, 1874-01-07

Ne. EDMUNDS said he intended TO vote 1or 2
measure which would absolutely repeal Inc 8n'oeo
a'S wrl coSKiISG said he would vote for the total
repeal Of tho bill. ,.,,
The Senate went into executive hesa1oA' e'o oo"0
after adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
sH1P CANALS. .,.-.,,--
Of ship can1s around Niagara and ut the mouth Oh tne
mississippi Referred.
Also IN amendment to the Constitution IN relation
to the election and appointment of ofheers. he'e1ee@
MI. SYPHER asked leave to introduce joint reso-
luton which he said had the approval OF the
The resolution rccites that well authenticated reports
sgy that in certain localities Of the people arc
il condition Of starvation, owing to failure OF tue
crops and directs the 81 %ea t9
Mr. WILLARD CVt-> moved its reference to me
Committee on Education and Labor, with leave to re-
port ut any time. ,r .,cBrs
Mr. BOWEN presented the resolution ?, the " ths
einia Legislature protesting against tue passaGs ine
fn motion OF Mr. LAMAR, the Committee on
Elections we're discharged from further confederation
OF the supplementary Civil Rights bill.
Mr. BECK gave notice Of an amendment providing
that tho law sha not be construed as to require
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that whites and bucks shall be put into the same room
and at school, or boxes and seats IN me
or in tho leyths on steamboats,, OF otner ses.es'
or In the came lots in cemeteries
Mr. DUSHAM protested agaust the bill as an STACK
on State rights and State sovereignty as eeuatea ~
embttcr the Anglo-Sa1ou race against the A1t1can
race; az calculated to destroy the whole common
school system Of the South as retard1ng the eaueaz
ton of the blacks and Likely to provoke war o1
races that would result in the determination OF the
black race in America.
Mr.. ELLIOTT tcoioEed), Of South Caronna, az, ha.
speech from manuscript, with very dne delivery. ~
referred to services Of the Of his he bat
tieeds Of the country in the late war and IN the W.T.
Of 1872 lie reminded the gentleman from Kentucky
T}eck1 who always active against the negro n
1851 tint the negro to that patriotism and love OF
cry this continent came - the aid OF the Gov
I'm ent it's efforts to maintain the Coistsataon.
To that Government the negro now Appealed ana has
Constitution be now invoked for protection against
outrageous and unjust prejudlces founded upon ease
Eng to me M Pot 81 eoptendad tat
had, under tho Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amend
nents 10 the Constitution, complete Power power
Of tie country In ali their rights He discussed tho
doctrines Of decisions Of the Supreme Court IN the
NV ev
to the claim that Congress cannot !eg1siate againa
plain determinations made By State Laws and Stale
freedom and protection those great amendments to
the Constitution were elaborated and adopted. It
could not he pretended that the eVE Of which the
colo1ed people complained, ,tbeir exclusion from The
public ian from the eleepingcar On the railroad and
from the right of me tns
equal protection Of the laws which those constl,
tuuonaI amendments arc framed to guard
against. He shared those feelings a.. of htgh
,Hrsoaal regard which pe1vaded tho House IN
respect to tie gentleman from Georgia {stephens}
but when that gentleman lent his voice Ind Influence
from saying TINT it WIS not from him {stephens) thar
IN American House Of Representatives you'd nke
lessons In matters touching human rights No con.
gentleman offered to the Government which he
had his utmost to destroy very poor returnfo
it's maguanimtg in coming here and seeking to con-
upue by the assertion Of doctrines obnoxious to the
principles OF government burdens Of oppression
heh rested on those who had never 7allea to rza5
gentleman had sought to blot out from the
E a.azy of nations. [Applause On the floor and in
the Calieres which filled with colored peopc.l
It was scarcely twelve years since that gentleman had
shocked the civilized world BY amounting as the
highest form Of government one that rested on human
elsTery. The progress Of time had Bwept away that
1scudo government snd the race which he tStepheus)
1uthlesely spurued aud tranpled upon Was lere now
to meet him discussion; to demand that the rights
enjoyed by its former opressors should be accorded
to them, who, IN the darkness Of Slavery had
kept their allegiance true to freedom and re Union. n
entirely @ ely those false ind fatal theories whi;h
hsd hs 1honld accept M onen' IN its falness s
great % Doctrine that American citizenship cnrries
With 1t every civil and political right that manhood
mastery ability to complete tbs proud structure OF
Legislation which made the nation worthy OF the great
declaration that heralded its birth. Let him do that
and be would hayy done that which would most GER
tin1v redeem hs reputation in the world and best
yindicate the wisdom Of that policy which had per
the gentlemen from Vrgnia {Harrs} who had yester-
day transcribed decency and proprtetE ne (Enotsl
should have no words with him. He wonia aet .nst
to smte him In his weakness but was even char
b!e enough to grant him the mercy q his Silence
fApplause and Augher] The Hoy Scriptures told e1
IN humble handmailen who bad long and fuithfuuy
CLEANED in the rich fields Of her wealthy kusman, and
that at last in spite Of her humble anteeedents. shs
tato farm in
1t had centuries reaHed down their fields Inc
cries and woes which they had uttered had entered
into the ear Of the Lord God Of Sabaoh and they were
at last politically FREE The last 1estiture Of civil
rights only needed. Having gained that, tney
might, with hearts overdowing, with gratitude and
thankful that their prayer had been granted repent
tho prayer Of Ruth Entrcat me not to leave thee OF
to turn from following after thee, for whittier taou
goest will 60, and where thou lodgest viii lodge.
Try people snail be ry people, and thy God my God.
Where thou dlest will die, md there will BE- buried
The Lord DO SO to me, and more also' II aught but
The speech wae listened to with marked interest and
attention by members on both sides OF the House, and
and loudly applauicd. Many members congratulated
the colored orator warmly, a:d Gen. Sherman, who
present in tile hall, Joined III those congratula-
| tons.
! Mr. MONROE supported the bill. It had been said
that there were peculiar difficulties in the way OF en-
forcing the rights Of the coo1ed race, but this only
showed that tnat class needed protection mora than
Others and that certainly not reason for neg
lechng them II Congress failed il that, it failed
wholly. If It could protect the co1ored people 1t would
| be found that It could protect nobody. When II
withdrew the shield OF projection from them, it would
| also withdraw 1t from white citizens.
Mr. LAWRENCE u,adea legal argument to prove
that Congress had the constitutional right to pass the
| I'LL.
| The dehzte was further continued By Mcssrs
| WALLS, PURalAN, and sTOwEIL for the bill, and
| By Messrs. BLuUST, BRIGHT, aERSDoS, WHITE
HEAD, and BuCKNER sgainstit.
ATTENDANCE.
| 1t 4:4o D. m. the general debate closed. The de-
bate as might naturally be supposed, had great 1t,
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