The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-01-25
BILL.
Dl to Prohibit the Inter1larriage
AOf Whites and Negroes in FL .
district Of Columbia. 90.


Ashington, Jan. 24.-In view of
INCREASING number Of marriages
een whites and negroes aud white
mangalians in the District Of
Smbia, Congressman Adam M.
d, Of Mississippi, has introduced a
ito eradicate the evil. Mr.. Byrd s
is as follows: "
70 It Enacted by the Senate and
ase of Representatives of the Uni
Estates of America in Congress as
mbled: .~
lection /. That in the District Of
umbia it shall be unlawful for
sH person Of the Caucasian blood, or
Dir descendants, to intermarry
LII All African, commonly called
gi,o, or the descendants of an Afri-
or with a Mongolian, or the de-
sahdants of a Mongolian, and should
Ef Ef person, as aforesaid, violate the
ksisions of this Act, such marriage
dAl be null and void; and the par
so offending shall be prosecuted
aa falony, and, if convicted, shall
iimprisoncd not less than two years,
filmed not less than Five Hundred
la1lars, or both, at the discretion Of
court.
2. ANY attempt to avade
9f 9 statute by marrying out Of the
HSGict of Columbia, and returning
kbN it, shall be within its meaning
eN such marriage shall likewise be
M and void, and the offending par
$shall be prosecuted as aforesaid.
Eection 3. That this act take ef-
be Of force from its passage.
h discussing his bill Mr.. Byrd
aidss 1t must be apparent to everv-
ne that racial purity is indispensa-
IeNto our national progress. Amiga
gtion 'killeth the soul' Of national
hitle as is simplified by the effete
Republics to the South Of
Sit destroys the nobler attributes
s3he stronger and intcnsifies the
gilSies of the weaker race and ulti-
begets national decay. It is
saIge, indeed, that any one should
5ljsswillin@ to let the racial habili-
i'm which God clothed the diff
8 sfaItf races, when he created and To-
in widely separated parts
lila fstiila earth, be preserved This is best
8ll the races, as we'll as for the
eaee and progress of the country.
AEial hatred intensifics with increas-
into this country ut the rate OF
Since we already have nine or teD
lhhons Of negroes in the United
fates, and since the Asiatics are
b5ning to our Western borders by
l8&thousand, and since migration
Baam all sections of the globe is pour.
as and one-quarter millions per
ear, it is time for National Govern
Ea1t to take firm stand speak out
a9this all important question. We
that the home is the
lite of our civilization and the mar
age altar is the birth place of every
81 amalgamation.
al dethrone the other.
Elm the District of Columbia there
NE been quite a number of inter-
Rfriages of the races, specially
1Eatong white and negroes, since the
8, and i'll some instances prtics
We fled from the ncighboring states
1.-THE National Capital in order to
iade the state laws in this regard.
ds the duty of congress to set an en-
Aple to all the states not having a
w on this subject by the immed-
te passage of this bill, and thereby
'ush growing and far-reaching
81 i'll its incipiancy.
'ln my opinion there will be but
Gtle difficulty in passing, if I am
,le to get the same reported from
e Committee, and,after being report
it L can got our boss "Uncle Joe,'
no is the author Of all legislation,
give me AN opportunity to call the
me up in the House. No bill ever
comes a law except by his direct
'proval. No man dare oppose his
shes. He is the Car.
James S. Mccarthy.