New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-21
CRUEL PITY.

The latest addition TO our City family Il
journals sports WY broad phylactsries, asl
gets largely patronized on that aoooaat
TIE money which sustsins it was COZ
tIibuted to estsbi hearty, consistent, out
spoken daily organ of Evangelical Christianity.
lts lat i.sue glorfes :" that blessed 10 igioa"
which "breaks down the time built and almost
beay.n high barriers of natural prejudice, hatred
host li'y," ard odds that "evea the very limited
" development Of COrisisn life among the nseoas
that bear this honOred name ms accomplished
much 10 the way Of restoring heartfelt snA
"practical belief 10 ne unity Of the hsmss race,
{" and the brotherhood of the nations" &c, Sc.
And, 10 another column Of the same issue, 10
arc happy to fod tie following communication
"NEw-YoRK AT MIDNIGHT.
"'I guess You viii have to wait aue take the next car
o adm.
1.-The cords spoken In mid and sectensniy had =
mrst said defefept.l It struck tho eoe Of
surviving sgsnst bis better Dsture 70 DO dsueeses daty
"Tbe whom this addressed at opposite me
one Of tie passenger railway matter Of ~ha hs.
had merely recognized her presIce a. OF two or three on
who their the tine But now my curiosity
wa sroused Why should be LEFT 10 wait Tor ssokn<
rr 60 the streets aud wicked city unprotected Ator
mic night
Wss because filthy and unit to sit In that paros
lar cart Or sthome with disease end tsus unsafe ~ uea
a. au unpleasant, fellow traveller
I'd nh her euriousy She was neatly ssy ia
w. dressed gown Of black silk and her shawl ws, n
avy Grape should have ,nesss at she vas Ia moa
ins onl, that woeal weeds not @ to be turned
out of rswsy and left standing 10 the streets soue -
uor,e than alone after midnight A woman too
She was nrh.r ragged osthsome She wore her Van
down. looked and acted the lady She ws well bat not
gaudy dressed and therefore ordinarily thinks WA nst
beth fair ans frs Why, then, should she leave tho Oru
Gus c.r and welt for anothfri
Ttat We. the question asked, mentally Of mysd Whys
A, IN. conductors wcrd she started up Eyiienty abe
did not fully catch his meaning He rspsad gees you yin
haze 10 take the madam md then he sd4ed 10
lower tone. Il am sorry, but cannot belpit
sbe got up rssed vail and looking me fun Ia the fac -
he did the to my question In her sceshe w
a pore BIZ ooed African.
1.-The conductor was pot to blame He gentlessn
such meet ia the common walks OF life de per-
formed his duty strictly Instructed by his employers he
dchased unpleasant duty wins delcacy Of feeling and
spaeeh witness the throbbns Of manly hes
der There legend the outsde Of sAss
~ lie this:
coLoHEp PEOPLE, PERMITTED THIS CAR
ard therefore understood that c0lOred people was
no, peru ted in that
"At frs. was indignant and ALMOST lo.thsd the which
could endure such iohO'piay and then Thought sh,u
walk miles al this hour 10 show my devotion 70 Pncpsr
"In few wOwen.. the ,.r stopped and admitted four
two Of them fry stupid hh their midn1ht rotations They
poi.y and the ear soc with fumes poor
quality of LIQUOR Would conductor stop tie and say TO
persons: sntlemsn geese you will have 10 gee cut
and wait for the carr ssked On the contrary he med
to COZ sder their rioins quite thing OF course
And found ny self queryng there might not be
the line with this legend upon Il:
"'DRusKBs PERMITTED CAR
'Ihad pever seen labeled and Of there
SIN thought IS druDkn men are permitted 10 al
the cars follows that be black offensive h.u besty
drunkenness WoRKrsGNAs"
Can any real Christian thougbtfally deny or
- -
poor woman into the lonely street at midnight is
more hateful to God than all the ribsldries aud
osphemies of al the Iufdels that raised their
voices OF pointed their pens against the Gospel Of
Salvationl Can any one doubt that Jesus Of Nax-
aTeth, if now on earth and in New York. would TO
gard more Indignantly and rebuke more sharply
our negro cars Hegro-pews 10 churches that invoke
His name, and neero-p persecution generally, than
all the subtleties of skepticsm, all The unpopular
wickedness that exercise the souls of our tract
distributors
And yet this new oracle OF Evangelical Com
merce itself panders to that base spirit which il
ventures, in some special manifestation. TO COR
denim! II is perpetually lecturing the Republican
par upon any ayo@al Of humane OF generous
impulse 10 its ranks and denounciOg any utter
auce from it's organs which sayors Of hearty and
general detestaton of Slavery. Nays the prop
os'tion that poor negroes be permitted to vote At
our Elections, the same as poor Whites or their
own more rich brethren, encounters it's most de-
termined opposition And yet the impulse, the
logic, the dnimus of negro-pews, negro-csrs, and
negro-excusiOn from the polls, are one and the
same thing. IL there DO hope that a less :" limited
" development Of Christian life" may yet do some
thing toward restoring Tor creatiDgl hesrtfals
"a aud practical belief in the unity of the human
- race" among the conductors of The HOrtdi