New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1873-10-02

cease - thank the fi>N PeOpi' IVI u Wig
me 10 see their school together in / ward
Hall. Thanks to the jubilee SINCE and .
good Mr.. White. the broad f0undat' Is OF
Jubilee Hall, the center building OF tn NJ I
versty. are already laid, and solid W. has .
already risen high above the thick ano iintY
rock upon which the whole building vi rest.
For situation, this building could lar y ne
more fortunate. II has n conimandn2 view
of one Of the most beautiful landscape any
where To be seen in this country. Inc
Southern Methoiists are to have OHIver-
sitv, which i to be called the Vanderbilt
University. for the Commodore has made it
a douation of five hundred thousand dollars.
when both schools are fairly in operation,
Nashville will become 4 commanding seat OF
learning in the Southwest.
have visited many Southern cities since
the war. but l have visited none where the
white people were more uniformly civil, or
where they showed a better comprehension
of the real situation. Some of the most re-
spectacle and able gentlemen oi the city came
and listened respectfully to all had to say.
The Banner, the ablest morning paper Of the
place, gne fall reports, and. spoke very
iayoraJIv " the address made both at the
Fair ground ami at the Exposition building.
The people have their prejudrees, all people
have, but they Of Nashville are conquering
theirs about as rapidly a. any PEOPLE in the
world.
! On the way from Louisville to Nashville,
nv son Frederick and | took seats in Il car
/ intended only for white passengers. We had
not sat long before we were rather roughly
( told that we must move ourselves into the
ear reserved for colored people exclusively.
THIS was about the first incident of the trip
that told Us that We were now fairly beyond
the limits Of free-State civilization, and in
fact were on the ''Old Kentucky Shore"
The first order to move out was given by the
brakeman, evidently a rough customer, who
meant business in case his order was not
obeyed. All the way from Washington to
Cincinnati, on the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road, We had been treated with the respect
and attention shown to other passengers,
and it came a little hard to be Inundated III
the presence of our icllow-passengers by this
invidious and offensive order SO bOistcrOusly
gwen as to arrest the attention of all in the
car, and for moment | was little discon-
ccrtcd and hardly knew what course to pur-
suc-whether to rise and obey the distastetul
command or nOt-whcther to 20 out or wait
ard be removed by force. |, however, de-
cided to remain where | was and avail. the
result. | did not wait long when ! was called
upon by more important officer, the con-
GuctOr himself. He ;Oll me in higher tone
. OF authority to leave and go into the car "rG-
} served exclusively" for persons of color.
WeU, Idid not go wcrtt a cent, but said 10 him,
, Sir, / prefer to sit where | am, and held my
scat, and received no further annoyance dur
E ing the passage. Had l been a gcntlcman's
dog, should not have been ordered out at
all, bet being a man and an American citizen,
! my presence was not to BE- tolerated in Il
common railway car! Hail Columbia.
IN passing to and from Nashville we halted
briefly in Louisville, and were very no ,pita-
bly, entertained for our works sake b. Mr..
and Mrs. john Morris, to whom our thanks
are due and cordially rendered.
: But | am making this letter too lon4, aud
: will conclude by expressing my than,s to
= Mr.. AMI Mrs. Napier, to Mr.. and Mrs. Sum
ncr for kind and hospitablc attentions shown
US during our brief visit to Nashville. Our
= white friends in Nashville seyerally and sin
gularly, especially those who captured me
after the lecture in Exposition Hall, will long
be remembered for the noble sentiments
, which brought and held US together that
: night. That interview gave me an cncOur-
} aging peep into the soul Of the South, and
filled me with hope that the time is at hand
, when better and happier understanding
: will exist between all sections Of our COM
} mon country. +. ID.