The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-06-03
, Neoro.s Idea of his Rights.

$500. - ;,owSING. negro famous
,n,,o., men O! his own race. has writlcn
,,t,rr to tic Washington Chron'c'e III 'aNo'
81 The pass age of the civil rights Dill we
quote specimen OF IL:
1.-THE lesson taught the white child in the
rro.cribing institutions of learning Is 10 oe
.n;>c the coiorcd child, is for the white ch'in
not 10 Lave like regard for the r'si''s "
the colored child: the lesson tauSh' Tue W.
iored child il that he Is irterior' he u"e, NV
$500 I'M, >,;u,,,lus Of cou'ac., lie is not al
IScd ~, ;,Sniration OF feeling his equality
Nv ontStr,rn,nr If be can the white chlld IN
tho class. l. this feared! Can Is he said
that eou.l >cuooi facilities are furnished WIN
nro.crIhea school,, With these and similar
in,ony,ni,nces attached? l. it reasonable
10 expect that the same and n like and cQuat
concern will be manifested for the Niger
school When its attendants are huddlea
there in Contempt in obedience 10 prtJu'
dice"
That extract shows just what negro Is.
He recognizes the white nan as bis superior.
and, like a cat or dog. he feels lost If lett to
himself. For see: The white children are
lust as rigidiy excluded from the negro
schools rs The negro cAildrcn from the White
schools; yet no white man considers this
exclusion mark of in!eriori.y or pander-
ING to prejudice. The lesson taught 70 The
white child aud to the colorcd child is, there
fore, necessarily exactly the same lesson
But behold the difference between the two
races the white child is proud OF his eXclu
~
proof Of his supeIi r,y; whilst the negro
c,nld mourns over bis exclusion from iht
white schools. and regards il rs Il proof Thai
rc. looked upon as AZ iofelior By the whites
Why: Simply and solely because he IS inf"
lior. The circumstances are precisely Tho
.a,ne. TIE Whit child is jus, rs riSidly KEPT
ont Of negro schools a. the black chlIu
is kept out of the white SCHOOLS )
but the white rcjo;ccs over II and The oack
lnuurns over IT. The white chi iren are
.huddled' together, and exult in tuclr
isolation. The negro ch'ldfen are mud
d'ea" together, but these grieYe because
tlcv are no. aiioatd to be amongst their
,l2criors. The whites eXult because they
feel and know their superiority. The blacks
mourn because they feel and know their
infcriority. There can be no other reason.
The same is true as 10 hotels aid thcatIes,
*. The negro may have - many hotels aud
1 .patres as the Willie Inan. but will never be
s,'isiied unle>> be 5;s>ks in the light Of the
co,lntepance OF the white man. A hotel fire..
qrcuted by negroes, and k"pt by L Negro,
might be far superior in its accommodations
to one kept 10y white man and frCquened
ly whites but that would make no
difference With SAaBo. He would rather
cat crust Of bread in the company Of his
lord and master the Caucasian than to have
tine best Of far. in hotel patronized only by
his own color. Exactly the reverse is the
case with llc white map. He would rather
stay with his own race at every sacrifice
of comfort otherwise. DOWNING tells the
truth. lIe Me- lis u ulaStcr. lie has no self
reliance. lie canuot respect himself because
tie whites do not respect him. But the
Caucasian rts,c.s himself ard treats
with contempt The neSto's opinion Of him.
We misht ,loSe by advising DowSiEG and
the resi- OF The rcg:ocs lo stand upou their
dignity az white man DOES when ether
white mt; &c no; want his company; but
We will not. Ii would be = was t OF words.
a negro !. lrcro, aud he will neTcr DC
auyht cl,r. Wherever he is. be must either
b. Il barbarian or else lie must have a y :Iltc
E.ao t. Jock " to nad almost worship.