Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1867-05-11

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Jury eligibility II Is not In The civil
Right, bill. II Is nat IN The Military GOV.
eminent bill, nor In that hill which u SUP
Elementary 10 H., II by my stretching or
pulling either Of the bills named, or my
others, can be made To cover the circular
10, then the bill 80 strained can he MS read
lily made 10 cover the cOmmOnCst nets and
most necessary duties Of life. When the
President granted his amnesty and pardon
which he did under the plain statute Of
Congress- he did nm act TO which the Gov
crnmont Of the United States pledged its
faith and it's honor now comes the Com
mrnding General Of Texas, and with n sim
gle sweep of his pcn-with his diclum
sweeps away the law Of the lnnd-the de-
cree Of Congress proclaimed and affirmed
by President Lincoln. "Gcnomls rush
where men fear TO tread, Tho Civil Rights
Bill was devised to protect weakness, not
to Cypress the people
BY what law is this power to decide ques.
tons of property and life conferred upon
newly cmancipated race, still in all the
darkness of ignorance? Surely not by
section two Of the Civil Rights bill, which
the General quotes; for to strain its words
so as 10 include the negro would axe them
include every man, every woman, every
child, sane, insane and idiotic, save alone
criminals, Such loose and illegal intcrprc-
'ation will surely not be contendcd FOR.
If the negro is entitled to sit on the jury
in Texas he is equally entitled to the same
privilege in Ohio, for one law extends over
all the States.
Our objection to n negro juror is not that
he is black, but that the great majority Of
the race have not the necessary intelligence.
When the negro becomes accustomed to the
rights already conferred, and is capable of
exercising others, then let them he granted.
The commanding general cannot appoint
one Of these newly qualified jurors, or one
of their race with but one exception, to the
humblest office on his staff. Somewhere in
the army list, there is we believe negro
surgeon, who stands alone, the solitary
representative of his race, among the COM
mssioned officers of the Fe leral army
The effect of this order is to close the courts
lock their doors snd substitute military
commissions, upon not one of which can
the Commanding General appoint negro.
Where is the consis tency Of his appointing
negroes to sit on juries, when the United
States army will not trust them with the
power of trying even persons of their own
color? IL n
1t is the common statement of military
officers, as can be proved by dozens of or
ders, that the new made freedmen are igno-
rant of the commonest circumstances of
daily life their oges, their connections in
life, their domestic duties and relations to
each other. Let us draw pictuIe The
courtroom-Jndge atrous-the cause that
of the G., II. & II. r. r. Co., Messrs. Bal
linger, Jack and Grey on the one side, Mr..
Hale on the other, and in the jury box, to
complete the picture, place twelve planta
ton hands, not one of whom can read or
spell his name, not one of whom knows any
thing beyond the rules of a cotton field
Let us imagine, if we can, anything more
ludicrously ridiculous than those gentleme ell
discussing either law or fact before such a
jury.