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Cincinna~i, Ohio, AUY,UBt 16, 1CJ66. Honorable !laanuel Celler, . ' ffouae of RepresentatiYea, Waahi111ton, n. c., Hy dear Hr. Cel lers Hen are ome criticiau of the Ciril Rights 8111 pendift& in Congress. I preface th• "1th a Nllinder or tvo of the first legislation of our llation. The l>eclaration of Independence say-as "W'B HOLD TlfflSK TRUTHS TO Bl SIU'-EVID~Ts THAT ALL Hlat ARI CRKATKD l!QUAL; 'nJAT TRta ARE !!fUCMJm BY TR~R ~V.ATOR \/Tffl C!nTATN UNALIMNAIILR RTGtrr.5; .\MONO TRESB ARI LTl'K_, LDf'Jtff AIID TB PURSUIT 0, HAPPIJUSSl THAT WBIN dY l'llU4 0, OOVJ£RJOO:IIT iii=oMl.1 D&,'fflUCffVR or 1'"8SE gJ)S, TT IS TRI RYGKT OF THE Pll>PLI TO Al.TIil OI ABOLISH IT AJfD TO TNSTITU'IT. A lflW OOVDIIHBlfT, LAIDG JTS IUUNDATIOlti OI SVCH PltillCIPUS A.lffi OffOANIZTIIO ITS POWIR8 IN SUClf 1'MM "8 TO 1'HIH WILL SBIN MOST LIIP'J.Y 'JO Kfflm' flm11l SU'Sl'f AIID RAPPIJt~." ft• Pnuble to tM ConatitutiOII nad•• "VI, 1lfE PIOPL! THI UNITBD STATIS, II ORDIR TO rotOC A MmK P ~ UNTOJI, ISTABLISH JlliflCI, IJIISUD DOHP!STJC TRAJlQUJLlff, PltOYIDI roM THE (X)MHOlf DO'DfCE, PftCMOTI Ollf&R4L iiiJAU, AJII) !iidURW THX ILISSUOS LJIIIJtff 1'0 O(JR..~iLVIS Alf]) TO POMIRITY, DO MDltlf 4Jf1) fflTABLISR CORSff'IVl'JOf( FOR TIii UlaTl!CD STATIS or or 0, ANIRICA." oua ms Article 1 ot tht Aaendment& to the Coutitution &i••a the ritttt to the people to PP..ACIWJLY ,4.-;~f>CBLE. Article 4, Sectioa 4 ot the CoutituUon nad•s .,,.. UMITIW ~TAT18 SJIAU., 00.AIWITa TO R'f'fflY MATI I1f TJfl UNION A llfflllLICAJf POIH 0, OO.K'411HJaff, Alm SHALL PRO'l'!CT 'fflPM AOAill'JT IlffASIOlf AlO> DOMESTTC YI~IDCEI I aball •ltow when our Coutit11tion hu beesa 'dolated, and our Ciril. ltipU intrt ~ed upon. Ve IMan at thi• t i • in old' couat17 a population of about a>4,!00,000. Of tb.i• nlllllber aJIIPl'QriJaately ten (10,) per c•t 1• colored, or lqro. ~c• oar an•: talCDt ia a daecrac, operatins ader •Jori tr hw do TOIi accOUDt tor auch a bill a• the ctril Rtpta Rill «er barlnc bND vritt•f It certaial7 dou aot nrpruan the will ot the •Jortt7J Rmce it i• unconatituti_OMJ., lllepl, lllldaeoratie •• aad it will aot wrk! And Jut vllo wu tile auther •I thl• bill' Vu it conjlaNd 11p si.>ly t» 1• the colored Tote? Prier to tll• lAumddJI& of tld• ctril Rilfit• 1111, there was a vid•pnlld aldrit ef tri.endUn••• and eoopnattoa bet1.1• tile vllit• -.. and the ooloNd MD. 1'ow then 11 oat, hatred Uld napicl• _,._ • .,. ••lel.7 bJ till• politlc&l booae!"Mll Take a loet at di• ceantr:, •tac• the tno.ptlaa ot thla bill. Meta and bloo4ahedl ICTLLDIJ81 DutruetiGII of .S.lliau ot dollan ot pt"01Ml'tJ', lootiflgal 'C.rta.tal7 the • ~ hu been Ul-adrieed, lllu1ther bJ the Ca 1•U or . . . .n of hia Ollll race auqueradf.na llllda- a f1ac of CiilD'll.Alf LIADNIIIPI Uader 1:lds lead~rehip 1f-Sl'Oe8 han lmwled OALIWIA, JLOllIM, IIDMSICA, ttLIJIOTS, ORIO, OIQtOIA, NISSJSSIPPJ, 1111W J'*K AO ALAI.AHA. 11w, T mean traded I -itnc. l"'Ch.... for th• W t part clld aot lin in tbff• ~tatu, di-, wn IJfADm. Ca _,_. dtllT that di-, v_.. erpaiaed aad dleir iaaunioa• i,llllllled wt.Ila 'tlll deftait• ....,... of dl•t9ftiac and ll'l'itaUnc th• cit.1.aeld of tllu• Stacee? Ami WT d14 not nil•, th••• .. Celli..... d o • ~ aboat lt, .ArUcle 4 et the C.Utitull• 1qa1 • • • ud we oaU , n , ~ . . . aaaiut !l!J,w••• TIie QOl'MIWhlle of om' . . . . . . . oi Nita.,.. the faalq ... tile h - . Olar tontadlen foupt the Rffolutf.ona17 Var to protect the aaaaetltJ' et ._ IMM, lta treed. . Ull it• riallta. flltr foupt for a pdnalple. na., were aot o.nn11. 1ov Che ,.,..._ et oar ..._. l• Wac !Hf.'••; sad• c11a11__.., �- 2 - or on b\ffldred and ninety America parents bad the naponaibJlity of ..._.~......&.;.... and educating their ch.tldrffflJ t ri,ht to iwce their ,!!!!! decild.ou in t:hdr !!!! h a th right to di ,otte of their properti a th w tit. N th re is an Rtt to 118Uf"P th e ri~ pri'ri.le ea by th edoral Governaentl 0 HO~INO Bil.L I'i AIM:TIKl "l>AOOIR" D'l'O TIE VF.RI LI11 BLOOD TBlt C<MSTITUTI01fl A thre t to t&k away UOC11-ai·v en ri.,ihu 11 edr:IDtJ tD llak hia d nou l - to rob h ot hi privacy, his t o and his liberty, to di turb hi TRAJlltinI'rt throuch invading th sanctity of his J Article of the dnlents to th Constitution s: The r.i{/'Jit of the p ple to b secure in their peroon , houses, papers and f ta, d ~ onable soarch and seicur , SHALL unn OT BE OLATED1 This Open Housi Bill th _ i in direct Yiolation of thia MMam&Snt since it ia eiaure of ll1JIWI RT ORTS. 'nl s rt t re the o.le M'O rty of ch American f aidly. a,. vhat ri t, vi th what uthority d • the GoYOr"DDMmt ek to Yer? And, finally t Articl 6 of the Ccmatitutioru "THIS CORSnTUTIOR AJG> LAWS O'I THE OOTBD ~ATgc; WHICH SHALL 8 MADI PIJRSUAMCE 11liRRO , ARD AU. TIWS MAD! OR WHICH SHALL BE HAD UNDER TH~ AU'fflORITX OF TIE UNITED STATIS, 11W. BE THE SUPR&'-iF. LAW OY THE LAND, Alf'D T Jtn,O IN EVBRJ ST SHALL BOlOO> Tff !RDY' 1" Si c God was the CO-!J'OT130r of our Coutitut.ion, it &ht b vel.l to call a tw line• fr ui a "In the becinnin&, Ood d, W T~ f.AF. T BRTlCO PmTII EVO\Y LIVY1'0 cm:lTURF: ..U"T!R HIS nlfD." ov, the is abaolut , irntuu.ble, table, unchanginc LAW which ,rohibits a JUMP t ONE lIMD TO AII01'll1lll KIND . Thcr are mruv Yarietiff within cenain specie•, 7et. thq re all of on Genus . r~ GtlEAT LAWOYVD AND CREATOR OF ALL THINGS, p~g..011MIXID :.iTRICT onr.nTPJfC~ TO HIS LAV. Thia lav is ab1olute., from the lowest to the hi&h at kin&doms of lite, nen te CM ft1 tabl and lllne 1 kingci • Then an lmndnds of 'ftried• birds in the world, yet there ia dietinc~ aeparation of .U of the bird fudliea, although the:, aN all AYn . Tbe ale Redbird daru another ale eclbtl'd t er I d in. Tn oth r vorda, fud.llea are inviolate. Rad lav been fiaible, we would haya nation of half b amt -.nia. The cllffennt rac of ind are a~ onlT • ted by- col r - vh1 , black• 79llow, red - but they an ••sarat by their physical and aent&l trait•, dldr cutau and their cha cteN. Thea• !lifference•, in addition t tit r reli&i and philoa0Jlhi.011, haft hNB the great t caua.. of di• •1•• Tllro... the centur1 s the different races all oYer wrl4 baft f.._t to nt&in their belief•. There i DO other fNlill& that 1a ao deepl7' tab•cl4e4 in aaa ' aoul •• hb buio beltefa. of the clifticnalt probl_. tn fl.et R• l• tb probl ot ~he nuddhi•t • . ., '!RD \QU(8 n SHAU. KIOII THDU• Tb• wldte IIUI bu 1A a,tte ot a1taclu and bancUcaoe. With ht.a belp, Aaerioa haa deYelo,ed bil,IINt Urias atandard ill tJa • vorl.d. Re hu OGllll..-.1 cli•eu• ud ,natq lacn&1ed loqmc,.. Thi ha• taken wolk, vop 1 vorld Goel'• tn rl•• It l• tne that tile oole...t ma hu bem hupeNI bJ lack ot aood lloaaiaa, 1ood jea, and in ~ewie futucu bJ job diecrill:lnad.on. Cel'tatnlJ' ve an ta tanr et Ida hari.111 eur., belp to 1"flq out b.ta but. Hownv, 1 t - - ubl tt.on, it aeana effort, it 11tu1u at'Udy; and it will cake ti.M. OJ.y• all theae Gl)l)Ortuni t.tu, who •hall •a, to what ha.pea he T not ri et We llaft _..,. ft•• colored people t,ho abhor th rioUJtc, lood.nc, -.rchu, the llit-ina., tho lie-laa, tbe d••tnacttcm of proptany, and tho ktU1n&•• ni.,- kDOW lllat l1lcla llebanor aaJ.1 widen• the cbua betwND vldt• and colonel. 'ftler lmaw tllat tone 01 pela r•latanoe. Since th-., knov Gilt laCff-aarria&• la huioal.q · , tlaey al• kJIOllt that dtq ...t dnelo, their 91111 •octet., vtt:lda t:balr ..,. pw,a ud u1octatua and I nn the •Jortt., want it dlat vq. low, , - , Mr. Celler, •~• of a rn lat1ou17 apirit that 11 .,,..,1111 the laadJ t ...,.. with JOU• 'ftlen 1• a IJ'Nt aplrtt 6f NMl.Uen, a lllllleraurnat all ner th• count17s but it la not the•• YOO haft ta al.Dell It la tlae l'Oaftltl aDCI l"lllbU.., of ... lnlllldnd &JILi .S.allt,-fln at.Utoa vld.te vllN• ..1 . . are ,.. to " hard. It l• the 1Hthl111 uadercurn11t ot 4laeatufud.• tut la Ni.. aroue4 l,y •.U-•Nld.111 ,oliuclaaa. ••lllhs Aalrl-• 314 ftral1 Cl -ti, s,..... ado 41220 �