The weekly Louisianian., 1874-09-26

repeat to you, my friends, that
against. this great measure of JUS
tice there is nothing that can be
opposed, except unreasoning and
unreasonable prejudice"
Senator a1ila Sherman, 81. Ohio; the
peefs.o1fL n. nv ,manrinnsAmerica, in his
great spsschbeforesthe Republican
Convention OF that State, utters
these clarion notes On civil rights:
Il am ISSUED BY some Of the best
teachers in the State that practi.
cally no difficulty occurs l, when white
and black are in the same class and
school. and that very often the COL
ored children are, from their gen
eral good humor, favorites with the
children. The difficulty, il not
in the school or with the
scholars, but with the parents in
the blind anreasoning spirit of
caste, the debris Of slavery, and is
strongest with the most ignorant
and vicious. -."
AT all events tho blacks are citi-
zens Of the United States, armed
with the ballot and equal rights
and privi]eges-entitled to equal
immunities and. advantages, and it
is not for Us as Republicans to deny
them yof their rights, essential to
their 4aahoodhomaf esling of caste
or prejudice arising from race, or COL
Or, or condition. They have borne
their parts in the contests through
which we have passed, and we must
not shrink from fairly, enforcing
the guarantees We have given them.
The Republican party is the only
one 50 constituted that has the
courage and disposition to enforce
this guarantee, and we owe It to our
honor as we'll as to the logic of the
lofty principle that has guided US,
equal rights to all, to do So.
I voted for the civil rights bill now
pendingin the House Of Representa-
lives, not only because I thought it
was right, but because I felt bound
N honor to stand by and enforce
the great amendments of the con-
stitution, the pride and boast of the
Republican party and the connec-
ting link by which the immortal
Declaration Of Independence was
made q part of the constitution of
our government, haveseen, one by
one, the narrow prejudices of caste
which denied to the black race the
rights of human nature melt away
without evil results, and T wish to
see this work complete and perfect
by securing to all men: who are citi-
zens of the United States precise
equality in all civil and political
rights, whether they tend to protect
his person and property, or lift him
above degradation by local or State
authority"
I take great comfort from the un-
e~quivocal endorsements of |,
THIS HUMANITARIAN MEASURE
by these great party leaders and
statesmen Of the North and West. I
am certain that with their influence
joined with IN support and Influence
Of ptk gQthet. Tried and! frus lead Z
ers, not many days. will elapse before
the Civil Risshts Bill" will pass
the House, receive the signature
of the President, and become a
law of the land. Fellow citizens
I AM SO hopeful Of this result that I
do not deem it essential to discuss
in DETAIL the features Of this meas
uret; but as the school clause is con-
sidered the most Objectionable, I {
purpose to notice, briefly this point.
To me this clause constitutes the 1
very germ Of the bill, all else is I
stale. fat and improbable" with
out' this. How in the name OF hea- I
YEN can you expect to produce those ,