New-York daily tribune., 1843-09-20
u,he Cant ofColor.

tbean sailed with HIM 1or france MdIhetS 4e
manned about the same as our previous advIces.
The Cant OF Color.
In the South, where the subjugaton OF the
African race is believed in and consistently MAIN
tanned, and where its rigid maintenance IS essen
tial to the existence Of a yltally important ana
cherished though pernicious institution, there Is
some show Of reason, ifno justice, in the denial Of
the common Social rights of manhood to that
unfortunate race. And the sentiment, being real
is almost always kept within bounds; negro is
there an inferior being, but he has rights, recog-
nized and upheld if not clearly defined Unprotected
bv law. The treatment of blacks there may be
unjust, but is rarely contemplate.
In our Free North, however, where we keep
ND an incessant clamor about the natural, equal,
inalienable Rights of Man and of all men with
out distinction, the popular treatment of the Col
ored Race is not merely wrong-itis is absurd and
desp;cabe. 1t is not based on Prejudice so much
as Hypocrisy, and has all the characteristics OF
base Pride seeking something to look down upon.
The louder a man bawls for Democracy and
Equal Rights the more apt Is he to take every
opportunity to domineer over and abuse mig
GER A gentleman by nature and habits will be
sure to evince less of this Cant than any low
loafer who has nothing but his hide to proud Of
We enoticed recently the statement of an occur
renee on Connecticut Railroad, where lady
from the South, travelling with her child and Its
coloied nurse, was surprised by an order to the
latter to get out of the ladies' and take her place
in the nigger car The lady demonstrated, in
formed the conductor that she had paid full fare for
her servant, who was there simply as servant,
and would trouble nobody. She said she could
na. be seperated from her child in such place,
and mas unable from haait TO take proper care
nf Il !: but all avaied nothing. "That Niger
must po out or shall put her eut, said the con-
ductor; so the lady had no choice but to take
seat herself, her child and servant in, the Jin
Grow car paying double price for 1t! Such
,re.tment would not be endured in Carolina or
Mississippi.
We were witness Of similar instance recently
on a steamboat on the Sound. Two cieanly,
well behaved black men, who had just finished a
two years. term of service to their country on a
homes in this city They presented their tickets
showing that they had paid full passage through
Mt Boston and requested berths. But there was
no place provided for blacks on the boat, they
could not he admitted to the common CABIN, and
the Clerk informed them that they must walk the
deck all night, returning them scventy-fivc cents
of their passage money. We saw the Captain
and demonstrated on their behalf, and were COIL
vinced that the fault was not his. There was no
space on the boat for room specially ior blacks
(Which would probably cost $40 for every 81 II
yielded, as it would rarely be required and he
could not put whites into IT'D he had tried 10
make such room, but could find no place; and
he but a few days before gave berth in the
Cabin, to decent cleanly coored man, when
the other passengers appointed Committee to
wait on him, and tell him that would not an.
swer-so he had 10 turn out the niger to pace
the deck through the night, count the slow hours
and reflect on the glorious privilege of living in
land of Liberty, where Slavery and Tyranny
are demolished, and all men are free and equal,
Such occurrences as this might make on,
ashamed OF Human Nature. We do not believe
there is a steamboat in the South where negr,
passing night upon it would not have found
place to sleep-at any rate, there should be non
such, either here or there. a true man would b
indignant at seeing horse treated so badly. w
can hardly wonder, in view OF such scenes, tha
men run into the absurdity Of getting up Aboli
ton parties and trying to persuade men to eman
cipatc their Slaves by vigorously excluding then
from office, To be sure, they do not advanc
their object by this course-quite the contrary
but they give some sort OF vent TO their indgna
ton, and that is a relief. As Shylock says,
it will feed nothing else, il will feed my revenge
Take away the i'll treatment TO which Blacks ar
subjected in the Free States, and, though tn
Abolition sentiment might deepen and expand
the Abolition Party would die out speedily. Sue
means as it proposes to effect such an END coui
only be embraced in an atmosphere tainted b
present, singing injustice, calculated to sttte re
Rection Is not the moral obvious
D The Loco-Focos in the Second Congress:
ional Disrict in Michigan have nominated Hoi
Lucus LYON, of Grand Rapids, Kent Co. Nj
L. represented Michigan in the Senate of the Uni
ted States.
D- Among the arrivals at the Hotels we no
tice the names of Hon. S. S. PHELPS, U. S. Sen
ator from Vermont, Hon. DAVID HEssuAw, Sec