Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-04-01
gestures, but stood between two desks, with

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hand on either. He soon warmed up with
his subject, however, and assumed his old and
we'll remembered style of oratory. AS usual,
he occasionally made grammatical slip, but
this was scarcely noticeable, none Of his mac
curacies of speech being of a marked charac-
ter. He spoke without notes. and frequently
consulted several books of reference which
lay on his desk. After Mr. johnson had ta-
ken his seat he was warmly congratulated by
a number Of Democratic Senators.
Mr. Johnsons speech has been variously
commented upon by the leading papers, by
none of which it is characterized as patriot
ic or dispassionate address. Tie Tribune says
it will not bear comparison with either Of the
several speeches made during the recent ses-
sion Of the Senate from Senators of whom less
was expected and the Herald says the speech
was virtually an impeachment of Grant.
The Operation of the Civil Rights Law.
- The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun gives the following as his OBJ
servations of the operation and probable ef-
feet of the civil rights law:
AS the scare over the passage Of the civil
rights bill is subsiding the fact is becoming
very clear that it is much more Of shadow
than of substance. The letter Of Gen. But
Ter, who has, of course, the right to speak
with high authority, and the various judicial
interpretations of the provisions of the bill so
far given have narrowed down its scope ex-
ceedingly. The opinion of United States
Circuit Judge Emmons, delivered at Mem
phs, on the 22nd ultimo, has attracted much
attention in legal circles. Judge Emmons is
citizen Of Michigan and a pronounced re.
publican, and his decisions have always car
ried great weight An eminent member of
the bar of the Supreme Court has said that
any innkeeper or theatre proprietor, fortified
by this opinion of Judge Emmons, need have
no apprehensions in violating such provisions
of the civil rights bill as applied to his bust.
ness. Eating houses, bar-rooms, barber-shops,
billiard saloons and the like have already, by
decisions of United States judicial officers in
other parts Of the country, been declared not
included in the provisions of the bill, and no
appeal therefrom has been taken.
Its noted that Judge Emmons in his opin-
ion also denies the power. of Congress to i'm
pose regulations upon common carriers AS
to this, however, there has for several years
been no great difficulty in any one, white or
black, securing such accommodations in pub
lie conveyances as he is willing to pay for.
No case has as yet arisen under the jury
clause of the bill, nor has any colored man
been summoned to serve on jury in the
courts of any State where be had not that
privilege anterior to the passage of the bill.
So far as the Department of Justice has in
formation, Maryland is the only State in which
he did not also have that privilege before the
passage of the bill, where negro has been
put on the jury of United States court. 1t
is anticipated that before long case may
arise under this jury clause, and when it does
it will come before the Supreme Court for re-
view. Senator Carpenter and others equally
learned in law, say there can be no possible
question of the Supreme Court pronouncing
the clause unconstitutional. This completes
all that is left of the civil rights bill. The
negro demagogues in Washington who were
so prominent in speech and in print demand
ing the passage of the civil rights bill, are be-
coming intensely disgusted as they slowly be-
gin to realize what delusion and mockery
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