New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-04-03
NETWORK, MONDAY, APRIL 8, 1871

and Constitution at all 90 He then maintained mat
IN e re was sufficient power to protect etsns an an
rom the earliest day OF our history to show tnn .
lie said that the act OF Ts5 authorized President Washing
tonto call out the militia 10 suppress armed
that he might also employ the army and navy for such
purposes President Lincoln in 1861, called out seventy
act of 1895 The discretion In the law was left to the Pres
ldent now at the Of the late rebellion
Il said there was no authority to pass such bill
that under consideration and that II laws were passed 10
project the people every the Constitution would dc
overturned and ruin and anarchy would be brought on
the Government and country that they much loved
IL Congress could not laws TO proteethm In all the
rights privileges and immunties guaranteed by the Con-
sttu0n how was he to be protectedf Unless Congress
could pass such laws, the Constitution was OF no value
whatever. The General Government was supreme over
and above all and the Constitution conferred all author
ty upon Congress TO execute the laws and enforce the
guarantees contained in that instrument without any
power standing in the way OF their enforcement.
Mr. LEWIS Dem, Ky) said this bill was OF unusual
harshness and aimed not only at his own state, but tho
Southern States generally, and nimcal TO our free
institutions He did not wish to deny that disorder ex-
ised In some parts Of the South, but he wanted the
offenders TO be punished according 10 the forms and pro-
visions OF the law.
Mr. WOOD Diem, N " sent up and had read an ar
tce from The Nen York Erenirg Post OF Friday repre-
sentng that the boys IN the public schools al Fall River
Mass were in the habit of carrying firearms and threat
ening TO shoot those who offended them. -
Mr. WOOD said il there was anything which could in
duce him TO violate the Constitution would be Tor the
purpose OF suppresSng outrages and kuhiux In hass
Mr.. NIBLACK Dem, Ind) sent MP tooe read an am
davt received from Iowa. signed by o. Cage with REFER
ence to remarkable outrage, whether by KuKlux MI
Nblack could not say, but 1t was something OF that
character The alaDt rectes that he was born In New,
York in 1922 that he the victim Of demons who mad
complete control of him, making him do things against
Is feet HIGH black and have tails behind; their
appearance is naked and Shameful their words are un-
were eight years ago, and continually growing In
size; they are the beasts spoken OF in Revelation
Mr.. sHANKs Rep;, Ind inquired whether his col
league was connected with that society. H.
Had hot ha aN n
as an evidence OF Ku-Klux outrages
Mr. ELLIOT ReP, 8. G, soloTed) argued tnat tne
Tee to every state republican form OF government.
This duty imposed without condition precedent
wero ntmidated and prevented from tho exercise OF
their rights, and II domestic violence was permitted TO
Constitution. 1t objected to by the Democrats be-
struck at their southern friends. He did not
wish TO be considered offensive when he quoted from the
poet,
He read from the speech Of Robert Toombs from news
paper articles &c. to show that Democratic employers
aud professional men, in South Carolina act in harmony
In ostraczing the Republicans and otherwise iIyurng
the coiored race even TO driving them out OF the State
He also referred to book Of testimony to show that
there were murders In the I'D congress Distct st
rights of citizenship conferred upon them by the Com
sttuton and voted to sustain the present Admnltra-
ton. The bill before the House would tend Ia some
degree to suppress KuKux outrages In the South and
protect both white and colored men from violence
merely because they expressed their political opinions
The negroes OF the South had been called barbarans
but ne would ask who were the barbarians, tho muir
derers or their victmsl He thanked God that In the
darkest chapter OF the history OF his race there never
anything dark tho crimes which now disgrace
that section Of the country.
Mr. SMITH Rep., n. " said that gentleman on his
side OF the House could cherish the thought that his own
conscience the great party that stood behind him
would him for wagering at this critical moment
any fear that By the passage or this bill harm might
happen TO the great party which rules the country lie
made bold 10 say that genuine and wise staiesmanshp
could be summed up In single word applicable alike TO
a party, nation, individual, namely-there ls no
path safety but the path Of duty The duty incumbent
on the majority OF the House 10 guard the ber
ties secured and to enforce the amendments 10 the Con-
stitutlOn.
The House at II took until u o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
Mr.. BLAIR (Dem., MOI argued that there
was 10 evidence whatever that any STATE was endeayOr
ing 70 defeat by legislation, the exercise Of the rights
confirmed by the XIIIth, XVIII, and XVIII Amendment
TO the Constitution. This not being the case, Congress
individuals for the amendments mentioned States and
not individuals IN that connection.
Mr. RAINEY rep, s. C., colOred) said remedy was
needed FOR existing evils In some OF the southern States
but especially I'm the State he had the honor IN part
10 represent. After the there was Willingness 20
submit but not appreciatng the clemency OF tho Coy
eminent rebellion again raised its hydra head in
Defiance hiding under the shadow OF the night In the
executing OF its bloody work, numbering men for no
other than because they were RepuDncans when
they found the Of justice paralyzed they were com
peled apply TO the Federal Government TO come 10
the aid OF suffering people. 1t was hard that these
men, devoted the Unon should be made TO suffer be-
cause OF their adherence to the party which had served
the Union IT would be burning shame n they were
not protected in their Constitutional rights III they were
vote with the Democrats, opposition Wouo Cease anu
their rights be recognized. Adjourned.