Book/Printed Material Civil rights.
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Image 1 of Civil rights. CIVIL RICHTS SPEECH HON. OF JAMES L. ALCORN, OF MISSISSIPPI, IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE, MAY 23, 1874. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 1874- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 2 of Civil rights. V V A m A. i 3 L *.f .t t V. •A* I I y? I iV u t k t 4 u I ^4 V I S i ■Mv r...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 3 of Civil rights. SPEECH OF HON. JAMES L. ALCORN. The Senate having under consideration the bill (S. No. 1) supplementary to the »ct entitled “An act to protect allcitizen.s of the United States in their...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 4 of Civil rights. 4 workings more in detail—complete in itself for the protection of tli»- colored people. They stand here through their representative declar¬ ing that so far as Mississippi is concerned they desire no...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 5 of Civil rights. o iuto another, shall in consequence of anj law or regulation therein be discharged Ironi such service or labor, but shall bo delivered up ou claim of the party to whom jsnch...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 6 of Civil rights. come of tlie Govemnient It must ^o to pieces, or it must vindicate itself in sufficient strength to establish and maintain it. Here is another clause in tlie Constitution that I will...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 7 of Civil rights. 7 A citizen of the United States, and that a man bora or naturalized here is a citizen of the United States, wherever you find the juris¬ diction of the United States...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 8 of Civil rights. 8 tion. To-day we stand one people equal before the law. There is no middle ground to occupy. But, sir, it is said that there is no necessity for this bill, and...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 9 of Civil rights. 0 You cannot go into a private burying-ground for the purpose of finding a resting-place. You cannot go on tlie private property of any citizen and say we will bury him here.”...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 10 of Civil rights. 10 we find tliat Indiana, i)i-otected tliougli it was as a Territory by the Or¬ dinance of 1787, possessed one hundred and ninety slaves; we find that the State of New Hampshire...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
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Image 11 of Civil rights. 11 schools mixed. AVell, I am not in favor of mixing them and I con¬ tend that this hill doe.s not mix them. There is no mixing in this bill. How is...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 12 of Civil rights. 12 holds a license under its authority, to discriminate against the citi¬ zen because of the color of cuticle? Shall the citizen be denied the privileges of the play because he is...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 13 of Civil rights. 13 tliemsolve-s on the (question now under discussion is one that attaches to-day to their welfare and their material prosperity. If in Georgia, for example, a colored man is denied his equality...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 14 of Civil rights. 14 white people pay all the taxes! As a general rule that is the fact, and it is not very remarkable that it is so. The white people have never been denied...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 15 of Civil rights. 15 said more than I intended. But I will add a few words in addition. The obstinacy, the passive as well as active resistance that the south¬ ern people have given to...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 16 of Civil rights. 16 Trin the coniidence of the credulous colored peojile, who prize liberty and equality above every other consideratiou. The white man, who seeks to despoil the State, who designs the robbery and...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 17 of Civil rights. 17 that have enabled these knaves that wear the skin of white men to rob the South. It is through these instrumentalities that they have been able to work all the wrongs...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
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Image 18 of Civil rights. 18 erty is concerned, but now and forever let equality before tlie law be maintained. I beg the honorable Senator to quiet bis imagination if lie supxioses that he can maintain his...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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Image 19 of Civil rights. 19 month College received its endowment under a certain contract or compact that existed at the time the institution was established and that the amendment which I propose would be a violation...- Contributor: Alcorn, J. L. (James Lusk)
- Date: 1874
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