The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1875-04-02

different States where Legislatures
are now in session, against the opera
tions Of that great Radical infaniy,
the Civil Rights Bill. There is no
doubt that it was the intention
Of the condemned Radical majority
in Congress, in passing this Bill, to
perpetuatei their power in this
country II was so avowed in debate
and by the papers which sustained
it. Herein there must be this prop
osition, that the bill is acceptable to
a majority Of the people of the Union;
otherwise, to pass it would be mis-
take--a mistake of the first magni-
tude. Its introduction and passage
by the Senate, in the estimation Of
the Cincinnati Enquirer, cost the
Radical party nearly its entire white
vote in the South in 1874 and to some
degree that Of the North. Ii this is
the fact already, what will be the re-
suit of its final enforcement? In its
application, the bill will apply to
Radicals as well as Democrats. The
former are just rs Averse, if white, to
having negroes sit down with them
at public tables, at hotels, or at
places of amusement, or in railroad
cars, as are Democrats. Political
equality is one thing, social equality
is quite another. There are thousands
of Radicals who will sustain the first
that will oppose the second. We
welcome the practical test of the issue
caused by this bill. You can't legis-
Lutte men into society by human laws.
The reverse has been the theory Of
the total abstinence reformation, and
it has been q great failure. So far
as places Of amusement IRE con-
cerned, the law is plainly unconsti-
tutional. They are private shows
held for private purposes and at pri-
vate charges. They are not answer
able under the law applying to COM
mon carriers as hotels and railroads
ore. They are not bound to admit
any person unless they choose, and
they can make such distinction in
rates as they please. We want no
better issue to go before the people
than that of the repeal of this scam
dalous measure. While declaring
that there shall be no distinctions
founded upon race, color Or pre-
vious condition Of seryitude," it
makes by its very terms an important
one. If two blacks have a difficulty
or two whites Of personal character
the matter is to be determined by
local and State tribunals, But if it
is between a white and black, the
latter can bring the case into the
United States Courts, Of which there
are but one OF two in the State, and
thus put his adversary at great OK
pense, even if he is innocent Of the
of6ense imputed under the law.
Then, again, if an obnoxious white
man while obtaining admittance to
public table at hotel was rejected
with q kick he might not obtain more
than five dollars damages. But an
obnoxious negro may obtain five
hundred dollars, and at the same
time have the other party imprisoned
for year. These distinctions Of
race and color the white people will
not sustain in favor Of the black, and
they will vote down the party which
has SO little sense as to adopt it.
The next Congress, the Enquirer
thinks, should lose no time in re-
pealing the infamous Negro Equality
bill. A law to- that effect, it says,
would go quickly through tho House
of Representatives, and it believes
there will be Conservative Senators
enough TO pass it through the Senate,
This is upon tho supposition that it
will not be declared unconstitutional
in the meantime by the Supreme
Court. Senator Carpenter of Wis
consin, maintained and showed from
first to last that itwas o violation Of
the Constitution, as expounded by
the Court, in all its main features.