The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1879-02-21
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HAssAdE OF EDMUNDs' RESOLUTIONS
w Washington, February 5.-Senator Nor.
gan substitute and all other amendments
were voted down, and the original Edmupds'
resolutions finally passed without amend
journcd. ' "u'
ne resolutions were submitted by Sena.
lows: "'' 90 io''
,se. Mes0.sef, As the JUDGMENT Of the .SasAA,.-
."as 18th" ~aeue.i.yGny .as.uto,
and are as valid and of the same paramount
authority as any other part of the cousti-
tuition that the people Of each State havo
common interest in the enforcement of
the whole constitution in every State in the
Union, and that it is alike the right and
duty OF Congress to onforcc said amend
ments, and to protect overy citizrn in tho
exercise of the rights thereby secured by
avs of the general character already passed
tor tho purpose, and by further appropriate
legislation, 80 far as such enforcement and
protection are not secured by existing laws;
and that it is the duty of the executive
department of the government faithfully
and with diligence to carry all such laws
into impartial execution, and of Congress
to appropriate all moneys nccdful to that
end
Rcsolvcd, further, That it is the duty of
Congress to provide by law for the full and
impartial protection of all citizens of the Uni
ted States, legally qualified, in the right to
vote for Representatives in Congress, and
to this end the Committee on the Judiciary
be, and it hereby is, instructed to prepare and
report, as soon as may be, bill for the,
protection Of such rights, and the punish.
ment of infracLions thereof
THE DECLINE In THE PRICE Or Cor
ToN.-A report from the agricultural de-
partmcnt just issued among other items
gives the prices Of the cotton crop, concern
ing which it is said We are guided by the
prices received by the planter, which have
ruled excessively low this winter, the aver
age for the whole country being about st
cents per pound. The great value of this
crop is founded on the demand for export.
amount 1hipoTse- 1tise- ;; 1850 aad 1860, the
the United States Ess lnsG i5 5ifeHf from
importation. During the war it fell off to.
less than 2 per cent Starting in 1866 at,
ot pcI CCul. VIC lluO III 1910 NC nuuN
rcgaincd the position we held prior to 1861.
and that four fiths of the cotton used and
manufactured in Great Britain came from
the United States. The proportion of our
total crop exported to foreign ports was
1910 900 bales out of n crop Of 4,750,000
bales during year ending September l.,
1878. The production of this great staple
seems to be too large, and the result is shown
in Slutted markets and low prices, the lar
ger crop of 1878 being worth less than that
of the preceding year. Basing the calou-
lation of prices on that received by the
producer, we find the value of the crop of
1878 to be Sl94, ZOO, 600, and for l S77 S24O,,
1000, while the number Of bales was
4,75O,0OO in 1877 and 100000 tor 1878.
DEMOCRATIC CAUcUs.--W ashington,,
February 9.-An adjourned caucus of Dcm-
ocratic members Of Congress was held last
night in the hall Of the House of Rcpresen-
tativcs, NJ. Blackburn presiding. There
were present about ninety Representatives
and eight or ten Senator'S. At the former
meeting the general sentiment was in favor
Of attaching to one Of the appropriation
bills an amendment repeating the test oath
now required Of jurors, that they have not
taken up arms against the United States,
nor engaged in insurrection against the same
nor given aid and comfort to the enemy
The subject was now formally acted on.
and a committee appointed to put such
amendment in proper form to be at
tachcd to the sundry civil appropriation
bill, which, among other provisions, in
cludcs the pay of persons connected with
the judiciary. The caucus also decided
upon an amendment repeating the clauses
Of the revised statutes which provide for
the Federal supervisors of elections. The
committee are also required to put this
amendment in proper form. There was
entire unanimity on the above measures.
The only point of difference was as to con-
elusive action at the present meeting
But it was agreed that there should be an
adjourned meeting on Monday night next,