The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1875-03-04
Civil Rights Bill.

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Civil Rights Bill.
The Civil Rights Bill, having received the
sanction OF both houses of Congress and the
approval OF the President, is now a law. The
bill entire will be found in another column.
The principle involved in this measure has
been recognized and endorsed by every man
in virginia who voted for the present constitu-
ton Of tile State; and by every Conservative
and Democrat who supported Horace Greeley
for President in 1872. The essence OF the bill
is embraced in the first resolution of the Greeiey
platform. That comprehends the entire SUBJ
stance OF the ubiquitous" measure. The Vinda-
Gator and the Spectator, and every conservative
paper in the State that clamored for Greeley's
election planted themselves sauarely upon the
Civil Rights dogma, and denounced and vilifi-
ed every man who woula hot do their bidding
in unfolding it. It does not, therefore, lie in
the mouths Of these opponents of their party
to say one word against the Bill.
=, While recognizing the principle Of the Bill,
we did not deem it expedient to agitate the
subject and urge its passage. We were appre-
hensive that it might be the means of stirring
up strife, and effecting harm to the very
class it was designed to favor. We thought it
entirely unnecessary, for we did not think any
other rights would be secured by it than arc
now guaranteed BY the organic law of the
State, as well as the Constitution of the United
Statey.2@ 30: IN q; s'a.-
: Congress thought otherwise, however, and
now that 1t IS a law, our advice to the colored
people is to move along in their accustomed
methods Of life-to allow no exuberance of
feeling to mislead their judgment-ob all
the proprieties Of their business and social re-
lations- and by no act of theirs provoke hostil-
lty or arouse passion. They are part of COM
munity destiny is intimately interviewer
with that of the white man, and they are as
much interested in the preservation Of peace
and the maintenance OF friendly relations be-
tween the races is the whites can possibly be-
It should be their highest ambition to show
that they are worthy Of this formulation of
their rights intoa special law, and that they
themselves will not be the first to abuse it.
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In view OF David A. Wells denunciations OF
the Republican party, Harpers Weekly says
SIT is amazing, with the situation in the South
ern states III full view, with the reputation
platforms of the Western Democratic Conyen-
tions adopted last autumn, and with the I'M
changed leadership of the Democratic party,
that any thoughtful man who hiss been a Re-
publican should look to that party for the hon
est defence of.equal rights or for sound finan-
cial system, or be willing to entrtlst the guardi-
anshp of the amended Constitution to party
which contains every enemy of the amend
ments.' 4.
LOUISIANA CONFERENCE.-The Louisiana
question was PARTIALLY disposed OF in the House
OF Representatives OH the LIST by the adoption
OF what has been denominated the compromise
resolutions. The first recommends the seating
OF all members legally elected, and the five
members ousted by the military. The second
recognizes Kellogg as Governor. 1t is stated
that the President will maintain this adjust
ment, whether it is acted upon by the Senate
or not-=the formal recognition of the COM
promise by the popular branch of Congress, be-
ing an indication OF what majority of that
body desire, under all the circumstances.
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FIVE AT A BIRTH.-We publish on cur first
page this week. an account Of the quartette sis
tiers, which was in type for our last issue, but
was crowded out. This wonder of the four lit
tie sisters, it seems, has been eclipsed by Mrs.
Morgan, Of Giles county, Virginia, who
gave birth to five male children. Now let
Mrs. Hahn and Mrs. Morgan join forces and
travel the country and their fortune is made.
The Montgomery Messenger says:
''Sopae two years ago, Mrs. Morgan, who lives
on Wolf Creek, in Giles county, gave birth to
five male children at one time. They are still
living are not the,slightest deformed arc of good
constitution and us sprightly as we'll fed kittens.
Mr.. Morgan is a 1aborer and quite poor. The
neighbors frequently visit this family, and never
without taking supplies of some kind. DR..
Miller, of fredericksburg, Bland county, was
the attending physician. Morgan stock is at a
The Spectator calls the Civil Rights Bill an
ubiquitous" measures. We are not going to
dispute about the fitness of words. But did not
the Spectator support Greeley and the Cincin-
JIallOItu III 1914! we Glllllk 81.
Well. that embraced the WAole of the Civil
Rights Bill, as to the principle, and the meas
IRE in question simply implies that principle.
The preamble to the bill is taken, word for
word, from the Greeley platform, and no one
who supported Greeley in 1872 can consistent
" oppose the present enactment. We want
lie Greeleyites to stand to their record. Its too
resi- to be disowned.
The Rev. John c.. McCabe. D. D., we'll
1nown Episcopal clergyman, died at his resi-
lence in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, Oh Fri
lay evening, the 26th ult., in the sixty-ifth
rear of his age. He was formerly the rector of
IN Episcopal church in this city, and after
wards resided in Richmond, Va, but a few
years since accepted call to the pastorate OF
Christ Church, Chambersburg, where he labor
d until his death.-Balto. Sun.
This time it is the North Carolina Legisla-
ure that shows how it can be done, by ena-
bling 800 white voters in the city of Whining
on to elect six aldermen, while rendering it
mposslb fe for $50 white voters, supplemented
~ 1890 colered voters, to elect more than three
aldermen. The same appointment also indirect
y puts it in the power Of the said 800 voters to
leet the Mayor. beyond the possibility Of the
e1nainirig q, o4O electors to prevent it!
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