The enquirer southerner., 1874-07-17
ECOMBE DELEGATES AND
CIVIL RIGHTS.

As Messrs. McCabe and Cobb,
we hear, are denying their implicaN
ton in the legislation on the subject
of Civil Rights last winter, it may
not be amiss to give the public a
few extracts from the Senate and
House Journal, taken by the writer
from the Secretary of States office
and hence in every respect authen>
tic.
On the 18th of January, 1874,
as can be seen on page 296, House
Journal, Session 1874, Mr..
Houston Democrat) introduced {" a
resolution protesting against the
passage Of the CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
by Congress. Williamson, Radical,
offered the following as substitute
for the resolution:
" Resolved by the House of Rep.
resentatiyes, the Senate concurring,
that our Senators be instructed and
our Representatives requested to
vote for such bill as will secure
equal, CIVIL and political RIGHTS,
against all bills tending to an en~
forcement of social equality
The vote was taken on Williams
sons substitute as above, and it was
voted down, ayes 46, nays 50, as
follows:
For the substitute: Abbott, Bean,
Blythe, Brown, Brown of Davidson,
Bryan of Pitt, Bryan of Halifax,
Bryan of Wilkes, Brooks, Bum,
Cobb, Copeland, Carson, Cox, Dud-
ley, Ellison, Fletcher, Foster, &C.,
Is in number and all Radicals
Against the substitute 53 votes
were cast, all of which were Demo
Gratis.
Mr.. Jones, Democrat, offered an
amendment to the original rosolr,
ton as follows
Res0zved, That the General
Assembly of North Carolina do
most earnestly and respectfully Pc
tition the Congress of the United
States not to pass the Bill now
pending in the House of Represen.
tatives, known as the Supplemental
Civil Rights Bill, believing as we
10, that the immediate effects of
such law would be the suppress
sion of our public schools, for both
white and colored, the closing of
many of our houses of worship, the
ruin of our Landlords and hotel
proprietors, as we'll as the thorough
decentralization of our society and
the cause Of bitter strife between
the races"
From a thorough knowledge Of
the situation we are satisfied that
the bill would operate disastrously
to our best interests, and therefore
we prefer this our petition
Which amendment was adopted
and passed by the following vote,
ayes Is nays 25.
Noes, Abbott, Bowe, Bryant Of
Halifax, Bum, Cobb, Carson, Dud-
ley, Foster, Gilbert, German, Good.
wyn, Gray, Guyther, Hampton,
Hughes, Jones, Jordan, Heyd,
Lutterloh, McLaurin, Miller, Pas
chall, Scott, Sneed and Williamson
25, ali radicals.
Ellison noted for the Resolution
and afterwards moved to reconsid,
er. He opposed it, thus showing
the Radical party a unit for tht
measure.
1t will be seen from the foregoin,
that our Representatives, Bum ant
Cobb, were thoroughly identife,
with the friends of the Civil Right
Bill and supported it in every wa,
they could. The adoption of tn
amendment offered by Mr.. Jones
with Mr.. Cobb's vote recorde
against it, shows that he favore
the passage Of the Civil Right
Bill and hence would not protes
against it, and his vote on William
sons substitute shows that he vote
for the nearest approximation to tn
bill he thought possible Of obtain
ing. 1t is in direct contradictio
to official record, as we'll as the &C
tion of the Radical party of thi
county on the 1st of January, an
in the nominating convention, a
well as in private conversations
and frequent public speeches, W
say it is in direct contradiction {
all of these for Mr.. Cobb now t
say he does not favor Civil Rights
Our worthy Senator's, Alexande
(The Great) McCabe's, connectio
with the infamous bill, by which tb
white people of the South was hope
to be degraded and the purity {
their race polluted, can be shown il