The Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1870-1871, 1871-02-05


-, a, = ruhlic character, and Ill pla-
"at bn.;uess or OF public resort, or for
Co "a license is required by either State,
~ or municipal authority, shall be
n.l rlaces Of public character, and shall
med 70 the accommodation and patron
" t.p persons, without distinction or dis
.-:,o,iou on account Of race or color
p, reference to the act of 1869, it will be
=. ,bat "all persons engaged in the bust
=, y, common carriers of passengers, are
hidden to refuse admission to their con-
,srapc,s or fssJIis ffqy person therefrom, on
-, If r. oIcG'or. This act further
$40, that 80 person shall be refused adj
,i..,op to, or entertainment at any public
:. hotel or place of public resort in the
S.,. 81 To enforce these provisions, the act
I..l.r,s that al licenses hereafter granted
:, Nj, State, and by all parishes and mu-
,;rralities therein, to persons engaged in
.,sipss, or keeping places of public resort,
a,r contain the express condition that the
,.cs Of business or public resort shall be
IAN n the accomodation and patronage of
D.r,ons without distinction or discrimi-
...,on m account of race or color, and any
.,son who shall violate the conditions of
,ch license shall, on conviction thereof,
" punished by forfeiture of his license, and
hi, plar Of business or of public resort shall
Ne closl and moreover, he shall be liable,
At d, sit Of the person aggieved, to such
dsna9s as he shall sustain thereby, before
a., crt Of competent jurisdiction"
To enforce, still more effectually, the pro-
rlons Of this act, it is further provided that
the party injured shall havea right of ac-
bon to recover any damages, exemplary as
vel as aciwd, which he may sustain, before
sny court Of competent Jurisdiction"
Il would appear to me that every right
that any reasonable person could demand
iOr Ov coDorep fellow-citizens, is guaran-
Ted by this act, and until at least some well
directed effort has been made, through the
proper courts, to enforce its provisions, and
they have been proven defective or unoper-
atiyr further legislation in this direction is
unnecessary But l cannot sanction any le-.
gsaton that conflicts with the constitution
d the country, and which must, therefore,
encourage useles litigation and only tend to
lrrpetllate the evil it was designed to rene
d.
For my own part, / must say, in conclu-
So that 80 far rs statutory law can break
Down the prcludices of race, / believe tina.
We have all that c.sn be done by the Legis-
Ature or the government.
We have, as above shown, given to our
clOrat fcllow-citizcns the means which, if
nsortel to by them, will enforce most fully
their evil rights, and if these rights are not
accorded by those who continue to hold I'M
Reasonable and wicked prejudices, after the
N0'ed people have quitely and dlscreetlv
demanded them, and been refused, then l
adn'c an appeal to the civil courts for re-
dress Of their wrongs.
II the rights Of our citizens cannot be &C.
cured by reinforcement of the civil rene
dy believe they never can be by making
penal codes and applying pains and penal
irs jury VIII award damages to An injur-
I'd colored man, when it would not decree
'ae party who would deprive him of his
nsn'' a criminal, and impose penalties for
his acts
II. c. WARMOTH.
STATE OF LOUISIANA, |