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out time*, 180; causes of the recent panic, 186; what 

 U the remedy for a panic MM; the actlou uf tbo 

 Government, 167; let u* follow the light* of expe- 

 rlouco, 187 ; what plan shall wo adopt to render the 

 legal tender* convertible Into gold T lt*7 ; one ujj- 

 gocted, 187 ; objection* conBldered, 187, 188 ; reason* 

 why the precioua metal* are the moat reliable mea*- 

 urea of value, 188; resumption or inflation ia the 

 alternative, 189; the remedy for the present difflcul- 

 tie*, 189; ibe proposition to do nothing, 189. 



Some general proposition* catabllahed by experi- 

 ence, 190; bound by good fulth and policy to bring 

 the currency to the gold standard, 190; the effect of 

 thu promise, 100; facts, 1'Jl ; what ha* been done, 191; 

 meaning of the pledge given, 193; the time for re- 

 sumption considered, I'M; effect* of postponement, 

 192; this ia the first proposition to accumulate gold 

 in the Treasury with a view to the actual redemption 

 of our note*, 193; second plan, the actual payment of 

 the notes, 193; two difficulties, 193; 1* the supply of 

 coin sufficient for the wants of trade ? 193; admitted 

 that contraction is vain, 194; apply contraction, and 

 what would result? 194; the question before us, 194; 

 what does resumption mean ? 194; money-holders' 

 side of the question, 195; two parties to the question, 

 195; the same contest in England, 195; in four years 

 an advance has been made toward resumption, 196; 

 what is the cause of the decline in the price of gold ? 

 196; suspension of the debate, 196. 



In the Senate, a bill considered [to provide for the 

 redemption and reissue of United States notes, and 

 free banking, 196; delay of the committee, 196; the 

 bill, 197; substitute offered, 197; only difference from 

 the bill, 197; substitute agreed to, 198; this is infla- 

 tion, utter and hurtful, 198; beginning of a struggle in 

 which there is nothing but disaster, 198 ; bill passed, 

 199; do. in the House, 199; veto of the President, 199; 

 bill lost in the Senate, 200; another bill passed, 200. 



In the House, the civil-rights bill reported, 200; the 

 provisions of the bill, 200; thesis of the bill, 201; to 

 give to whoever has bis right taken away from him 

 the means of overriding that state of hostile legisla- 

 tion, and of punishing the man who takes that right 

 away, 201; who shall say this bill ought not to pass? 

 201 ; example of England, 201 ; many of us object to 

 the usurpation of authority by Congress over matters 

 that belong exclusively to the States, 202 ; objections 

 to the bill, 202; the fourteenth amendment, 202; com- 

 ments of the courts on this amendment, 203 ; a matter 

 of State legislation, and Congress has no right to in- 

 terfere, 203 ; will force white and black into the same 

 schools, 203; the entering wedge to absolute control 

 of education everywhere, 204 ; this question viewed 

 in the light of humanity, progress, and civilization, 

 204; no power in the Constitution to pass this meas- 

 ure, 204; meaning of the fourteenth amendment, 205; 

 tbo proper remedies are the Judgments of the courts, 

 205; fourteenth amendment explained by the courts, 

 296; prohibitions on the States, 206; further decisions, 

 207; the bill is inexpedient, 207; Federal interference 

 against the spirit of our system, 207; not a word in 

 the decision of the Supreme Court to cast a shadow 

 of doubt on the right of Congress to pass this bill, 

 208 ; what were the cases in which the court decided ? 

 208 ; simple statement of the question, 208; what did 

 the court hold? 809; extract from the decision, 209; 

 doctrines of the Slaughter-house cases, 410; difference 

 between citizenship of the State and of the United 

 SUitcs, 210; the distinction is clear, 210; the bill ia to 

 decide the civil status of the colored citizen, 210; 



prejudice ha* prevented this legislation, til; how 

 wa it before the war ? til ; dealing* with tbl* ques- 

 tion early In the war, til ; boat* on Chesapeake Bar, 

 .Ml; bow I got over my prejudice*, tit; conduct of 

 the negro troop* in battle, tit ; track of the charging 

 inn, 213; prejudice gone, t!8; the opposition of 

 the people of the South doe* not ari*e from prejudice, 

 213 ; every one rejoice* that the colored man U free, 

 813; the real objection to the bill, 214 ; tbl* bill will 

 briug about an antagonism of race*, 214 ; bill recom- 



I, 213. 



In the Senate, report of the Judiciary Committee 

 on a civil-rights bill, 915 ; report, 215; section* of the 

 bill, 216; one purpose of tbo bill to assert freedom 

 from all discriminations before the law, 216; applies 

 to the white as well a* colored, 310; its application to 

 public places, 216; one idea in the bill equality of 

 races before the law, 317; object to destroy distinc- 

 tions of race, 317; the General Government ha* the 

 right to legislate thus under three different grant* of 

 power, 218; view* of the Supreme Court, 318; bow 

 are we to protect citizens of the United State* in the 

 States? 218; not one-third of the Senate, if untratn- 

 meled, would vote for the bill, 219; the Government 

 one of delegated powers, 219; what is the Constitu- 

 tion ? 219; what are the amendments ? 219; the power 

 of Congress, 220; to make all laws, etc., 230; mean- 

 ing of "appropriate legislation," 220; prohibition on 

 the States, 220; does this bill deal with any State 

 law ? 221; take the case of Louisiana, 222; tbl* legis- 

 lation is in violation of the first principles of right, 

 ST.'; action of the Senate on the bill, 222; do. of the 

 House, 222. 



In the Senate, the bill to restore the right* of the 

 State of Louisiana considered, 222; the preamble 

 states the facts, 222; first object to establish the pre- 

 amble, 223; the election, the canvass of the votef , and 

 the subsequent determination of Congress, 223; Con- 

 gress has declared that the Kellogg government never 

 was elected, 224; now, baa Congress the power to 

 pass this bill for a new election, and is it expedient 

 to exercise it? 225; greatest danger to free govern- 

 ment from the usurpation of rulers, 225; if it is the 

 vita] clement of republican government that the rulers 

 are chosen by the people, the present government of 

 Louisiana is not republican, 245; what law la neces- 

 sary to confer on Louisiana a government chosen by 

 the people ? 226; what right can be dearer to a people 

 than the right of self-government? 836; who is to 

 decide whether the officers of a State have been cho- 

 sen by the people ? 226; Congress has the power, 330; 

 meaning of the phrase "republican form 1 ' of govern- 

 ment, 227; what does the word " form" mean ? 237; 

 nothing to require a written constitution, 338; ia 

 there but one remedy where a republican form of 

 government lias been overthrown? 329; Congress 

 must prescribe the remedy in Louisiana, 338; the Gov- 

 ernment has already interfered, 328; the provision of 

 the Constitution, 229; the question of power, 339; the 

 great objection to the bill is its expediency, 829. 



A large majority of the people of Louisiana have 

 acquiesced, 230; the Louisiana question the most im- 

 portant before Congress, 230; who are crying about 

 the Louisiana people? 830; Governor Kellogg can 

 maintain himself, 331 ; the President Is authorized to 

 send protection to Louisiana, 331; Governor Kel- 

 logg'* letter to the President, 881 ; the power* under 

 the Constitution, 331 ; the term " United States," 333; 

 the President is Invested with all the power neces- 

 sary to perform his duty, 232; nothing to do with the 



