Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1874-01-09

The House then resumed the considera-
lion of the supplementary civil rights bill,
and Butler, who has charge OF the bill,
moved il be recommitted, with authority to
report at any time. and spoke in support OF
his motion. =.
Wood IN. " thought the proposition,
suggested was trihing with the House and
with the country The time OF the House
had been consumed in the discussion oil an
impracticable question. to the exclusion oil
necessary legislation. ;.
Butler left the matter of the fruitleSS DIS
cussion of an impracticable question be-
tween Mr.. Wood and Mr.. Stephens OF Geor-
gia. He continued his speech at length
and was frequently interrupted with
laughter and applause. lie described with
great pathos the charge made by the 5000
colored troops under his command on the
| rebel Qualifications on the James river. and
said that when he rode among the dead
after the fight and saw their bronzed faces
turned up to the morning sun he swore an
oath ever to defend the rights and interests
Of that race which had given its blood for
him and for the country, and God helping
him, he would keep that oath. The preiu-
diees which he had had against the negro
up to that time all departed then, the old
time states right democrat disapproved and
he became a thorough negro-lover and
ayowed before the world that as long as
their rights were not equal to those OF other
men on this continent he was on their side
against all corners, and when those rights
were assured he trusted that there would
be as there ought to be united country
under one glorious flag. He appealed to the
members on the other side to get over their
prejudices as no had got over his.
l I,l e. hAsr ~
One of their representatives had Spoken
for>his country and race. They had shown
themselves in battle the equal OF whites
they had shown themselves as citizens dOclle,
quiet, kind, temperate and laborious ; they
had shown that they knew how to exercise
the right Of suffrage. for they always voted
right, voting the republican ticket, and all
the arts of hell and death could not per-
suade them otherwise They showed that
they knew more than their masters did, for
they always knew how to be loyal They
had knowledge, bravery, culture, power
and eloquence, and who should say that
they should not have what gave them equal
rights?
The bill was then recommitted and all
/ amendments were ordered printed.
/ Monroe (Ohio), from the committee on
/ education and labor, reported back ad
versely the resolution offered yesterday by
| SypAer (La.), directing army rations to be
/ issued for the relief ofthe starving people OF
/ the southern states. The committee
did not regard 1t a the proper
/ sphere OF Codgress to enter ON a
| general system OF providing for pauperism
| in the States ii this precedent was eStab
I li,hed it would soon be found that Congress
I had entered on the whole business of taking
I charge Of pauperisn generally throughout
/ the States. The report was adopted and the
committee discharged from further consi-
derati0n Of the subject.
MnnrOe, from the same committee, re
ported a bill to fill vacancies in the board
| Of regents Of the Smithsonian Institution a
/ follows Asa Gray of Massachusetts, in
/ place Of the late Prof. Agassiz; j. d.
Dana OF Connecticut, in place of Theodore
I D. " oolsey Henry Coppee of Pennsyl-
wanna, in place Of VIM. Il. AstOr, and John
Mclean and Peter Parker reaPpointed.
! After considerable discussion and suggeS-
tons by Maynard (Tenn.l of the name Of
/ Il. 4. W llumes Of the university OF East
/ Tennessee, and by Cox On. Y that of \.
I. Stewart Of New York, the bill a reported
was passed.
Mr.. llOar, from the same committee, re-
ported back the bill to establish an educa-
cational fund and to apply the proceeds of
TIE public lands to the education of the peO-
pie, and proceeded 10 address the House in
explanation and support Of the measure.
Donnan (lowa) opposed the bill, which
went over until tomorrow without action.
IT,. House N { o'clock adjourned