Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-05

| by the side of white ones In the parquet
and dress circle. 1t will be some years
before the aristocratic denizens OF
Sullivan and Thompson streets will
be allowed to occupy the boxes
at Wallack's, or Booths, or Daly's. In
reality the bill is pretense, not meas
ure, aud ii results in pleasing nobody.
NJ. Sumner would have spuTned it from
him with contempt. In omitting the
school clause everything that was vital
in ii is destroyed. Nobody supposed,
even in its most radical form, that 1t
was bill to make white man marry
his daughter to negro; but its great
purpose, in Mr.. Summers hands, was TO
open all the public schools to black and
white alike. This being refused, it was
stripped Of everything which the law, in
so far as it was operative, did not guar
antee already. Even the negroes are
not likely to be deceived by 20 lame and
impotent q conclusion, and we doubt
not that the civil rights bill, which oc-
casioned so much angry comment while
it was under consideration, now that it
is out of the way, will be forgotten i'll
shorter space of time than was required
t. pass it.
81. Louis Republican,
1t is said that good lawyers are of the
opinion that the act is unconstitutional.
and that Senator Carpenter, who voted
against it, declared tbat it cannot endure
the test of a review by the supreme
court. If this be true, it will not be long
before case shall be made up for the
judgement of that court. The bill will
be scarcely less offensive In some parts
of the north than in the south, and it is
probable that the first test Of its validity
will come from the north. 1t will not
be prudent, however, for the white peo-
pie of the south to count on its uncOnsti-
tutionality; it will be far better for them
TO admit its validity and leave it to be
tested at the north, where its enforce
ment will act strongly against the party
that passed it. II is another test OF
southern patience-another of the series
of measures intended to exasperate the
south into imprudent action; but it will
not only fail of its object, but react
against its authors, if the southern
whites shall peacefully submit to it.
Vicksburg Heraldl
The civil rights bill passed the senate
Saturday, and yesterday morning Presi-
dent Grant made haste to approve it,
and it is now the law of the land. To
the slightest consequence and we wish
those who like it much joy of their ac-
quisitiOn.
New York WOrld.l
The last section of the new law allows
any case under it to be appealed to the
supreme court of the United States
for final decision. AS it will take from
two to three years to secure that, it is
understood that the enforcement Of
every judgement obtained in lower
court can be delayed that time by an
appeal, Every senator OF both parties
who has spoken against the bill has pre-
dicted that the supreme court will de-
clare it unconstitutional. Senator Den
mis-, OF Maryland, in brief but pointed
speech declared that such would be the
case. He slso insisted that the bill
would iDjure that class Of people it was
intended by its friends to benefit. He
further announced that vast majority
of his constituents opposed the bill in
every shape, and for them and himself
he entered an earnest protest against its
passage.
Mississippi Valley Dental Association
CINCINNATI, March The third an