The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1867-06-13
NEGRo EouAL1rY.

NEGRO EQUALITY.
The sensitive and feeling heart Of
Mrs. Trotlsr, whose history is familiar
to oil readers Of the inimitabls Dickens,
could not endure The sight Of donkey;
aud every arrival of that stubborn ami
NAL within the precincts Of her country
residence was sure to DO the precursor Of
an attack Of feminine Mysteries. This
harmless ihlOtultion Of Mrs. Trotter has
i,S counterpart in the sensitive dread
and horror Of those who constitute the
opposition party that they will be com.
PEELED 10 make the negro equal to them.
selves, Hence the long. constant, wall.
Ing cry on the part Of the journals in
the interes, of that party about the
negro--the inevitable uegro-the negro
now, henceforth and forever. When
they hear Of negroes addressing large
public meetings composed principally of
men of their own color, it fills them
with holy horror; when they hear Of
these same despsed negroes establishing
schools Of their own, educating and in
forming themselves on oil subjects just
and fpnptr in themselves, it fills them
with glocmmy npprehenSionS; when they
see aLwh6fa race Of people emerging
from estate of slavery through the
bene6eence Of government for whose
preservation ibey fought, marching into
the ranks oflBo great army of freedom
and without any public disorder quietly
adapting themselves TO the requirements
Of their great political trOnsforma lion,
sober, industrious, patient, modest in
their claims aud respectful 10 those who
ore as a race their superiors in intellect
and social position. when they see all
this they are ready to cry out in the
agony oftheIr souls. "aIas! OloS! what is
to become otus!-the negro! negrol! The
nOgro!l! Poor dWarfed, pinched and
beuigblsd souls they are not able to lift
themselves an inch out Of the miserable
depths Of their cOutsmptibIO prejudices!
They acl as though in order to keep
themselves up they must keep the negro
down, which is syuOnimOus to a species
Of discipline practiced by tyrnDts and
taskmastorS in the darkest periods in
the past history Of the world.
Their newspapersare principally taken
up with this hind Of stuff. These negro.
shriekOJs do not seem to reflect that iu
order 10 make the negro the equal OF
the white race they must let themselves
down 10, The level Of tho negro. Are
they afraid to give the pegrOAn, equal
chance in the race with themselves
Shame On such narrow-mindedneS!-
The time was when slOVshOlding men
=. i'-.<rnan. cauLl-hAva the ranro -" : =
Einssparablo companion, constantly al
their heels, ia the psrlor and the kitch'
en-, ready to do their slightest wishes
to cook Tor them, help TO dress them
drive them out in carriages AID Ian them
TO sleep after they returned home, and
ye. did we ever then hear Of their bcinl
afraid of bis becoming their equslI
Oh no. i. is only now when his Condi,
ton is changed fsOm SorViIude to freedon
that they become toWOr stricken at eV,
cry forward movement Of emaucip at d
Ssmbo. When will people learn thai
every man stands before the world in
bis own moral. social aud political indi
viduality, and that every man, black oil
white, is Of.vSlus 10 community o.
States and individuals only as hO makes
himself valuAblel