The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-10-25
TIGE CINE. ii2i;iITS l!iLE.

IN connection with thc recent dccis-
ion Of tlr United States Suprcm,.
Court oA the subject Of civil RIGHTS, i,
may DC OF Interest to recall the ci,cum-
stances under which the Act OF Con-
GrcSS Wa~ p&"'c,f ~" Chicluo yyi
d""c gives The E,!lowir1 historical ac-
coun! OF ihc measure:
ylr supplementary Civil Rights A It wa.
under ronSdc a;iol frrA january t.
March, 1879, ami t;ir.nC lie consideration
OF 1t occurred the p"utractrd Gv.,.:nci j.,
tl'c ilouSc which has ,.v".mr historical.
I!r. Randall WIS the !rnh;" of t!c orul,
Lon. The bill VAS I'H>,'I i'm Tie tlni,+c ~
Il woe OF rs to Is. Tine lri,uh.icuns V.,,u
voted against ii wcr, Butter, Harrison and
Ih"iHburg, Of tennessee; Hyde .;ud Stol,-
ara OF Missouri: Iown;,cs, of Magy,and;
f''"r and Amber Smith, of Virginia:
Walter Phelps, of New Jersey; Ray, of
illinois: 81. John, Of New York; and
! lloIIIaS, OF Virginia: and in the rcpuh!
can press of the day .!lrir names were
often printed in black letters Under the
'"@hts.' In thr Scnatr tlr bill was passed
Yeas, ;i"; rays, 2G; u%"cn,, .. Thc
f'l'rh:'liV" v"t" WAS wholly ,.rnuhl;can,
;.'d imnng the negative votes wry, ihns,
EcW'blcitnS: Carr cNttr, e. Wis.o-sin.
e' :, Oh t"nnS"'"ut; iil:Ai!ton. of Tex
"*; i."N.", f Virginia: Sri.ur". :irra.rrn
"hd li.,t"ii. MI Car, ntcr m ,Gc an aynu-
lltht li the r!,"t. ;.uiiiLI Iar cunstitu.
'nAhty Of thH 'Hw; tar'a.yd u,Gt all of il,
H"NiS''ns were in c""ii;r! wiz, .nr Gomati.
t.''"n, and prcdict2d that e., %unrrn,
Court would hold it invalid and void. III.
h'"hlS, ON the W!.cr hnud, WAS t!.r o,yo.
cate Of thc r"nstnAGoiE!.iy If ti,c biz. lie
insisted ilH;t the lurpo Of the bill y,os g..
protect the people against ,!i,,y,uiuo,i.,u ~.
1ai".ed exclusively urrn cn,rr. In H.,
c5i' years "'hrc The I'!li passed i. has fail
'h - iuH'iiT tAr expectation o: lis friends;
or tn" predictions Ct lis enemies. ~,
hf"' Jn1i%!a! opinion un,trT the law was
Cei.Ec'"G ~ .'ui!:,r i.nnnonS, of Tennessee.
"io, in :; chn".;' t., !ir gYa,iA jurv in refer.
thrr I" thr tiNii III ;A:,; bill, declared i; f.
h' aA'"'Hli -Nti"ial: maintained that TN,
hiCd Ia - coul,l mnt ;n!.r.rn u;u
hot"i pr"i ri"torS or common carriers; ana
asserted Tie right OF tie States TO ir rorc
" Wv - 'h'' i'!i' ave iiItiS.
'f"i'S>or !.Hn1,ior, OF Howard J'u:-
VcrSi;E, claimed tlat he drew thc
original bin, by! This hn, been s;ou,lv
denied. This bill was in chormc -,
SaNat"r Summer, but its provisions
were sic! as TO excite boGh opposition
and rihicnic. The bill that fino,,v
ra!nc Zip for uiScE>sion was u subs1i-
TUE submitted by the judiciary com.
h''t'cc OF the Hcnatc. The Baltimore
H"n furnishes other historical! iu.;y. os
fr.hWH.,
This substitute, although very much
ho":!lrd from tic original bill, unGr,i,,nl
20 'hci''dc cemeteries in its application.
NC hiii even as modified was Gcrcr!y at
'"'Ne"' anh Mr.. Ftci .i;;huyScn AGAIN and
"i1aln stEoVr vanity to deny that it touched
'ie question Of social equality. After
h'any days OF debate ;lc bin was passed
ana sent to the House, viii, nAar;r if mo-.
quite onc-haif Of The Republican Scnotors
absent "''in t!c vote was taken. When
,Ar bi'l reached the House General Ern;,-
m!n +. Batter, WHO Was Chen Ebpirr,, nr
moved mat it be referred TO his committees
"'i' stated quite positively HAT IL womb
not hc reported back. 50 the bill which
NhaticS Sumner first introduced and
ircimghuyscn recast was smothcrcd I,
death by benjamin Il Butter lie after
WARDS reported from the House judiciary
committee a civil rights bill which he had
GRATED himself. The IIousr noc.c,, ,L;
bil!, sent it to the Senate, whcr, i, was
!: aisA9ptsd " that body, and tlis is the meas
HTe "iilch tile Supreme Court has declared
oatSlac tic pale Of tie Constitution
"eh)ahin f. Butler is therefore the father
Vi "e aell'nct measure, and to him be-
'"ngs all the credit, or the blame, as n,o
case may be. Donttlcs. he had this ,ytrv
''l'' IN his mind when he lately boastcd Of
IS ability to control the colorcd vote Of t,,a
Country.
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prominent Broker of Richmond ",
EiioSc name we withhold, SAYS no hos n.n.i