The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1875-02-18

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But why give individual instances OF
Democratic robbery and theft2 The only
principle that has held the party togeth
er for the past twenty years has been
based upon the robbery of the colored
race. Your party, by its tools of the
Supreme Court. gravely decided that col
ored people had no rights that white
men were bound to respect. The buying
and selling of men. women and children,
the taking of the proceeds of the labor
of four millions of people without any
/ equivalent, and the rebellion, and killing
of half million men. and the creation
of a debt of four thousand millions of
dollars to perpetuate this gigantic system
of theft and robbery have been exclusive
ly Democratic measures and Democratic
work.
We charge that the Democratic party
| is liar. Specifications. The character
of the party as the enemy of freedom
you dare not dispute; yet, in vain at.
tempt to steal power, it passed the iel-
lowing resolution at it's last national con-
We recognize the equality of all men before
the law, and hold that it is the duty of the Gov
ernment in its dealings with the people to meet
out equal and exact justice to all, of whatever
nativity, race, color, or persuasion religious or
| political.
Ever since the passage of the above
resolution, as well as before, the party
has fought equal rights with a bitterness
and energy worthy Of a better cause.
Only a few days ago every Democrat in
Congress joined in to defeat the Civil
Rights Bill, and hindered legislation, for
46 consecutive hours. When the above
Democratic resolution was attached to
the bill as a preamble, your party all
voted against it. Here is the bill as it
passed the House:
We recognize the equality of all before the
| law, and hold that it is the duly OF Govern
| meut, in its dealings with the people, to mete
! equal and exact justice to all, OF Whatever
tivity, race, color or persuasion, religious po
Itical.
SECTION l. That all persons within the juris-
diction of the United States shall be entitled TO
the full and equal enjoyment of accommoda-
| tions, advantages, facilities and privileges of
theatres and other places of public amusement
subject only TO conditions and limitations
tabiished by law and applicable alike TO citi-
zens of every race and color, regardless of any
previous condition of servitude.
SEC ,. That any person who shall violate the
| foregoing section by denying to any citizen ex-
cept for reasons by law applicable to citizens OF
every race and color, and regardless of any pre-
vious condition, the full enjoyment of any of
In,
privileges in said section enumerated, or by
aiding melting such denial, shall, for every
such offense, forfeit and pay the sum of five
| hundred dollars to The person aggrieved there
| by, to be recovered in an action of debt; with
| full costs, and shall also he deemed guilty of a
| misdeneanor, and, upon conviction thereof, be
fined not less than five hundred dollars nor
| more than one thousand dollars, OF shall be
imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more
than one year; Provided, that persons may
elect to sue for the penalty aforesaid, to pro-
ceed under their rights at common law, and by
state statutes, and having elected to proceed
in the one mode or the other, their right to pro-
ceed in other jurisdiction shall be barred. But
this provlso shall not apply to criminal pro-
ceedings, either under this act or the criminal
law of any State; and provided further, that a
Judgment upon an Indictment shall be bar to
either prosecution respectively.
SEC, g. That the District and Circuit Courts OF
the United States shall have exclusive of the
Courts of the several States, cognizance of all
crimes and offenses against any violation of the
provisions of this act; and actions for the pen
atty given by the preceding section may be
prosecuted in the Territorial, District or Circuit
Courts of the United States, wherever the de-
fendant may be found, without regard to the
l'other party: and the District Attorneys Mar
shaIs and Deputy Marshals of the United States
and Commissioners appointed by Circuit and
Territorial Courts of the United States, with
powers of arresting and imprisoning or bailing
offenders against the IiwS of the United States,
are hereby especially authorized and required
to institute proceedings against every person
who shall violate the provisions of this act, and
cause him to be arrested and imprisoned, or
baiIed. as the case may be, for trial before such
Court of the United States or Territorial Court,
as by law has cognlzance of tile offense except
in respect of the right OF action accIuing to the
| person agsrieved, and such District Attorney
| shall cause such proceedings to represented to
| their tel elimination as in other cases. Provided,
nothing contained in this section shall be con-
| strued to deny defeat any right of civil ac-
ton acc.uing to any person, whether by reason
| ofthis act otherwise and any District Attor-
| ney who shall willfully fail 10 institute and
| prosecute the proceedings herein referred to,
shall for every such offense, forfeit and pay the
sum or five hundred dollars to the person ag-
| grleved thereby, to be recovered by an action
of debt. with full costs, and shall on conviction
thereof be deemed guilty of misdemeanor,
and be fined not less than one thousand nor
| more than five thousand dollars And provid-
ed, further, that Judgment for the penalty in
favor of party aggrieved against any such
District Attorney, Judgment upon an in
| dictment against any such District Attorney
shall be bar 10 either prosecution respectively.
| SEC. 4. That no citizen possessing all other
| by law, shall be disqualified for service on Il
| grand or petit jury in any Court of the United
States or ofany State, on account OF race, color
or previous condition of servitude, and any Off
| Ger or other person charged with any duty OF
shall exclude or fail to summon any citizen for
the cause aforesaid, shall, on conviction thereof,
be deemed guilty of n misdemeanor, and b.
! fined not more than five thousand dollars.
SEC. 5. That all cases arising under the pro-
visions of this act in Courts of The United States
shall be Renewable by the Supreme Court OF
the United States, without regard to the sum in
controversy, under the same provisions and
reguI liions ms are now provided by law for the
review of other cases in said Court.
Now Mr. Miller, will you not have to
admit that your party told a deliberate
lie when it passed tAat resolution and
nominated Horace Greeley for Presi-
dent?
On the Sth of January, 1873, William
Allen, Democratic Governor of the State
of Ohio, in public speech, declared that
Gen. Sheridan, in an Official dispatch,
had charged all the white men of Louisi-
ana of being banditti. When Gov. Allen