The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-04-10
.Indre Hoar Disgraced.

Washington telegram in the Providence
Journal says:
"Judce Hoar's friends assert that between
rho I'd of March, when Wendell Philips
talked with Sumner about Hoat's position on
the ciyil.rights question, and the 9th OIL
March. when Representative WilliamS says
Mr.. Simmer told him that Judge Hoar was
4 friend 10 the measure. Judge Hoar and Mr.
Sumner bad long Interview, aud that the
latter convinced Judge Hoar that the Dill
was constitutional, aud tbereupon the latter
aereed to support it,"
II would take dozen investigating COM
mittees TO whitewash Judge HoAa II the
shove statement be true. He knows just as
well now as he knew before Mr.. SUMMERS
illness opened to him the prospect OF seat
in the United States Senate, that Mr. sum
SgR's civil.righ hts bill Is unconstitutional.
The reader must remember that there
lave been several ciyil-.ights bills be-
fore Congress at different times. Some
of them have such features as TO
make them appear consistent with the
Constitution to men who have never studied
such subjects, though by men who haze
studied such questions, and who are not
biEded by fansticism, as Mr.. SCASER was,
tsey are all plainly seen to be uncopstitu-
ticnal. But Mr. SUASER's pet bill was in fla
grant violation Of the Constitution. 1t pro-
posed TO open churches, cemeteries, public
schools, colleges universities, theatres, hotels. !
and we know not what else, to negroes. 1t |
proposed TO compel whites to associate with |
negroes to compel State courts to summon ne
gro Jurors; to force whites to sit by negroes
in churches aud to do other things which DO
one but an unnatural mouster or run-mad
fanatic could ever suppose that Congress
had The power 10 do. Now, Judge HoAR is
. good lawyer. lie knoes that Congress has
no power to do that which Mr. SUMNER de-
sled to do. He knous that Mr.. SUMMERS
bill was framed in disregard of the limita-
lions of the Federal Constitution. He has
been in Washington for years, and has heard |
and read the various speeches made In Con-
sreSs on this subject. He kno,cS that not
only Mr.. STEPHENS, OF Georgia, bat Senator
CARPEETE OF Wisconsin, who is the Presi-
dent Of the Senate, and other leading Re-
puolcans, have made arguments which
could not fail to convince any unprcju-
diced mind capable Of reasoning that
Hr. SuNSER's civil rights bill is unconsti-
tutional. And yet, for the sake of
q scat in the United States Senate, Judge
HoAE hypocrilically processes to have been
convinced by the arguments OF a man who
was ;.s far inferior to himself as 4 lawyer as
he is 10 Judge THURMAN, Of Ohio, that he
(IioAE) had been mistaken, and that Mr.
SuUsER vas right. Even II Judge HoAR
could secure his election to the Senate by |
thus p.adering to the prejudces of the small
Potato politicians who make up the three
huudred Legislators of massachusetts, he
coaid never rid himself of the thought that
ne had dSgraced himself to get into place.
lie would get pelf, power, and honors, but
would lose honor. Indeed, he has already
]2st the last if the report we are commenting
upon is true. For the sake OF our common
human nature, let us hope that it is false