Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-12-25
CIVIL RIGHTS IN NEW 0fsLElaN y

The white people of the South nave
very frequently been told that TIC
negroes do not desire to mlngie WILL
them upon terms of social equeh1y'
That these assurances are utterly IN
true we have constantly had abundant
proof, and from every section OF the
country.
The latest attempt Of the negroes
to force themselves into the society
az the whites. that has been put upon
record, happened in New Orleans o.
Monday OF last week, and 1t came
.bont somewhat in this wise: Some
two weeks prior to the trouble the
School Board issued circulars TO the
intermediate schools directing the
principals to prepare and forward, pre-
xious TO the 18th inst, list 81 the
pupils tor examination for admission
to the high schools. At no time LAO
the Principal o. the Girls Upper hiSi
School receive any information, OIL
ical or otherwise, OF the purpose
of the negro women to Apply 1oi
snch examination, and the IIc6y
ao7e expressly AYERS that "the attempt
to introduce negroes there was IN dl-
rect .contempt, not to say violation OF
3be reru1ations established and pro-
,nulgated by the School Board.
Notwithstanding this however on
Monday morning about 9 O'Clock, SIX
teen negro women appeared III tie
school room and applied for admls-
sion as pupils. Thereupon the girls
of the school, as soon IS theysaw what
was going OF, rose IN q body and pro
tested against such violation OF pro-
priety and refused to proceed with tie
usual exercises until the matter was
settled. A written protest was then
prepared and handed in, whereupor
the girls with drew, leaving the schoo
without a pupil.
OF course the excitement !" the cltJ
was great, and as was to have beeI
expected, the attempt to estabnsi
"mixed schools resulted IN failure
public opinion being SO strong aGains
it as to force the colored applicants 1ol
admission into the school to Withdraw
their pretensions.
But this brief t'atement does no
comprise all that Va done. Before
the difficulty came to - crd 1t go'
noised abroad that the Principal O
the Upper Girls School, Mr.. : ''thhy
had used language deroGatory - ih'
character OF the girls who withul.
from the school. Fot this supposed q
fence, Mr.. Boothby was met upon IL
streets on the next day by q par!y O
gentlemen, who laid violent hand
upon him, took him to the school
room and made him apologize TO til
assembled pupils. In addition to iii
he was forced to sign q certificate tia
he would DO al IN his power to 17-e
vent mixed schools. 1t appearing
however, THAI Mr.. Boothby was not II
1arty WHO mad used the insulting al
RunEC. ilIttI "eA' -@AtN~
it was found that Ar. A. Z. Adams, a
ohachc Of the Rcpublican. was til
individual IEereupon Ir. i. a. Nc
Donough. friend Of several OF tn
girls, purchased "a goodly cowIlde
and went III search Of Adams. Il
found hiD, and, according to til
Picayune, ''seizsd him by the cola
and cowhided him until he WAS tree
and then turning him loose, gave hil
aparting lash as he rapidly retreatee
rubbing his body and giving sue
signs of pain as would induce one
believe that unless the chairs in ii
Republican office are padded for son
days to come they will for hin. have L
inducements.
And that is the progress made t.
wards the establishment of "mlxe
schools" in New Orleans. We rathf
think the institution will not thrive
that latitude.