Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-02-15
SPICY DEBATES.

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Tie Supplementary Civil Right. bin Of
Mr.. Sumner. being under consideration in
the Senate OF the United States last week.
Mr. Carpenter. radical, Of Wisconsin,. of-
fercd substitute for Il which provides,
substantially. that whoever. being cor
poration or natural person and owner or
in charge q sny public inn or Of any place
Of public amusement or entertainment from
which license from any legal authsrityy
Is required. or Of any iiae Of stage coach
es. railroad. or other means fSr the public
carriage of passeneerss or freight. rsf any
cemetery or other ~behevoIent insiiiution.
or any public school supported at public
expense or by endowment for public use.
shall make any distinction as 10 the ad-
mission or accommodation therein Of anv
citizen Of he United States because Of
race color. nationality. or previous con-
dition Of servitude shall. upon conviction
thereof be fined not less than $500 nor
more than IS 900 for each offence. TO be
recovered, one half for the use Of the Tn
itcd States and one-haf for the use OF the
complainant
The second section provides that the
complain, may be prosecuted in any Cir
cuit Court or District Court Of the United
States having jurisdiction in the place
where the offence is alleged TO have been
committed
Mn C,nPESTER said the difference be-
tween this and Mr. Summers hill was in
two points frst. the substitute omitted
all reference {" churches and second. it
based the right Of Federal interference
upon the fac, that the institutions were
supported at the ruhlic expense and not
a~ Mr. Summers bill did, upon the mere
fact of Incorporating.
Mr. Norwuod( Rad. +. Ga } argued inst
Mr. Suuncr'< amendment rs uncoustitu-
I tirua' and calculated to nullifv the laws Of
several cf the S'ltcs prohibiting the inter
marriage of blacks and whites. He though;
! Mr Carpenters substitute also uaconsti-
tulonal, and said that he woull base his
vrte a.aius, both amendments on that
ground.
Mr. Wilson (Rad Mass J snid he would
vote for Mr. Summers amendment. Just
because il went 81 far. and in the cIcare>t
and r,o>t positive manner made all dis
tinctions on account Of color Illegal in tie
United States The question of inter
marriage raised hv Mr.. Norwood hal been
settled in Massachusetts, thirty years ago.
That STATE hal repealed her law on that
subject at tha; time and all the prelic-
tons of the dreadful results that was to
follow had -icnallY fniled. A great deal
/ had been heard f,r years about the sure-
/ rioritv nf the white race and the marked
distinction between the whites and Hacks;
hut everywhere abundant evidence was n
hr sccn t'a. those distinctions had often
been diSrcCardcd. Tie wished TO sec all
laws based on difference Of race abolished
rs unchris;ian, inhumau. and unlemocrat.
ic
Mr. Pomcrov Grad. Kan. } hoped tha
the reopie nf Georgia and Other Stat,
could be trnStci to choose their wives an,
husbands without the intcricrencr Of an,
law. He objected to a phrase used b,
Mr.. Wilson-..the different races of men.
us-kIss- hut one race-ihe human
race.
/. Mr. Anthony (Rad.. r y hoped tha
Mr. Sumner would accept Mr.. Carpenter
amendment, cxempting churches from III,
hill. lie would vote Ia give the cnlorcC
people all civil rights, but be would no
vote ffr a bill comforting or denying or il
aaS way interfering with religious rights
Mr.. Sumner (Rad., Mass advocated
his own bill. and called Mr.. Carpenter
substitute an cmasculatcd synnnyme-fce
! bic whore tho original was strong, and in.
comple;e where the original was cnnp pleic
tie ehjecs~a ae-recisity,e % the omission frcn
the substitute Of the provision enforcing
the admission Of colorcd citizens to the
jury box The Senator { Mr.. Gurpenterl
had attempted to distinguish between the
right to testify and the right to sit ms q
Juror. he (Mr Sumner cared not whcth
er the right TO sit as juror Eas politi.
cal or civil right. Il was enough for him
to know it was a right to which all men
we're entitled BY the law of nature and hv
the Constitution Of the United States in.
terpreted nv the Declaration Of Iniepen.
dcnce. He saw that Senator Carpenter
smiled: he always smiled when the De.
,claratlon was mentioned.
Mr.. Carpenter--It was a smile of ap-
probation. Isru"hter
Mr. Sumner-Veyy we'll but not con-
tent with striking At tho colored citizens
in the temple Of Justice the Senator sets
up distinction in the church, distiuc.
ton. how ever. in which he is no, orici.
nal. for hc has been anticipated bv IN,
Rev. Petroleum v Nasty, who reports
his congregation 10 have sung on 4 certair
occasion this hymn:
i ''Shsr riggers black ,hi. land possess.
/ And mix with us up here7
Oh, no, mv friends we rather guess
Wen never stand that erel'
daughter on the floor and in the gale,
ries } Sir. Ask YOU ii that is not the Sen
a:es's speech DO not know tha, neet
say any more.
Mr. Carpeuscr-oh. yes; GO righ, on
:. Laugk.er)
Mr.. Samner-I will. as the Senator in
si,es me. He sets himseR Up here as
, representative os caste In the Christian
. church. and while espousing tha, caus,