The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1870-03-10


/ There was no excuse for referring the
! present matter to a committee There
was nothing to show that Reyels was not
an inhabitant of the State from which he
came The evidence OF his election to
the Senate was the very best that he
could present. The objection that he
was elected before Mississippi was en-
titled to representation had no weight,
! because the organization OF the Legislature
and the election Of United States Sena-
tors were legalized in the admission of
the State.
Mr.. Davis gave notice of his intention
10 resist to the last the admission Of the
two men, and in the conscientious els
charge of his duty he would interpose an
objection at every stage of the proceed
ilges. Never before in history had
tcolored man been elected to the Senate,
bllt the sword Of a dictator had opened
I the way Tor him, and but for that'sword
he never would have been presented here.
This man never was and never would be
tie choice of the PEOPLE OF Mississippi
Moreover Revels was not q citizen, as
shown by the dred Scott case. lie held
that Congress could not confer natprasl-
zatiOn upon man.
Mr.. Sherman said that he would in
form Senator Davis that 20 years ago the
Supreme Court of Ohio then composed
mainly of Democrats, decided Revels to
be citizen, the court holding tina
The words "a white citizen meant one
nearer white than black. Revels was IN
Guided in this decision and voted in Ohio
1 Having once enjoyed citizenship, it corld
not now be denied him.
Mr.. Nye expressed surprise to hear the
4 bred Scott decision cited as authority
for the senate. He looked upon that de-
cision as an outrage upon the constitution
and the rights OF the people, and 1t bad
been rebuked by the grandest uprising
Of the people OF any age. lie (Nye)
believed thatcolor never did and never
4 would make the man. He rejolced in
that long looked for day when the theory
! of the Common brotherhood Of man wa,
to take form and substance. lie implored
his friend DAVIS to cease feeding upon
husks, and come up to his Republican
fathers house, whore there was bread
enough to spare Laughter.I
! Mr.. Davis replied that the Senator,
and every other Senator, was fully as
much preiudiced against negroes as he
himself, II he had any at all He had
not seen the honorable Senator, Nye,
waiting upon colored Dluah to q bali,
or exhibiting his galantry before darkey
wenches. He had not known solitary
Senator, of all those who were camorou>
in favor Of the rights of the Negro and
tue equality of the races, who had payed
court to any fair Black Swan, or offered
to accompany her to the hymenial altar.
i daughter When the honorable Sens
: tor, or any of his associates on the Re
4 publican side, offered TO practice what
j; tey preached, then he might be treated
as amenable to the charge of predjudice
against color, because he never could CON
sent to do any Of these things
{ Mr. Salisbury obtained the floor, but
|. Yielded to q motion to adjourn, which
was carried. Adjourned
1 We give the following from the Chica-
? go Post after the admission of Senator
Revels, promising that the Post intends
to be witty as we'll as truthful:
Senator Revels took his seat in the
Senate, ON Saturday, Feb. '26thl and went
to work very much as white Senators 60
to work. He arranged his desk, drew
his stationary ard his mileage, and then
went to franking Documents That is al
fir as he got in regular Senatorial pro
gramme on Saturday. We trust that il
as far as he will get at present, though il
must be confessed that there is greai
danger in the fact that so imatative {
creature as born darkey has been put
into the next seat with Zach. Chandler
: Of Michigan. Unless Revels places {
! break upon his mimicklng nature, VT
shall soon hear Of his squirting tobacco
Juice at a three rod mark, of his drinking
demijohn of whisky day, ana of bis
hugging all the pretty white
Ichambermaids he falls il
I with at sight! For the sake O.
his race, however, we trust that sRevel
Will be content with such white accom-
: plishments as he has already acquired
But we beseech the Vice-P President, fol-
: the sake of all he holds dear in the color
ed humanity, and by all his past record
of feality to colored progress that hC
take Revels from his seat by the side o
Chandler, and put him between Sumner
and Wilson There his faculty for imita
ton may fairly run riot, and the country
!, will still be safe.
Revels is a good specimen of mixture
of the Caucasion and Negro Races is {
well educated sensible man, and will d.
credit to the State that had the goo6
sense to elect him. Some years hence the
above articles and others like them may
be looked upon as romances rather than
as truthful history.
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