Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1874-08-20

oc"oots, anu otner pubic institutions oil
learning, the same being supported by
moneys derived from taxation, or author.
lied by law by trustees and officers Of
cemetery associations and benevolent insti-
tuition incorporated by National or State
authority. But private schools, semina>
ries and institutions Of learning establish.
ed exclusively for white or colored per,
sons and maintained respectively by vol.
untary contributions shall remain ACCORD.
ing to the terms of the original establish
ment.
Sec. 2. That any person violating any
of the provisions Of the foregoing section,
or aiding in the violation, or melting
thereto, shall for every such offence for
felt and pay the SUN of $500 to the per.
son aggrieved thereby, to be recovered in
an action on the case, with full cost. and
shall also for such offence be deemed
guilty ola misdemeanor and upon con-
victioa shall be fined not less than $500
nor more than $1,000, or be imprisoned
not less han 80 days nor more than ore
year. Provided, That the party agriev.
cd shall not recover more than one pen.
atty and when the offence is a refusal of
burial the penalty may DO recovered by
the heirs at law Of the person whose body
has been refused burial.
Sec. 8. After designated the Courts
and officers to prosecute and try these
cases this section proceeds to say that any
of the aforesaid officers failing to iusti.
tute and prosecute such proceedings here
in required shall for every such offence
forfeit and pay the sum Of $500 to the
person aggricued thereby to be recovered
by an action on the case, with full cost
and shall on conviction thereof be deemed
guilty OF a misdemeanor and be fined not
less than $1,000 nor more than $4,000.
Sec. 4. That no citizen possessing all
other qualifications which are or may be
prescribed by law shall be disqualife d
for service as juror in any court, Nation
al or State by reason of race, color or
previous condition of servitude, and any
officer or other person charged Nth the
duty 81 selection or %Summoning persons
aoho shall e1clade or fail to Summon ana
citizen for the reason above named shall
on conviction thereof be guilty Of o mis-
demeanor and be fined not less than
$1,000 nor more than $4,000.
Now it was stated in the HERALD
AND TRIBUNE. by a correspondent signing
himself "a Grant Republican" that Mr.
Butler refused to vote to take this bill
from the table or To set it for q particu,
.ar day. To this statement or charge as
he calls it. he replied by a letter publish.
ed in the Echo, of last April the 10th.
Here is what he says, over his own sigma.
ture.
The next charge is that I refused to
vote, to take up the Civil Rights Bill. l
did, BUT NOT BECAUSE I WAS OPPOSED
TO THE BILL but WANTED rhen IL
taken up TO haze ii passed land we'll know.
ing if taken up that day,it would fail las
i did, Bills in Congress have certain DAYS
assigned them, and it is generally disas-
trous to attempt to take them up on
other days as was shown in this case. So if
the Greene County Republican only
knew more about what he attempts to
find fault with, he would not so anxiously
expose his ignorance"
R. r. BUTLER.
1t was also stated by the same cores.
pendent, "a Grant Republican" and in
the same communication that. Mr.. Butler
refused to vote on the motion of Mr..
Niblack to lly this bill on the table on
April the LIST, 1872.
To this, here is what Mr.. Butler says
in the same letter published in the Echo
of the 10th Of April, last.
"The next charge is that on April, the
list, MIR. Niblack, moved to lay the bill
on the table and that /. was present and
refused to vote, l do not remember
whether | was present or not, but | am
confident the bill was not laid on the
We always haze enough of our
present to respond to their names to
carry these measures. If my yote had
been necessary Iwould haze voted."
But lest these averments would not
prove his devotion to this bill and mixed
Mr.. Butler further says in his
above named, as follows:
THE next charge is that on the 9Th of
April | voted against the bill but the
record is not correct. l obtained leave of
absence on account of the sickness of my
wife, left Washington on the 4th day of
April and did not return until the 18th
as you will see by consulting the Globe,
"a Session, Forty.Second Congress from
page 2lS2 to 1881, which will show that
| was away.
Also a noticeable fact that the 9th of
April was my birth>day. | was at home
that day as all my neighbors can testify,
as several came to see myself aud family.
Now, reader, ia it not remarkable that |
am down as the only Republican who
uoted against that bill and you did not
hear it before? Why did not Mr.. Carter,
ia my last race, charge me NTH votinq