The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-10-25
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.

! Til" recent d"c,ion of the Su,r,.,nc
Conr, on the civil Rights .Ac, has urn.
"uccd Il NaIic;y OF sentiment ihronghn;t
the country. The negro politician il.
greatly inccuscd ~ il, and ilc negroes
generally regard ii Il. :. great misfortune
to their race. Some political nsitator.
are vainly cndcaToriiIS t. make il the
basis OF new political agitation, h,j,ing
thereby To revive the old Republican
party and divc.t attention from The i'm :
prriant questions that now seem to bc Il, Il
crystailiHng puhlir opinion in favor of "A
political change. This is absurd huwry
er, and 10 Formidable agitation uc ,i,n
KIND can be effected. still another,
though small aud uu.nilucnti.l uartv,
doubtless look upon it as strikiu" dawn
the civil Right, ui the negro. They, too.
are greatly mistaken The civil Right.
Act undertook to givn tho negro social
rights by law, instead Of leaving those
rights 10 be effected through the tastes
and preferences of svrntv |, undertook
;in iinppSsibility, AMI Iias proven to H.. "A
failure before The courts ever Declared il
unconstitutional Tho ic"isiDu has not
affected the n"Sroo. civil rights. They
are guaranteed To him in every State. ur,,
are safer To- him now than they have ever
bc"ii, bcchiSu tic States Will be !.IniC
careful tp enforce them, and can do 50
more fairly ana with less ,liflicul,v. unw
That the responsibility is wholly cast on
| them, than they could do when national
jurisdiction was claimed over the subject.
The great majority Of p"oplc of the coum-
try look upon the dorison us cousrrva.
tive, judicial and wholesome. II is tho
! end OF vcxations question, and Il furtu-
| nate end for all classes Tho atlanta
| Consultation sums up tho result of the
| decision rs follows:
| There are extremists who hope and
believe that the decision of tho Supreme
| Court on the civil rights bill is the begin
hlhg Oh = general rcLr"grcsSioH on tho
| race utstion. There are fanatics who
| nope and believe that by fierce and pro-
longed agitation. tho constitution can he
| further amended 30 as to rc-cstnblisn
what the Supreme Court has wiped out,
Both arc wrong. Tho line has been drawn
just whore il should he. Just where
nature drew 1t, and where justice com
| Inonds. Tho negro is entitled To- his
freedom, his franchise, to full and cII,ai
| legal rights. to his share in the privileges
| OF the government and To such share in
It's administration IN his integrity and
Intelligence viii! justify. This he ought
| 70 have and no must have Social equal
| ny he can never have. lIo does not have
| in tho North, or in the East, or in tho
| West. On ono protext or another he is
Kept out OF hotels, thoatcrs, schools and
restaurants, North ny well ns South. The
| truth is, the negro does not want social
| equality. lie prefers his own schools,
his own churches. his own hotels his
own societies, his own military coinpn-
MES. his own place in the thrater. He
| Is uncomfortable and i'll ut case when he
| ~ forced anywhere clS0. Even on the
| railroads he prefers his own car, if he
| can be secure from tho Intrusion of dis
| orderly persons. 1t is bosi !. his sake q,
ny well rs for general peaC I'D harmony
that he should i'll all these things have