Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-03-06

! that section only, our people should de
termine to bear it herOically, with tn
I hope that the courts will defend the con
. stitution against such a gross violation
!, Of its spirit and intent, as this law is
Bot should this fail, it cannot be lon.
before another administration and con
Eress will repeal it.
Brownsville (Tenn.) Statss.I
The status and fate of the negro
are alike the great bugbear and eyesOrC
OF politics, and it is hard to tell where
the Inflated contest over him will have
sn end. Certain it is the southern peo.
pie have need Of an inexhaustible store
Of patience and philosophical forbear.
snCe to enable them to pass through the
double ordeal OF Radical persecution and
negro insolence. But they are equal tC
the occasion. The conduct Of the people
Of Louisiana in remaining quiet and
! submissive when Grant and his minions
were using their combined ingenuity to
| torture and gOad them into some rash
act which could be called rebellion is
| without a parallel, and challenges the sd-
rniIation of the world. The civil rights
bill is another venomOus blow intended
to sting the south so deeply that her he
Ioic forbearsnce may be changed to
hasty rebellion aud resentment, and
thus afford Grant an opportunity to
! press his scheme for third term and
continued humiliation OF our people.
| The scheme will be foiled, and in 1915 q
| Democratic President will guide the
| helm Of State if our people will only re-
main true to the advice given them by
| their truest and best leaders. That ad-
vice is to submit little longer to the
! outrages of the dominant but dying des-
potism now manipulating the govern
ment and its affairs.
Brownsville (Tenn.) Democratl
We will not attempt to
express our loathing OF this disgraceful
act. Any language Of condemnation
we could use against it would be "base
hattery." Still our people must patient
lY bear and defeat the purposes of the
Republicans in passing this Odious meas
ure.
st. Louis Republican,
= And every outbreak in
the south, no matter what the prOvOca-
ton to it may be, will be eagerly seized
upon, largely magnified, and then pre-
sented to the country as a good and suf
fcient reason for q continuation of the
present dynasty. This is the programme,
and if permitted to do so, Grant will
most assuredly carry it out at all hsz-
ards.
st. Louis Democrat
Certain hotels at Alexandria and Bal
timOre have closed at once because they
were not willing to run the risks incurred
under the civil rights bill. Probably the
upshot of it all will be that many "ho-
tells" will close, and an equal number of
"private boardinghouses" will be opened
instead.
Henderson (Tenn.) Advocated
The civil rights bill has passed and re-
ceived the signature of the President.
Go it, Sambo and Dinah!
Washington Star interview with Beast But
ler.l
Question-What, in your opinion, will
be the effect of the civil rights bill as
passed? Will it meet Mr.. Summers
dying hope from congress?
Answer-It carries out all the princi-
pies for which Mr.. Sumner contended.
While it does not reach all the specific
objects, its value is that it is declara-
ton of the great principle of the equal
ity Of all men before the law, and puts
upon the statute-book an enactment
that it is crime to deny it. And while
it leaves out schools, which is the only
essential difference from Mr.. Summers
bill, yet the principle enuncisted is a
living declaration that schools support
ed by the public taXation of all should
be open equally to all.
Louisville Courier-Journsl.l
"The civil rights bill," says the
Washington Chronicle, sis a piece of
legislative sentimentalism." And yet
this echo from the White House has all
along urged the measure as only second
in Importance to the force bill, as a
grand exhibition Of disinterested philan-
thropy.
New Orleans Times
There is a very general impression
that 1t will be held to be uncOnstitu-
tionAl in its most obnoxious features.
No doubt cases will arise under it imme-
diately, and be pressed forward to a de-
cision. The questions likely to be raised
under the bill cannot be carried to their !
practical and legitimate results without |
invading personal and private rights, |
popularity supposed heretofore to be |
guaranteed by the constitution; nor |
without in effect, and indirectly, if not |
directly, altering, violating or annull- |
is q country of equal rights, but it is |
equally fundamental principle that no |
one shall use his freedom to the injury of |
the equal rights of others. This is |
precisely what this extraordinary legis- |
lstive contrivance proposes to do. The |
Hprejudice against color" is not at |
the bottom of the general antipathy to
the law. The prejudice may exist in /
some cases, but this bill is suspected, |
hated by people who cannot |
be charged with that "prejudice, what |
ever it may have been. 1t is obnoxious |
to them because it is manifest attempt, |
for political reasons, to Over-rule and |
"correct" those preferences, tastes and |
associations which the people believe to |
be among their sacred, private and in |
alienable privileges, which no branch of |
the government is authorized to tamper |
with. The act may not go so far in |
that direction as many believe, but it Is |
sufficient to disgust the country if it |
leans that way. The general feeling is |
neither passion nor a prejudice, but is |
founded in the true Interpretation of the |
spirit OF our institutions, and it is very |
probable that the supreme court of the |
United States will vindicate this senti-
ment as equally well-founded in the
constitution.
Holly Springs (NIiss.) Reporter.I
The bill as it
stands is sweeping enough. We re-
gard the passage of this act as unwise /
and very unfortunate to both races in
the south, inssmuch as it will widen the |
breach ofprejudice between them, which
is already broad enough, and will nat
uralIy work a disadvantage to those
whom it is intended to benefit.
Holly Springs missy south.l
This law is less comprehensive than
that Of this State on the same subject; |
it does not embrace schools and ceme-
teries. 1t can do Mississippi no harm,
but may work g eatly to her advantage. |
So long as othe States were without |
such law, the tendency was for color
ed people to flock to Mississippi as the |
paradise of their race where there ives |
more legislation in their behalf than
1t is right that this law, if |
it exists at all, should be uniform
throughout the Union. We earnestly
invoke moderation, prudence and con-
on the part of all.
WHAT THE PEOPLE OF NASHVILLE SAY.
letter OF Louisville Courier-Jour-
nall
The civil rights bill continues to ex-
cite great interest; indeed, in every party
l have met it has been the chief topic of
Bow best to evade its
provisions and at the same time keep