Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1890-12-20
Congress.

n the u. .. DEBATE yesterday Mt. Ote"
art, republican, of Nevada. made an argp-
ment against the force bill OF the ground
that The attempt to execute it 10 the South
would be disastrous to beth races lie wes
a friend of the colorsi man aud deeply sym
pethz:d with bim, bat he could not ask
him to put his life 10 jeopardy in order to
fight the political battle for his 8r. Stew
ast's) advantage. He was equsliy TREAD
to the white man a1d desired 10 refrain
from SPY act which might eeem to justify
him (ths white man in making war upon
the defenseiess race which Congress hsG en-
franchigad. Whatever Tes Gcne Ia the
matter of protecting suffrage at the South,
unless 1t was done through the voluntary
action of the people of hat section, WorId
have to result In one OF two things: Ii The
negro ware protected by totce, the same
forca would inevitably be- driven to the ne
cassity of destroying his enemy. That IL
volved the ensisyemsnt and hnsl externi-
nation OF tie whites. There wac nothing
more certain thar that. The employ
ment OF force would result ultimately ia tbe
determination either Of the blacks or of
the whites. He reviewed the Reconstruction
ee;sistiop, in which he had himself bean
prominent ectcr ia the Ssnae; pcicted cot
the stringent provisions by which the pre-
lection of the negro voter was supposed 10
have been ell sufficient, and qnOted afgu-
uenss made by leading republicans 10 both
houses sgsl3st the suspension OF naeoeas
CORPUS end against allowing the military
power OF The Unised States to be exercised IN
the South daring The presidency OF Genera
Grant. Aud he asked how, II President
Grant had been uDaba 90 protect colofed
men ia their right of Suffrage, any otaer
President conld do better.
If military power was TO be ussd IL TIE ex-
eculion OF the pending bill, then the till
should be defeated, and ii il was to be
dead letter, why pass il? Public opiuion ut
the South Ras entirely against 1t. lasteRo
of protecting the co!ored man il would bring
upon bar persecution ord lniserS, if BOT
des,h. No sssnm p,oa IF party necessity
could icst;(g sucu an act. IL was the plain
du,y ci ths Senate, ne held. to trust to naiu-
raj causes in the hope that they you'd rem.
edy the evil. The b ought not to pass, be-
cause it never would BIS enforced becausait
would consolidate the eouihsrn whites; be-
cause it would bring further misery &C the
southern blacks, and becaGse it would it,
CREASE eect!onei snimosities aGd kild!e GneW
the, discords OF the past. Mr. Stewart gave
brief account of the supervisors electioh
law and of the act for the Suspension OF the
WrIt of habeas corpus. Ha rece! Ell The
speeches in opposition 90 the force oil Vi
1879 made by Senators George 4 Hoar snd
J Il. Eawtey, then representatives. Ia the
House. Among those then voting sgainet
tte force bill Mr. SsaWsrt recalled Foster,
Garfed, VIM. Waiter Phelps, Kasson and
Kellogg. General Ha9iev, he said, was very
strenuous in his oppositoa, derialing thai
tnsra could bs 30 genuine protection in the
south under legislative enactment. Ii ccnld
no more be enforced by courts end juties
than tbs laws already upon the sisiute oook
could be, which, If they could bs enforced
you'd be ample for the suppression o! ali
the frauds complained Of. Tee effect CT the
oll!, in his cpnion, would be to cauaa eVsn
sti!i b.iteror race hatreds. The general
opiuioD OF the land Wsa In favor Of giving
oil legal opportunities to tho colored mea.
Ii the North that opinion was growing
keener aud more active. Such pu5ilc
opiniou would be mora potential es
time vent o. Il the Ssnase passed the
Dill IL siouia Dc executed. II the Senate DID
cot intend to enforce it, he asked the 3enate
in the name OF humanity, not TO pRsa 1T. IL
il were passed the white usn svouId bestili
iu..her consolidated, and the traaed power
and crEau;z.tiou OF TIE late Confederate
States would bs brought TO ioscrs the
destruction Of the coloie ed race ii che Sonlh
The cooyed man was yearly imp!cviog
He could not be removed from this country.
No one compared him, in mental capacity
az race, with the white nlah, Ia whoas
midst he lived. But it WIS the glory o.
thu wh.e race that is:ios ccuiG noi lnng
exist in. ts midst. rhiH vas the age If
Justice sod the death Of privilege. There
was no room for slaves aud no room ftr
caste. The white people Of the South must
be- taught to see tha., a I'D Is wss the only
yss IN which the colored voter could finally
DC PROTECTED. The fGct that this GAS iae
first opposticn TO the bill On tie parf CT
republicsa Senator caused the closest
attention 10 De ped to Mr. Stewards speech
on bo:n sides of the chamber. Republican
and democrstic s3nators wsre in about
equsl uba5e, 'abouG thirty en- zach side,
and ail turned towards Mr.. Stewart eua sp-
pared 10 oa most interested is:eoers.
Che Hopse, after debate, adopted the
conference report on tho dill cooierring
oarlsiu powers or the Baltimore nDd Poto-
uac Railroad Cenpa07 in the District CT
Columbia,