, 1874-08-05

A21G M" lUhHU4L In Il1E huu IH.
Tho wlito Republican mcmbors Vi Congress-
from tho Southern statoB aro just now pasaiug
through . soyoro trial. Tlle Civi1-1sights bill
Was passed by tho Senate. oyory Republican
psesont voting for 1t except two. In tho House
the bill was prevented from coming to vote, 30
az to 1oavo tho white Republican mombers from
tho South = chance for recollection. But tho
lssuo has boon mado In oil tho Southern Statos
and all candidates for Congross have to doclaro
whothor they will voto tor that bill or not. Tho
white Republicans aro "a much opposed 10 It as
arc tho Oppositidn. II Ia known tint passon
Drownlov has denounced tho bill aa tho aum Of
hll villaintgs and. as tho nsgrocg nro In q
minority In Tcnneasoo, that stato will lavo
d unanimous delegation oppoaod to the
bill. Whon Mr. Horace Maynard returned to Lis
district ho WAS forood to dfacuBa this issue. and
he declared that tho Republican party would pass
the bill, aud wcro under obligations to do 40.
Ho, however, explained the bill a. something
vory different from whnt it's friends md its eno-
mics think 1t to DO. Ho donios that 1t requires
mixed schools, and insists that Tho bill merely
allows such schools to oxiet If tho States so pro-
vido. Aa this is ono Of tho groat points in tho
bill upon Which tho ncgrooa aro most strenuouB,
1t would seom that, according to Mr. Maynard,
thoy are to be swlndlod oven ii tho bill pasaos.
In further explanation Of tho bill. md to show
TINT It ia really harmless, ha declaroa that at
most It only, secured to tho negroes "civl rights
and public rights, not social or private rights"
nnd, under THIS Interpretation Of tho bill, he
That 1t waa bue right and Justice, whom certain
class Of cttizons required by law to pay ta1es for
school purposbs, they should rocefTe equal benefits
that ho Ind children Of both ao1cs, but that ho Ind
nover been uneasy about hor marrying that he cx-
pacted his to marry respectable 1ades and htn
daughters not to marry "b'g bucks Of any kind, but
that they would marry young gentlemen; that tho
wao could trace back their ancestry for the last
thousand ycsrs, and show that they descended
from uoblo raca and had enjoyed a1l the privileges
OF Christianity and civilization; while thu other
lsnd, Ito coloral either slavos aavages.
The oolorcd pooplo will not accept Mr.. May-
nard's explanation that tho Oiyi1-Richts bill is
| an unmcnning thing,-a mere tub thrown to the
Afrieaa whale. They hro fatally in earnest, and,
hagiug boon taught to regard this bill aa admit
ting thom to socn1 equality, allowing thom to 60
wherever tho whitos may 60, and do whatever
tho whites may do. thoy aro disposed to mako
tho political fight On that isaue. In strange con-
traat with the sentiments expressed by Mfr. May
nasd (wAito) is tho declaration Of Congressman
Wailaoo {colorod> to his constituents in Sonth
CarolluA, to whom ho 'said: Your rights arc
important. You must defend them. II you
don't got thcm at tho ba'lot-box, you must resort
to tho cartridge-box." Tho failure of tho nouAo
Of Representatives to act on tho bill las served
to lntenaify the issuo IN tho Southern stateB,
and to divide parties in the coming election Oh
the line Of race md color alone.