The New York herald., 1876-01-29
A Bill to Outlaw Slavsholding
American Citizens.
The Centennial Appropriation
in the Senate.
Another Whiskey Sensation Coming Up from
the South.
FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.
WASHINGTON, jar. %, 1915

CONSERVATIVE ATTITUDE OF THE coLoRED
MRxrBERs-A CONTEMPLATED BLooDY SHIRT
CONVENTION OPPOSED BY THEM-How NOR
TON HAS BEEN HoAxED-aovEREoR AMEs AS |
A FRIEND OF THE NEGRO.
The colored members in the present House have |
shown sound judgment several instances since the
meeting Of Congress. They we're and ready. for |
instance to vote for universal amnesty, not excluding
Jen Davis They have several occasions shown |
themselves conservative In tendency, and this AFTER
noon t has that they have unitedly op-
posed and by their resistance will probably defeat
plan to hold another "bloody shirt" convention like
that of 1874 in Chattanooga at which 'Poker" Jack,
then Chief Justice of Arkansas presided. number
of Southern republican extremists chiefly Missssip
plans who have been stufhng Senator Morton with
horrors, have been engaged in trying to get up such
convention to be held here which formally and in
the name OF the republican party Of tho Southern
States to approve Of Mr. Mortons speech and OF his
views on the South. Rumor says it also to nomi-
nate him for the Presidency To make this scheme
succeed it was Of course necessary to the
operation of the colored members for it in defence
Of the 'poor downtrodden ncgro'' that this
appeal was to be made TO the country.
Unfortunately the colored Congressman, like the
needy knifegrinder, have no "story" and
they getting privately cursed spritess wretches
Nor is this tho only misfortune which has happened to
the convention plan 1t part of the plan to get
eminent or, at least, thoroughly respectable,
republican to preside, and so the managers made
weary round only to meet with universal refusal
when they insisted that General Grant had agreed to
attend.
"If General Grant is to attend" was the reply
| OF Senator, suppose you lee him preside Hen
| make good hgurehead-"
| But the President did not even promise to attend.
| hoet anfh hat two of tha
managers visited the White House, and their spokes
man. having explained to General Grant the object Of
the convention, solicited promise that no would
attend the ground that 1t was intended to secure
the presence OF all the republican Presidential cand
dates The President prudently replied II is said
that be would have to think abouti it
Meantime there is counter movement here OF South
ern republicans who desire to reform their party and
make It honest Governor Chamberlain's lettcr has
encouraged these men in several of the Southern
States, and they correspondence for the pur-
pose OF a combined movement To give It cohesion
those here propose Senator Acorn OF Missis-
spp their standard bearer and to present him. If they
can agree their candidate for the Vice Presidency at
Cincinnati They say that Mr.. Alcorn made in Missis
sppi the same struggle some years ago in which Gov
ernor Chamberlain is engaged in South Carolina; ;
that attempted prevent thieves and plundercrs
from gaming the control OF the party and misleading
| the colored people, anu tnat, III ne nau Deen
sustained by the federal administration. Mississippi
would be to-day republican State by at least 60 900
majority, half white. They say that Acorn carried the
State by 80 900 majority that Ames his successor,
ried IL by but IS 000 and after years OF Ames
the State gone democratic by 80 000 and they hay
the blame OF this essening majority and final defeat to
the maladminstration Of Ames and bis followers. They
believe that Acorn the suppor Of his State
and has force Of character enough to head general
| movement for reform in the Southern republican
party.
When Senator Morton completes his speech Senator
Alcorn will make statement Of the situation Of affairs
in Mississippi, aud will show the Senate that Mr.. Nor
ton has allowed himself be made the victim OF huge
hoax by a set OF unscrupuious politicians There
| some evidences of this fact here already.
For instance Governor Amcs, who pre-
tends to be the true and only friend
ofthe abused negro, approved blu passed BY repub-
can Legislature entirely under his control under
which the Governor Is allowed take the negro
vcts the Prison and bind them out plan
taton Iaborers and under this law he gave the
for thus reducing these unfortunate blacks to
slavery to favorte Of his o. c. French, who sub let's
and farms this negro labor TO the planters This
practice is mtschievous that previous TO Ames ad
ministraton some such contracts, which had been
made under military authority, were annulled. Ames
made this o. c. French Commissioner 10 the Centen-
NAL Exhibition, and he has been hero deceiving
Senator Morton into the belief that Governor Ames is
tho especial friend Of the blacks French, who is,
under Ames the means Of reducing a largo number or
negroes to virtual slavery, here member for
Mississippi Of the Republican National Committee.
ACTION OF REPUBLICAN SENATORS TO RETAIN
THEIR SLENDER MAJoRrTY-THE CASE OF
SPENCER AND PNcHBAcK.
The election OF Eushs to the louisiana senatorship
will probably help Pinchback's admission Senator
Norton IL Is understood, will make the point in the
Senate thursday that n Pinchback is not admitted
Eustis must be; that Louisiana ought to have Seua
tor and the Senate must decide which OF tho two II
will Under this pressure IL is thought the rcpub
Icans will admit Pinchback, because to throw him out
and let Eusts IN would be to sacrifice two votes which,
with the very slender republican majority they dislike
do This consideration forms also Senator Spencor's
stronghold. There are republican Senator'S who would
vote his expulsion the charge that no obtained his
election by the means mentioned In the Alabama
moral being generally believed, and his intimate
cianon with Hines charged with Post once frauds,
making his presence in the Senate dstasteful many
Senator's but 1t known that his successor would be
democrat
A BILL TO PREVENT AMERICAN CITIZENS HOLD
mo SLAVES IN cUBA-Irs EFFECT UPON OUR
DEMANDS FOR REDRESS PROM SPAIN.
Mr. Springer, democrat Of Illinois, introduced to-day
in the House a bill ITO prevent American chzons from
holding slaves in foreign countries" II provides that
"citizens Of the United States, temporarily residing
and doing business In foreign countries hereby pro-
hbltcd from owning, leasing, buying and selling or
in any man1er traaacking persons held as slaves in
any such countries their dependencies, and that all
citizens OF the United States violating the OF
this act by themselves their agents employees shall
DO deprived OF all claims to protection from the govern
mens OF the United States for wrongs committed or
losses suffered by them in such foreign States