The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-10-22

Inc lcWl1 81At-
The. Alexandria 61zeise's Washington
correspondent says thst the following u I"
conv a. Mr.. sHeasax's amendment TO the
mi 20 enforce the provisions Of the four
teen,h amendment, which received the sup
mort Of Dfr. Jonx r. LEWIS, now the MA
nose candidate for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Of
Virginia:
"That 81 any house, tenement, cabin,
shon building, barn, or graincry shall be
u.lawfully or feloniously demolished,
pulled down, burned, ordestroyed, wholly
~ m part, by any persons riotously and
fnmultuously assembled together; or II
any person shall unlawfully and with force
and violence he whipped, scomgcu,
wounded, or killed, by any persons TOT
ously and unanimously assombledt ogetheI'
and IL such offence was committed 10 ue
priye any person Of any right conferred
iipon him by the Constitution ana laws OF
the United States, or t0-deter him IRON or
puuish him for exercising any such rfght,
or nv reason OF bis race, color, or previous
condition OF servitude, in every sucn case
tho Inhabitants Of the county, city, or
nsrisb IN whiSh any OF the said OIL
FENCES shali be committed shall be
liable 10 pay full compensation to
the person or persons damaged by such
offence. II living. or TO his legal repre-
sentatiyes, II dead: and such compenss-
zion NAV be recovered by such person or
his representatives by a suit in any court
OF The United States Of competent iurls-
diction in the district in which the offence
was committed, 70 be in the name OF the
person injured, or his legal representatives,
and against such county, city, or PARISH;
and execution may be issued on 1udg-
ment rendered in such suit, and may be
levied upon any property, real or personal,
OF any person in said county, city, or
parish; and The said county, city, OF parish
NAV recover the full amount OF said ludg-
ment, costs and interest, from any person
or persons engaged rs principal or access
sorry in sBch riot, in an action in any court
OF competent jurisdiction"
On this amendment, when offered IN
committee Of the whole, the vote was as
follows:
"Ayes-M essrs. Ames, Anthony, Bore
man, Brownlow, Caldwell, Cameron, Car
penter, Chandler, Clayton, Cole, Conkling,
Corbett, Cragin, Edmunds, Ferry OF hichi-
gan, Gilbert, Hamilton OF Texas, EIamlin,
Harlan, Howe, LEWIS, Logan, Morton,
Nyc, Osborn, Patterson, POmeroy, Pool
Pratt, Ramsay, Rice, Sawyer, Sherman,
sumner, West, Wilson, Window, and
Wright-30.
" NanS-Messrs. Bayard, Blair, Buck
ngham, Casserly, Cooper, Davis Of Ken
tueky, Davis OF West Virginia, Frelinghuy-
sen, Hamilton OF Maryland, Hill, Hitch
coek, Johnston, Kelley, Morrill, Of Maine,
Robertson, Salisbury, Schurz, Scott, Spen-
Ger, Stevenson, stockton, Thurman, Tip
ton, Trumbull, and Vlckcrs-25."
A few days afterwards, when another
vote was taken upon the same amendment,
Mr.. Lewis voted for it again.
II is almost incredible that Mr.. LEWIS
should have voted for this infamous bill.
But as lac did so, al that the people Of VIZ
ginia can do Is to turn their backs upon
him. We have never doubted that large
number Of the Readiusters would scratch
his name off their ticket when they vote.
II was put there TO attract negro votes, and
will attract them. At the same time it !
will drive of white Readjusters.
Under the operation OF the above bin /
the property Of every man in the South |
would have been at the mercy of white and |
negro vagabOnds. a perfect harvest Of
perjury would have been reaped by the
miscreants OF the Radical party in their
efforts to reap harvest Of money. Exc
cution was to be issued against the pro-
perty Of "any person" in order 10 rsise
money to pay negroes for being prevented
by rowdies from voting. The best men in
Inc community would have had to pay the
debts OF the worst. The Rev. DR.. PETER
iN's property would have been sold on ac-
sount OF the offence Of the worst man in
the penitentiary. Read the bill and see
Tor yourselves what il is.