New-York tribune., 1872-01-16
FeUALITY BEFORE THE LAW.

SENATE, JAN, 10, loiS'
Mr. President. Slavery, in its original preteh-
.en reappears the present debate AGAIN .ne 20
$50 ,yranpy stalks into this Chamber, denying 'oa
- - -, =. ,nc eoual rights promised by just eltzeR
a. some here thought slavery dead Ims Is ms
,ato II not in body, at least In spirit OF as s"V
,u sur country hideOus the ancient Vi'i"' S'V ne
amone us insisting upon the continued ueeIaudVion Vi
race Property IN has ceased TO exist Inc human
sucon block departed. No human being can call NM
.e,f master with impons power 20 separate husoano
and wife 10 sell the child from its parents TO smut OUT
she opportunities OF religion, TO close the ea'es VI
SuowleSe and to rob another human being OF ms aooE
.a all its fruits These guilty prerogatives are ended
TO this extent the is free No longer achste he
Is man Justly entitled TO all that is accorded b! Jaw
any other man. ~
suCh is the irresistible logic OF his position, Ceasns 10
ne slave he became q man, whose foremost right
Equality Of Rights The slave testideS the slave N'es
To this extent hi equality is recognized
@ForAL1Y BEFORE THT LAW
eu, tbs ia not enough. Much as It may seem com
pAred with the past when all denied II rs 700 n'e
because all Is yet recognized The dena OF ANY 's
isawrong that darkens the enjoyment OF al 'ho rese
1fse new made citizen is called TO uaNel ioi business
for he,t7h or for pleasure, but here MS t1as OeEn
Sroa acos or e public hotel which from the earliest
t.vs oi ,r jurisprudence have always opened bospta
bly t. she stranger close against him. ana tne lV
eOnv6 ances which the common law declares et'"S,!
trees, all olike have no such freedom foI NM he
~, perhaps
cfr1bc amusement. duly licensed oy Jaw Vim @ The anxs
tt same Ncrse discrimination is made w ~ cbd he
s ,1sTs o mon him the ucstmabe 6lessngs q
N6noaton and takes him ohtcI"nI'E my, t6e taxation 90
s6cL be has contributed but these doors m S ne arns
ne cc of me end TneTf n.ntne rs SossIacsm shows Itself 10
sy IN ne Of ESrsngpiace ON earth Two in
staIrsS occur which have been mentioned already Oh
-. enable grievance iusti6es the repetition. Ga,
c9..i, thc well known case Of Frederick DoOeHmsr
es roibcr commissioners already seated Oh boalG
n. President nose commission he bore. This casF, II
staar : Oscar James Dunn, late Lieutenant, ,Goyetn0S
a. go -iape i'm enc long Journey from LoulslahS W.. %
,Ce ordinary accommodations for comiof5 i 5I r.
yos urphcd o those Of another SKIN lhls utr uci@ Of
rahc uo only from the rank tut jhc chaiac' -
10, are famous instances but they are tyrSfd yrd III II
Frederick Douglass and Oscar James puh d't ~ oD
dnre alike the feeble. the invalid the educated Tue
sTipsIv nrSi'eRes Of the steamboat or railcar and
ds1Fes into vulgar sty with smokers eno luue p'
where the conversation Is as offensive a. 1n1 ~ sVn % ~
tbeh again az the road side inn are denied tat seIeI
nsa 9ouIi'hi9ent Without %dcn I o,,rage Extending
10 uneOunted ramcatOns throughout tue "Doie land
Massachnsetts. Not a state which does not need the be-
hign correction The evidence is ON your iaoie IN @ n1
petitions. do not use too strong language Wheh
95R%se TINS tyTanny as as a. d$sTadat9n 10 FCuay
III rights is not only the hrst OF rights Is an bAlou VI
GREAT ISSUE or rur WAR.
AZ MS mas additional force when f. known that This
Ves dom and self-eyident truth declared by faith
the great issue OF the war; recognized
pS leaders on both sides. Behind the cmbattled
aJu' IDEAS and the idea side was Equality
IN -, which the other side was denied The Ma
@ iiSP l,s ai @ III m e en r @Pe STssed equal h IRE ReP
psa s Of Mr. e daGSg9y wc S m@ SurS %a n s9
espresson in the open denunciaton the elfevident
f7'th declared ny our fathers as selfoyident Ae"
tle senate January n sCl IN that 'aTeweT sI re peei
II made
80 e'eS eth that We ars 70 be 4sELy'a js 5e E3S1 T., l
@ ~ 9. @ os Z s6 t S nsI MI, T5Sa9 & % s. @ ,ol ' ..s @ po on
b. ln,eksl 70 t % ~ ss1 % %SyVi coSgTee. & Second sa., %
Tie i.sGc thus made by the chief Rebel was promptly
TONED Abraham Lincoln. on his way 10 the National
S Sa: Sfpr9Sd at the pScdTS6H indePSndSHS
was which promise that tine The WEIGHT shond be-
shoulders Of all Hel and that al should have az .l0
Marx. If vou please, the simplicity Of tns Wteance.
Az sie TO have an equal chance. snd this be sad, is
00 Then in reply to Jefferson Davis, he proceeded:
ny 1@u.s can s country he sa'el on ibls ha.is nv cen
Iit ea3e 5e ave. ut5 hs pHncpie II Mi be tuiS sxtP
Ru, ep cannot be saved without giving ut hat prbTe va
cty,no tlrse words stn further solemnity he added
Ard thSn raising the national banner the
- sS ,, s. ri, ~, ss o' I9n w sl5 ,a.a1 e &, S.ss S... re
Ttus tne gauntlet dung down by Jefferson Davis was
tehenuP by Abraham Lincoln, who never forgot the
ne rcolndcr was made by Alexander H stephens
We, President of The Republic IN nottobe'f0Igotttu
h.sate % declare Of the pretended government that
foundations laid cornerstone ress upon tho
Truth that the negro Is not equal to the white
16en Eo,yng in his terrible shame, 10 added "This,
I new Government T. the first in the history Of the
EoIlG assd upon the great ply siesl philosophical and
jeced hv The first builders is become the chief OF
the corner"
To thi- untlushiug avowa Abraham Lincoln eplled in
voice for The Republic greater fsT than any victory
when tie said
Pom years sgo brought forth npop this
.esht Gf nat conceived Liberty and Dedicated tue PopO
Thus, in precise conformity with the Declaration was
announced that our Republic is dedicated to the Equal
Rights OF all, and then, the prophet President TO
sslIes 10 The great task remaining highly resolving
tha this nation under God shall have new birth Of
for S hS eo sSSa G not thf perish FSGf o ny the
esiu; The victory of the war is vain without the
60 the aN0matic sclfeyidcnt truth declared bv onT
tsiltfs, aud asserted by Abraham Lincoln
EXCUSES.
1he two show how irrational and utterly
ude-s is this pretensiOn. They are on par viii,
tbe JrctensOn ts one is that the question s Of soci
tH nd not OF rights which is clearly misropresepts.
ton and the other Is that the separate arrangements
crowded for cooIcd persons constitute substitute for
eSoalty IN me nature Of an equivalent; sn OF which is
clearly cohtriyanCe. II not trick there could be
"a snosu'oe Tor equality Of this first excuse IL Is
uiheull 70 sptdk WIN patience, ii s baTefaced Inis
approximation, and wherever IL shows isef nust hc
Treated as such There coorod person who does nor
resent the lnputaOn that he is seeking jnfrnd hin
r'f socially ANY where. This question ~ sEc,it"
ao question o social LIE; question of social e0uali
Hu5 body knows what this ueHns The object
Equality before the law, term which erulains ;,dy
Now thc Law does not presume create or Jeelta
s,lial relations no respect ntect.d
pending Each person whether Senate, ~ ~
zen always free "a choose who shall be his friend ~
bsst ate hs guest. But nobody prCteuds that E0uaitv
iirs non Of society. And permit say that E1u.i
n,a - al. ~ huons created "r regulated by bW, Is as