The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-06-06

Mr.. Slsney-the idea of-her calling her man
Mister Sisney-took ming Gown to the shop,
the other day, and hasn't BROUGHT Il back ye.
Did yop ever bear OF the like before
! Ms. Sisney Is c6lorcd woman, and Mr.
Ssuey is a coored man.
Says Mrs. Jones. in continuation. and in
high ,dudgeOn, '.she wants 10 be neighborlys
tepia shessay she atds'Y said l.. a. II con-
pleted the fringe on my shawl and combed It
ou,with my fingers va vHHIT gVfIy
s 'No, she didn't say SO; hut you zee how
It will be. 1t will be, lend me this; lend me
lhsii come over and see mel briae Mr. Jones
and the baby over. Cant | see what she's
att She thinks that because the niggers are
free, and are gopg to vote, she can hold her
head up and he somebody-go With the hest.
Shell he nightly mistaken, as far as, 4 qm
concerned, now tell your Mr.. Jones lays
that as soon us they get to voting, they'll rule
everything; they'll get into Office; they'll get
on the iuries they'll want to sit down atihe
table with white folks-1and they n be sure to
get all the best seats when anything Is going
on, IN public. He saysAe weuld'nt be a bit
surprised but what they'd marry white
girls Itsshockngf i do think It's horribicl
Now aint it, Mrs. 'MooteP"
GAtothey eeId she tbooght 10 vas ,importSnt
il true. Just then She smeltthe meat burn
ipg'esnd was of 20 the k'.ehen, aud the field
was left TO me.
@aDOnt yoathink h'is, MihnieY.i Y.i''' ~ 80
"No, I'cant say 'that do -
pWby,eifl b what do you .mean ~ 'ltA
By this fl6ie MrsJones was firedu dup. Her
chssss blazed, IHereyea snapped. She, was
r!pefor discpssiOui and, byl thsSiine token,
20 was III ,g-B ,gMSMRaA
"Mrs. Jonesr saysYI-- n
| What = says she severely, as she tried to
thread the point Of her needle.
"Do you believe that the negros, as we are
accustomed TO see them ia this country, are
human beines3
.oawhy, ofeourse, do, butt "S9eN0b
"Afias Jones, are you not well aware cha,
whsre they have az chance, gAs here for
instance, in this town, they are capable of
nAking livipgvfor example, arEs siansyR
ooh, suppose soINltOh
@IDoyopPsisrt 70 fhoiriiyipg, moving and
having their being, 50 long as they don't mo
fest yoti |" flopA f-S ~ SapE1
"Thats it 6fc6dtseSJi bit look at Mrs.
Sishey. Look at her presumption" A'Ak
"wbat did you tellher ~
~ told her that never lent anythingand
| told her too, in such away that she under
stood me, II warrant
''llas she attempted TO borrow since 2'' &.
"we1, ] guess not don think she viii.
either.n has ono' al iir iHr aH .uU.f 80 ~,
"Thtn IL you let her alone, think there
will be- nothing further between you. You
don't find it snffocating to breathe the same
air che ldoes2"IlOE1 /tlI8TI
A"what do you mean, Miss Moore Are
you in favor Of associating with ,ngg-rs "
al ann q tavor ofiletting everybody dis
play their taste in the matter. II is a mere
Instance of choice, and Is, by no manner of
means, a matter of compulsion, on either side,
Now you say THAT Mrs. Sisney understood
you, as you meant she should. You ac-
klowledge then, that she was smart enough,
Of sensitive snodsh, to see that you did Mt
want hercompany, or neighbOrly intercourse
She has feelings, aS weIl ~ you, and woman
ly pride, as we'll as YOU aud doubtless felt
hurtzbpt;do you suppose she'll make over
lures again Not hit OF il. How would
you have got rid ofa white woman, under ID,
like circumstances; wouldn't you have used
the same strategy1n-s iina'f- srf'i =
'Of course, would -
"And you would do right. It is IA matter
of choice on your part, which you have !
right to exercise, and you thought iit to dis
courage familiarity from her. Reverse III,
case, II yon had gone to her, and she had
snubbed you in the same way, she woulC
have done right, for it is matter Of ehoic,
. with her, also. How can colored folks sit a
the same table with your If you accept Al
! Invitation to dine with them, it would occur
or II you would invite them, = would occur
again. .ss,i. ~
Mrs. Jones said that was Mt likely, in sitAe
case, and ! said "Theu yon see that It Is bu
. matter taste, no. only on yoar part, bu
upon theirs. They might decline the homo
Of your society, und-r all circumstances
, There ere white people, Mrs, Joass, witl
whom you viii not assoclate2"
She said 1hsGe were. f1 eGTs
"But they have the same rights under tn
law, that you have, and yet they do not mo
lest yon, in the least. Why cannot negroe
take this condition, and thus let manhood aa'
humanity. christianity ard freedom, rise a
: uncloudsd in this land Of boasted liberty
Now have not believed in the wisdom Q
disiihcl races living under the same laws; bu
itis % in this country, and has not Provel
:. disastrous for this nation, to-day, is fAs "a
ton OF the world. The war was not wa