The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-11
CIVIL RIGHTS.


: variably met by the proprietors with per
emptory refusal. The negroes in New Or
leans were somewhat slow to move, and il
was not until Monday night that two venture
z some and aspiring darkeys concluded to try
the matter on and see how far the New Or
leans public would permit them to 90. Ac
cordingly, one Of Kelloggs Senators and one
OF his tax collectors, both dark mulattoes, pre-
sented themselves to the box office of the St
Charles Theater, purchased tickets, and
after some little trouble, succeeded in
taking their seats in the parquette
Their entrance was not noticed by many of
the audience and the consequence was that
while a few persons withdrew, tho most OF
them remained, not being aware until near
the close OF the performance that the two
negroes had been permitted to occupy seats
in the parquette Considerable indignation
was expressed, and We think justly, at the
action of the manager in permitting the in
trusion. and we trust that the white people of
| New Orleans will conclude to refrain from
supporting or countenancing any place of
| amusement in which negroes are admitted on
terms Of perfect equality.
If managers or proprietors desire to cater to
the negro element, that is of course their
business, not ours, nor tho public's, and we
shall not complain, but will, most assuredly,
advise the white public to sustain those
theaters where there is no indiscriminate
mixing of the races. There is no sensible
xIb h..li fnr %b,4
as passed by Congress can be carried out or |
that it is constitutional. Every sensible man |
knows that it is in tiagrant disregard Of the |
dearest and most sacred rights Of man, rights
that no legislation can deprive us of, rights
that laws cannot touch and that are superior
power itself. .
1t has been well observed by one of the
profoundest thinkers Of the age, and by one
who IS regarded as an authority on Political
Ethics, that Mankind have uniformly
agreed in applauding resistance to that which
is iniquitous, because they have always either
or at least felt, that man can
not lose his own moral value his independ- .
ent moral individuality, and that authority, {
even if supposed to rest upon some divine ,
origin, may be, and ought to be- either dis t
obeyed or opposed, if it perverts its charac- G
Ter and demands things against Gods law, as /
expressed by revelation, nature, the feelings v
If humanity. reason, or physical necessity d
"There are laws which,
hough not atrocious, ought to be disobeyed Il
'thers which may be disobeyed; and still t
'thers which may be, or ought to be. Il
esisted." g
The Civil Rights law is one that ought to be II
opposed, because it demands things which in d
olive loss of our moral value" and would n
ltorce mixture of races, which is repulsve C.
} those instincts implanted by God in the to
reasts OF the Caucasian race; a mixture &C
hich would tend to lower the standard of d,
lorality, and retard the true development Of df
9th races.
The law itself provides the means whereby th
may be resisted, and we trust the white peo pa
% VI NC" orleans VIII stand together as pr
ait to resist by all legal and peaceful means M
g execution of this most unnatural statute. co
hich was devised for our destruction, but m
hich haply, we may turn against our enc As
les "a
AS an evidence Of what is thought of the wi
v at the North, we quote the following fair q,
itorial from the New York Times, Of the 9Th in
st., and commend its perusal to the colored
IN of New Orleans: tor
Can the Civil Rights Law be Enforced. Xii
Already several of the Southern cities have BIO,
l toretaste of the troubles which it was e
oected would follow the passage of the -
III Rights bill In Washington, d. c., SIT
Der, and colored one, too, has been "N
eatened with prosecution because he re- hon
ed to shave negro; and in Wilmington. ~
u. the keeper OF liquor saloon was ar 80
ted for refusing to give drinks to a colored aga
n. Inc Commissioner before whom the ReE
g was tried dismissed the complaint de- 1oca
ing that the Civil Rights bill did not apply
)ar-rooms trou
u Richmond, Va, coiored men have twice Nor
n elected from one of the best hotels, and sam
ers who attempted to obtain drinks at bars ,ur,
violence IN A1exan5r;a "a ~ oaIared hav,
pie are announced as having given notice "
they would profit to the utmost by the spir
a a,eL .I "n'In 'neT nave li6ht 10 claim Tha
,rietors of the two nrncna, LAY .i.e land
ed their licenses and closed the doors of signs
r houses. The same action has been taken glvr
lotel proprletors in other parts Of the S.a..
n, and 1t will be well if still more serious
cuties do not occur ludIl
he new law can, OF course, occasion but repo
''ouoie - We Noren. me colored peo- he sa
ire IN 50 great q minority that they viii
ly deem it prudent to force themselves
tirst-class hotels or restaurants Still. serva
Ill suppose for a moment that some am Whlc
Us negro attempts to take up his resid- conn
in the Windsor Housa or the Eittb .ron,,o whicl
!. Can the proprletors OF those houses strive
e to accommodate him ? A. cIayo ~ of th
oes IN this part of the country are quiet. nose
ensive people who live for and to them ana
s. and have no desire n intrnaa VII all CT
are not welcome. Nv
the South, however, there are many col mas D
men and women who 6el,,bt i, ..sc',a., unilil
heap notoriety Persons of M. nbar,o ment
whether ia New York ar NV Drla,re QlSco