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Thursday Morning, January Is. 1874.

FtDetcl XII Out representative III AOH
gress. The sentiments expressed meet
she warm approval of his constituents
We regret that our space will not per
nit the publication Of the entire speech
His just rebuke of the negro, lsansier.
has been the subject of some bitter ar
sieles in Northern journals, bat we are
sure the constituents Of Mr.. Harris
fully approve OF his course in giving
she rebuke which Ransier deserved
Mr. Harris, Of Virginia. Now, Mr..
Speaker, I know the objection that will
occur to the mind ofevery gentleman
on he other side of the House, and of
every one who differs from me on this
question. They will say this is preju
dice unjust prejudice. Admit that it
is prejudice, Yet the fact exists and
you, as members Of Congress aud leyis.
lators, are bound to respect that preiu
dice. 1t was born in the children of
the South born in our ancestors, and
born in your ancestors in Massachu-
btttH tudt tile 60 OitG uldu Was inner
Tor to the white.
MIR. Ransier. I deny that.
Mir Harris Of Virginia do not al
low you to interrupt me. Sit down !; l
IN talking 10 white men; am taking
- gentlemen.
Mr. +. r. lIoar. | call the gentle
man from Virginia t. order. My point
81 order is that when member ceases
to address the whole House he ceases
to have a right to the floor
The Speaker pro teyapore. The rule
requires 3 gentleman to address the
Chair.
Several members That's right.
''Mr. Harris, of Virginia l did not
desire to be interrupted, and the per
sop who interrupted me was out of or
der i'll doing SO. Imerely made side
remark to him in reply. The gentle
man from Massachusetts should begin
correcting the evils on his right and
not Oh his left
The speaker pro tempore. The gen
tleman will proceed
air. Harris, Ct Virginia. Yes, sir.
| thank you, aud will do So say, sir,
that prejudice may exist, but it is a
natural prejudice, prejudice that God
himself placed in the hearts of southern
children aud the southern people, and
It becomes us to consider that preiu,
dice in our action here 1t is for YOU.
gentlemen on the other side of the
House, TO determine whether you will
invade the lunativ asylums of my State
and intlict an injury Oh the unfortunate
and already inflicted inmates of those
institutions 1t is for you, gentlemen,
to determine whether you will not only
invade the asylums for the insane, bnt
drive the poor children of Virginia and
OF the South from the public schools,
expelllng the little orphans with fair
hair and blue eyes, because they have
been taught by God and by their moth
ers that colored children are not their
equals. VIII you invade the institu-
tons for the deaf, dumb, and blind and
force the colored race into those insti-
tuiions when there is no necessity for
1t, when our State has provided for that
class In separate schools and in separ
ate institutions
Slr, turn now to the University of
Virginia, and call upon Massachusetts,
il, indeed, she has left in her any of
the spirit Of her noblest patriot and
greatest statesman, John Adams, who
was the friend of Thomas Jefferson,
the founder eff the university. Will
you invade that institution, which lies
at the foot OF Monticello, where rest the
honored remains of the author of the
Declaration of Independence?
Sir, he founded that institution, and
he loved it and cherished it while liy
ing and he desired to have the memo
ry OF his connection with that institu
ton preserved in his epitaph. You
remember, sir, the inscription upon the
tomb at Monticello, dictated by him in
life: ''Here lies Thomas Jefferson, the
author OF the Declaration of Indepen-
deuce, and of the bill for religious
freedo l, and the founder of the Uni
versity Of Virginia. Sir, that universe
~ was founded by Mr.. Jefferson after
conference with his old friend, John
Adams; and now the descendants of
Adams come here and seek to break
up that institution by thrusting into il
a race whose admission neither Mr..
Adams nor its founder for momen,
contemplated.
Mr. Speaker, if this system of ,egis-
lation is carried out it will sooner or
later prove the downfall of our Gov
eminent History repeats itself, sir,
and proves that no people will long
endure such unprovoked oppression
without all effort to remedy it. Thank
God. these questions rise above party,
and reach the hearts of men as we'll at
one end OF the county as the other
There can be 10 sectional struggle,
but it will lie q contest in favor of the
sovereignty of the States, the rights of
TIE people, and republican govern.
ment in fact as well as in name
When that day comes, woe to them
who laid their sacreligious hands upon
the CoDstitution-the bulwark of free
dom = and trifed with the liberties of
generos people: they will find revenge
as rapid as the whirlwiud and as mer
CHESS as the angel of death.
Sir, | say to gentlemen on the other
side OF the House that no man desires
the prosperity Of this Government
more than do. or more than do the
constituency ihaye the honor to repre-