Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1875-02-27
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Tax and Tariff Bill Reported
to the Senate Without
Recommendation.
The Civil Rights BIZ Still Hang
ing Fire.
The Force Bill Postponed TIN the
Night Session,
Hawley Bids Adieu to Radical
ism,
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Vermont, from the Committee on Finance
| reported back the tax and tariff bill Whiel
recently passed the House. and stated tina
the committee was equally divided upoI
the bill. He gave notice that he would
call it up as soon as the Civil Rights bill
should be disposed of.
Mr.. Scott, from the Committee on Fl
nance, reported adversely On the bill to Sc
| ctre the depO- itOrs in the Freedman's Saw
ings and Trust Company, from ultimat,
loss, and il was indefinitely postponed.
Mr.. Bayard, from the same committee
reported favOrably on the bill to amend
| section 1912 Of the revised statues, intro
duced by him on the Sd inst, and it was
| passed. The bill requires brewers to affiz
| upon the spigOt-hole on every barrel con
tanning fermented liquor the proper stamp
when such barrel is sold or removed from
the brewery or warehouse, and also re-
quires the stamp to be cancelled at the time
Of afixing the same, by writing or imprint
ing thereon the name of the manufactu-
rers Of the liquor.
Mr.. Sherman, from the Committee on
Finance, called up House bill restricting
the refunding Of customs duties, and pre-.
scribing certain regulations of the Treasury
Department. Passed.
Mr.. Logan asked to take up the bill for
the equalization of bOunties, but objection
was made.
At the expiration of the morning hour.
the consideration of the Civil Rights bill
was resumed.
Mr.. Thurman moved to strike out of the
fourth section in regard TO the qualifica-
tons of jurors, the words cor Of any State, .
so it would read, "No citizens possessing
all other qualifications which are or may be
prescribed by law, shall be disqualified for
service as grand or petit Jurors in any
court Of the United States on account of
race, color or previous condition of servi-
tude." In support of this amendment, he
argued that Congress had no power under
the Fourteenth amendment to prescribe
qualifications for jurors.
Mr.. Morton said the 4th section of the
bill did not establish the qualification of
jurors in State cOurts. The State might
provide any qualification it pleased. II
might say no person under thirty years of
age should sit on jury, or might say, any
person unable to read or write, or not own
ing 5000 worth of property, should be a
Juror; but such law must apply to all alike,
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prohibit a State from refusing a man a
right TO sit on a jury on account Of race or
color, if he had all the other qualifications.
Mr.. Thurman said there was not a State
or Territory in the Union, outside Of Wv
Oming, where women were qualified to sit
in jury box, yet they received the equal
protection OF the laws. Children under q
years of age were not allowed to SIT on
juries, yet they had the equal protection of
the laws. The equal protection Of the laws
was one thing and political privileges an
other. He would never be willing TO give
the colored men Of this country more privi-
leges than the white women. IApplause
in the gallery.l
Mr.. Morton said his friend from Ohio
fell back on the ladies He (Alortcn) was
soTTy that the Senator chung to old ideas,
entertained before the war.
AIr. Thurman said the Senator from In
diana replied to his argument by saying
''the Senator from Ohio falls back upon the
ladies'" That was the logic Of his learned
friend; that was the reasoning Of the leader
Of the Republican party on this floor. He
(ThuTman) acknowledged he adhered to
opinions which be had well conserved. He
(Thumau) did not make Richmond
speeches one year, and say negroes ought
not to be allowed TO vote, and thea become
their chief champion before the speech had
passed out Of The mind Of those who heard
il. He (Thuman) was too much Of an
antedeluvian for that, and be hoped he
never would be anything else. He was no
such gymnast as the Senator from Indiana.
The question being on the amendment
Of Mr.. Thurman, and no Senator desiring
to speak, the chair CMr. CaTpenter) was
about TO take the vote, when Mr.. Bayard
raised the point Of order that under the
agreement yesterday, the vote could not be
taken before two o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
Mr.. Morton said he understood it that if
no one desired to speak, the vote on the
Civil Rights bill could be taken before to-
morrow afternoon, and that the measure
could be put out Of the way.
Mr.. Edmunds said he felt bound by the
agreement that the vote should not be
taken till Saturday afternoon, and il was
not in order to vote on the amendment
now.
Mr.. Norwood said when the Louisiana
question was last before the Senate, he
made motion to lay it aside, before con-
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question was of equal importance: He
would now conclude his speech. He then
addre ssed the Senate at length on Southern
affairs, and recent troubles in Louisiana es-
pecially. Before concluding, he yielded to
Mr.. Bayard, who moved that recess be
taken from ) to 7:3O o'clock. Agreed to.
The Senate then went into executive
session, and at ) O'Clock a recess was taken
al 7:3O.
Evening Session.
Upon reassembliug, consideration of the
Civil Rights bill was resumed, and Mr..
Norwood continued bis speech in regard to
Louisiana and the condition of affairs in
the SOUTH
Mr. Bayard then took the hoo- and
argued against the constitutiOnality Of the
bill.
Mr.. Hamilton, Of Maryland, obtained the
floor, but yielded for a motion to adjourn,
which was agreed to and the Senate ad-
iourned.