Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-09-29
Radical Profession and Practice.
A Black Skin a Bar 10 Dining with
President Grant.
Political Equality One TbiOg--SOcial
Equality Another.
FcnrsEIvania Radicals POskst q Poo, Ne
gro's Funds, 10 Help Feed Our
wandering Pfesident
They Then Kick Him from the
Dining Hall Door.

Dining Hall Door.
friends Of the negro. III y love him, Oh
SO fondIy, especially when there is any
voting to be done. If a white man in the
South SO much as pricks the black mans
skin with the point of q pin, howl goes
up ali over the country forthwith; the hor-
rible cry Of KuKlux is heard all over the
'Ioyap North; and the military power Of
the Government is invoked to suppress the
outrage. In the South, if negro Is re-
fused admission to hotel or street-car,
the civil-rights bill is Immediately resort
ed to to get the colored man his rights.
Here in Washington. sestaurant-keepers
have been subj ected TO line because they
would not allow negroes to drink at their
bars. The courts have decided that social
equality in the theatres of this District
must be recognized, and that ii negro
secures ticket he may be admitted to any
part of the house. That is the law for the
South; and the law was made principally
by Northern Radicals, who profess SO
much love for the negro. The hollowness
of their professions has been frequently
exposed, and now we have another case in
point.
the State of Pennsylvania, which is now
under Radical rule. It is the State of Kel-
ley. and Myers. and Dickey, Schofeld,
Scott, Negley, Cameron and others, who
have made the halls of Congress ring with
speeches to show.
HOW THE RADICALS LOVE THE NEGRO.
Well, in the course of his pilgrimage,
our President arrived at Titusville, in the
oil regions. Titusville was represented
not long ago by Calvin w. Gilfillan, a
Radical of the deepest dye. It was deter
mined to entertain Grant. and MIR. Gill
fillan was the chairman of the committee.
Grant was given breakfast at the princi-
pal hotel in the town. For this break
fast seventy-fve tickets were sold ct two
dollars apiece.
President Grant did not &C to Titusyille
professedIy as the representative of the
white portion of the Republican party, or
Of the whole party. On the other hand
all American citizens living in TitusvilIe
were supposed to be equally interested in
receiving and entertaining General Grant
President of the United States. High and
low, rich and poor, native born and nat
uraliZed, white and black, had a common
and equal interest in paying their respects
to the Chief Magistrate OF the country.
sNUBBED ON ACCOUNT or HIS COLOR.
The colored people had not been invit-
ed-inadyertently or otherwise-to par
ticipate in the reception. One of their
number, Mr. Abraham Lee, purchased a
ticket for the Presidential breakfast. On
presenting it at the door, he was refused
admission, as he believes, and as every
body else believes, on account Of his
color.
STATEMENT OF THL VICTIM CT RADICAL LOVE.
Abraham Lee, the colored man who was
so outrageously treated, publishes the fol-
lowing card in Titusville paper, giving q
full statement of the case. The Radicals
q Democratic trick, but Lee places tho re-.
sponsibility in the proper quarter. His
card is as follows:
"As reports have been circulated by in
terested parties that was put up by the
Democrats to purchase ticket for The
Presidential breakfast in order to make
trouble. aud offer that party chance to
make political capital, I feel that, in ins-
nee to myself and to my cOiored fellow
eiiizons t. emphatically deny this state
mem. No Democrat told ms to buy a
ticket, or even suggested tnaL l should
DO SO, and no member OF that
party was consulted by ne in relation to
ire purchase Of a ticket to that breakfsst.
While going to my work on the afttIno ia
# the 13 h INST, met P. T. Colding, aud
Gsked if he wa going To turn Out III the
to receive Gen. Grant the next
morning. He said that ho was not, tLa !
he colored people had been entirely jg-
lOred in tie sffa r, that while they had |
,ut all the orhsr clergymen upon the re
eplion committee they bad omitted our
'astor, and that they hid neglected to
lace any Of Our people on either of the
ommittees, as and he know Is usually
he custom to do upon such occasions IN !
ther cities, and he wished that would
ttend the meeting to be held at the Coun-
il Chamber, to see what was done about
!. After comforting with him, I called at the
Ierald Office, and spoke to Mr.. .Bloss about
he matter. He said we ought to turn
ut. That in the hurry they had neglected
0 make arrangements for it. then went
o the Council room, and while Mr.. Bloss
to sell the breakfast tickets,
asked him to sell me ticket. He was
alkiDg at the time with Mr.. McCrum, and
that he was busy, but would see
1e directly. After finishing his CONVERSE
ion with Mr.. McCrum, he started to go
cross the room, and again asked him 10
ell me ticket. He smiled, and said I
7as trying to get him in the same sc1ape
hat Mr.. Smith was in, referring to
Ir SIS refusal to sell tickets to the COL
red people. emitting them to seats in the
arquet. He then handed me ticket for
7hich paid him two dollars, giving him
ten dollar bill to change. A prominent
republican of this city standing by, asked
THAT the denomination of the bill was. I
old him. He then said had better buy
hree tickets, one for Colding. and one
Or Thompson, as well as one for myself.
his tried to do. but Mr.. Bloss refused
n the ground that he was instructed to
ell only one ticket to any one man. The
acts in regard to my treatment at the
Iarshall House the next morning are be-
ore the public. I need not reiierate them
ere. I will say this, however, that as I
pproached the dining room door, MIR.
|loss was standing there, and was quite
IRE he saw me coming. He slid away ont
{ sight, and am under the impsessionl