Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-04-30
SOCIAL EQUALITY.

Previous to the war there was none ex-
cept few of the most fanatical of the
old school of Abolitionists that claimed
social equality for the negro race. Even
''the late lamented" Mr.. Lincoln, in his
discussion with Mr.. Douglas, expressly
declared that he and the Republican par
| ty only demanded for the negro political
rights. He expressly declared that the
negro never could, never would, and never
should become the social equal of the
white man. Now, however, that all the
political rights which any white citizen
possesses have been bestowed upon the
negro, and indeed more than are posses
sed by a large proportion of the
white population of the South,
the demand is peremptorily made that the
colored brother shall be admitted upon
equal footing with the whites into the
schools, churches, railroads, steamboats,,
| and hotels. The doctrine of the Sumner
ties is: if hotel proprietor is unwilling
to keep hotel for negroes, he must not
keep hotel. The Washington Ctroni-
Gle, edited by Forney d. D., is terribly
exercised by the refusal of the proprietor
of Eutaw House, Baltimore, to entertain
two negro politicians from South Carolina,
who visited the Monumental city few
days since in the interest of the Loyal
League. Hear him:
Yesterday the Hon. F. L. Cardoza,
the Secretary of State for South Carroll
ma, and Hon. G. L. Ransier, chairman of
the State Central Committee of the Re-
publican party of that State. arrived in
Baltimore to take part in the proceedings
of the National Executive Committee of
the Union League or America, which
met there. The meeting was appointed
TO be held at the EutaW House. The
above named gentlemen arrived by the
morning train, registered themselves and
retired to their room to refresh themselves.
They had scarcely sat down before they
were waited upon by the proprietor ofthe
hotel, who informed them that they must
imediately depart. They demanded the
reason and were informed th4t mo mig
gers were allowed TO put up at the house.
They demonstrated and declined to retire
unless they were forcibly elected. This
they were then informrd would be done,
and to save further trouble they departed,
after informing the hotel-keeper that they
should demand legal redress. These gen
tlemen are educated, refined and in every
way unexceptionable, but, having a tinge
of color in their faces, were denied the
use of q place of public entertainment
As soon as the National Executive Com
mittee of the Union League were informed
of the circumstances they Immediately
Cancelled their engagement of rooms at the
Eutaw House and sought quarters where
American citizens of good character might
peaceably assemble without criticism of
the color of the face or curl of the hair.
Gov. Geary, of Pennsylvania, remarked
that such prescription belonged to the
days before the war, and that it would be
disgraceful to seem to countenance such
an insult to respectable gentlemen. The
National Committee, at its meeting,
passed a resolution strongly censuring the
conduct of the hotel-keeper and pledging
the whole power of the Union League to |
take such steps as TO prevent the recur-
renee of such insolent conduct.