The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-02-22


The whole city is alive with nremen.
The weather is bright, but bitter ccld.
There Is every indication that the parade to.
morrow will be very grand.
THE POLITICAL UNDERC GRRENT.
Tho Social Equality Bill nnts the Senate
Judiciary Commlttee-Warrn Work in
n Radical Caucus-Corbin Ercorlntcd.
A large number OF Radical legislators met in
caucus, in the hall Of the House Of Rcprcsen-
tatiyes at Columbia, on Wednesday evening
last, to consider the Civil Rights bill, as
amended by the Judiciary Committee of the
Senate, of which D. T. Corbin is chairman. We
take the following from sketch of tho pro-
ceedings Of the caucus published in the Column
bia Guardian:
Brodie was called to the chair. Equal
Rights" Jones' of Georgetown, came me. forward Saa
colored people in the same position they had
always occupied as regards their civil rights.
| On tile boats from Georgetown TO Charleston
they always had to take positions which were
| unbecoming men. He dwelt particularly on
the odious feature of the bill In the time liked
for it to 20 into effect, viz: first of May. Mr..
| Corbin might enjoy himself in choice seat at
| the theatre and all such places at any time he
pleased, but the colored people could not pre-
| sumo to do 30 until May. Then the theatrical
season would be at an end, ,and the privilege
! allowed be but cold comfort he complained
that Corbin and others filled their Golfers, and
| m trpf n0oifl0nS of OrOflt.
while they stabbed, as In this bill, coiored men
to the heart in treating them as mere chattels,
| not endowed with any regard for thelr rlShts.
RapsIer maintained that the bill, which had
been so mutiatel in the Senate. had been
drawn by competent man In the House.
After Two hundred and forty years OF VaSsal-
ace Of four and half millions Of people, their
rights, privileges and common inheritance hau
| been recognized. 1t was something monstrous
| that they were practically denied in this re-
port. If the chairman entertained any oolec-.
lions to the bill, he should have frankly stated
them II some sections were, 10 his view,
| inexpsdient, he ought to have proposed SUD-
stitutes for them. The course hc had taken
showed that he was not in sympathy with the
fundamental principles of the bill, and, IN re-
| porting it as it now stands, was either KnaVe
or fool. The language used by him as to the
fourth section, that 1t was an absurdity, Was
an insult He would not taunt him on account
of the heavy obligations which he owed to
him 1.-THE Speaker) and others for the various
| profitable positions which he filed. What more
concerned him was the odious Determinations
| of the bill against the black man. II contained
none against the white man, although lie might
| he as poor as Jobs turkey, that had never
feather on Its tall It marked the palpable deter
mination to give only back seats to the colored
| man. Corbin's profession Of Republcanism
| was but pretcnce. He disregarded those
who had elevated him.
Purvis, young eprig from Philadelphia,
thought the bred Scott decision went TO =
when Taney died, and that every principle OF
Southern chivalry which meant oppression
went with 1t. The American past was some
thing damnable 1t was part OF his education
to hate certain class of people. The meanest
man in the world Is Yankee who is not nom
est, and who affiliatGs with Southern Democ-
| racy. He would welcome the thunderDolt
from heaven or hell which would blast this
State to atoms If, having colored voting ma
| iority OF two-thirds it would allow such OBJ
| yious rights TO be denied its people. He Is q
fool or scoundrel who says otherwise than that
the principles guaranteed in the organic law
are those upon which the state rests. ie
should be scrupulously looked into and rlgldly
maintained. If q conductor on q train should
hand this bill to O passenger, Its meaning
would be that he must take the second-class
| Cur.
D. T. CorbIn was now called on, and smiling
| " came forward to make his defence. de SAID
that he was born, bred and educated Rep9o-
! lican; that lie had fought, blcd (but not quite
| dicd) for this principle He reviewed the sec
tions of the bill, replying to the Criticisms
| which had been made on them. fr. Foru.
manager from Baltimore, had appeared before
| the committee, and had represented the RUIN
which was impending over his head. The pas
sage of the bill would spoil his calculations II
it took effect at once. He was Interested to
the tune of SsOU0 or $4,000 month, Invested
in theallicals actors, salaries, lease, &c., and
| must of necessity suffer heavy pecuniary loss,
unless the bill should be 80 modified as to
suit the demands and accord with the sentl-
ments of the pleasure-Seeking, thealre,golng
public. It was concluded to let the Oil go
into effect the first OF May. In this way every
bodys bones would be saved.
Upon this Ranscr end some others ex-
claimed. ''let Ford 60 to -" that his ac-
! commcdation and his money ventures were
not matters of such public concern as that the
fundamental and vital principles Of Republl-
cansm should be violated to subserye them.
| For one, he was not willing That his vile
should be insuted till the first Of May 70 oblige
anybody.
Whippcr followed up this skrmishing with
regular attack. In the positions OF the Dill,
and in the speech OF Corbin IN their defence,
| he found an amount Of ignorance Tor which ne
was wholly unprepared. AS presented now,
|
all. Manager Ford must have thrown power
ful influences around the committee, dc.
| Whpper came out particularly strong rs u
lawyer in contesting the legal propositions OF
Corbin, as to the power OF requiring, forfeit
ure Of charter where individual rights had not
been respected by corporations and carriers,
the latter having maintained that charters
were in their nature contracts, The invlOiabili-
| ty of which could not be invaded.
Ransier offered resolutions expressive OF the
sense of the caucus, which, alter inlerlocutory
remarks of several members, and all elaborate
| discourse from Swails in defence and in eX-
PLANTATION of the prerogatives OF the Senate Of
which he is a member, were adopted. They
were condemnatory Of the bill, as reported,
and recommended 10 the Legislature to refuse
to pass it. 1t is said that there was jug of
whiskey on hand to influence the result, but
the resolutions went down anyhow, whether
the whlskey did it or not. Perhaps in spite Of
it. And thus ended all evening OF very
peculiar and spicy character.
THEPOPE AND THE FEEIANS.