Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-10
BILL CRUTCHFlELD'S BLOW.
How lie Worried fhe (itiI Rights
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EeIhnhIs Appeal, July 5.
There was never sharper blow de-
iivered than that Given Ben. Butler ana
his faisilt and friends OF the Eastern
aristocracy by the member of Congress
in the Chattanooga district The Jolly,
nervous mountaineer was seemingly the
most ardent friend of the Civil Rights
bill. He sought, ut all times, to force d
vote upon th measure. He tortured
poor Maynard most cruelty. Maynard
never voted against Massachusetts IN
his life. NORMALLY, a member from
Tennessee, he has faithfully served his
Eastern constituency, and Maynard, like
Barbour Lewis, was most anxious TO
prevent vote. He often endeaVored
to silence the original, impulsive, un.
tanned member FROM Chattanooga, but
always in vain. Never was Maynard's
impatiehce so violent as when Crutth.
field rose in his place, and to the utter
dismay of Butler and Maynard and
Lewis, and to the confusion of Radi-
calism in the House, said: Mr.
Speaker have a neat little amend
ment, which l think absolutely neces-
sary to the perfection of the Civil Rights
bill. l willread it, Mr.. Speaker, and
move its adoption" it was clap of
thunder from clear sky, and the
whole House listened while Bill Urtitch-
field, In clear voice, read as follows:
Sec. 3.-Be it further enacted, That
any white lady refusing the attention
of a negro, on account of race, color, or
previous condition of seryitude, shall
be fined for each and every offense not
less than five hundred nor more than
one thousand dollars, and iIhprisohed
not longer than six months"
We have the original paper in
Crutchfeld's own handwriting, as
read before the House, now lying be-
fore US. Tack on his amendment"
said Crutchfeld, when this partisan
friends gathered about him to protest
against this reductiO Gd GbsFrdum,
tack on this proper amendment, and
I'll vote for the whole thing" Butler
waxed very wroth. Crutchfield swore
he would spend his whole salary IN
testing the devotion of Butler and
lis SUI " Nuc uCSIO. Lie uAu
not doubt their earnest affection and
respect for the colored race, and since
social equality was as desirable North
as South, he would have certainly
twenty of the finest black beaux each
session at Washington, selected from
the comhest on his plantation, and give
each Congressman withimaTTiageable
daughters the choicest benefactions of
social equality. Crutchfeld was not
willing that the operation of the bill
should be confined to Southern schools.
He proposed to exhaust the scheme of
benifcence, as approved by Wharfmas-
ter Shaw. of Memphis.
Crutchfeld was bitterly denounced
by his partisan friends. He has visit
ed Boston, and was there mercilessly
condemned for his broad sense of JUS
tice to the man and brother" He |
says that for the life of him he can't |
under stand it. He thought Butler and |
his allies in dead earnest, and that |
they really esteemed a negro as good as
themselves. But Crutchfeld is brood |
ing over it to-day IN Chattanooga, and |
is often heard to sOliloquize, What's |
sauce for the goose isn't sauce for the |
gander. Civil rights are very fine for
southern, but won't do for northern So
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