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entirely unpunished? 164; how do the South- 

 ern people stand? 164; you may say they de- 

 serve it all, 164; the pending bill not laid on 

 the table as moved, 164; amendment to the 

 amendment moved, 165; omits all regulation 

 of churches, 165; the remedy is inadequate, 

 165 ; meaning of the last clause of the first sec- 

 tion of the fourteenth amendment, 165 ; 'what 

 is meant by the equal protection of the laws ? 

 165 ; application of the amendment to church- 

 es, 165 ; right of churches to exclude persons, 

 166 ; amendment to the amendment lost, 166 ; 

 other amendments moved, 166; lost, 16V; oth- 

 er amendments moved relative to color, and 

 lost, 167, 168 ; every person opposed to am- 

 nesty is voting for these amendments, 168 ; 

 want to see the peace of this country restored, 

 168; aiming to hit the Chinese, 168; amend- 

 ment rejected, 169 ; other amendments offered 

 and rejected, 169, 170; moved to except mem- 

 bers of Ku-klux Klan from amnesty, 170 ; 

 adopted, 170 ; this bill, with the general amend- 

 ment proposed, is unconstitutional, 170; the 

 bill is now elevated and consecrated, 170; the 

 effect of these tactics has been to defeat both 

 civil rights and amnesty, 170 ; and yet we are 

 charged with being false to human rights, 171 ; 

 the two subjects have a natural relation, 171 ; 

 the bill lost, 171. 



Motion made to take up the House bill for 

 the removal of political disabilities, 171 ; the 

 bill, 171 ; motion to insert the civil-rights bill 

 after the enacting clause, 171 ; reasons, 172 ; 

 amendment to the amendment to remove all 

 legal and political disabilities agreed to, 172 ; 

 amendment requiring an oath of allegiance 

 moved and agreed to, 172; motion to strike 

 out all the original amendment lost, 173 ; moved 

 to limit the operation of the bill in relation to 

 cemeteries and benevolent institutions, 173; 

 adopted, 173 ; amendment as amended rejected, 

 174; civil-rights bill moved as an addition to 

 the amnesty bill, 174 ; amendment agreed to, 

 174 j bill reported and rejected, 174. 



In the Senate, a bill to amend the act to en- 

 force the rights of citizens to vote in the sev- 

 eral States, etc., 174; object to extend the au- 

 thority to appoint inspectors of elections and 

 deputy-marshals, 174; authorizes judges to ap 

 point these supervisors, 175 ; whenever any 

 two citizens request it, 175; moved to strike 

 out the word " circuit," and insert " district 

 judge," 175 ; too great labor for the few cir- 



cuit judges, 176 ; examples, 176 ; this bill ap- 

 plies to every precinct in the country, 177 ; the 

 appointment of ten or twelve thousand elec- 

 tion officers to be made by nine circuit judges, 

 177; they strike down the whole power of the 

 State over elections, 177; how was the first 

 bill put through the Senate? 178; amendment 

 rejected, 178; no provision for the punishment 

 of officers for oppression, 178 ; object of the 

 Senate in the passage of the original act, 179 ; 

 amendment offered and read, 179 ; rejected, 

 180; amnesty amendment offered, 180 ; notice 

 of civil-rights amendment of amnesty adopted, 

 180 ; civil-rights bill moved as an amendment 

 to the pending amendment, 181 ; rejected, 182 ; 

 amendment rejected, 182 ; amendment to add 

 the amnesty bill rejected, 182 ; amendment to 

 add the civil-rights bill to the bill moved, 182 ; 

 moved to strike out so much as relates to 

 schools and cemeteries, 182 ; what provision 

 of the Constitution authorizes the passage of 

 such a bill ; 182 ; a case in court, 182 ; appeal to 

 the Senator to withdraw his amendment, 1 83 ; 

 amendment withdrawn, 188 ; other amend- 

 ments, 183 ; bill passed, 183. 



In the House, the proceedings considered, 

 183 ; bill rejected, 184. 



In the Senate, the election law moved as 

 an amendment to the appropriation bill, 184; 

 not in order, 184 ; let the amendment be passed 

 over and printed, 184 ; request refused, 184 ; 

 chair rules the amendment in order, 184 ; how 

 does this amendment come here printed? 185 ; 

 has a caucus been held on this thing ? 185 ; a 

 most unexpected proceeding, 185; the chair 

 has decided the amendment in order, 186 ; if 

 this is in order, what amendment would not 

 be in order? 186; appeal from the decision, 

 186 ; laid on the table, 187 ; motion to post- 

 pone the bill indefinitely, 187 ; a painful vote, 

 187; sharp practice, 187; beware before you 

 adopt such a rule as this, 187 ; the bill for civil 

 rights in order under the ruling, 188 ; motion 

 to add the civil-rights bill, 188 ; what is the 

 object of an appropriation bill? 188; within 

 two days of adjournment, 188; agreements 

 that have been made do not relate to amend- 

 ments, 189; some misunderstanding, 190; let 

 us vote on the amendments, 190; have been 

 here nearly seventeen hours, 190; motion to 

 postpone lost, 190; moved to add civil-rights 

 bill, 190 ; ruled out of order, 191 ; decision of 

 the chair sustained, 191 ; original amendment 



