New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1872-09-19

, An amendment to the civil appropriation bill
declaring the coastwise slave trade abolished
forever NJ. Buckalew voted nav.
February 8. 1854. An amendment to the
) Constitution was proposed, declaring thai
Everywhere within the limits OF the United
States all persons are equal before the law
so that no person can hold another as a
slave" On motion to postpone indeh.
nitely, Mr. Buckalew voted yea.
February 1864 The Senate passed
the enrolment act, making ''all able bodied
male persons Of African descent" subject 10
enrolment, the same as white Mr. Bucka
lew voted nay.
February %, 1864. Garrett Davis moved
to discharge all colored troops from the
army. Mr.. Buckalew voted yea.
April 5, 1864. Garrett Davis offered as
an amendment to the Constitution that IN o
negro or person whose mother or grand
mother is or was a negro, shall lie citizen
of the United States, or be eligible to any
vii or military 9TH =. or to any place OF trust
or profit under the Uni ed States. Aud t.
this Mr. Buckalew voted yea.
April -, 1861. Mr.. Summers resolution
that colored troops should receive the same
pay, clothing, and bounty as other troops
was adopted Mr.. Buckalew voted nay.
June u 1864 Tn. Senate passed the
bill allowing colored persons to ride in the
street cars in the Distric. Of ColuEn oia. Mr.
buckalew voted nay.
June 70, 1864. The Senate adopted Mr.
Summers amendment that no witness shall
be excluded as witness in the I nited State 8
courts on account OF color. Mr.. Buckalew
voted nay.
July 4, 1866. The Senate passed the spe.
cial war income tax. Mr. Buckalew voted
nay.
There is not a colored man in the State
who can read this record without feeling a
just Indignation at the uniform hostility dis
| played by Mr.. Brckalew toward his race.
! They will have little trouble in deciding
which of the candidates for Governor they
will support--choosing between the uniform
hostility Of one and the patriotism that sent
the other TO fight side by side with the col
ored troops for the preseryatisn of that free
dom which Mr.. Buckalew so steadily voted
against in the Senate.
THE CLAIM OF THE STATE AGAINST The Ma
TIoNAL GOVERNMENT.
During the war, and particularly in 1868,
Pennsylvania expended about 100000 in
pay and equipment of emergency troops
upon the reqnistion Of the United States
Government. This gum could not be repaid
without an set of Congress, and Governor
Curtin and W. IT. Kemble, then State
Treasurer, accordingly went to Washington
city, and by their personal effort procured
the necessary legislation. The bill readily
passed the Lower House. One hour before
it came up in the United States Senate the
gentlemen we have named went to Mr. Buck
alew, who was then in his seat, announced
that the Pennsylvania bill would be reached
in few moments, and asked that he should
speak and vote for il. Mr.. Buckalew picked
up his hat and left the Senate Chamber and
did not return until the bill had passed
finally through the cordial support oc SeIa.
tors from ether States, Mr.. Cowan being
absent on account of i'll health This bill,
of such vast importance to Pennsylvania,
passed without q Senator from Pepnsy lvania
in his seat Mr.. Buckalew refused to vote
to refund to his own State nearly million
of dollars spent in subsistence of her citizen.
soldiers, simply because it icas so expended,
and he now has the unmitigated audacity to
ask the loyal people of Pennsylvania to elect
him to position occupied by patriots, and
reserved to men who were true to their coun-
try during all its perls and adversities. The
| soldiers will remember this at the polls in
| October.
| GENERAL HARTRANFT AND HIS ACCUsERS
The examinations Of the Democratic
party that have been hurled at General
| Hartranft, designed to fasten fraud and NAL
| feasance in Office upon him, have passed
harmlessly over him, and will only rebound
to the injury Of those who originated and
gave them publicity. A brave soldier and
most exemplary citizen, he has been pur
sued with bitterness and determination
that betrays unmistakable evidence of jeal
ousy on the part of certain parties who
would still be considered Republicans and
a fieudish purpose Of the combined opposi-
ton to misrepresent facts and place him in
false position before the people. They
have seized upon
THE Evans CASE
/ to promulgate falsehood and SANDERS against
| him, but General Hartrsnft has met them
with such an array of facts as not only to
| refute all ISLANDERS, but to place him self
in such an attitude of justification and high
| integrity as to increase his honorably. earned
popularity with all intelligent and fair
milded people. The charge that he should
have collected the State claim against the
National Government, as its proper fiscal
agent, is met by the fact that in 1861 Con.
gress passed law that no money should be
paid by the United States Treasurer to any
one but the Governors of the respective
States, or their duly authorized agents, for
''enrolling, subsisting, clothing, supplying,
equpping, paying, and transporting troops
| to aid IN putting down the rebellion. 1t
| therefore became necessary for Governor
Geary either to go to Washington and col
| lect the State demands, or that an agent
should be appointed under authority Of the
Legislature for that purpose. The Legis,
lature, by joint resolution, granted that au.
| thority, and George O. Evans, through the
influence of John W. Forney and other
prominent men in Philadelphia. was ap
pointed the agent of the State. The follow
ing is the letter addressed 20 General Hart.
ranft by the Governor after the appoint
ment of Evans:
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER,
| HARRISBURG, Pa, March 20, 1870.
Hon. J. F. Hartrantt, AHdisor Genera, of
Pennsylvania;