On the motion of Mr. Patterson, of New Hampshire, Chairman of
the Committee on the District of Columbia, to strike out from a
bill relative to schools in the District the clause,--
“And no distinction, on account of race, color, or previous
condition of servitude, shall be made in the admission of
pupils to any of the schools under the control of the Board
of Education, or in the mode of education or treatment of
pupils in such schools,”--