New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-10-29

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likes, and nobody has been hurt.
thing ON this subject, bit 3ii1iaJn 6avin,
been made to me, wsat to set myself RICH
on my vote. This, astiele thirteen of th,
constitution gives equal public rights ant
privileges ~6ach noa~ IN attshapt.is made I.
being open, these rights and privileges
| when denied, can be-ebtained tom tn,
tain them, It is now deeined necessary i
take away that right which has Away
| been deeoaed sacred by American citissnsl-
the right Of trial by jury. That point will
be the cause Of my opposing: this present
bill. l have met this question Of sOcial
equality at home. 1t 10 . pleasure to me t.
number many colored people among my
friende: among my strongest supportera q
on this question, and I have the. sstisfaction
Of receiving their support still. Twas very
much pleased to see . bill from Senator
Pinchback, according state aid to the extent
Of 81, 900, to enable q company. to Out
steamboats, on the river to Accommodate the
colored people. r cheerfully gave tfist bill
my support. and had IL been fifty Thousand
dollars asked for. I would have voted for 1t.
! cay to the eendtor: II your people have
quire, sistler for business or amusement.
You will have no difficulty to find boats.
theatres, hotels and railroada. But being
newly epfEenchised, y0u pride yourselves
particularly ON your poverty. Now, re-
peat, no man IL poor who hasr muscle and
industry and desire to work. I copsider
him among our wealthiest. people: T. CON;
the land; and these people. with the proper
safeguards thrown round them, with proper
legislation given them; NO doubt, will OBJ.
tain all those privileges which I, as one Of
the privileged class, do now enjoy was
glad TO see the Senator'S bill, establish
ing the mississippi Navigation CORpaAy,
and hope it will become law. / dent
know that l shalrever. travel BY it; don't
know that they would 1takeu me in. But
am opposed to this class Legislation as q
their benefit OF for the. benefit Of any other
class. Let each class stand on it's own
merits. II, 49,
Mr. Raglan: I am in favor of the passage
Of this bill, because it involves principle
which has agitated the country from the
foundation Of the government to this hour.
Various attempts have been made to settle
this question, but after the abieSt states
men whose names adorn our history have
put their ingenuity to the rack, aud 'ex-
hausted their invention, all the plans sug.
gested have proved . failure, and finally it
was turned over to the arbitrament of the
sword. 1t was the principle which made the
cannon boom on Fort, Sumter. and the
ablest decision ever given on this question
was given by CHIEF Justice Robert E. Lee,
when he handed over his sword to Ulysses
S. Grant. at AppomattOx Courthouse. After
this war has terminated, after we have fol-
lowed the boom Of the cannon of Fort Sum.
ter through three long years Of blood, and
after millions. of money has been expended
and half . million of lives sacrificed, and
the whole nation clothed in mourning for
the settlement of this question, to-day, it
puts in q vacillating appearance in the
Senate Of Louisiana, and tits opposed SIM
ply ON the one ground Of the prejudice of
one class OF citi1eps against apokher. 1t is
supposed that this constitution, which was
given to US by our forefathers. was intended
to lay of into Glasses our citizens, giving to
q certain portion Of them, because of their
complexion, certain rights, which were de-
MED to Others. The reason, therefore, why
favor this measure il, because it is impar-
tial in its purpose want the government
Of this country to be administered on the
principle whirhastnates the dominant party,
and that is. that it is not the color or pre-
vious cOPdi;iOn which makes thAman. Look
at Fred Douglass and Senator Revels; look
at the YInesidiDg Officer Of thisl body, and
then tell the . distinction ought to he made
against them on account of color. Degrade
ton and slavery went together. Separate
them. and the degradation sinks. It is the
condition in which they were placed by
slavery that occasioned the prejudice
against the negro. I am in favor Of this bill
because it is in support Of the principles Of
our gOvernWents and the principles of our
party. ] care not if it is constitutional or
not. 1t is . sentiment which lives in this
and which is paramount to the
If the constitution is against
il, l say have no respect for the consti.u-
ton, and have no respect for the govern
ment which has NO remedy for the insults
it offers or the wrongs it legalizee. % as-
Mr.. Barber called for the yeas and nays
On the adoption Of the bill.
Yeas: Anderson, Antoine, Barber, But
Ter, Coupland, Fish, Harris, Herw;g,
Hunsaker, 1ngraham, Kelso. Lynch, Nc
Millen, Nolan, Pinchback, Raglan, Swords,
Sypher, Twitchell, Whitaeyand N1lcox-sses.
Nays: Blackman, Bowman, Daigle, Futch,
rh0masy Thompson-6.
Absent: Campbell, Gallup, jerks, Pierce,
Ray, Smith and Todd.