The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1875-03-19

There was colored lady In the ease OF
Pinchback. who, though she did not APP
pear in the discussion, perhaps had more
10 do with shelving that aspirant TO SEN
atoTial honors than all other causes CON-
bined. lie has been sensible al this en-
barrassmcnt for two years without being
able 10 relieve IL.
Pinchback Is not a retiring patriot Of the
colored persuasion, like Reyels, who once
figured as a senator from Mississippi. or
like Bruce. who is 10 take the place OF
Pease after the 4th OF March, much To the
advantage OF the Senate and OF the State.
lie seeks social distinction, is not content
with back seat, and demands all the
privileges that the position which he occu-
pies may confer.
Perhaps he Is not TO be blamed for pre-
tensions that were encouraged when a po-
litical object was To be gained by the very
men who nave secretly been doing their
best TO defeat him. With his peculiar dis
position ii was easy To foresee that once
seated in the Senate he would claim equal
ity with his Republican friends, insist upon
recognition for himselfand family, and X
pect Mrs. Pinch TO be received like the
wives of other Senators.
In the shoddy etiquette of Washington
under Grant, class distinctions have been
created that never before were known. and
the families of Senators set up a. a body
entitled to exceptional consideration and
rights. BY the Fourteenth Amendment
they all stand on the same footing. without
regard TO race, color, or previous condition
Of seryitude; and while this amendment
has been used by Republican Senators as
political capital, their wives and daughters
have not been inclined TO regard "A princi-
pie with much favor, which would bring
Mrs. Pinch and her friends into their
ORA wing-rooms and TO their dinner tables.
Thus far they had crowded out the cOlored
wives of members of the House. but here
was "A Senator'S case, and il changed the
whole situation.
SO the Senatorial fair sex and the Cabi-
net ladies and other snobbish DANES to be
affected by the new element, caucused in
their own quiet but effective way. and re-
solved that Pinch should not be seated i'm
the Senate. as the best mode OF disposing
of Mrs. Pinch. They became more ener
getic of late after learning that the dozen
or more yellow Republicans, who assume
10 be leaders of the race ar Washington.
who monopolize the best places on that
account. and who will not associate with
an ordinary Niger" were only waiting
for Pinch to get in TO spread more sail and
put their theories of social equality in
practice.
This is the secret ofpoor Pinch's failure.
He was sacrificed by the snobs on the
altar ofsociety. Ii was his misfortune not
To be a bachelor. Nor is he a SOLITARY ex-
ample of official neglect. When the Pres
ident entertained the Commissioners who
were sent 10 san Domingo TO wnitewash
that job, he lett Fred. Douglas without a
dinner to mediate on the beauties of the
amendments, while his colleagues in swal-
low-tail coats and white cravats rejoiced
over the tidbits of the White House cuisine
and enjoyed the flavor of the Presidents
wine.
So long as the amendments and obnox-
ious legislation can be applied 10 the
Southern people to wound their pride and
~irritate their manhood by enforcing social
equality between them M their former
slaves, and by raising ignorance, super
stition and vice above Intelligence. Chris
tianity. and virtue, they are regarded as
admirable expedients of party. But when
they come home 10 the authors. and bring
Mrs. Pinch and the colored ladies' into the
White House and Mrs. Robeson's and
Mrs. Landaulet Williams receptions and
the Senatorial saloons, the ease is very
different. and such an innovation il not 10
be tolerated. Alas! Alas ~. y. Sun.