The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-10-23
sare U-s FROM the Degradation.
PIE CIVIL RIGHTS BuL-wHAT is IT?

rHE CIVIL RIGHTS BU.L-wHAT Is IT?
This bill has passed the United States
Senate. II Is now D.GOTe the HOUSE, OF Re-
preSsutatives. The elections il Eovr,uh.r
VIII determine its fate. Wha: does this hin
propose to do? Il is iuteUti5d to override the
right OF tho people Of the States to PASS laws
Ia govern Themselves It forces bva law of
Congress, the children of white parents to
associate with negroes rs their equals in the
pu"ilc schools. 1t forces the officers Of col
.eg-S and institutions of learning to take
negroes rs the equals OF white students II
forces hotel Keepers to put the white guests
III the same rooms and beds occupied bv ne
groeS. II forces the managers of cemeteries
10 bury the negroes side bv side with the
whites. 1t forces the managers of theatres
and places Of public amusement to seat the
negroes by the side Of the whites r. forcas
the churches built by the money OF white
people. and congregations which suunort
them, 10 give 4 negro any seat he demands
II forces the managers of hospitals 10 pat the
negroes in the same room with the whites
The penalty for violating any Of the nroyi-
Sous OF this bill is 4 fine Of one thousand dol
t|f'S, ip,pri-2 aTeHt Tor one .ecr and Ave kun-
oTcd dollars to every negro who SUES for his
rn"Ieiy. The provisions of this bill a7piv to
al til" states North and South viii the
white fathers nOthrrS sisters and bro: hcrs
III PeuESYi wanna favor this oi 0uS law? The
negro have the Same political rirhfs povv
~ the White iNen. Our German. Irish Enr-
h>h, and all other n1turJizeG citizens hare
no s'c special tegislCjica for t.e5y benefit Tbcv
must tax. care Of themselves. Shall the
negro be the ONLY CLASS Of pcOpl> who are
20 have special laws for their beiieft? Isfhe
Lcsro TO have special privileges enforced nv
special laws, aud the white man made, to nav
aud 90 10 prison If he Objects?
The civil rights bill, This is what It Is
We appeal to the white race. to the men
and women OF the W hte race to repel. with
svery iniiUence at their command the at
tempt of the Radical party 10 degrade them
to the level Of the negro
To force the White race down to an
equality with this inferior people is an in
dignity and an absurdity which blinds DO
uiical stupidity, actuated by the desire 10
/ mold political power at any cost of dccsDcv
: or honor, alone cIn explair
ne most maUStrouS provision of this
civil rights bill is that 7rAteh 1iyg,3Bs 7.9,,o
q 6ritc OF ire hUadrsd dollars t1 ,,ros.c,lte
.6aS, end falpyiS0n tie aoLjfe man bec1,,s,
Re Is ,chjts.
We assert without fear Of denial from,
the Radical party. bold as that party is in
assertions of falSchOodS, that never before
in any civilized State was such law as
The civil rights bin ever proposed to he in
flicted or The people. law which gives
the negroes special privileges as a class.
aud imprisons the majority. the white race.
10: refusing 90 accept such vile political
scheme to maintain in power party which
cannot obtain majority of tho votes of
the white citizens to accomplish that pur-
pose Is degradation. not legislation
That American citizen who viii nat
MAINTAIN his OWN race and blood against
the Radical party and its negroes and the
e;V'i nights biii, is utterly unworthy of The
sIp'!'uS heritage which the Revolutionary
r1l'losS OF the white race staked s'their
.'EeS, fortunes, and sacred honor" 90 OBJ
tain for him