The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-08-22
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Eiafefa refigoaGBa 90 fate have they
submitted.
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claimed and loved their hecks 10
tc yoke which The negro race gnid.
ed by white Office seekers and place
holders have sot apon them
Such a state Of affairs might have
continued indefinitely had Tie no.
arocs been satisfied with political 49,
ccndancy ard contcnted themselves
with political triumph. Bot these
having been attained, they crave
TO break down every birrier which
excludes them from full civil aud
social equality and not c%on.ented
with IN equal possession OF rights and
privileges, they insist upon an enjoy
ment Of them IN common. 1t IL not
sufficient that the Negroes plate is
as abundantly supplied at another
he must eat with the white
man : he is not satisfied to learn
from as competent o teacher at an
equally good school, he must sit up
on the same bench with the white
boy and girl /: uneasy is his seat in
the railroad coach unless it be in the
car ; aud thus in every way
possible is he bent upon Extensively
and obtrusively, demonstrating the
provisions Of the Civil Rights bill,
it was the acme of his ambi-
ton to have become a law, and
which he persists in putting into oper-
alton notwithstanding it is not one.
1t ls this, which has at last arous-
ed the white people Of the South to
the necessity of action on their part,
and has knit them together for mu-
tual protection.
The White Movement means no
infringement upon, no Withholding of.
any right, privilege or immunity of
any individual or class /; it simply
means that the whites are at last
aroused to a discharge of duty,
duty due to themselve as citizens,
to their States, to their wives and
children, to band together, TO act 10,
to help one another, to en-
one another, in preference to
those who act inimical TO their inter-
ests, to sustain one another in every
way possible, legitimately and peace
ably, in preference to herding and
a class who persistently
act in hostility to them. The White
Movement further means that here
after honestly, intelligence and capac-
ity are to be taken into account,
rs qualifications for Office, and means
opposition to ignorance, dishonesty
and corruption in office, and while
no further concessions are 10 be made
10 the negroes with "a place upon
the ticket" still, entertaining no feel
ings Of Hostility to them, such as elect
10 act with the Southern whites, will
be received and their sentiments OF
properly appreciated.
The negroes are supposed to have
thousand majority over the