The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-10-23

groes pressed the bill we insert the fol-
lowing account of some of the debates.
This account was published in the Mont
gomery Advertiser at the time-was
taken down by Mr.. NJ. M Cooke on the
spot, and has never been eontradicted.
From the published proceedings of the
we make the following choice extract:
How the Civil Rights Bill is to Be
Enforced.
The Civil Rights Bill was then taken up
Greene Shadrach Washington Lewis of
Perry, having gained the ho1r. said.
Mr.. Speaker, wish to say a few words
relating to this motion. This bill has
said before about killing it off in this
STYLE nor can l yet account for the
sudden zeal shown by Democrats and
demagogue Republicans for this strange
course.
Mr.. Smith of Morgan-I call the gen.
tleman to order. He has no right to I'M
pugn the. motives of gentlemen on this
floor
The Chair-The gentleman will contine
himself to the question before the House.
Green Shadrach Washington Lewis of
Perry was not referring to any indi-
vidual, Mr.. Speaker. | was speaking gen.
orally to the House
Mr.. Smith-This IS not the first time
he has been guilty of such contemptu-
Gus illusions, and / think that a st)p
should be put to it.
GsO6AO SRCOSA III bAAO &@ANO0AAAeS ASS6
lature.
Greene Shadrach Washington Lewis of
Perry know what my privileges are.
and If the gentleman will insist on TAX
ing what I have said to himself he must
take It. l am personally responsible for
rights. and you deny them. But l tell
you, that the Congress of the United
States will grant them, whether you d.
or not. And wnen. that Is done, we Will
take our station along side of the white
race. and that, too, notwithstanding the
objections of North Alabama l antici-
pate that the time is coming when the
men who have offer I'd this motion, and
those who have been so prompt to back
them up, will be asking the coored peo-
pie for their suffrage; but | intend, from
tins time forth, to travel over this coun-
try and warn the people against all such
imposters. I, myself have had some OBJ
jections to the bill. and have thought of
having 1t amended, but before | had time
to offer my amendment, gentlemen are
prompt to jump up AMI move an indeh-
mite postpOneent. Shame upon those
who, breathing the salubrious air Of
freedom, can move to lay this bill aside
and defeat this great movement. Our
rights are guaranteed by the COnsttu-
tion-this Constitution, which was adopt
ed here by carpet-baggers. scalawags,
Democrats and Hegroes--and the man
who votes against comforting upon the
coloted race the rights granted by this
DhI-n ne is not perJured, l would ike
to be told what perjury means. When |
saw members holding up their hands
and swearing to support the Constitution
| thought they were honest, but how have
they fulfilled the obligations they then
took upon themselves? They say the
people are not educated up to this meas
ure, but tell them they will have to be
educated up to it, because We intend to
go further than this bill goes in assert
ing and exercising the rights 1t proposes
to grant; and we intend to do it in de-
fiqnce of the immaculate white people of
North Alabama. Shame to the
equality of civil and political rights, but
denies us what we claim in the bill now
before the House But gentlemen talk
of North Alabama. Why, when the war
from North Alabama came down here
supplcating for corn. and have known
the colored people to steal corn from
their old masters TO keep your women