MR. HILL. The Senator is not aware of one fact, … that every colored member of the Legislature of my State, even though some of them had made voluntary pledges to me, voted against my election to this body. I was not sent here receiving a single vote from that class of men in the Legislature. MR. SUMNER. I am afraid that they understood the Senator. [_Laughter._] MR. HILL. That may be, Sir. I would not be surprised, if they had some distrust. [_Laughter._] MR. SUMNER. And now, Mr. President, that we may understand precisely where we are, that the Senate need not be confused by the question of taste or the question of society presented by the Senator from Georgia, I desire to have my amendment read. The Supplementary Civil Rights Bill was then read at length, as follows:-- SEC.--That all citizens of the United States, without distinction of race, color, or previous condition of servitude, are entitled to the equal and impartial enjoyment of any accommodation, advantage, facility, or privilege furnished by common carriers, whether on land or water; by innkeepers; by licensed owners, managers, or lessees of theatres or other places of public amusement; by trustees, commissioners, superintendents, teachers, or other officers of common schools and other public institutions of learning, the same being supported or authorized by law; by trustees or officers of church organizations, cemetery associations, and benevolent institutions incorporated by National or State authority: and this right shall not be denied or abridged on any pretence of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.