New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-07-15
CIVIL RIGHTS IN GEORGIA

CIVIL RIGHTS IN GEORGIA.
The Savannah N.acs, with evident relish
relates how a respectable colo,ed man wal
treated in car on the Contra: railroad il
Georgia. 1t says:
| On Thursday morning las: . negro
dressed la mode, presented himself at the
door OF the passenger coach Of the up train
| at Millen, conducted by Mr.. NARROW, one
| OF the best conductors in the State, and dc
I manded admission. Mr.. NARROW informed
him that q splendid coach forward, for per
| sons OF color, would receive him. He de.
| INJURED, and said he had paid first class
fare, and would put up with nothing less
| than seat with the white folks. Mr. Mar
low, seeing that the negro's object was 20
bring suit under the civil rights law
against the company, admitted him, and he
took his seat. There were few ladies and
halfdozen gentlemen in the car when he
entered. In few minutes the gentlemen
simultaneously took seats around the civil
Fighter, and commenced chewing tobacco
and splitting upon him. He applied to Mr.
MARROW for protection, who informed him
that he had rs much as he could do to pro.
tect himself. Sullenly and silently he bore
the indignisy until his face, coat, vest and
pants were discolored by tho saliva which
was squirted upon him from the mouths of
bis tormentOre. Finally one of them arose,
and proceeding 10. the water cooler. filed
bis capaciOus mouth with a half gallon of
the fluid, and marching slowly aud solemnly
IN front OF the negro, he, with the force of
fire engine, equirted it into the face and
bosom Of the man and brother. This was
more than be could bear, and he left for
the car set apart for people Of his color
There Eas scarcely word uttered all the
time, and it was a cool and effective vay 10
defeat the civil rights bill.
In this case it is admitted the eolored
man was well dressed, and that he had paid
first class fare. and was entitled 70 the pas
senger accommodation he claimed. It does
not appear that he was insolent in speech.
or in any way offended mortal man. If
behavior goes for anything, he was the
the only decent man in the car. How the
conductor could see that he intended TO
bring sui: under the civil rights bill we
do not know. If the passenger had been
properly treated he would have no ground
for such suit. His only offense was in
being we'll dressed and in being black.
He may have been a clergyman, and the
other men gamblers. The Georgia paper
says, besides few ladies, Ills fellow pas
seDgers were half dozen gentlemen,
and that the gentlemen simultaneously
commenced chewing tobacco and spit
ing Oh the colored man. Gentle.
men: The paper calls them gentle
ner. From what we have seen of
country grcg shops. and from what We
imagine Of future world, it is safe to say |
hat the corner groceries and hell are full !
IT precisely that sort Of gentlemen. If |
he colored man had demonstrated against
he indecent outrages committed against
i'm in the presence of ladies. he would |
ave been Immediately killed by the six
Gentlemen in self-defense. His body
7ould have been dumped from the train,
nd no arrests would have been made for
illing niger. It would be unfair to
peak Of Southern chivalry in this COZ
ection. \ man who will fight bravely
nd even-handedly for what he thinks to
g his rights, rs we have known men to
0, can be respected, even if he is mis-
ken in his cause. But in the Georgia |
IT was one of the most unequal contests
nown to the history Of Confederate De-
ocracy. Nature has invented an ami
al, the meanest known to creation,
hich relies entirely upon emitting
suseous liquid to carry on a warfare.
be animal is called skunk, and it is
e most unsatisfactory thing in the
orld to fight with. It may be killed,
1t the victor is bound to be sickened by !
e contact. The six gentlemen who
ewed tobacco to foul the ladies' car
ID sicken an unofending colored man
e scarcely removed above the skunk
ade. They have only the advantage Of
ing called gentlemen by Georgia
per. It is said turkey buzzards will
It make themselves disagreeable in
miting manner unless an attempt is
ade to drive them from their carrion.
Georgia six gentlemen make direct
iuvia assault on civil citizen, who
.nds their equal before the laws Of the
i'd. There is something terribly IN.
inly and disgusting about the above
ration. It is headed in the paper a.
IN which it is copied. How They
lforce Civil Rights in Georgia" :
le plan has been SO successful {
1t it will probably be adopted
opera houses and hotel dining ,
'ms, and gentlemen who have failed in .
Ter business, on account of financial
stresses since the war, hard times grow
, out of Grants rule in the South, and \
publican oppression, will rent them P
yes as tobacco chewers and spitters. y
d yet when i. comes to voting, these =.
tiers will be held up as the colored ?,
MS friend, because they are white men R.
Democrats, and know his wants. Mr.. Y