Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1874-06-19

news that the civil rights bill had
passed the Senate was received at
"Galt'S Tavern" in Louisville. Jccms
writes II long letter to the Louisville
Commercial, and gives the story as
he receives it from Sandy Forkner,
who comes home from the city in Il
fearful state of mental excitement:
\ SEEM his forlorn condition, says
|, SANDY" says l, whats loose?"
and SIGH an onvaryin' look us that
poor man gave me! "What's loosc?"
says he. "You may well ask what's
loose" layin' down his carpet bag
easy, and u sort o stcadyin' it on the
platform, for it ratified like thar was
somethin' loose in it. Says he, a rails
in his hand, OFF you'll believe me,
she's busted ut last. went down to
Louisville and stopped at Galt's Tav-
ern, am jest as you told me, met
Colonel Jils, and he war powerful
I glad to see me, and was askin' fur
you. His tavern war full, an he was
Il sprcadin' hissclf round, tryin' in !,
manner to kivcr the whole ground.
Thar was lot o Fed'ral Gincrals,
and lot of big Judgcs-hc told me
privately they war Supreme Judges
or something to that etfect-an' Il
young man that STAINS in Colonel
.Jils' bar told me that Colonel Jils
had had 'leven arguments with them
Supreme Judges, and it stood betwiXt
'em up to that time, nine to two-that
is, Colonel Jils was seven ahead and
he was entitled to the close on 'cm in
the next round. And l reckon the
Young man was right, fur Colonel
.Jils jest looked at me like the statoot
of Ajacks Il dcfyin' the litenin', that
was in old Barnum's wax WORK in his
big show last summer"
Jest then, however, the editor of the
Courier-Journol came in, and, to use
the words Of Sandy again:
Essays he, well, Colonel, you may
as well prepare for the wust. In my
poorjudgmcnt, the bottom has drop'
out, or, perhaps, more 4gerativcly
speakin', the last fether has been pu,
on the cammiPs back. THE ciUH rites
bill has passed the SENT, and scii
certingiy pass the House,, whereof!
your hotel 'ornary will be filled viii
niggers in less than week."
This terrible intelligence struck
Colonel .Jils dumb with anazcmcnt
The provisions Of the evil rights bill
were discussed by the others, how
ever, at length. None of them had
read it, but they knew its mainpoints
which were stated to be rs follows:
1t was to make the niygers cqua
to the Dcmokrats-was to force thu
niggcrs and the white children t.
attend the same school, and sop on
of the same skillet, but it were inten
died. in perticklcr to let niggcrs stol
at big tavcrns without payin' no bills
1t was I'LL directed aym the Demo
krats, to crush 'cm out and to wa,
'em down and to blast 'cm furcvcr.
And there was Il ded pausc-al
ewes lookin' ut the Parsun. says he
"Parsl,n, kin human natur bar VI
agin SIGH doins? Whar is our Con
stitution? WARS our liberties
Whar's the Bible and the resolution.
of '9s, eff so be niggcr kin be mad
as good as Il white man by an act o
Congress: | jest want to know wha
we stand, or, more properly spcakin'
whar we lay, for, rs see it. we ain
standin' at all! We're tiat-we'r,
crushed out-trod,len down, rid over
and set for naught, so to speak.
That's Jest what | told Ginral Daw
son when he was down here a tearln
through the country Il trying to stol
the boys from KILN a few niggcrs
Says | to him, says |, ''Ov course. CT
on, Ginral! Hunt down the Kukluk
drive 'cm out ov the country, an'
break up the Dcmokrat party, ano
then whar'll you be? The niggerl
rize," says l, ''like the Phoenix from
thar burnt cabins" and yet the Gin
raj ragged through the country, farl,
spilim' fur Il fight, and the enemy wa
tleein' before him like ded leave
before the roarin' wind-and shur
enough we've got it. Ha'int it come
Parsun? Wasn't right?
The consultation brought no relief
and now Sandy and Silc Williams
and the landlord Of Galt's Tavern 81
with bowed heads, absolutely unable
to accept the advice of the editor 0
the Cowier-Jomnal, and ''prepare
for the wust." If they have fortunate
ly got glimpse Of the Chicago 7ri
bwne, they may have seen a paragraph
to cheer them. "The President ma,
veto the bill" That's what the 7ri
bune says and it will give joy to Col
onel Jils and his associates. Thu
President mag do this, to be sure, be
cause he may have ch;ngedhis mind
but it is not likely that he will OPP
pose measure which he has so Otter
recommended. On the 9th Of May
1872, mass meeting of colored mel
and others was held in Washington
to aid in sccurin' the passage Of Mr.
Summers bill. The President wa.
invited, and in his reply said: 81 re
gret that previous engagement a
the Executive Mansion will detair
me this evening, and that shall no
be able to participate with you IL
person in your efforts to further thu
cause in which you are laboring.
beg to assure you, however, that
sympathize most cordially in any eff
fort to secure for all our people, o.
whatever race. nativity, or color, the
exercise of those rights to which
every citizen should be entitled" L
is not at all likely that the president
has had q new revelation Oh this sub
ject, and until we have it from his
lips officially, we shall continue tC
believe that he still sympathizes il
these efforts which he regretted he
could not aid by personal attendance
at the civil rights meeting in 1872.