Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-02-10
Che freem*n.
MONTPELIER. VT,
WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1879.
Civil Rights.

The bill which passed the House by a
larre majority on Friday. provides that all
persons within the iuris LECTION ofthe Ontea
States shall be entitled t" the inil ana
eolal enjoyment Of the accommodations
adventures. facilities and privileges OF INNS
pu lie convrvance> on land or water inca
tiers and o.hcr places of public amusement
sul.i.ct only t. the cond tions and lImita-
tion- established by law. AMI apphc'"ie
alike to citizens Of every race and color
REGARDLESS of any previous condition Oh
srrvitudc.
The denial Of these rights i made pun
i>htblc hv Il fine of from five hundred I"
one thou>an dollIrs. or iy imprisonment
of from thirty days TO one y"Hr- lie DIS
tri,., and Circuit courts of he United States
have exclusive jurisdiction where offend
e., arc projected against under this law
in a Grim mi prosecution,
One section provides that no oltlzen, iy
race. color. or previous condition "i serVi-
tide. shall be prescribed from acting "a
gram Oh pitt juror.
The bill. IL passed.. does not forbid the
svs'cm of separate schools for white ami
black Many of the republicans deemed
the forcing of mixed schools unwise. and
many ncolo,, were rather in favor If hay
ing their own schools.
The factiou- opposition of the democrats
to the bill. j. q lrcr thin- to r'r"ncllr
wi h the preamble to the ill. for which a
majority of them voted. This preamble
wa, from their Bllrimorc Platform Of 1872
AMI reads rs follows:
We recognize the equality Of all men
before h,. law. and hold that it is the duty
of government. in is dealings with the
people. to mcte out equal and exact justice
t. al. of Whatever nativity. race. color OF
1er-uas.un. religious or political.
If the doctrine Of thi, preamble, for
which the mniority of democrats voted.
could be fairly carried out. the Southern
nrollrm would he solved The cN-rebels
of the south would once for all recognize
the fright of every man to be the equal
of every other man., AMI cease t" curse
the civil an pol tir.,l rqu,litv of III" ne
gro Tho Northern radical who stood by
the union during the war. would recognize
the fact rha, the ex-r, b l has just a. good
a RIGHT to believe AMI say that the south
WIS ii hitting in 4 u>t ca|ss', rs the l"yall>i
HIS to hc lrvr and say ii was an unjust one.
The cN-rrbrl. unr,p n'ant. blt stored
to the privileges of citizenship, may not
be a pleasant SUI jcct Of contemplation for
those who lost friends and relatives i'll the
four wears OF blood he'll. but 50 long AS he
ohtys the laws. hc i, an Amer lean citizen.
fre., in his opinions. in his cNpr' Sslon "t
them, and in h's efforts To make them the
pre-, ailing opinions of the country. The
NEGRO i to this cN-rthrl. no dOubt. IN turn.
a disagrceablc Object; he my he ignorant.
easily led by feeling and not rtn'ark;.hie
for lo"ic. and nj any rate he i black ST
that the tastes and prriudicts OF the en-
confederate are .,tfcnded. Now then. the
only sensible and true WY Is for hum VIII"
Wore the gray, 10 admit to his mind the
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dies must give way to the civil and p"llt-
i.al equality of the black man. Ii will dc
no goo to kill him. a ii will do good fol
Gen. Butler to wish he had hang other
rehel> besides Mumford Today, the fed
cr.,l soldier. the confederate soldier. the
loval civiiau, the disloyal civilian. an the
black man stand with c4!al rights bet" (
the Law of their coNntIy-;,> do LOGAN.
Gordon. Ldmund>. john Young Brown.
and Elliot, in the legislative halls Of the
nat.,n.
Ths is the great fact to b" realized, and
then we >htll come To where We should be
w here the contest shall be rs To who AZ,
the best men TO administer our govern
mcnt. and not us To what the incIples OF
Or government shall be.
The class prejudice ut the south; the
di>gu>t nj ignorance in high places instead
Of he homes. tn4e:,vor to di~pcl or guild,
that ignorance; the consequent triumph u
coIruIt on: the Unnamed violence of the
rum-drinkin" long haired. ignorant whit,
Of many of the sou hem states. these n {
stumlling-blocks that a hearty acqli-
essence in the spirit of the preamble t'
the civil rights bill. would remove. Blu,
let Us not forget lhat the republicans vote
for that prtamlr; that such Il vo,c de
mands of IL. that while We ask the soutl
to waive its pr'judirc~. we cannot bring
up ag inst Il mans citizenship the fact tina
he fought ten wears ago in The southern
army. Rem We the words " igEcr an'
"rchcl' from the vocabulary and though
Of ihc two halves Of oul people, and lc
us have peace