The weekly Louisianian., 1874-06-06
that the people of the United States

sAaS oh0 PSOpAc VI Uuo zOu4t6u 0tAtt
would not accept the. bill, he M
Howe) would not turn back if he kne'
that of the forty million people Of thi
country not one million would sustai
it. +: IF this generation did not accep
it, there was q generation to come tina
would accept it. What did this bill
provide? Not that the black maj
should be helped on his way, not a
| all, but only that, as he staggered
along, he should not be retarded, ant
not be tripped up.
Mr.. Alcorn said he was born in Q
slave section; he had been identified
with slavery all his life; he had been g
rebel in the late war, and yet he now
stood here demanding the passage o1
this bill.
MIR. Cooper, of Tennessee, said there
were occasions when, for the represen-
tative to be silent, would bo treason
to his constituency. Such was the
present occasion.
The black man should not be for
ever kept in wardship. Let there be
an incentive held out to him to achieve
for himself a position that would COM
mand respect. The whole purpose OF
this bill was to elevate a race by law.
He would much rather trust his rights
to local governments than to the Ma
honal Government. The States are
the pillars, and the National Govern
ment the dome which covers all. Let
him beware who would strike down any
of the pillars, and thus destroy the
whole structure. Messrs. Salisbury,
of Delaware, and Merrimon made
speeches against the bill. It being
near midnight, Mr.. Rawson, of North
Carolina, moved to adjourn, which
motion was voted down.
Senator Hamilton, of Maryland,
then commenced long constitutional
against the bill. The Sena-
tors had by this all retired to the cloak !
rooms and were fast asleep. When
Mr.. Hamilton concluded at three !
o'clock in the morning, Saturday, he
moved the Senate adjourn. The Sen
ltors came in from the cloak rooms
to their names-and again
'etired, while some other Senator
would talk for two hours more to emp
y seats. About 5 o'clock voting was
on the amendments to the
ill; and at o'clock in the morning
he vote was taken on the passage of
he bill, after continuous session of
hours. {
The following is the vote on its pas s
age:
For the Bill-Messrs. Acorn, Allison, {
Buckingham, Conkling, Ed ,
lunds, Flanagan, Frelinghuysen, HAM
u, Harvey, Howe, ingalls,, Mitchell,
[orrill, Of Vermont, Oglesby, Patterson,
ease, Pratt. Ramsey, Robertson, Scott, Il
pencer, Sargent, Stewart, Wadleigh,
'ashburn; West, Windom, and Wright
sas, 20.
Against the Bill-lIcssrs. Doggy, Bow
an, Carpenter, Cooper, Davis, Hager,
amilton, OF Ma. yland, Johnston, Kello,
ewis. McCreery, Merrimon, Norwood,
ansom. salisbury, and Stockholm
Iys, l6.
The President declared the bill o
'ssed amid applause from the gale n
IS, The galleries during the day t,
IRE crowded with colored people, Il
hong the more prominent of whom r
re Frederick Douglass, George T. +
owning. DIR. A. T. Augusta, Lewis =
Douglass, Mr.. and Mrs. Washing -
q and the Misses Downing. ~
MARRIAGE OF MISS NELLIE GRANT. L.
at II o'clock. Miss Nellie h;
ant, daughter Of the President, was %
lrried to Mr.. Sartoris, Of England. -
} first met her on ship when Miss ~
lie went to Europe some eighteen u
'nths ago. The groom is 23 and the nc
de not quite 19. Contrary to gen. in
i expectation, the wedding was VT
ictly private. Only the friends and pr
atives nearest were invited. The an
rriage ceremony took place in the so
It room of the White House. -
When your readers know that the -:
orations are entirely Of white and 80
d-the windows draped with the pr
st lace-the chandeliers each hav- L
forty burners, are Of the finest, sec
the room being profusely decorated for
b beautiful flowers, they can form aft
10 idea Of the grandeur of the arr
1e. 80 fst
How was the bride dressed" will
the first question of your lady I
lers. A lady says:
The bridal dress was Of the richest rec
te satin, with q train three yards tax
Z. Around the bottom Of the dress III