The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-08-15
COLUMBIA, S. c..
Friday Morning, August Is. 1873.
Social Equality In the North.

Erlday morning, August ID, 1878.
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Social Equality In the North.
The great s'mixed schools" debate,
in the North, at least, is languishing,
and wo may expect to receive ere long
the announcement OF its death from
general debility. Senator Sumner and
few other enthusiasts are, of course,
unwilling to admit that the poor hobby
on which they have ridden into fame is
now, by reason Of hard service, wind
broken jade, incapable Of further ser.
vice. Nevertheless, they ore reminded
by the black man himself, now emanci.
pated and vested with every civil right,
that the work completely done,
"Othello's ocupation's gone" Witness
the frank declaration of the Colored
Republican New State Committee:
"Our State is now happily emanci.
pated from every vestige Of wrong, op.
preston and inequality; from any and
all discrimination based upon color,
race or previous condition OF servitude.
we stand before the laws, under The
constitution and in the arena OF poll
tics, the peer Of any and all other Ame-
rlcans."
Very consistently with this view, the
committee recommend that the next
State Convention of their party. to be
held at Saratoga, August 6. be the last
The colored people of the Northern
States, satisfied that legislation has
reached its Constitutional Limitation in
comforting upon them civil equality, are
content to submit the question of social
Status to the arbitrament of natural JUS.
tice, by which it must be ultimately de-
cided upon it's merits. They are proba-
bly, of the opinion, that while natural
distinctions aze inefaceabIe, prejudice
born of circumstance will pass away
with the lapse OF time, and that the CO.
lored man will eventually be accorded
sdmIsssion to every circle OF society to
which he can render himself attractive.
Accordingly, we find that in the State Of
New York, for instance. the agitation of
the subject has been practically dropped.
Says the New York Journal Of Commerce
in this connection:
eve have two OF. three times called
attention to the interesting fact that the
colored men In this State are making no
claims to be received as guests at the
opera, or concerts, or elsewhere to asso-
ciate with whites more freely than be-.
fore. One or two suits have been begun
f0 n /
Of the refusal to admit colored ticket
holders; but We suspect that these have
been compromised, as nothing more is
heard OF them. The colored men OF this
State and city. at least, do not feel any
anxiety whatever to be let into close
social relations with the whites. Now,
as much as before, the two races keep
apart OF their own choice; and the re-
luctance to coalesoe is apparently as
strong on the one side as on the other"
The occasion of our allusion to Sena-
tor Sumner is letter recently written
by him to certain persons in the District
OF Columbia, who. in opposition to the
tendency OF opinion, are still demand
ing "mixed schools" The Senator,
who assumes that the colored race have
both an inalienable right and on ine-
radicable desire to associnte and com
nlnglc everywhere with the white, ad-
vises them to persist in their claim, and
promises them his assistance.
lSTERFERENCE FOR CUBA. Ssptem-
Der last, the Government of the United
States OF Colombia, feeling sympathy
for Cuba. proposed united course OF
action on tha mart ne {I,o E,eo,oo