Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-03-20
THE MOLLY MAGUIRES.
oLIcE FREQ AUTIoNs
THE CIVIL RIGHTS RILI.
New Orleans First Case

NEw YORK. March "A special iisp.t-.,
nom New Orleans on the i9th SAYS The mr.
civil rights case was brought to- lay before
Commissioner shannon. j. {. Mitchell TIE
master, and j \. Robbins. the clerk. OF the
Steamboat Seminole. were charged by q. J
SheNaher, brother 81 Louis Chevalier, with
denying the privileges ~ the Steamboat a.
passengers Ia l.. CheValiesr. and his wife On
The voyage nom New Orleans u a landing
on on uhe he'd river. The party were bonded
Tor appearance and examination before Ia,
commissioner at a future time
Characteristic Letter OF Gen. Rather.
Selt. Butler. an a letter from Washington
March 18th. To Robt. Harlan, Of CINCINNATI
says; Il have the pleasure 10 acknowle-lee
receipt ~ YOURS Of the tath. containing eN-
preSsions OF appreciation OF my efforts IN be
half OF the civil rights bin, for which accept
my thanks. You furthcr ask. "Miu YOU 6e
kind enough - inform me ~ colorel men are
entitled 10 privileges OF saloons and barber
shops under its provisions" To this I
answer. l understand by saloons" YOU
mean drinking saloons, and I am happy 10
say the civil rights bill does not give any
right Ia q colored man 10 go into drinking
saloon without the leave OF the proprietor
and am very glad IL does not. As % the other
branch of your question In reference
10 barber shops. let me say that the trade
OF barber Is like any other ira ie 10 be car
iled on 10y the man, who il engaged in it az
ms Own VIII 3ud pleasure, and the civil
rights oil has nothing 10 do. and was ia
tended 10 nave nothing 20 do with it, eNer-
else. barber has the right 90 shave who he
repair q watch from whom he pleaSeS. or a
blacksmith 10 shoe such cOlored horses As he
piea>eS. In other words. these are not
public employ mcnts. but private bust
ness. IN which law does not iBtei ferr
From time immcmoral all men have hal
equal rights al common law in places OF pub-
iic amusement, IN public conYeyances. and
M inns or licensed taNcrnS, because al such
business was .or the pubhc under special
privileges granted by the government, The
civil rights bill only confirms these rights of
"a m in 10
lion oftne prciuJiCeagainSt him. and attempts
Al certain parts q she country % interfere
with the exercise Of those common law rights
and has enacted penalty az a means OF On
forcing the right i'm his behalf in conSidera-
ton OF his helpless and dependant condition.
The civil rights bill has not altered the
cOlOrcd mans rights NJ all from what theN
were before under the common law appi-
cable 10 nearly every state I'm the Union. IL
has only given him a greater power toenforce
the right 10 meet the eXigency OF combined
effort tO deprive cOlOrcd citizens OF IL, and all
idea that the civil rights bill allows the col
Ored man to force himself into any mans
shop, or into any mans private home, or any
eating-house, clearinghouse or establish
ment, other than those I have named. il
simply an exhibition of ignorance as well az
i'm some cases OF insufferable prejudice aud
malignity. And while ! would sustain any
coiOred man in firmly and properly insisting
upon his rights under the civil rights bill,
which were his at common law. they
were the right of every citizen, vet should
oppose TO the utmost Of my power any at
tempt ON tine part OF the colored men 10 use
the civil rights bill a. a pretence { o interfere
with the private business of private parties.