The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-21
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Our Market street Contemporary, evl.
IDENTIFY conscious Of holding untenabls
ground on "Ths Civil Rights Case"
sndsRvors to maintain 1t by the COM
mon trick Of drawing attention away
IRON the point in IsAue. He does this
In two ways: ArsL, By talking elabor-
nLoly about the case before Judge Good;
and second by rant and blusier. Nis
talk about the IHTELILuGN0gR being
published In the interest OF !aw!ess
ness" and the inlimatiOn that We are
eudrayorng to lnCite the negroes OF the
city 10 violence RgAinat the Railway
Company. arc M stupidity ridiculous
m anything could we'll hs,
Tho Register makes ii statement Of
the facts In the case, and here 1t Is:
"rhe facts presented by the evidence
before the court wore these: Nulliuger
bad taken passage on tho Guy railroad
Gar III South Wheeling, and took his
place within the car. On the passage
angry words passed between liuliinEer
Hnd another passenger (whlle man,
WhUTeupOu the conductor went In ami
SrId TO HOllluger that no had no right
by the rules OF the company, to rldulu,
rldv but must go TO the platform. HUi.
finger refused to do 40, claiming chat
Hv mud M good night inside az any
other man. ThGrGupOn Au alteration
arose between him and the conductor,
which resulted IN the conductor turn
ing him cut. uuIlinger Thea went to
tbs Office Of tho company and COM
msnced loud TRADE OF abuse and pro-
fame outhS and threats against tho COM
phny, and against the conductor par
iiculAEly, threatening TO whip him,
calling him id son oil IL b-h,
aud applying to him other abusive ept-
Lts-!.s,s Aolituger WAS in the act Of
drawing off his coat to execute his
threat, when the officer stepped up aud
arrested him. TnB above iHCLs were
sworn TO ny three or four witnesses.
INa case WAS regarded az an aggravated
violation OF the ordinance, and the
Court hned HollingGr $40 and costs.
III giving Judgment the Court remark
I'd that the Queation OF civil rights was
nuL involved in tho CAse-thRt the hne
was imposed for dlsorderly conduct at
tho Compauy's oilicO and In the pres
rnrs OF iIs officers"
Let Us accept this AS literally correct.
1t shows Just what We stated yesterday:
hrst, that HOllinger was elected from
the car tor no oIeuce but that he was q
negro. AS ~ tho "GuEry words" be-
tween him and another passenger, they
consisted In tho other passenger telling
him to "Att down" The second fact
shown Is, as We stalled it, that HolllnGor
went to the CompAny's office, complain.
vi Of his election from the car aud used
violent IAuguaSsa6out 1t. Let us as.
sumo that In this particular his offence
was As gross aB the Register alGrms; we
have only to Say concerning that mat
Tor that Judge Good was not warranted
IN connecting with II uouinger's r,iu-
81! 10 leave the car as part OF the "dIsoI-
derby CONDUCT for which he was fined
That His Honor did this Is affirmed by
agentlOman "a Democrat who was
present.
But tho case in tho Municipal Court
is altogether minor feature OF this ar-
fair. That was not tho "olvil rights
case" at which our ootemporary sneerS.
The Infringement Of civil rights was In
putting Holllngsr out Of tho Gar solely
because he was negro. This is the
Registers own statement OF the fact,
1.-THE conductor went in and said ID
HollInger that he had no right by the
rules OF the Company TO ride inside
hut must 60 to the platform. HollIngel
refused TO do 30, claiming that he had
us good rIRhtinslde as any other man
rhsreupOn All alteration arose between
him aud the conductor, which resulted
In the conductor turning him OUT
Now, II our friend please, there is The
"oiviI rights case" In his own Ian
guage. II he has anything more t.
ray on the subject, II would be wei
TO address himself to that, anc
not waste his prodlGlous energies
on Irrelevant and minor matters
This u the central fact OF tho case
which has been commented on by SOM
Of our exchanges to the dIsadva ntaEe o
the city, II the Register has any oplu
lon on the subject, we should like t
know which 1t condemns, the action @
uollIuEer In refusing TO leave the cal
on the action Of the oompRny's office
In forclbly expelllng him and tho rul
under which he was obliged to do !
One or the other was wrong. II II
company had a right 10 put HollInGt
out, he had no right TO be In the car.
he had right to be there, the compAn
had no right to put him out, While
will the Register RfiirmH
We should not have referred 10 III
case a third time, or even second, b.
for the Registers abuso Of Holling
aud It's ondeAVors to cover up the me
Its Of the case and mislead tho public
tothe blameAble party, Itwasau info
tuuate affair for theclly; but clearly Il
Railway Company is In the wrong, AT
blameable for attempting to make tn
discrimination against n class OF oil
citizens, respectable both In humble
and character, In plAiu violation Of la
az well as Of natural Fight.
ALMOST every murderer who b
been hanged for . month past confess'
IN Ihn ,pSlloUatthAk lIou0P NanHnd h