The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-23
AMNESTY AT LAST.
THE CONsUMMATIONOFA A TARDY ACT
OF JUSTICE.
Passage OF the Qualified General Ann
nesty BnI-Nn voto-Sumner's OWL
Rights Bill Emasculated and Praot1-
cally Killed.

WASHINGTON, May ~.
The Senate this morning passed the House
amnesty bill by a two-thirds vote, thus put
ting 1t beyond the control of the President.
The text of the bill is as follows:
Be 1t enacted by the Senate and House of
Representatives Of the United States OF
each House concurrlng therein, That all poliLi-
cal disabilities imposed by the third section of
the fourteenth article of amendments of the
Constitution OF the United States are hereby
removed from all persons whomsoever, ex-
Gept senators and representatives of the
Tnirty. sixth and Thlrty.seventh Congresses,
officers IN the judicial, military and naval
service OF the United States, heads OF depart
menls and foreign ministers of the United
States. >i.'
The Senate also passed Summers civil rights
bill, and 1t is now on the speakers table In the
House, but there are some fifty or sixty bills
In the order already ahead of 1t, and as 1t
takes two-thirds vote of the House to take q
bill from the speakers table out of the regu-
lar order. there is no possible show for lis
passage this session, as 1t cannot be reached
by the time OF adjournment, and the necessary
two-thlrds vote to take it out OF Its regular
order cannot be obtained. The. bill as 1t
passed the Senate reads as follows:
Be 1t enacted, That whoever being corpo-
charge, OF any public Inn, or OF any place Of
public amusement or enter. ainment, for which
license from any legal authority is required,
or OF any line Of stage coaches, railroad, or
other means Of public carriage of passengers
aud freight, snail make any distinction
as to the admission or accommodation
therein Oh any cilizen of the Uniled States, be-
cause OF race, color or previous condition OF
servitude, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined
not less than five hundred nor more than five
thousand dollars for each offence; and the
person or corporation 80 offending shall be
liable to the citizens thereby Injured Ia dam
ages to be recovered in an action of debt.
Section second. That the offences under this
act and actions to recover damages, may be
prosecuted before anv Territorial, District or
Circuit Court OF the United States having jn.
rlsdictlon OF crimes at the place where the of.
fence was charged TO have been committed,
with right of appeal or OF writ Of error In any
case TO the Supreme Court Of the United
States.
It will be seen that the Senate struck
out the clauses regarding schools, ceme-
terles and benevolent Institutions. As It
now stands, the bill applies only to inns,
licensed places of public entertainment
and amusement, and stage coaches, rail-
roads and other public modes of conveyance
for freight and passengers. The bill was so
emasculated that Sumner himself entered q
motion to reconsider The vote by which 1t was
passed. The bill extending the time during
which the President is authorized to suspend
the operations of wrIts of habeas corpus until
March 4, 1873, was also passed, q bare quorum
of the Senate being present.
. Sumner and Nye were the only senators
who voted against amnesty.
The President this afternoon signed the am-
.nosty bill Tho oNoaPtIan In olndaa about tu,,
hundred cases. The supplemental apportion-
ment bill passed the Senate and goes to the
President. Howe reported the House bill to
pay the awards OF the Southern claims COM
'mlssloners, with amendments striking out the
appropriations for a few small claims. If the
Senate adopts the amendment, the bill must
60 to the House again.