The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-10-12

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yiduals. WHO fel, the importance Of a
liberal University. among whom are
Gerrit Smith, OF New York. and Dawn I
Clark, of Hartford, CT. most OF the |
means being obtsined through the unre
hitting abors of G. eneyai Howard who
is President OF the University. Ihe |
other officers of instruction and goNern-
ment connected. with it are OF the bigh-
est type, both as regards character ana
intellect among whom may be mention
ed are Prof. VIM F Bascom, PROBES
ser of the Latin and Greek LANGUAGES.
formerly of Middlebury College, Yer
mont. and WHO Was during the war Su>
perintendent of the u. 5. Sanitary Com
mission; DR. Raybourn. chief of the
Medical Department, and many others
There are among them several repre-
sentatives of the despised race, the clio
uuenL orator. John NJ. Lapgston, Prof.
of law; also certain members of the
suppressed SEX who, am glad 70
state. are paid salaries correspond
ing to their lanors. Just as they would
be elsewhere il they had the vote. l
suppose the Apostles of the new reform,
Mrs Stanton Il Co, would say
The light OF this institution Is not
put under a bushel, but it is set up on a
high hill where it cannot be hif. The
grounds, indeed command one If the
finest views of the city any where TO he
found: lust out side OF the city limits.
convenient to the terminus OF the 9Th
St cars: thew Coz prise about 6s acres
which are to he used for parks. DC. The
principle University edifce is grand.
and commanding in appearance. four
stories in height, and contains rooms for
Lectures. Recitation. Chapel. Library,
Museum, DC 1t is to contain Normal,
Theological. Collegiate law, Medical and
Agriculture Departments Though SO
recently commenced. the University
contains already about 200 pupils with
the number constantly increasing The
terMs are ext, emeiy liberal and the in
digent are assisted.
TWO coLoREp MEN ELECTED FROM The
THEATRE.
A Law enacted by the Common Coun
ell Of this city, makes il i'm. erative that
proprietors Of all the places of Amnse
ments, Restaurants. Billiard Saloons, &c ,
should be compelled to entertain ne
groes as we'll as whites, and in doing 80.
shall make no distinction on account OF
color On Saturday evening last. il
seems that in order TO test The validity
Of the law, and the practical carrying
ont Of the equality system between the
Whites and Colored, two colored men
succe eded in obtaining tickets to the
| Dress Circle in the National Theatre,
| from which c,,lored people had hitherto
been excluded, and alter obtaining tick
| cts, passed to the Dress Circle as di
! rected by their tickets. They obtained
| seats, and for a while remained at peace
or rather allowed to remain
Presently on the assembling Of the au-
dihnce. and at: er many of whom going
to the managers, requesting that the
negroes might be excluded from the
Dress Circle, and directed to that por
ton of the house devoted exclusively tt
colored people, the Iolice officers on du
ty there, by direction of the managers
were forced to exclude them, notwith
standing the protesIations OF the ne
! groes to the contrary.
This affair. although it seems but tri
| fling. will excite, no doubt, great inter
est throughout the country
A short time since the colored peopl
of this city were entirely excluded flon
riding in the same stree. car with whites
and however old. decrepid and respect
able. regardless of weather, '.if cOlored,
they must ride out side on the platform
I his was cruel and inhuman to the .ex
| treme. The colored and many Of tn
whites, as well, became enraged. and in
sisted, under the law, that colored folk
shall be allowed to ride in the same ca
with the whites, and it was done: ant
now when nearly one fourth of the per
sous, on an average, riuipg in our stree
cars, are colored, seemingly no one ob
| jects.
In respect to compelling the manager
of the National Theatre. to allow color
ed people to sit permiscuous'y in an,
part OF The Theatre, much to the dislik
Of nearly all the audience. AID to thci
| disadvantage.-esp when a goo,
| and respectable portion of the house i
assigned exclusively 10 the said co!ore.
/ people = Is quite different from insist
ing that colorei people shall enjoy Tia
same rights In lie, liberty, and tae pur
suits OF nappintss as accorded 10 thu
| white people of our country, and among
| those rights, of course is the right t,
choose their own business or profession
| and adopt such management of It as the,
deem proper, providing in doing so
they do n uespass on the rights o
other peopl-. L! is under Messrs. Rap
ley & Spaulding. the proprietors, claim
ing that they have the same right, ant
| are managing their own affairs rightly, ar
DESTROYS and aoxious for the benefit of al
Theatres throughout the country rs we'll a
their own, thar this difficulty shall be made
test question to be decided by the courts.
THE LOCAL OFFICERS
here. like the Kilkenny cats. are literally an.
most effcctualiy. il .,oii, cal sense, ealin
each other up, AID Tor the benefit of the par
ty to which they. profess to belong. the soon
er they are demolished, the better. The pres
OF the city, was first the medium throne
which they sluns a, each other their v1tuper
ate missiles. The Chronicle long since for
babe its columns to the publication of thei
ssd>ay grandixins letters. The Stsr and Re
publican. have since done likewise, and f.
xh;ch oil rand ranr.la hsx