Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1871-08-10

measures enacted by the Republican
party, during its ten years of power,
in behalf of the cause Of liberty and
equal political and civil rights 10 all
men, without regard to race or color,
will be matter Of useful information
to our readers at this time, and aid
them in coming TO just and correct
decision rs TO the party they can the
most safely trust hereafter.
The first blow at the 'Divine" insti
tuition of slavery was a lill, which he
came law in August, 1861, confsca
ting all property and setting free all
slaves used in aid Of the rebellion.
January 25, 1862. law was passed
prohibiting the use Of the jails of this
District for the Imprisonment of fugi
tive slaves.
The great measure emancipitating
! the three thousand slaves of this Dis
trict passed both houses of Congress
and was signed by the President in
April, 1862
On the 18th of fMarcln, 1862, bill be
came law folb dding and furnishing
the + turn Of fugitive slaves, coming
into our lines, lY naval and military
| officers.
March 6, of the same year, the Presi-
| dent had recommended the passage of
a joint resolution proposing cooper
alton between the General Government
and the slave States for the general
abolition Of slavery, on the principle
Of compensation to the owners. Dur
ing the month bill covering this sug-
gestion passed both Houses, and was
signed by the President April 10.
The bill abe fishing the long existing,
odious distinctions in this District
against the colored people, such as
taxing them for the education of white
children and denying them all benefit
from the tax, became law in May,
1862
June 18th 1862, the President signed
bill, which had passed both Houses.
prohibiting slavery forever in all the
Territories of the United States.
June, 1862, a law was enacted estab
fishing diplomatic relations with tie
republics of Liberia and Hayti.
In July, Of the same year, a law was
passed comforting upon colored per
sons the right to testify in courts o
justice, also, prohibiting the inter State
coastwise slave trade.
InJuly, 1862, q bill became Law
, emancipating slaves coming within
j our lines whose masters were in rebel
; ion and all slaves found in places cap
, tured by our troops.
) July 7, 1862, President Lincoln ap
/, proved a bill punishiBg the infamon!
practice of using the American flag
: : for the protection of vessels engaged
) in the slave trade, in open defiance. a:
had grown to be the practice, Of plaiI
constitutional provision. Under thu
provisions Of this act one Gordon, Gag
tured while engaged in the slave trade
was tried, convicted, and executed.
July II, 1852, q law was enacted
authorizing the enlistment and mill
tary organization Of colOred men.
l. September %, 1862, President Lin
. coin issued a proclamation declaring
/ that on the 1st of January ensuing
he should issue another proclaiming al
persons free in such States as might b.
l. named. And on that day the immorta
: declaration declaring all slaUes for
;. eccr free in Arkansas, Texas, Louisi
ana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida
l. North and South Carolina, and Viz
ginia was issued.
E, March, 1868, a law was enacted in
l. corpo rating an institution for the edu
cation Of colored youths, 10 be locate
% in this District, from which has grow
- - up the Howard University.
a A law was enacted in February, 1861
l. enrolling all colored men, whethe
slaves or not, into the national forces
50 allowing loyal masters bounty c
80 n e., orClc rf
90 duced to 500 bounty. But this Wa
50 wholly repealed in 1857.
50 On the 18th Of June, 1864, bill b.
... ~ came law placing colored soldiers o
80 footing of equality in all respec
80 with white soldiers.
30 June %, 1864, a bill was signed IT
50 pealing the infamous Democratic fug
50 tive slave law.
80 In 1864, q law was passed allOwir
50 colorcd men to contract for carryin
It. the mails.
n The year before the act was passc
prohibiting all distinctions on accou1
of race or color in the public conve
% ances of this District.
The law creating the Freedman
Bureau was passed early in the ye;
IS, 1865.
January 81, 1865, the famous thi
- teenth amendment to the Constitute o
-. which had previously been approx
-. -. by the Senate, passed the House
'~ Representatives forever abolishiI
- slavery in the United States.
=, - During this year acts were pass,
-. repeating the various measures enact
-. -. by the Southern States under job
-. sons rule, designed to re-establI:
-. slavery in another form, authorizir
=, - the disgraceful apprenticeship systel
Gs, the law in regard to vagrancy, and 4
thorizing the whipping of negroes.
The same year a law was pass,
.l5 . abolishing the system of peonage sla
10 cry in New Mexico.
ID In December, 1865, Il resolutic
hn passed both Houses of Congress c
nt' pointing the joint Committee on r
construction, to whom was ~referr(
$40 the credentials of all persons claimir
seats from Johnson's reconstruct
he States, and all measures in regard
reconstruction.
February 2S, 1866, an act was pass,
declaring that none of the rebel Stat
we're entitled to representation in Co
of gress until Congress shall have decla
,iP in ed such right
be be In April, 1866, the civil rights hi
ed which johnson had vetoed, became
ou' law by receiving the necessary tW