The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-10-16
WHITE SUPREMACY THE KEYNOTE OF
 CAMPAIGN OF 1901 AS IN THAT OF 1874.

I Vermont, oglesby, Patterson, Pease,
 Pratt, Ramsey. Robertson, spencer -26
 | Absent-26.
 So the amendment was rejected. .. Mir Sergeant was proosoiy inaucea m there are many Chinese in his State, and Californians are as much opposes to SO | ciaI equality with Chinese as Southern
 people are to social equality with the
 Boutwell, on Civil Rights. But MT. Boutwell, of Massachusetts. | taking a highly philosophical view or The situation, opposed MT Sargeant 1 amendment in a speech. from which the following is an extract:
 "A system of public instruction, sup ported by general taxation, is security = | first, for the prevalence and continuance of those ideas of equality which lead ey- other human being as an equal In all i natural and political rights; and the only way by which those ideas can be made | universal is to bring together Tn pupnc | schools, during the forming period of life, the children of all classes, and edu- cate them together.
 "The public schools is an epitome of life and in 1t children are so taught that they understand those relations and con ditions of life which, if not acquired in childhood and youth are not likely after.
 ward to be gained. To & say that a,,eauat equal schools is to rob your system of public instruction of that quality by which our people, without regard to race or color, , political and public so that when they arrive at the period of manhood they shall act together upon public questions
 with ideas formed under the same infiu- ences and directed to the same general results: and, therefore, l say, if It, were possible. as in the large cities 1t isN pos sible to establish separate scnoois TOT black children and for white children, It is in the highest degree inexpedient 10 establish or tolerate such schools. "The theory of human equality cannot
 be taught in families, taking into @ az
 count the different conditions or the oil- ferent members and the families compoS- ing human society; but in the public school where children of all classes ana
 conditions are brought together; n tnis ta,gbt e1t and it Is the chief means Of securing the perpetuity of republican institutions; And inasmuch as we have in ths count that they and the white people Of the country with whom they are to be asso, ciated in political and public anairs snal be assimilated and made one m tne lun- damentaI idea of human equality. Ihere- fore, where 1t would be possible to estao- fish distinct schools. am against 1t as a matter of public policy"
 If will be seen that MT. Boutwelrs ex- plantation was satisfactory to MT. Spen- cer of Aiabama. as he voted with Bout well, and against the amendment. lie must have known he was onendlng the masses of the white Republicans Of Ala bama, but he felt sure of pleasing Io,Ooo n1 gro voters. ., e
 ate entirely by Republican votes avery Democrat pI esent voted against lt'
 It then went to the House of Represen- tatives and took Its place upon the cal
 sndar. So many bills had precedence that the Civil Rights Bill could not oe reached during the session unless taken up out of it's order. To do this required a two-thirds vote. But the bill was a peI measure and its friends could not anord to let it blde its time. The necessities of the negro demanded immediate action. at least, in the estimation of White, Ra- pier. Sheets. Hays, Pelham and spencer.
 Most of the white people in Aiaoama now has as many privileges in hotels and schools as he Is entitled to, VIZ: The right to have separate hotels ana separ- ate schools. But this does not satisfy the negro or those who pretend to be
 his friends, so a motion was made Tn the
 House in relation to the CIVIL Hights Bill, which is as follows, and this ex, | tract is taken from The Congressionai
 Record of June 2Oth. 1874:
 | Mir. Eldridge moved that the House
 adjourn, which was disagreed to. Yeas,
 !'The motion to suspend the rules and
 pass the bill uhe Civil Rights BID was
 disagreed to. Yeas, 40; nays, S1. Crwo-
 thirds not voting in favor."
 | posed the bill. Every Republican North | and South, except about five. voted Tor
 it, Unfortunately, neither White, Sheets
 Pelham nor Rapier s.a was among 12n pnrS 5ne SR- cans, who voted against the bill. were | true to their instincts as white men One of them was Roderick R. Butler, | He represented a mountain district Tn and hC his vote reflected the l wishes of his constituents, who were
 mostly white men, White, Pelham. Ra- pier and Sheets considered that most or
 their voters were negroes, and they re
 fiected the wishes of the negro at the expense of the white men of Alabama
 It was the deliberate judgment Of these
 men who pretended to represent AIaoama adna
 was the controlling element in their party. They legislated for him and thought to satisfy their white constitu- ents by making an explanation not sus- tained by the record
 It will be noted that the official record says the motion for which White, Sheets.
 Pelham and Rapier voted vas vas to take ;ts
 standing i this official record. they now
 pretend that they voted to take the bill
 up to amend 1t. Here we ask three ques-
 t!ons; l, Why pass it at alii the Has negros n?s $ rights? What more do these gentlemen
 wish to do for him?
 2. If their object was to amend, WhV did they not 50 explain at the time in- stead of putting themselves on the rec ord in favor of it's passage.
 8. Why did they not by some word or act so place themselves before the pup
 lie as to have prevented the Equal Rights Convention of negroes, which met | in Montgomery in June, 1874, from pass | ing this resolutions:
 Resolved, That we tender our sincere thanks to our worthy Senator, George F. Spencer, and our Republican Repre- sentatives in Congress, who labored so earnestly zealously and devotedly Tor the lamented Sumner Civil Rights Bill. Rapier representing the Second Con | gressional District of Alabama, has never | attempted to explain away his vote on the Civil Rights Bill. He has majority of negro votes in his District. and he ad-
 mits that he did what he intended to | do White and Sheets are just now court l ing North Alabama white men, and they say they did not intend to do what the ! record imports they did intend.
 In view of these facts We ask the
 white men of Alabama if 1t would not
 be well enough to let Messrs White and | Sheets depend, in this election, entirely
 on the negro votes,
 ! But notwithstanding the bill reads as
 1t does, and notwithstanding the eXplan- l ations Tn the Senate, and the vote on l Sargeants amendment. some still con
 tend 1t does not provide for mixed
 schools.
 Morton on Civil Rights.
 On the 31st of September. 1874, Senator
 Morton, the leading Republican of the