The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-05-19
r,,o 1rrepressible Conflict-Again.

rh,, mass-mee,ins of which we spoke 'as'
oo,, ,s having been called In New 1olh
r,,, came of in due time. Inc negroes ;"
o,c,, numbers. and their fana'icas "h''c III
e.. - In, number of a dozen or two, aSScui-
,,,1 !, thc Coorsr Institute and made some
,o,v ;r,nudcnt and imprndcnt speeches Inc
leaders Of the Republican party i'll New YORK
At, were conspicuous by their absence
Even the New York Times. GRANTS srrcni
orrsn. has not a word to say in its editorial
cn,rmn, of this ridiculous demonstration.
Letters were read from few prominent
m,u-namely. Governor DIX, GERRlr SMITH.
FREDERICK DOUGLAS WESDEtl PHlLLlrs,
WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON, Hon. WILLIAM ii.
RossKT>oN, Hon. 4. B. CORNELL, ana lion.
Roscoe CoNKLlSG, but as not one OF THESE
letters j. published We can form no idea aS
80 their contents especially when we reco'-
beet that General Dix, who is Governor OF
\rw York, kept the civil-rights bill, upon
whose passage by the Legislature inc
r,,ro,, had met IL congratulate them
>,l,c, and the world. i'll his hands to,
.ix whole DAYS before he would sign 1t. We
tr,ls: wc shall get look at these letters here
after. II would be refreshing to read let
Ter in favor of admitting negroes into thea
tres, churches, hotels, steamboat cabins, pal
ace cars. &C.. on perfect equality with
whites, from 50 immaculate dandy rs Ros.
rus, Is. CoHkLlSc, who wouldnt let negro
come within ten feet of him if hc could help
il. Ii nc pIctends to favor such bill. lie Is
i h,pucritc, vino deserves no quarter ut The
hand. of the public press, and may as well
C,rrgo all aspirations for the presidency and
accent a seat upon the bench Of the Supreme
CouY. Of the United States. General DIX:
too, mus. have felt it necessary to explain ii
his letter why he withheld his signature >t
Ion" from bin which he now thinks 81
prai>cworhv. As to DOrGLAss, he Is ne
gro. and is not to be blamed for being in Fl
yor Of the bill. GERnIT SMITH, WENDELL
pnu11rS. and WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON arr
,hruuic srumblcrs and fault.linders, aud ma.
b. expected always to favor whatever TIT
largest portion of mankind are slreuuousl,
hostile to.
Wei, the meeting, such a. it was, was dull,
organized. enc paper says that large mum
l,r OF "Eadics' We're present. but !! l. oni.
fair to presume that that admirer of blacl
tuccs referred 10 negro women. \ commit
Ice WIS appointed, and resolutions were b.
i reported which the meeting adopted
The, POSSES 40 feature worthy OF specla
notice. The speeches were Of various kinds
rnn speaker said that LIScuLn's cmancpa
ton proclamation was what saved the III
lion " from being destroyed by the rebels
declaration which we should judge woult
not he palntablc to the white soldiers VIII
fought Tor 1.-THE flag \ speech was mad
Nv one WILLIAM Ii. JOHNSON, of Albany.
nero. we >uppose,l who gave Instances Il
Ii, own experience in which the rights o
u,sY.,,s bad ,hc"n violated by proprIctors y
li2cc, Of amusement, hotels, &c, who rC
fused IN ADM, rolorcd men. lie lid no
1lyj,. bringing >llt against such persons
h1' - mouIting public sentiment that such
fain"> would be impossible. This Negro
had sense enough to know that such law
raDnot Lc executed, and that the attempt Il
~, cute it will result in setting SAMHo bach
i,.Y coed while il not forever.
Nr. Isaiah {, Wears, of Philadelphia
followed, New York was ahead of Penn>Iyl
>anil in the matter OF civil rights, and Away:
ind been. He did not altogether agree witt
Sic previous spcakcraS IL moulding the pub
H.. ,.ptirIcDt. The sentiment he wanted was
"!n;,Jdird in tho police officers he saw in tn.
'"ii The men who refused TO recognize Tho
civil rights bill cared no more Tor public
..i.iimvnt than the thief docs, and they mus
IL" dealt with in the same way-by the law
Ia 1860 his race was black enough to be sol
,li.ls. black enough to pay taxes, but nc
though to be men. [Applause.] He wa:
inoutl of the black man, of his conduct dur
IN the war, Of his conduct now. 1t ought
- evoke respect from their greatest enemy
HEY only asked trial. Let the Democrats
,..~ Isllty Of reaction, look abroad and Ect
low they stand alone. The cause OF liberty
j, advancing wherever civilization ana en-
ightcument prevail
Think Of m inaolent negro threatening
IL" white men Of New York with tue police
BECAUSE they Won't associate with negroes
iais WEARS would soon learn, if W; advice
were followed, that the policemen .! New
ioIk, who arc largely Iri.l, would much
.It;hcr pummcl such fellows II he u; CT the
u"ld than to aid in forcing them into {;
III. atrc, or a hotel, or elsewhere, among
white men who do not desire their com
pany. Those degraded Cauca>ians who Dc
desire such company are ut perfect liberty
already to enjoy it TO their hearts content
Bat let them not imagine that they can
l"rcc such company upon decent white peo'
pie, either in New York or elsewhere. If Il
nero were not Il negro-tlmt is, ii hc had :,
White mans feelings and pridc-he would
not dream nf forcing himself into company
~ which he is not wanted. But "a negro
wiiItcane.ro, any how oranywhcrc. Lord
BYRON said that Tom MOORE "dearly loved a
Lord" and to the negro, let him profess
what h. viii. every white man is n lord. in
whose company he feels himself exalted
above hi, fciloW.ngro. But to the meet
4t!1:
"l'rcic>sor John VI. Lany,tou, Of Wash
.it.tou. was next introduced. The Professor
here gave instances which have come ,iudel
li)- own observation in the South of insult
offered to colored ladies, who were ladies' by
culture and intellectual cndowlncnts. HI
then made a strong appeal for the education
~ tie same school OF the offspring OF boil
the white and black race, say i'm that il Is onl,
when ctr children sit in the same seats Will
those If the white, and are educated ut tn
same school, that the negro Will lose hi