The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-11-13
Tbe felitianu 9en1otrat.
THE BLACK REPUBLICAN NOTION OF NEGRO
EQUALITY


The dogma In the Black Republican platrorm
which afrhs the equality of the negro race has late
ly received signal illustration in the State of Mic
gan.
The case was this Mr.. VIM. H. Day, q gentleman
ofcolor, applied TO steamboat Office In DE- troit for
ticket as cabin passenger. The agent rejected tn,
application, but at The same time offered Mr. Day
VINO Is 10 called we presume. on the laexs prnc
ple-the accommodation provided for persons of hii
complexion.
Mr.. Day spurncd the idea with Indignation, Had
not the dominant party in Michigan taught him :,
regard himself rs che cqnal Of his white brethren
Had they not denounced and rcpudiatcd the Dred
Scott decision. with ts philosophy of negro subordi
In theory IT. least embraced The black as an as
socate! Mr.. Day rccollcctcd these Black R,publi.
can distractions. and, mindful Of the fact that his
party cOatsced Che courts ef Michigan he resolved
to go to law rather than submit TO the ndpnity of
being elected from the presence of white people in
the cabiN Of 4 Steamboat.
Accordingly. the indignant Day instituted an no.
tion against the proprietor of the steamboat The
case weH peose the Clrca't Court on point of law
aud, wondcriG, TO say, the point of law was deter
mined against the iGnrcd Ethiopian. Whereupon.
Mr. Day took an .pIcsl TO the Supreme Court of the
State, and the Supreme Court Of the State unanimous
" decided thet person of Mr. Days peculiar color
has no right 10 travel in company with white.mcn.-
II IL pristg result but the reader will ba still
more asonishcd when he is informed that the Court
consisted exclusively of Black Republicans!
~ the 0ssc OIL Dred Scott the Supreme Court Of the
United States merely decided that the negro il not
'citsen 10 contemplation Of the Constitution and that
consequently he is excluded from the political rights
OF citizenship. We all remember with what an out
burst OF Indignation this proposition was rejected by
The Black Republican party. We remember too
With what vehement advocacy they asserted the
perfect equality Of the African race in the face even
Of On adverse decision by the highest judicial trbn
nal OF the country. The election /. over the Black
Republicans have now no special need to patronize
the negro and being requested to apply their own
doctrine in redress of practical grievance they
quietly inform Culee that he belongs to lower or.
der OF the animal creation, and must not presume to
sit IN the cabin Of steamboat with his white sppri-
ors. This Judgment goes beyond the principlrs Of
the Dred Scott decision IL alrIns the moral nipri.
Orty OF the blaek-man, and denies him an equality
OF social privileges. 1t stigmazcs HIM as the parah
Of the community and intcrposc inexhorabe resis.
tance to his association with the dominant class of
white citizens. ltis Of piece with the uniform con.
duct OF the Abolitonists These people ondly altcr
the ncgrowith distractions of equality and lraterni-
~ hut in practice they never fail to treat him with
contuncly and aversion. They will allow him To vote
ns q makc.weight in the scale against the south but
they repc him from their bed aud board with unut-
terabe disdan. They destitute of principle, in.
capable OF an honest conviction indifferent to the
deccDccs Of consistency in short. worthy Of the
contempt with which they regarded by the CON.
munity.-Souih.