Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-05-27
Maryland and The Civil Rights Bill.

senator Hamilton, Of Mary land opposed the
passage of the Ciy;l Rights I'm in brief
speech, wen stored with good Fciise and snG-
grsiions of practical weight and which every
man can understand and appreciate lie
said:
The question which this hll attempted to
deal Wlth was not II political question mt
untstuni hat came llghl down otht SOCIAL lea
tluts OF the people oI the land. ltrtApIc'SrIl
his surprise that here and lh'tt III New ON
and baltimore, were the Cuioi'd people N'l"
SO numerous, that they bad no inst class men
of their own, lie WOnd'lcu even tllaI some
ot our " hite brethren of the North did not htlp
the culorrd people To huid hotels and schools
of their own lie thought IT. very strange lhai
ms friend from New Jersry Mi ffeliiGhhA %
SOM, a good religious man, Shond want ~
open the theatre 10 tho cOIuitd man ~lhr INT
aires with all their immulnliIlrS the Theatre
Comiallr, and all that sort oI thln". Laugh
terl WhV didn't the senator include the
Sunuay schools laughter and the churches :
lie would sooner sct oui coloitd iilehuS ~
campt meeting; that WAS the place Where 'h'A
would enjoy themselves much more thaIl ~
the theatre. Renewed laughter, lie itll
int.rrstrL in this matter, for Maryland was
undrr the shadow ul tile capitol, ana ne ;lSk' Il
amy senator whether he had ever heard llill
the Colurrd man was denied any "l nus iiEh'S
in the State OF Mary land lie asked me HrI'a-
tor also what he meant hy other places oi pun
lie amusement; Laughter Tor II the pt"piv
or Ills Stale uVJ up an amusement he would
like to know whether ii wouId De NloiatlilS 'L'
law TO exclude the coorcd people
Mr. Ii continued 1T some length IN Il mum
orolI, strain. lie then depicted the condltlois
of the colured people oi Maryland; That al
though through prejudice and sinister repre-
sentauonS they NUttd i'll q body aGahsI the
democratic party, which Was Inc uoiliih"ilt
party of the state, yet that the TWO races 80.
along together; that the CulUred people ana
| ihn whiI4 ncoplc respected each otheri that the
| colorrd prople cumpurted themselves with
dignity and with plcasantness their while
| ncirhbors, and that the Dcmocrauc LeSlsla-
turr of MARYLAND had made munlhcGnt pro-
visions for the education OF the colOrtd people
No petition in favor OF this bill had come from
| Baltimore Or from Maryland lie asked 'ha'
! us everything was moving along SO wen, WHY
| should they not be lett alone: why sho ulu
| this effort be made to force the races together
| IN schools and elsewhere? In Baltimore now
| they had normal school where coiored people
| were trained 20 educate colored people. No
senator would want lhat they should teacn
White people. WHY not les us alone" \ on
may give us much trouble, but You cannon
bring the two races together III THIS way
| They Will march along Ill parallel columns
and will only come together wien thtlr lnler'
eS 5 demand it, In regard 10 the clause OF lle
bill relating 10 jurors, he We'll on 10 ano"
| that it WAS entirely uUpelAlNt.
Mr.. Carpenter said Ec should Vote against
the bill Tor one reason, that il contained the
| clause in relation 10 STATE Jurors. Ihi9 ne pe
| Ieyed 10 be uncOns lltutlonal; lac thought tha'
| there was as much night ~ pfeScllbe lht
| qualification OF mVmbvis OF 4 state l."SlSla
| lure rs 10 prescribe the qualification OF Htal'
Jurors. .,,,