, who had so emphaticalIy
declared against negro suffrage. He had not
yet heard the question answered. what gain
would II be to the people OF the United States
to extend the elective franchise to the negro
here or elsewhere. There was no particular
necessity 1or extending ii at this particular
time In this District; and he apprehended from
the passage of the bill injurious effects To
immigration, as well as on the prosperity of
Mr.. Bingham noticed a remark of Mr. Chan
Ter, that those only are entitled TO liberty who
themselves strike the blow, and said a blush of
shame should have come on the gentleman's
cheek when he uttered il. Ii should not be
forgotten that General Mcclellan, when COM
manding our armies in Virginia, issued a
proclamation notifying the insurgents that if
any of their slaves should rise in revolt and
strike for their liberty, he would crush them
with his iron hand and his whole military
force And in view of this fact the gentlema1
reproached the negroes because they did not
strike for their freedom-traitors being on one
elut VI lItlI anu McNlellan on the other.
Mr.. Chanler replied his argument was not to
show that negroes were incapable of the blood
less deeds, but that no record of the black race
showed their capacity for self government
and never struck a blow for freedom and main
tained 1t.
Mr.. Bingham, in reply, said the negro was
the only race that ever hewed its way out of
chattle slavery to liberty without the aid of
any other. When the revolt in this country
broke out the blacks numbered only one-sixth
OF the entire people, but, notwithstanding they
QGnpTaflnnS liant in oal
miserable condition of slavery, when the word
liberty and emancipation ran along the line
they rose as one man, and one hundred and
thirty thousand of them arrayed themselves
under the banner of the Republic fought
bravely and firmly, and helped to secure the
final victory. He also alluded 10 the success
OF me negroes IN Haytl, now represented near
this Government.
Mr.. Chanler, in conclusion, argued that ne
gToes are race TO be kept under. They listened
TO MeClellan's proclamation and crouehed
Ihey We're unwilling TO assert their independ-
ence at the risk of their lives
Mr.. Grinnell, of Iowa, said he was, while in
the gentleman's (Mr. Chanler's) district in
New York, accosted a hundred times by white
mendicants, while in the District of Columbia
ne had never been approached Tor aims by a
In advocating the pending bill he contended
that the negroes earned the right of ballot by
their use OF the bullet during the late war
The blacks throughout the contest Were faith
full while many whites in this District sympa-
thized with the rebellion, and some of them
went Soutn 10 assist in the rebellion. He never
would prefer white rebel to a loyaI black
man. BY passing this bill the House would
lnaugurate the policy that justice is the best
safeguard TO civil society.
The House, without taking any q question. ad-
journed till Monday.
REORGANIZATION OF COURTS OF THE DISTRICT
Mr.. johnson, of Maryland, yesterday in
troduced INTO the Senate bill to amend an
act TO reorganiZe the courts in the District of
Columbia; which was referred to the Commit
tee for the District Of Columbia 1t provides
that the Supreme Court OF the District of Co.
lumbia shall have jurisdiction of all suits
brought therein against any corporation created
in any State CT Territory of the United States
engaged in the transaction of business and
having an Office or agency in the District, in
which the process of the said court shall be
served by leaving copy thereof with the
agent Of the said corporation at the office or
agency OF the said corporation in the District
OF Columbia, and such service shall be deemed
or taken TO be a sufficient service of the pro-
cess; and If such corporation shall not have an
office or agent in the District, but shall have
property, real or personal, therein, the court
Snail nave jurisdiction by way OF attachment
or warrant against such property in the
case OF nonresident individuals.
Sec. enacts that the Supreme Court of the
District as q court of equity, shall have jurls-
dlctlon and power to correct mistakes and en-
force agreements in the deeds heretofore made
In favor OF persons in possession of the land
intended to be affected or conveyed by such
deeds, in the same manner and TO the same ex-
tent as it has jurisdiction and power to correct
OF persons SUI juris.
Sec. provides that in cases of attachment or
warrant brought in the Supreme Court of the
District OF Columbia, the defendant shall not
have the right TO appear, and thereby have the
attachment quashed, without at the same time
giving security, to be approved by the court or
one OF the judges thereof, to the full value of
the property attached, or twice the amount of
the debt, to abide the event Of the suit and salts
fy the claim of the plaintiff
Sec. 4. That a copy from the land records of
the District OF Columbia of any instrument of
writing necessary TO the valid execution of a
power in reference TO the sale or appointment
OF lands within the District of Columbia here
tofore recorded, shall be prima fdcie evidence
thereof, whether the same was acknowledged
or not.
Sec. provides that any deed of lands situ-
ated in the said District, heretofore acknowl-
edged, or which may hereafter be acknowl-
edged before any notary public or any Justice
OF the peace in any State or Territory of the
United States, or before any consul or vice
consul OF the United States in any foreign
country, the certificate of acknowledgment TO
which shall be sufficient under the provisions
OF the said act, shall be good and effectual as
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