The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1874-01-07
tOLUMBIA,' SC.
Weines lay Morning ] January Z, 1874.
. Tho O,tiI'Rivhts Dill.

Ie'aSSemDllp8, IaSt mO0Qay, feSum ed
the consideration Of the supplementary
Civil Rights bill. It's misohievoua cha.
racter was pointed out by Mr.. Harris,
of Virginia, aud he warned the House
Of the damage which its passage would
infict upon tho. public school system
and all charitable institutions in the
South. Mr.. Stephens followed, in an
able argument against the constitution
ality and expediency of tho measure.
He referred to the colored people 0,
Georgia as having their religious and
church organizations and schools dis.
tinot from those Of the whites. and as
not desiring mixed schools. The same
testimony and protest come from Vir-
ginia again from an unexpected quarter.
The Lynohburg Press. the Republican
organ of TINT section of the State, de-
elares itself most emphatically against
the mixed schools of the Civil Rights
bill, and expresses its conviction that
the majority OF the negroes OF Virginia
are opposed to them. It asserts that
the public schools are conducted fairly
and impartially. To mix the colors in
them. and bring the races together,
would do violence to the feelings OF
both, it believes, and produce discord,
tumult and open rupture. It boldly
predicts tue ruin of the system of edu-
cation in Virginia, should the races be
required to enter the same schools, and
-srns a!!!! VIC advocate !! that The CO.
l6red children will be the worst suffer-
ers by so unfortunate an event. The
editor protests against the use of the
name of oolored man to compass "the
passage of an Act (tha Civil Rights billy
which will as surely debar his children
from. educational privileges as that the
sun risss and SETS"
The Virginia Legislature, on Monday,
adopted series of important resolu-
tions. They declare that there is no
purpose on the part of the people or
Legislature Of that Statc to cherish cap
tious hostility to the Federal Admins.
tratioo. Having 're-afflrmed the pledge
of the Conservative piatform-that they
will. Judge it impartially by its official
aots-they proceed earnestly to protest
against the Civil Rights bill, as in viola
ton of the fourteenth amendment, ns
expounded by the Supreme Court of the
United Seates. and an Infringement on
the constitutional and legislative powers
Of the States. They solemnIy urge that
its enforced application in the Southern
States Will prove destructive of their
systems of education, and of the en-
"ghtenment of the oololed population,
and produce continued irritation be-
tween the races. It was stated in our
dispatches, yesterday, that these reso-
lutions had produced some effect in
Congress. and that the bill would proba-
bly, be recemmitted in the spirit of con-
e!liation. It is to be hoped that this
will be done, and that measure fraught
with such dispstrous consequences will
fail to secure the support necessary to
make it law. The people Of The South
generally desire the advancement OF the
colored people in knowledge and virtue.
They are willing to pay literally to sc.
cure it. Recognizing their rights OF
every kind, they know it is to their in
terest. and will promote the security Of
society, and tend to establish friendly
relations, to have them brought forward
rs rapidly as possible. But there is a
sensible way OF doing this. 1t is worse
than foly--it is crime-to compel the
young of these two races to mingle to-
gether in schools and colleges. What
Virginin and Georgia fear will be the
result, has already become manifest in
South Carolina. Since the University
has been entered by colored students, it
has been practically defunct.
Governor Kemper, in his late message
to the Legislature of Virginia, has given
expression to views which hive com.
mnnded wide approval. The Republi.
can, rs we'll rs the Conservative journals,
pronounce it wise, moderate. copciIio.