The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1875-02-17


the following declarations from the
Democratic platform of 1872 were
adopted as the preamble to the civil
rights bill, which passed the House
on Friday week. Here they are.
Mark and consider them we'll:
WHEREAS, 1t Is essential TO just
government we recognize the equality
of men before the law, and hold that
| it is the duty of government in its
| dealings with the people to mete out
\ equal and exact justice to all, of what
ever nativity, race, color, or persua-
sion, religious or political; and it be-
| lug the proper object of legislation to
enact great fundamental principles in
to laws: Therefore, Be it. enacted,
etc
These declarations quite as thor
| oughly-Irobably more unequIyocally
/ than the bill itself-set forth the doc
trine of the equality of all men before
the law. and also declare that 1t is the
duty of the goverument-not the
States-to secure equal rights. As
the next campaign is to be fought to
great extent upon prejudice-the issue
| in the civil rights bill-it will be well
l IO ttdI III fH1u tic tSOti
on this subject. In 1872 this party
made a plain, square, positive affirma-
! ton of this doctrine. To day it is in
| distinct opposition to it A pertinent
| question in this connection Is this
We're not the Democracy playing
game of false pretenses upon the
country In putting forth such decla-
| ration at that time? Why the party
has wheeled around so squarely in
the short space of two and one half
years can only be explained upon the
theory that it is not only thoroughly
| dishonest and untrustworthy; but
that, as of old, its instincts all tend IN
the direction of class distinctions
| the oppression of some portion OF the
people. The honest reader may we'll
question whether he can ever look
with favor upon party which IN so
short time advocates and then aban
dons so grand a principle as that of
the legal equality of all men. 1t
Democrat finds fault with this bill, it
must be with a very poor grace, after
its preambles and definitions are taken
from a Democratic platform dating
back to 1872.
Here are the yeas and nays on the
measure record which it will be
we'll to preserve. The only Republi-
can who voted against Mr.. Shank
amendment was the Hon. William b.
Williams, of Michigan. The follow
ing are the Republicans who voted
for the amendment;
Messrs. Albert, Albright,
Averill, Barber, Barrere, Bass, Be
COLE. Biery, Bradley, Burlington, Bun
dy. Burchard, Burleigh, Burrows,
Benjamin L. Butler, Roderick r.
Butler, Cain, Cannon. Carpenter Ca
son, Cessna, Amos Clark, Jr., Free
man Clarke, Clayton, Clements, Gin
ton L. Cobb, Stephen A. Cobb,
Coburn, Conger, Corwin, Cotton,
Crooke, Crounse, Crutchfield, Curtis.
Darrall. Dawes, Dobbins, Donnan,
Duell, Dunnell, Eames, Field, Fort,
Foster, Garfield Gooch, Gunckei,
Hagans. Eugene Hale. Harmer, Ben.
iamin w. Harris, Harrison, Hathorn.
Ravens, John B. Hawley, Joseph 4.
Hawley. Hays, Gerry w. Hazelton,
John W. Hazelton. Hendee, + Rock
kins, Houghton, Howe, Hubbell,
Hunter, Hurlbut, HYDE, Hynes, Kas-
son, Kelley, Kellogg, I.amport, Lam
sing, Lawrence, Lawson, Lofland.
Loughbridge, Lowe, Lowndes, Mar
James ". MeDill, McDougall; Me-
Monroe, Moore, Mercy, Myers.
Packard, Packer, Page, Isaac c. Park
lips, Pierce. Pike. James II. Plat, Jr.,
pnlanI D,-a{f R,,nar R,,>.ar Por
Richmond, Ellis III. Roberts, James
B. Saylor. Scofield, Henry J. Scudder.
Isaac w. Scudder, Sener, Sessions,
Shanks, Sheats, Sheldon, Lazarus d.
Shoemaker, Sloan, Small. Smart, A
Herr Smith. George l.. Smith, III.
Boardman Smith, J. Amber Smith,
John Q. Smith, Snyder, Sprague,
Stanard, Starkweather. Charles A
Stevens, Stowell, Strait, Strawbridge,
Sypher. Taylor, Charles r. Thomas,
Christopher Y. Thomas, Thompson,
Thornburgh, Todd, Townsend, Ire
main. Tyner. Waldron, Wallace, Jas
per D. Ward, Marcus l.. Ward, Wells, !
White. Whitley, WILDER, George Will
lard. Charles G Williams, John NJ
s. William, William Williams, James |
Wilson, Jeremiah NJ Wilson, and |
Woodworth-113.
The following named Democrats
voted for the amendment:
Yeas-Messrs Archer, Ashe, At
kins. Banning, Beck. Bland, Buckner,
Caulfield, John b. Clark. Jr., Clymer |
Comingo, Cook, Cox, Crittenden. De- /
Witt, Durham, Eden, Giddings, Gun /
ter, Hamilton, Hatcher. Hereford, |
Herndon. Holman. Lamar. Leach,
Magee, Morrison, O'Brien, Hosea W.
Parker Perry, Potter. Randall, Rob-
bins. William r. Roberts. James c.
Robinson. Speer. Standiford. Storm,
Swami, Vance. Waddell, Whitehead,
The following named Democrats
voted against the amendment:
Nays-Messrs. Adams. Arthur. Bell.
Berry. Blount, Bowen, Bright, Brom
berg, Brown. Caldwell, Chittenden,
Davis. Eldredge, Hancock,
Henry r. Harris, Hunton. Mclean,
Millihen. Nesmith, Read. Schell.
Stone. William B Williams, Ephraim
K. Wilson, and John d. Young-26.
The Democrats were caught in
trap. 1t would look too barefaced to
go back" upon their own platform of
1872. but they opposed the bill after
their forgotten creed had been pre-
fixed to explain its provisions