Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-26
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDTNG.

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p '''o' Mr.. SIMMER, rom Committee On fnp Dis
y aslriet Of Columbia, reported with aInendnienis
7' tiunsg hill 20 simplify nc conveyance % real
~ ektht0 10 the Dlstrict Of Columbia.
Mr.. Hamilton, from sanu committee, re-.
ported fIotao brl 20 repeal preamble Of the
act 70 Incorporates The National Theological
t,aI Mr. shermaf, ironi Finance Committee, ro-
ported with hniendments bill 10 lncorporate
tho United Loan and Trust Company =
~, W; sherman called up bin appfopriailng
" the Wilbcrforec UniycrEIty In Ohio W.
Mr.. Ferry wished success 10 dis and all
inshtutlons Of learning, but he was opposed
70 establishing thla principle Of Congress max
Ing appropriations Tor the support Of higher
lnstituiions 81 learning, for II once begun
there Is no telling where Il would stop. He
also opposed this dlyisiou Of the money Of the
ra iEeedmans bnrean ftgnl the South, whore Il
inyidlous distlnelicn ioappropriate thls money
iupt for tho reason that this was aii iustltuliUn
for the education Of coored youths. hsl a.
HfW Mr.. Sawyer said The specific rcaeou and q
VERY good and sound reason for giving this
money 70 tho Wllberforco University, was he-
no Cause it educated young cslored mon and
women 70 be teachers, and who, whom edu-
. , y Gated, returned 10 the South 10 teach the
" children Of u eir own race. UlCl
Hi1UT Tho bill was then passed-yens S. nays II .
In The report Of the committee Of conference
b on The bill 70 enforce the right of.citixena Of
2 the United States TO vote IN the several States
81 thls Union, and for other purposes, other
raai-wlse known as the fifteenth amendment bill,
, was taken up, and Mr.. Casscrly, who bad the
floor II the adiournmen. yesterday concluded
lila IL 1Ilfl0NltOu d .NNNN .NiH
lA1 Mt eanisbnfy asked for division Of the
point Of order made by him yesterday after
q noon thattlie confurence report could not DO
~ rccelyed because Il contained new matter.
The Vice President oyerruled the point Of
w order q lt-i ID DIV =
80, M, Bayasd then. TOOK the floor. He said
this bill had seen the light for the first time
ttmerc moekcry. Il graspod the whole control
Of elections and Disseminated against tho
whltoface inlfavot d, the colorod race. Il is
prcmedltated engine for the destruction Of
az State governments. You TAXA control Of the
whole police power Of tho etalca o. election.
This bill Is fun Of penalties, yet haa no penalty
ga for that most aagitious OF all misdemeanors,
g, .he taking o. , tslAe cath TIC Whole design
So He asked the country TO contemplate the out
fNgcous severity Of the fines and penalties Of
this bill. This Is an act levied chiefly against
the Southern States Of this country. ulF
This bill WIN create armies Of officials who
s' win be glad 10 be rewarded from the public
treasury, and n fhe people OF the North arc
not affected BY the ihlqsticc 70 their fellow:
citizens 81 Che South, they may be Influenced
by Tho TACT that lbdy have yet topay for this
sport that the pocket nerve will be Touched.
This bill will produce nothing bnt dbeord; II
l.syfl-aow Dragons teeth ia this land, and
. although he hoped armed men would not
spring up, rs In the old Greclan fable, yet he
feared that they would. This blll Is intended
.Ftto produce contention and disorder In order
& TO Afford a prctext for a further stretch Of
Mr.. Salisbury characterized the Republic
.Ftcan party rs most revolutionary power,
which had suhycrtod the Constitution. After
denouncing The political legislation OF Con-
b., sciye for Whatpurposcs tho Almighty had al
I'd lowed this party 90 exist. ID s 9taF
Mr.. stewart who by ngreement was 10
and the country that dc power OF Congress
was 10 be asserted for the benefit Of 80 down
trodden people Of this country.
He had mover believed II the good faith OF
tho Democratic leaders when they announced
thtif adhesion 10 the fifteenth amendment and
their opposition 10 this bill only confirmed biz
suspicious; but the fifteenth amendment
. Jy0lld be enforcod Tor all time. fIUfU
''hh fiis bni would b no harm 70 any one who
waA not, dlsposed, " violate Tho provisions Of
that amendment. He again congratulated
the Senate and the people that were not only
the rights Of the colorcd race not 70 be h.
yuded but that also the rights Of the Chineae,
another race, who had been cruelty dis
eliminated by the laws Of one State Of tbi'
Union CCmiforniN were hereafter 70 be pro
tected. The most cruel oppression had beer
visited upon those poor Chinese, and this bill
would stop H. and although the senator from
California Mr.. Casscrly had talked for hoIn'
In this hill, aud had objected 20 this 10th acc
tlon protecting the Chinese because y hal
not been debated, and why did he not debate
Just because he dared not because bis 70
II specialize cdnaitaehts Al homo would no
Justify him, and then this cry which had toeI
raised against the sections intended to pro
vent fraudulent voting, and the assertions
that we have no fuith In the people. w
have unlimited faith in the people, but non
In the great city * New York, which VIC in
g'at tend ~ prevent hereafter, Lot The Demo
.. cratic party DO a Democratic party II IA want
e have =, any an, chance, ~ ! cease ~ oP p,
auof the colored people, let Il bow 10 the laws
and there win b NO trouble. 4A,l Trtf
Mr., Sherman desired 10 make a persona
explanation In reference 10 certain remark
made by his colleague, Mr.. Thurman, whlcl
he Thought were nrcalled for and unoourteous
After Offering tho amendments intended Y
prevent fraudulent voting IN New YORK, whlcl
were Afterwards adoptcd, he had been takel
quite III, aud after consultation with his col
league representing 1he Democratic aad III,
Senator from Nevada, Mr.. Stewart wh'
had charge q the bill, I was agreed that u,
non saturday! He had thch gone homo snip
posing anadj tournament would soon take place
but the arrangement was obleeted % BY thl
fisp sUsaee sssS Satsrsod z ' Ss Is
f-Senea rs Il hn had run away, but ylci1 ~ III
S-wes,f this arrangement had mot teen Ipadl
the khould not have LETT HIS collcAeaeliai
had made y q he stfsngth Of the Dsmo
cratic party OF New York city being In tn
pcst-houses, and had construed thAt remArI
X applying 70 the whole Democratic party o
He 1Mr. an knew mat the Democrats A