The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-09-04

| ar .arra,pn abe authors of this resolution
frphe INDIAN III Democratic ConyentionI toi
gross isnorance OF the ciril.righs BILL. II
| does moi stake control Of any OF these
places. but simply makes il q penal ofience g
depriye a nero or his equal oYmtentl @
| these institutions 5eeaaae OF bib race and
color. If. colorea, children enjoy the: sq,tal
BENEFITS off 2 tie common schools, though an
separate schools, he czciE-1zghss P'A 's com q ~
Piled nth y i. .5.5,.l 81; ....!s.
This is an absolute: back. down, and alb the
more scuryy since it Is coupled with a false
accusation sof his advcrsaries. The civil
rights bill provides TINT the negro shall +, be
secured In g the full aud equal enjoyment Of
sstbe saflccommoda tions, advantages, facilities,
sand privileges Of inns; public -conyeyances
+ on land lor water; theatres, and other
4 places Of public amusement, and also loi
scommon schools and public institutions p. y Of
ifiearning on .beneYolence supported in
A.#aole-e f in part general taxatiep, and
Z of cemeteries7so supported, and also insti-
Z buttons known as, agricultural colleges
/. endowed BY the UNITED STATEs;;", and
further, that any person, whether land nd !;
lord, conductor of q railroad, captain of a
steamboat, stage driver, or schoolmaster,
who shall discriminate between . negro and
white man or woman, s9shall be deemed
E guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon con-
& viction thereof shall be fined not more
g than one thousand dollars, or shall be in i'm
"prisoned not moreAhan one yesr." a:a ..'ts
And yet MORTON declares that under this
bill The negro is not entitled to the equal en-,
joyment of common schools If separate
schools are provided forihim, and that in
such case schoolmaster may discriminate
between the negro and the white. If! this
construction be SQUAD, it applies equally to
other establishments, and, as the New York
World justly says, Sit follows that the civil.
:. rights bill is complied with if the negro
f.eDjoys the. equal benefits of inns in sepa,-
6 rate tnns-:tn equal benefits of public
6 conYeyances IN separate conueyances- 1.-The
4equal benefits of theatresin separate tea-
: tresAthe equal benefits of public institu.
ft;ons Of learning, or beneYolepce an sepa-
& rate insftuttons-th equal benefits oil
f public cemeteries en- separate cemeteries
%the equal benefits Of agricultural colleges
fin separate colleges! aBut who has ever
& denied these priviIeges.to the negroS he
Fenjoys them now, and the bill, if itrequires
9 only this, can have no reason Of existence
But, every one can see that it requires
more than this. 1T enforces the white ana
black mixture every where, and MORTON is
guilty Of a dishonest dodge in saying that 1t
does not. -
Ills quite encouraging to see TIE effect OF
public sentiment, and the pretty wei! uh.
derstood attitude of General GRANT on this
subject. MORTON, one of the most obstinate lih}
yet zone of the most spacious of Radical
statesmen, is compelled to back, out OF his
position and TO make concession which is
fatal to the civil.rights bill. In Congress,
several efforts were made to put into the bill
an amendment to make that bill declare that
coIored people should enjoy the, equal rights
of education with the whites in separate
schools; but BoUTwEIL, FREIIseHuY sEE, and
Others opposed the amendment as being in 2,
admissible. It.would DE. destructive to the
rights of negroes, and would make the bill
SO offensiye:to them that they would repu-:
date it with contempt; boutwell, declared
that he especially desired black, and white
children to be educated together in: order
to break down the prejudice Of whites against
blacks, and to divest the whites Of any feel
ing of aversion to the negroes. Where was
MORTON then? u.s. l.,aHh Ggasue1. ]
We look upon his assertion that the bill
did not contain the mixed schools feature as
q clear proof that a victory has been gained
over. the bill, and that it is dead dead.
But doRTos's dishonesty will not help him
in tbe-West 5ar .2tt1 t.