The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1869-05-26
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Northern Prejudice Against Color.

contributor to the New York Times
inyOighcd against the citizens of that
place for their want of charity towards
negroes. lie described their suffer
ings and sorrows, how many were driv-
el off to themselves in squalid and
unhealthy quarters, how they wcro
denied work in shops with whites
how they wero denied equality ia
churches, and even in public houses,
restaurants, and icecreom saloons. =
Against this "prejudicc against color
the writer invoighcd bitterly this
he attributed the failure Of the negro
in the great Gotham. That ho was
equal in capacity to the white mar,
this writer earnestly contcnded bu,
he could not overcome tho tide Of
prejudice and contempt of the whites,
'Thich was foarfully taking him down
the stream to sad fate.
Tho Tribune Of Saturday brings II,
another wall over this "prejulice,"
so"called. 1t appears that colored
man from Canada brought a letter of
introduction to Mr.. Greelcy, and that
gentleman sent to inquire of on, y.
NJ. Powell where tie colorcd man
aforesaid could get "hotcl entertain
mcnt." Powell Just then wus looking
out for "respcctablc" lodging for ga
Massachusetts, lady Of wealth, intolli.
gcncc, and culture, and her son, Il
gcntlomanly young man of liberal
European education, both alightly,
colorcd." lie wrote to tho principal
hotels, asking could these persons ssbo
provided with good rooms, be received
at the public table, and have the same
attention as other guests 7"
Powcll-it is not stated whether ho
Is black or white received answers,
aud for the Information Of the Tribune
readers he gives the purport of these
answers thus:
st. Nicholas.--"Never had such an
application before. The parties had
better make personal application.
metropolitan Every sorry, bnt
could not possibly do so. Would
lose all our guests, most likely, if wo
did"
Astor llousc.-"Impossiblo."
Fifth Avenue. .--"NYill give an an
swcr another timo."
Hoffman Housc.-"Will send an
answer" .
Everett House. o.-"Proprictor in
Massachusetts,. Will send an answer
when he returns, on Saturday,"
st. James. --Sont letter declining.
Btovoort lIouse. Sent letter de-
Ginning.
Wcstminstcr.-Not possible. Would
have every guest leave if We did"
Clarendon --"lmpossiblo to mako
any promises MS wo are very full about
that timc. BESIDES, our guests are
generally such as stay with us somo
time every year, and not like at o.hcr
hotels, come and go irrcsularly."
There isa great deal of cunning
and dodging in most Of these letters
but it will be observed that in no
single instance is any concession made
t. color, Notwithstanding that it pre-
scnts itself in this case in the fascinat-
ing garb "Of wealth, intelligence, and
culture" accompanied by the evident
apology of being "only slightly color.
cd? There could not be n case less
Objectionable on account Of color
where the slightest trace remained,
and ono where the sin Of color was
atoned for by graces moro commcnda-
bic Yet not n door was opened to
the applicants. They wcro shut out
from all "respectable" lodgings!
Richmond Dispatch
A FonEIGNEn's AccouSr or AN
ELECTION IN SorTn CARoIIvA.-Tbo
Washington correspondent Of tho Bal
timorc Gozctte, writingto that Journal
under date Of the lth instant, says:
| met to-day, at Wizards two Nova
Scotians, who have been spending tho
Winter at Aiken, South Carolina,
which is becoming quite resort for
persons afflicted with pulmonary dis
eases. They camo North, via Rich
mond, and report the crops generally
along the route as in y nourishiDg con-
dition. They we're full Of sympathy
for tho Snuthorn people, whose un-
happy condition strikes them the more
forcibly from the freedom they enjoy
at home undor the B1itsh flag. They
spoke of an election they witnessed,
where day after day the Conservatives
had majority, and the polls werc
kept open for threo days, until tho
negroes could DO brought from the
country around for distance Of twen-
ty miles to obtain u Radical majority.
What is the use Of suffrage to tho
Southern people, they asked, if cleo
tons arc to be conducted in this wuyl
DEATH or AN EMINENT CATnoLlc
PRlEsT.--The Very Rev. j. NJ. Lan.
caster, the administrator of the dio-
cesc Of CovingtoD, Kentucky, died in
that city on the 3 instant, after IL
lingering illness, IIo was a fellow
student Of Archbishop Spading. #
Baltimore, in The College Of the Pro-
paganda and 'for dirty fiyc Years has
been Jealous 'nisSionafyi Kentucky.
sy'" u ~ ~--.i&r--. - .s~e nEtgE 4
ANOTHER WAanDURN. IN THE FIEnp.
The mama NJ I.t.r m W,,Eh,