Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1865-05-22
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Our Philadelphia friends are troubled by
the negro. Theyrefuse him ordinary rights,
and so the negro is perpetual "dy in their
ointment" If they would regard him as
a man aud brother, aud not as a Pariah,
they would be saved much trouble, and
not run the hazard of incurring the con !.
tempt of mankind. Some of these days the
principles of the Declaration of Indepen-
deuce, not to say of Christianity, will take
root in Philadelphia, and then a man, with
out distinction of race or color, will have
Just such q chance as Mr.. Lincoln argued
he should have, when Judge Douglas called
him an advocate of "negro equality" The
words of Mr.. Lincoln may be quoted here.
Hesaid: al hold there is'no reason in the
world why the negro is not entitled to all
the natural rights enumerated in the Dec
laratiOn of Iudependence-the right to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. l
hold that he is as much entitled to them as
the white man." And even Senator Doug
las, with all his luminosity to the negro,
uttered words that are as worthy of lasting
record as aby%1hat came from his lips.-
He said: "Humanity and Christianity both
require that the negro shall have and en-
joy every right, every privilege, aud every
immunity consistent with.the safety of the
society'in which he.lives.I Let PhiladeI-
phia pay heed to these expressions. s..
New York is q Democratic city; Phila-
delphia is Republican, New York's Quak-
er element is represented by four meeting
houses; that of Philadelphia by fourteen.
New York is a "wicked" city-at least it
has that reputation across the Delaware;
Philadelphia is not g. "wicked" city-at
least has not such q reputation neither on
this nor the other side of the, Delaware
New York has mobbed the blacks; so has
Philadelphia. Bat after New York had
mobbed the blacks, it repented of it's sins,
and the blacks were better for the mobbing,
Not go in Philadelphia, The deniZens Of
the City of BrOtherly Love!cling more OBJ
stinately to their prejudices, and thrust the
negro aside wherever he can be found
Philadelphia is ,pious., The tinkle of the
street csr-belI and the grinding of the car
wheels are not heard there on Sunday
"Our people are too morsW to admit oi
such saorilege. But if q colered man OF
woman-a soldier of this war, or SOL
dier's mother or widow-dsre to take a
seat in street.car he is incontinently
hustled out. The piety of Philadelphianis is
heavy and pronounced on the Sunday
question. 1t is uninstructed and easy
where the negro ;is concerned. It has re-
spect alike to four days and persons, and
clings as strongly to- Hebriacal teachings
in regard to Sunday as in the patriarchal
institution. Indeed .atronger; for we may
pick the Jewish Sabbath out OF! the Old
Testament, bat only Bishop Hopkins can
pick slavery. out Ofithe Old and the New.
Ga Wednesday the trreprsssibIe negro
took car inlPhiladelphia. The result is
thus told by the Bulletin: -
"a light mulato individual entered one
of ths'Tenth street, cars, but was immedi-
stely invitedsto leave by the conductor
He refused, 'Whereupon the car was taken
from the track. The colored man main
tanned his position, and the car remained
on the street for, several hours, with the
solitary passenger sitting in it silently and
patiently. TherelWas quite gathering ei
blacks around the car, but no!disturbanee
occurred" ti y
Good for the negro, who, we suppose, is
sitting in the street car, even now, and res
dilute as General Grant, /" to fight It out or
this line if It takes aIEsSummer!" Probab.
bly, his 'coloredi companions left blooming
alone, will bring him tatious, and send
him reinforcements, and keep him up tc
the work Of holding that cars as in Woe. ,
siidesservss.. success, and by and by. tn,
Richndohd of this unchristian and'unmanly
prejudice will fall, and the colored person