Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-06-17

'm' wuo would take them.
Inc charter Of Georgia, Mr.. Brown
con nnued, originally forbade slavery.
anu while Massachusetts, was import.
my, y slaves and selling them for a profit
TeorHia was refusing to hold them.
inaiiy Georgia adopted slavery, pur.
ccnasing part of her slaves from
n assachuse.ts. The senator from
had said there was
large number Of mullattoes TO he ac.
counted for in the South. He (Brown)
aid not claim that the South was pullt.
less In this particular. His efforts
mad shown that no SOP.
ton OF the country was
guiltless. He read from various his.
ttorical works to show that large nun.
bers OF mulattoes were always found In
massachusetts during the time anti
slavery prevailed IN that state. and
when In lis Massachusetts passed an
act exDelling all the negroes the courts
held the act applied also to the mulat-
toes. 1t may have been very natural
10 expel the negroes from Massachu-
sets, but 1t seemed a little unfair to
expel the mulattoes; not that they
were akin to the people
Of Massachusetts, but posi-
bly, because climatic influence
had changed their color, and they
were more like the good people of that
state. The cold, bleaching winds of
Massachusetts, or some other cause.
nsd modified the ebony color Of the
African In THAI state and infused a
compound of yellow, so they are no
longer called negroes, but mulattoes.
After these mulattoes, whether nat
nrally or unnaturally, hau been ex-
PEELED from Massachusetts, they doubt
less took refuge in the Southern states
and ttGGc!r defendants there have muI,
tiplied, still transmitting the modi-
lied color. Two or three
times In the course of his remarks Mr.
Brown regretted that the senator from
Massachusetts Hoar) was not in the
chamber to hear what he BROWN was
saying.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Browns
remarks Mr.. Hoar entered and re-
marked that 1t was hardly necessary
to answer what Mr.. Brown had said
because he (Hoar) had looked in while
Mr.. Brown was speaking and did not
see single human being who was lis
teniDg to his speech.
Mr.. Brown replied the country
would listen to it.
A vote was taken on Mr.. Browns
amendment which permitted divorce
only for one cause In
States has exclusive jurisdiction.
George and NanWyck; nays AZ.
f.. tAI ID. .,.ln al
printed an amendment intended to be
proposed to the bill providing that nc
building shall be forfeited that is held
and occupied exclusively for the pur-
pose of religious worship.
Mr.. Vest offered an amendment pro
viding that in no case shall husband
or wife be competent witnesses
except as to the fact of lawful marriage
having been contracted between til,
J witness and the party defendant
After short debate the senate with
+ out action went into executive session
and soon adjourned.
a HOUSE.
WASHINGTON, June TO- Bills intro
duced and referred: By Mr.. Follett
Granting 100 acres Of public domain t.
, every hon0rably discharged soldier o
the late war.
BY Mr.. Deuster: To prevent an,
q punish by prosecution under TIL
r United States laws fraudulent claim
! against foreign governments.
i BY Mr.. Wood: Calling for execu
tive information relative TO fencing II
Q the public lands.
By Mr.. Belford For the erection O
a Union and Confederate soldiers
e home at Denver.
Mr.. Lowery from committee on cleo
v tions submitted a report on the con
y tested-election cases of Campbell VI
, Morey, declaring the contestant ell
Il titled TO the seat; laid over.
a The Republican senators held
4 caucus this morning upon the Mexican
d pension bill.
Mr.. ingalls, amendment proposin
~ TO remove the limitations OF the al
"a rears of pensions act was so modi1e
Il as to extend the provisions OF th
!. arrears act only to such cases rs WEI
I filed before the lst of next January
# and in this shape 1t was approved D
4 the majority of the caucus. The SUI
r iect of final adjournment was ne
# alluded to.
!. Mr.. Randall moved the house {
Ie into committee OF the wnoie Oh VI
'. deficiency appropriation bill.
~ Mr.. Aiken, though favoring an ca
"a ly adjournment, did not THINK the "
n propriation committee should mohol
Ia olize the commuters day.
a. Mr.. Randall said the house ma
Il fixed June 80 for a final adjournme,,
4 and he understood the dates were q
n termined upon. The consideration
Id the appropriation bills must
90 Mr.. Randalls motion was agreed
70 -106 to 50. aud the house went into
y, committee rs indicated, Mr. Dunn
ut the chair. ..,,. on, !,
=" paragraph relating to the compen
Of lion of fourth class po-tmasters, Co
" lining IL to box reuts aud 10 coni'ii'
~ sions on the sale OF waste paper, pos
aya stamps. ETC., not to exceed Ply
NC NC year. After long discussion u
We motion. which was in the interest,"
II. the postmasters, was Adopted
n. to So. .,o - ,,a.rtad az (,
III ,owances in the contested electl'
eases the Limitation being ", OoO eac
tie The second section OF the Dill pl
Is, h,hits the treasury department ire
he onn.;derinp any claim against
On Mnited states unless filed within o
DO, ,aar from the passage OF the act'
70. Within live years after it shall have
!" Cured. str,ko ont
ro- s.c,ion AZ interfering with the right
,.d petition. .,.;noa and defin
the section as necessary ~ pcIs;ms,
OF to the presentation Oh oiu If 1