Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1874-01-09

Both Houses of Congress met again on
Monday last, after the usual holiday recess.
It is to be sincerely hoped that after the
few days of intercourse with the people
the members will be more inclined to
shape legislation in accordance with the
popular wishes and the popular necessi-
ties than they were during the first three
weeks of the session. They have already
before them questions of the gravest i'm
portance, which require the exercise of
the highest order of craftsmanship; whilst
there is very little of that article on hand
to meet the exigency of the occasion.
In the House, the first and most promi-
nent question now under consideration is
ssBeelzebubrB Buffers so-called Civil Rights
bin. This bin has evoked q decided hos
tility on the part of the Democrats and
more conservative portion of the Republi-
cans. Among the amendments offered to
the bill, was one by Mr.. Lowndes, of Mary
land, providing that where separate schools
have been provided for white and colored
children, the children of each race shall
have admission only to the schools pro-
vided for that race. On Tuesday Hon.
Alexander II. Stephens made a speech in
opposition to the bill, a brief synopsis of
which we give elsewhere.
In the Senate, almost the first question
was in relation to the repeal of the salary
20 ha11aral tho lnp To,
will be repealed by that body. Then will
come up the question of the repeal or
modification of the Bankrupt law. Mr..
Morton, who is considered par excellence
the leader of the administration party,
seems to be very earnest in his determine
ton to have speedy action on the subject,
so that persons, who have become tempo
rariIy embarrassed, may be relieved from
the harshness of the provisions relating to
involuntary bankruptcy, which enables
one unamiable creditor to force his debtor
to place his affairs in the hands of an as
signee, to the ruin perhaps of the debtor
and the great loss of all the other credi-
tors. How, sometimes,
s'This even-handed justice
Commends the ingredients of our poison d
To our own lips chalict
is fully illustrated in this very instance
This Bankrupt law, and especially this
obnoxious "involuntary'' feature of it, was
enacted by Congress at the close of the
war to enable northern creditors to take
from southern debtors what remnants OF
property the war had left them. Then il
was all right It was rebel debtors who
owed loyal creditors. What matter il
their business was broken up, their wives
and little ones turned out to starve. Serv-
ed 'em right for having upheld the sin OF
slavery. And remorselessly was the law
enforced until the northern creditor lick
ad the platter clean" But now it is "a
eray horse of another color" The north
ern. man, in the noontide of his successful
@loyalty" and seeming prosperity, is sud
denly overtaken by financial crash, which
comes as unheralded as clap of thunder
from cloudless sky. Instantly the whole
false financial fabric falls to the ground
and spares not even the christian states
men and bankers, for it is found that the
loyalty and religion Of the spragues and
the Cookies have not saved them from the
common ruin. Now, that this law returns
oto plague the INVENTOR" Mr.. Morton and
others of the same stripe, find out for the
first time, and proclaim it to be cruel and
unjust, and that the welfare, safety and
prosperity of the country demand its re
peal, and it will be repealed, as it ought to
have been long ago. Thus do these truly