The weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1869-18??, 1870-06-01

Passage of the Bill to Enforce the XVI. Y
AmendmentI
We received on yesterday afternoon the
following telegram, announcing the final
| passage of the bill to enforce the XVIII
amendment Thebili now goes to the Presi-
dent, and beyond doubt will become law.
The telegram is as follows:
WASHINGTON, May 81, 1870.
Hon. j. w. HOLDEN,
Editor Of Standard: fa
Bill to enforce the Fifteenth amendment
Just passed, ten minutes after 4 p. ID. Ayes,
one hundred and thirty three; nays, lily
eight. Strict party vote.
This is one of the most important bills
ever enacted by the American Congress
We have referred to it hitherto, and expect;
to publish it in full, when rceive'l as III
passed.
Among its features we cite the following.
amendments adopted in the Stpatc, as re-.
ported in the Congressional Globe:
| Mr.. MORTON. desire to submit tho FOB
lowing amendment, to come in as the i1ltlh
section of the Senate bill:
| And be it further enacted, That if any per-
son shall prevent, hinder, control, or intimi
| date, or shall attempt TO prevent, hinder,
control, or inHmidate any person from ex'
ercising or in exercising the right of suf-
frage to whom the right of suffrage is secur
| ed or guaranteed by the fifteenth amend
mcnt to the Constitution of the United
States, by means of bribery, threats, or
| threats of depriving such person of employ
mcnt, or occupation, or ofejecting such per-
| son from rented house, lands, or other pro-
| perry, or by threats OF refusing to renew leas-
| cs or contracts for labor, or by threats of
| violence to himselfor family such person "a,
offending shall be deemed guilty of q INSIDE
| meanor, and upon conviction thereof shall
be fined not less than $500 and be imprison
ed not less than one month and not more
than one year."
The yeas and nays were ordered; and be
ing taken, resulted-yeas So, nays y
| Mr.. Pool. desire to offer 9H emenl- =
ment, consisting of TWO sections. II UNDER
| stand that the amendment which has been
adopted on the motion of the Senator from
Indiana has been inserted as section FIVE. If
so, desire these to be inserted as sections
six and seven:
And be it further enacted, That if swO OF
more persons shall band or conspire togeth-
or, or go in disguise upon the public hi Oh Z.
way, or upon the premises of another. with
intent to violate any provision of this
act, Or to inJure, Cypress, threaten, or
intimidate any citizen with intent to pre-
vent or hinder his free exercise and enjoy
ment of any right or privilege granted or So
cured to him by the Constitution or laws;ofi
the United States, or because of his havio;:
exercised the same, such person shall Ta:
held guilty of felony, and on conviction
thereof, shall be fined and imprisoned; the
fine not to exceed $1,000, and the imprison.
ment not to exceed ten years; and shall,
moreover, be thereafter ineligible to, and
disabled from, holding any office or place OF
honor, profit, or trust, created by the Con.
: stitution or law of :hc United States.
Andbe it further enacted, That if in the
act of violating any provision in either of
the two preceding sections any other felony,
crime or misdemeanor shall he committed,
! the offender, on conviction ofsuch violation
of said sections, shall be punished for the
same with such punishments as are attached
to like felOnies, crimes and misdemcaDars
by the laws of the State in which the Ut
J fence may be committed.
, |. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The question:
is Oh the amendment moved by the Senator
from North Carolina, to be inserted as Sec
} lions six and seven of the amendment offer;
ed as substitute.
The amendment to the amendment, of
fered by Mr.. Pool, was agreed to.
The following amendment, also offered by
Mr.. Pool, was not adopted, although it
should have been:
"Mr. Pool. l move to strike out the
twelfth section of the committees amend
ment and to insert in lieu of it the follow.
ing:
And lie it further enacted, That the Prcsi
dent of the United States may employ in
any State such part of the land and naval
forces of the United States, or of the militia,
as he may deem necessary to enforce the
complete execution of this act; and with
such forces may pursue, arrest and hold for
trial all persons charged with the violation
of any of the provisions of this act, and en-
force the attendance of witnesses.upon the
examination or trial Of such persons"
1t will thus be seen that the government
is determined to take active measures against
secret and disloyal organizations. Woe IN
to those, who have defcd the law and com
mitted political murders. Day by day, thu
overwhelming proofs of their purposes art
made apparent, and they will yet reap thu
harvest which they have sown.