New-York tribune., 1871-03-27
SOUTHERN OUTRAGES.
TIE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON KU-KLUX OUT
RACES.

RACES.
THE REPUBLICANS UNANIMOUSLY IN FAVOR or
IMMEDIATE LEGISLATION-Mu. sHELLABAR-
GER INSTRUCTED TO PREPARE A BILL on
THE sUBJECT-PROvISIONS OF THE NEW RE
PREssIyE MEASURE,
WASHINGTON, March 2G.-The Special Com
mittee Of the House. consider the Presidents KuKuN
Message have held several meetings and the Republican
members have unanimously agreed that some legislation
is necessary is therefore, proposed to report Dill
tomorrow or Tuesday, and the Committee have in
sructed Mr. sheabager to prepare the draft OF one for
consideration at their meeting tomorrow This bt!l,
which is already completed, will be simple and at the
time comprehensive, and will be founded princi-
pay existing laws Great care has also been taken TO
make its provisions wholly within constitutional limits
The first SECTION Is I'm the main taken from bill pre-
pared by Senator Frelinghuysen, and provides that
whenever the rights, privileges or immuntes, intended
TO be secured by the first section OF the.XlVh Amend
ment to the Constitution, shall he in any manner 1nlaw
fully infrnged withheld the injured person may have
action at law suit in equity any other proper pro-
coeding redress any state laws the contrary not
whsanding; and the several United States Circuit and
District Courts may take cOgnZance OF all such actions.
suits. aud proceedings Appeals from District t. Circuit
Courts allowed but the decisions OF the latter are TO
he final This section extension Of the Civl Rights
act. giving to injured persons the power TO institute
civil proceedings for redress in the courts as have
control OF criminal proceedings under that act.
The second section Is based the first section OF Shell
labargcr bill introduced I'm the House last Monday. and
also amp1cs and defines clearly the sixth section
OF Enforcement Act OF 1870, which, 1t is urged, has
almost entirely failed Of usefulness account of its
vagucness and generality. Uader the section, "a now
framed if any persons conspe within the limits of any
state to commit any act against the person. property OF
rights Of another which would be punishable rs crime
If committed in any place under the exclusive jurslc-
tion Of the United States. those persons thus conspirng
shall he deemed guilty Of felony, and be punished hy hno
or Imprisonment or both. If murder be committed in
pursuance OF such conspiracy, the guilty person or
sons shall on conviction, suI-r death The section
cnuncraes The crimes with come mnutenc's thus avoid
ing the objection on that to a the measures pro-
posed except that OF Cen. Butler Tr list ot crimes in
cludcs murder, homicide, arson, assault with intent to
hl. battery, larceny, &c.
Tnc third section IS tho most imp,ri1ut feature OF the
bill. tprovdcs that when domestic violence and dsor-
dcrs shall any State. and the shall Dc cauacd
by armed and organized bands, combined to commit
such acts strong 10 be suppressed by state author-
ties or whore such authorities. by Of being in
completely sympathy with such orgdniz'd bands. do
not rcprrss such disorders, then the President shall
without waiting to he called upon by the Governor or
Legislature Of such State issue hi, proclamation order
ing the dsbandi of such armed and organized bands
aud he shall the power and il shall be his duty TO
use the army and navy Of the United States to suppress
such disorder and arrest tie organized bands causing
them. I'm Pursuance Of such duty he may declare the
disaI 'ccd districts In insure ton, proclaim martial
law suspend the writ OF ha5e1s corpus therein and pro-
coed to tic suppression OF the violence aud punishment
of the orudag persons. Ts section also embraces tho
provision embodied in the Shoah1rger bil that whom
offnses punishable under this act are begun In one
United state, judicial District and completed in another
every such oGsusc shall be regarded committed in
either district, and may be inquired nto tried ana
dealt with tho same a. II wholly committed in s1id ds
trct Tie object OF this provision is to prevent the
escape OF KuKlut criminals by OF their habit oi
ri,pniu utl!yul acts i'm one district ard execui ng
them by associates u another; or, as n Tho recent MS
sssipi eases. by those from another State The on ~
tons of this section by its terms limited to the 1T OF
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