New-York daily tribune., 1863-08-04
RIGHTS AND PREJUDICES.
To NE Edito, Of The ~ y Tribune

are vssnce knowing thst you like FREQ discussion and
have gres. sh In H. and that you believe that you can or
ngu.h such shall present with fsw da'he' OF
your pen. II you grant my request right that your
should know what you know thst loaho and abhor
Slavery that renounce Gov Seymour and oil his works as
well as v.ns. of the wicked World that am willing to
aer have suffered, aud. If necessary. to fght that
not an OF tho soil OF the Republic shall be
polluted by Slavery aud that to the Rebels admit for
them only ono courseabsoute and submission
to the supreme authority of the National Government
Having said this desire to protest against your article OIL
this morning upon tho exclusion Of from the Eighth
avenue in my opinion unwse. wrongful injurious
good cause and sustained by arguments which are
entirely from the purpose.
The question IL not Of equal rights" in way IL
I, one purely Of public accommodation In which the dis
eipns Of railway company mus, and inevitably will be
determined by the feeling OF the of the community II
,bev-ths mass Of the communy-hnd It di.sgreesbs
annoyance, to have negroes in and omnbuses the
wopretors OF those vehicles will and should erc'ade
nsgroe. Upon this principle they have thus Tar, aud
indeed all Of those who furnish public accommodation
have regulated their bu'ius" II man. white or
black {. intoxicated though he is not sick or in the
unray they rlsh.fuIy exclude him Tor should do SOL
merely because hi. presnc, ia Offensive to their other
.epsen No man 10 SLOWED TO smoke In = or omuibu'
no, because his smoking Is criminal harmful be-
cause would be offensive to the majority Of his eowp,s
.enrs, but secure single Of them from annoy
snce No 10 SLOWED to shout aud laugh, and sing for
tho II have ropul'ys disease or de-
forry which yet communicate itself to other per-
.ou he aud ought be excluded simply because he
would be d,ageesble to his fellow paeug In like man
ner the negro dagreesbls fellow passenger to the sea,
Of white and for tina, only such people
choose to sdm, b. rsnon'hp should be compelled to
Aceep, in omnibu. You may say that this sub
jsc inconvenience OF the color Of his
hair. Cer,siny II may. II for other no
matter what. bown-hsrcd ueu s- found generally
oaeB,,o and rspuve by tho unity. brown haired pen
should lot b. admitted into and omnbusss or into
public place where cov consc; eompul'ory They inev
.by woa.a .dmiitsd b.e.u'- they could no, be
creep, ef ulnou' sfonss 70 the general public Bat
a.,int oil such nay trust common sense
sad common ins,ino,,
Yeu may this doctrine tho fut - prejudioe
and " sdos b. inBa,. distinctive dislike you right
Bu, call n al seqsred d'iss, snd s'i you must regard IT,
.ad guide Josr,.lfby H. OF you Ni be crushed Men Will
yield sb,,rao, right than in,imss per,ond
p-jadiee Noa may poin, sou,h-ud aud say that the
,.vsho dsu Zach obj-con q contact with tho
negro slaves .ni vhy should DO that which he does
not, To which the reply tat ,her- IL qu.',ion Of WIN
y wherefore hsa a.. community hsrc have the Ases
Aud f--ss a. ihi, ihsn nosro-. w de IN ens and
oHfsbu.. mser Of e0a,e .ui ihsn ard not ~ then
viii b. proper thai th.y should slshoduz mo,hsr ''.'
-iihost thosshi child ,Bssl.i by Herrs Well tor
her sh. ehso.s bat Tot part. ~fs and would
rsiL.r shii sseslsd by goat II We must ds'esod
below our IN each mattel .il down 10 .
,rs not isn;si With hlmsnity would rather have lot
fellow pa..n... sno,ias singing aud dfanlcn white mon
loo ions hsy no, alhy snd sos than tho essnsa
.nd b-u-h.h.v.a negroes that could be found so hno~
-ssia th. bah Of soaasinssnrs and III. bulk Of my
f,low csen. 10 Ss-Yorh Under these roanssncss
yosbs that that the greater ~foof and the
sr-.isr Injustice tssHtRs .nyl dons by the attempt to
ainsis with psuo., vii We oil vel DO ~ssre you.
ST. from sdss tao-l.ds, hat thus tho cause Of the Re
pahc sld Of sn'.ns freedom 10 wounded 10 the hoa's Of
u. h.sd, This rssis,sni effort to ,,is In tho nego
part o. people. hs,ch. Copperhssi' than all the
81 q Jsph the R-pads,or aud bic emi'ssrss II any
itias is than OnipOtsni could msie CopPsrhesd
Of me. It wosld be the ds,.minsiisn manifested In
qu,r. 'iir In all pabe .asir' ssd white
tote an uBdls,ing ngsshsbls msau.
PRovIso.
Rtpiy.-No, Mr.. correspondent this is not a
case of prejudice, as facts abundantly establish.
II you were sojourning in Paris or London,
you would not think of asking that colored
persons should be excluded from public con-
yeyances. We do not believe you would re-
fuse an invitation TO good dinner ut the
Trois Freres because Alexander Dumas "a
quadroon) was to be one of your fellow-guests.
You will admit that in ireland and in Rome
! you will admit tho significance OF the locall-
ways, IN Rome) are treated exactly like white.
You already admit that in New-Orleans tho
exclusion you sickle for would not be toler-
ated. We do not believe there Is Roman
Catholic Church on earth where a black man
entering as worshiper or penitent would not
be treated exactly like a white one. Now.
then, our point is that there Is no sneh Prgu-
dee as you assert but mean, cowardly snob-
bishness or blackguard ars,ocracy. which all
upright persons should unite to put down.
Suppose you were at Fortioth street a
rainy night, riding down in an Eighth
Avenue car, aud q black woman with
child in her arms wished to ride down, are
you base and cruel enough to insist that she
should walk aud carry her child through the
storm TO hsr homo in the Filth Ward rather
car with YOURSELF II you are mean enough
for that. no truo woman should ever sit noar
you or speak 10 you. This Is bringing your
doctrine to practical test-dare you face 1t
If there be any person of such delicate or
ganization and fastidious tastes that hc cannot
ride in the Same public conveyance with other
clean, decent, well behaved human beings, he
is at perfect liberty to hire private carriage
or go afoot. This is free country for oil
such, aud We shall try to keep it 80. But this
aGsctaiion of prejudice. born of the groggery
,,J tbe stable. in n hypocrisy that we moan tn