Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-04
SOCIAL AND POLlrlCA l.
Y.

The Virginia Chronicle has an article
on this subject which is borne on by
the experience of every unbiased OBJ
server. There is nothing better e>tab-
liShed in the United States than the
equality of the races. politically. no
socially as we'll. 1t is r that the
colored people have not yet been ac-
corded full social equality: thi>i> but a
matter of time. The barrier is sradu-
ally giving away. and must. sooner or
later. disappear altogether. Nothing
car be more certain of accomplishment
than the complete and universally ac-
knowledged equality OF the races, III
the broade>t sense of the term. We
NAV not witness this contamination
in our day: but that it will follow does
not admit of a doubt. Coming cener-
atoms will take a widely different view
of the situation to that entertained by
many people of the present day. They
will be taught by observation that if
rolored men are fit for United States
Senator'S, Governors. congressman,
ETC.. that they are also fit for every So
cial position in life. No matter what
Il own ideas may be with reference
to the subject under notice, we can
discern the inevitable, and have frank
ness enough to put it on record. The
subjoined paragraph. which is directly
in point. is from the Virginia Chronicle:
Caste prejudice: in the United States
has assumed some anomalous phases
during the past decade. Previous to
the great rebellion the extreme Adolf
ton party of the Northern states were
vehement in their advocacy ofthe uni
versal brotherhood of the races. The
most radical class of tie equality pal
ty wen Went SO far as to openly advo-
cate the doctrine OF mi>ceGenation.
or mingling of the races without
regard to color or mental condi-
ton. \ few years of peace have de-
veloped Two notable factS-first. the
manifest lack of sincerity of the eqal-
ity party, and second. the adap;abilitv
of the Southern people to affiliate with
their former black servants. The
prejudice on account of color is to-day
more palpably observed in the North
than in the South. Notwithstanding
the civil rights amendments 10 the
Federal Constitution which clearly
places every native BORN or unnatural
lied citizen in the Republic upon pre-
ciSelv the same political and social
plane. many of the Northern State
Legislatures vii persist in de-
fving the Constitution by futile
and imperative attempts to de-
bar colored citizens from the privilege
of sending their children to the public
schools. 1t makes little difference
whether mel like the Fourteenth and
Fifteenth Amen lments or not: it is a.
apparent as daylight that those amend
ments give the full right to all classes
to have free access to public schools,
and to every other position from the
Presidency down to bootblack, and i,
is sheer nonsense to talk about dis
tinctions on o of race, color OF
previous condition.
EARLY TIMEs.-Thos. y. Springer. late
State Printer of California, who recent
ly died in San Francisco, was one OF
the early printers and publishers or
the Pacific Coast. In July, 1851. he
was associated With County Clerk F
II. Harmon, OF this county. in the pub
LEGATION of the FL Dorado -NeWs at Co
Iona. The paper was afterwards sole
to Bill January and Dan. Gelwicks
and became the Mountain Democrat
which is still published, we believe, a
Placerville. Judge Harmon speak,
in high terms Of his old partner ant
regrets exceedingly his untinely tax
ing off.
RFV NnET NVEFS