The state chronicle., 1883-10-27
OPINIONS ABOUT 1T.

Fred Douglass thinks it has put the ne
gro back twenty years.
The Rev. DR. Laws, the colored clergy
man who was delegate to the Louisville
convention, takes a sensible view OF it
LAS to our constitutional citizenship |
think the Constitution guarantees all tie
rights we ask for, and that is a surer guar
antte than any class legislation which, en-
acted by one party, may be repealed by
another / am satisfied with the decision
so far as am concerned, and [ know one
thing-that it is useless law. 1t has
never done any one any good in any case
1t does not put anybody into first-clasS ac-
commoda1ions in the South nor remove
any body from them in the North y
From the Ne,o York Erening Post (Rep9
The calm with which the country re-
ceives the news that the leading sections
OF the celebrated Civil Rights Act Of 1875
have been pronounced unconstitutional by
the Supreme Court shows how completely
the eNtravagant expectations as well as
the ii rec passions of the war have died
out.
From, the ". y. Times (I1epD
In the temper which the people have
now +, achcd ii dealing with questions that
formerly had a sectional significance and
that pertain to the relations of the races
in thi, country it seems as though nothing
We're necessary but a careful reading OF
the amendment to show that it did not
authorize such legislation as the civil hts
act.
From the Y. Y. Sun.
1t is rather surprising that so much ex-
element has been caused in some parts OF
the country by the decision Of the Supreme
Court of tie United States adjudging the
first and second sections Of the Civil Rights
act of 1876 to be unconstitutional and
void. All the previous utterances OF the
Supreme Court relating to the scope and
effect Of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth
amendments to the Constitution, upon
which the Civil Rights act was based, had
indicated that whenever the question was
fairly presented the Judges would hold
that Congress had no power to pass such
a law.
From the Wilmington Star.
We would like to see the colored people
prosper but not at the expense of our own
race The colored people would have got
along very much better if they had hot de
voted 50 much time to politics. They must
learn to econOmize more and the lazy ones
must go to work. A man is to earn his
bread in this world by the sweat Of his face.
Idleness is a curse to any people,
Following is an interesting Washington
dispatch to the New York Sun:
g SO far as cAnibe assertaned, the Repub-
licans neither in nor out Of the Admin IS
ton, are greatly exercised. The negro has
lost his political value to such extent
that he seems to have few friends in that
quarter.
Washington is the abiding place of a
great number of educated and intelligent
negroes, many Of whom rank we'll with
their white fellow citizens in their under
standing of the baeadth and force of the de
cision. 1t was wholly unexpected by them,
and at present they can only declare how
cast down they are.
9 There are those among, the Republican
leaders ho talk of firing the hearts Of the
people again about the negro, and the thing
will be attempted But that powder is wet
and no explosion Is to take place.
From The Charleston IS. O. Neaos and Courier
The changes in the temper of the times
which are crystalized in the recent deci
sion Of the United States Supreme Court
on the subject of civil rights, offer to the
Southern Democracy the opportunity tc
secure The political confidence OF the
colored people in the Southern States
The Democracy must make the colOret
people see that the decision OF the Supreme
Court is no signal for oppression or tyranl
cal restrict ~, and that the State Will pro
tect them in every necessary and prope
civil right and privilege. There is no nee'
to supllnt at social equality. Short Of that
the Democrats in the South can assure t
the colored people every privilege and rlgh
that is reasonable and just
From the -AsheuiNe Citizen.
This decision must go far to settle existing
troubles, The negro must become cOnten
when he finds he gains nothing by intrusion
into spheres where he does not belong ant
into which he now learns he cannot legal.
enter.
From The NeUs and Observer.
The effect Of this great decision by tn
Supreme Court will we trust, be very ben
eticial in this particular direction it mus
divest people of that growing feeling tina
the government at Washington is to loo
after them i hat is the duty OF tn
States-nOt of the Federal government
TO be sure the States will do it-certainl
the States will do all that is right and pro
per to be done for their citizens.