The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-09-07

Perhaps the reader would like to see
The Report OF this Committee, which
was endorsed upon the Bill. 1t is such
a jem of it's kind that l reproduce il
entire. Ii is as follows
The judiciary Committee of the Senate,
having had this Bill under consideration.
and having made CAREFUL INQUIRY
FROM ALL PARTS OF THE STATE, are
| of The opinion, that the offense intended to
be made a Felony by this Bill, dots not
prevail in the State to any considerable ex-
tent. Public opinion Is strongly against tine
offense and the Committee think that
| there is no necessity for the Bill and REC
OMMEND THAT 1T DO NOT Pass.
Or course there can be no memb Der of
this Judiciary Committee, who is SC
chiId-lIke and bland, as to suppose,
that any body in North Carolina, is 60
| ing to believe any one of them, in their
assertion that they had made careful
inquiry from all parts of the Stale"
To have done SO within the three days
the Bill was in their possession, was q
physical impOssibi!ity. Besides. it is
known thas their time was SO fully &C.
cupied, in unseating Senators, and leg
lslatIng men out Of the Offices to which
they had been elected or appointed, as
30 leave them, little leisure for q thing
ike this. 4 protest, therefore, a2ains.
their making the People PARTICRPs
CsIMINIs with tn. mselves, BY pretend
log that they had consulted them, and
were governed by their instructions
And now listen. 10 the reasons, which
5hese profound lawyers, and sapient
Senators, give for their neglect Of du-
" ! They say, that the offense in
tended 10 be made u Felony does not
prevail TO any considerable extent in
the State" But that is equivalent to
saying, That IT does prevail to snme
extent. And that, one would think, was
r+as0n enough, Tor its b ing tut under
the ban of the law. Or must We waiI I'm
I'll CT lme prevails 60 q grest exteLt tie
'Ure We take steps To prevent, or sup
press il ? Again, they say, shat public
ntimeDt Is strongly against The Of
ieDse.' That is true; and being true
so far from its being a reason sgaiusf'
IL was The strongest possible reason in
iavOr OF the Bill. Or must these Senate.
rial PatricIaDs be laugh thst the pur-
pose oil all laws is 10 e, feet and EN-.
Do0y pubic sentiment, without winch
they are dead letters I? Thus every rea-
son which they offer, in their own de-
fence, Is such only rs condemo s them
AID now Mr.. Editor, should you
a. h, why have | chusen To tucuu al
y"iT columns with the names Of So
many vi these Attorneys? many OF
whom were brieflsss, and all in aue.t
OF Job, and Of whose leg islatiop, IL has
oeeh SAID, that neaf'y every Liece OF
IL had string 10 IL, and that string
pulling always ia the line of their ow
prof. ssiUn. My answer is that I have
oohe This thing, in order 10 show your
readers, now egregiously lAWyers-
even yers-can mistake! For here
we mo all the attorneys in the Sen
ate, and nearly all Of them in ,hs
house, arrayed against public opinion.
ana public feeling, aud public decencv
upon question of the plainest puhIic
policy. And their departure. in this
instance, was radical and even of ,
fundamental kind. For while the~rs-
formers, OF our morals ana Of our man.
ners, within and without this Ie~;.-
iature, were anxious to do. anv fhsTs
TO put an end to friction hef ~,
races, these old practitioners aeem r.
nave Inclined, almost as one man tn
"ard benevolent assimilation virhon,
criminal aggression"
ana mere let me observe. that the
remarkable unanimitv in resard To
AmaIgamatiOn, that was shown hv the
Fiiy-flve Attorneys, who were picked
up indlscriminately from every nsrt
VI the state, Is enough to cast donht
anQ dlscredit, upon their opinions m
respect TO any matter Whatsoeyer A.
side-iight, it casts equal doubt ana
dlscredit, upon their unanimifv in ro-
sPect 70 another subject, upon vhich
"o' soey only, Dat the whole Bas ~.