The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1874-10-07
More railroad Discrimination
MoRRIsTowN, Oct. 2, 1874.

More Railroad Discrimination
MoRRIsTowN, Oct. 2, 1874.
Mr.. HELMs:-I had some speed stock
on exhibition at the JonesbOro' Fair, and
expect to take some to Knoxville as dc
other stock raisers from this section OF
country, but we cannot understand how
owners of stock in Virginia are entitled
to free transportation over the East Ten
! ncssee, Virginia and Georgia railroad
while we, who live on its line, and have
contributed our money to its support, are
required to pay. know personally that
Mr. Mccall, Of Salem, Va, has free trans
portation furnished him by the railroad
for all the horses he may take to Knox
I Vile to enter at the Fair. Will you
please explain why this discrimination is
made against East Tennessee stock own
ers by the officers.of the road =?
Very respectfully, -.
We haven't time to answer one
half the conundrums that might be
put to us about the East Tennessee,
! Virginia and Georgia railroad. 1t
| is an institution, in many of its
workings = dead head tickets and
| freight charges, for instance-past
any fellows finding ont! In fact,
we doubt if even the officers and di
rectors understand all their rules
alike, as there is still an unsettled
question of veracity between them
in regard to our own case! Put in
your frivolous complaint we are sOr-
~ to say the road managers have
you at a disadvantage, and will in
all probability agree with unanimity.
They'll cry persecution, and swear
that you and your grumbling friends
are only afraid of getting your horses
beat by the Virginia nags! Don't
you see how they have you, and how
ridiculous you look in their glass
We might argue and refute this I'M
just and ungenerous scandal on you
but when we get to talking railroad,
facts and figures crowd so rapidly up
on us as to forcibly illustrate one Of
tie late lamented' $ anecdotes
about a stammering man who was
accostcd by traveller with, Say.
The tongue tied man began: SIS
six m-m-miles - and then losing all
control Of himself in his anger, he
reared, go long straight down the
road, d you, you'll get there long
befo | could tell you - and we feel
disposed. without arguing the case.
in disgust TO turn the complaint over
to the proper officer down the road
Good Counsel From a Friend.
We cali the attention of cOlorcd read
ers in Tennessee to this safe counsel:
Avoid unusual asscmblagcs; pay no at
tention to fools, fanatics and bad men,
whether white or black, Republican or
Democrat, for such men can get you in
to more trouble in one hour than you
can get out Of in six months or one year.
Avoid and discourage public discussion !
among your color of the civil rights bill, |
so-called. The law is already ample and !
secures you all rights as citizens To be
sober and attentive to business is worth |
more to you than all the civil rights bills
that can be passed. Unless you merit
protection you will not receive it. No
good man Will abuse or mistreat YOU on
account of your color 1t is your CON
duct and good behavior that will secure
for yoH respect and the protection Of the /
law. The Christian is taught to be as
wise as scrpcnts and as harmless as doves;
to walk worthy the vocation whercwith
i I'D. ~ Ii ftff Il
from the world, so that his adversaries
shall not have chance TO gain say him;
in like manner should you be circum-
spect and correct in your departments
ms citizens, that you may win the respect
and good will of ali around you. You
are separate and peculiar people,; so
arc the whites from you Social equality
does not exist among yourselves, neither
does it exist only in a limited degree
among the whites. A social equality,
therefore, between the races, will never
exist in the world, and no sensible man
or woman of any party, race or color,
cOnrcmplates such a thing. The howl
on that subject is for political effect and
nothing more. Your entire personal in
Lcrests are identified here in the South.
Though you have friends both North
and South, you have less friends North
than you really anticipate, and more
South than you have yet acknowledged.
This counsel is not that of politician
If either party, but of colored teacher
IN Haywood county. 1t is embodied in
4 communication from A. c. G. Burton,
colored) to the BroaeHsriNe Suites, Dem
Dcratic paper. We transfer it to our COX
INNS worthy the attention of cOlored
men, who, by education and influence,
AN employ it practically to the anchor
ltiOn of the condition of their race. w..
Democratic Meeting.
At meeting of portion of the Con
crvativc Democratic party of Hamblen
county, held at the Court House on Mon
lay 9TH inst, DR.. G. T. Magee was call
d to the chair, and John E. Helms re-