The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1870-02-17

W mite IOlkS DeIOHS 10 Inc hepuUlfcaH
party. b1sa 30 gtiiiajsHe1 I995 sH
The wayne County DehsocridH fe-
lates the following conversation as
having occurred recently between
Miss Lucinda Fillagree, SIS she was
seated at the breakfast table, and
her maid servannt, Dinah Crisp, as
she handed her theEsecond capsof cof-
fee, upon the approaching great, grand
and glorious event:
Miss Lucinda, we's gwine to have
q splendihefous time on the evening
of the ED, amt we ''--z.s-=s=-
"How 30, Dinah27 n IT
"Why, de Festival to celebrate de
rstifcationI ofgtheFl5th Anendmeut
dat thing dat makes us colored peo-
pie de equals OBJ de Whites::1
Well, Dinah! Idon't Know, what
concern I have in that eSMN
9Isnt You, Miss Luainda, a Rspnb-
liear?z
I $50 far, Dinah; as haze anyspSlis
ties, 4 am" Il
Your father and brother WiiIiain
ID bosA strong ublicanss Mis- Illt
cindaz And yoa Is all * peeted %
take id active pars in gefBing ~ de
Festi4aa and in helE sing 70 gj8e dis
tinction 10 Il: DE; ;eolersd people .ex-
pect it," zses=s=-s--sss.,ss~
The colored people expect it'll
Expect what ~ g s aeiis-issaS si
esWhy, ezpeetIdat gons shall Ihelp
give charactdrIaud, dignity tode FEES
tival. Dat's what dey expect, Miss
Lucinda. 'sa'7s4 sci
What right, Dinah, have they to
expect any such thing from asep / do
not associate with any 81, thsIn and
such work as they ID doefor mel pay
them for. There the Obligation iceas-
es." s7siaa s1''ile 70 sft9At OMIT Ta3
But, den, Miss Lucinda, souf iis,oa
Republican, blong to the Republican
aristocracy of de city, and if You
shall attend de Festival and shoWs4o
de colored ladies dat will be present
dat evening dat you does not consider
it unbecoming in you to 'sociate wid
thens ;its viii makeodam ofeel rhappya
and de Democratie eWomen can't say
de next day, 'ah, ha, you niggers is
no better OF now dat you's got dea15th
Amendment den you was afore. De
White Republican 1'stocracy doesn't
tink you no better dan dey did afore
dat amendment was ratified. You is
niger now as much as eber.'ss lai455AlG q
:" Well, Dinah, the Amendment has
not worked any change in your race
that / perceive. It has, not changed
the color of yeHrskin it .haslno fa-
ken the kink out Of your hair, nor has
it efadicatsd that apfejudfcei that has
hitherto held you at social arms
length. Our social relationsaremain
unchanged, and speak, tosEou in All
kindness, Dinah, for you have been a
good, kind, cobedient servant to mel
r,s +" Well, den, Miss Lucinda, what is
de use of de 18th eAmendmen to Us,
dat dey should make SO much fuss
over if2oE II III .I w
"To be candid with you, Dinah, /
perceive none. J It1is lpolisicalE alter
gether." 9fIssi-soJs " 5s9kf seYr
And being political Miss Lucin-
de, does not de Republican party eY-
pect to get de votes Of our people pr?
Certainly, Dinah. il was through
the Republican partyathat the privi-
legef of voting was lgiEingste lthempns
eff dat privileges Miss Lucinda, is
to be of no account to 7us-if, we is to
continue de. same social outcasts as we
used to be when dem Democrats was
in power, doesn't see what we is to
be thankful to de Republicans fof.a . =
why, Dinah, for giving to your
people political power" /" aat .aaasfsa
..Yes; but if dat political power
Miss Lucinda, don't take awayaifr6m
us social degradation-if the parloi
door shall never open to us on the
same terms that itssopeus td White
people-political power is merely a
delusion after all. esh'i
That will be just as your rpeople
view it, Dinah There seems to be
an intense fascination in Fpolitical
power to White people; andaI y do no,
see why il should not have a Icorres
pondiug fascination for Icclored peo.
ple."
"Dat may be true, Miss Lucinda
and surely would be true if de e6lored
| people in dis country stood in de same
relation to de Whites as de Whites dc
to de colored people asto population
but being SO few, it pears to me dat
their political power will not be 3oi
much use unless it bring with it social
equality"
"Well, Dinah, politics is a. mattel
that l leave to the gestlemen to man
age, and with it political Festivals
q Den, Miss Lucinda, you is no
gwins to de Festival on de evening O
de 22d 2" 5.a q, .;,., -.,,. g r. .... sse5 -
Surely not, Dinah. 1 do not in
tend seemingly to recognize the socia
equality of your people, which
should do were I to attend the Festi
val, and then afterwards refuse I,
treat you on suchaterms. If the gen
tlemen choose TO commingle with tn,
colored men on terms of equality
that is their business; but, for one,
can not and will not do it by my pres
ence.n q g7it.is 5iTf, n
Here the conversation terminated
Whether Miss Fillagreeherein reflect
ed the views of the elite Republican
ladies of the citywe do not know
This will be made duly manifest OF
the evening of the Festival. 9
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