SPEECHES IN THE SENATE, ON AN AMENDMENT TO TWO DIFFERENT BILLS,
ONE RELATING TO THE JUDICIARY, AND THE OTHER TO THE COMPETENCY OF
WITNESSES, JULY 3 AND 15, 1862.
The Senate having under consideration a bill “relating to the
Judiciary,” in which provision was made for proceedings “in the
courts of the United States,” Mr. Sumner made another attempt
to overthrow the rule excluding colored witnesses by the
following amendment:--
“And there shall be no exclusion of any witness on account
of color.”
This was rejected,--Yeas 14, Nays 21.
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