Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-11-03
DECISION OF THE SUPREME COURT os THE

! At ttti-1 tuet Lne negroes are mak-
 ing great deal of unnecessary
 and foolish talk about the recent decis-
 sion Of Inc United States Supreme
 Court on the civil rights bill. When the law was passed it was all and even
 more than they expected of the repub- lican party. But it has never been
 strictly enforced, as it is impossible to
 enforce law that gives more rights Go
 one class of citizens than to another. But
 that is neither here nor there: the court
 has decided that the first and second sec-
 tions Of the civil rights bill passed in
 1875, and commonly known as the force
 bill,' are void. The negroes like all
 other people, are willing to accept ] everything they can get from the party
 that liberated them from slavery, and
 then turn upon the party and abuse it
 because 1t can give them no more. They are now ready to join forces with the
 democratic party, the party that held
 them in bondage and that would have
 so held them until this day had
 been in their power 10 do sot
 The decision of the court IS
 legal decision and not
 a decision of any party. l. is not ez-
 pected that judges are appointed to the
 supreme bench of the United States for
 the purpose Of rendering decisions for
 orlagaiusi any sect, faction or class as
 such. Their deelsions are rendered in
 conformity with the law and the cousti-
 tuition. No political party exercises the
 least influence over the Supreme Court
 of the United States, and no class of men
 of any intelligence or foresight would
 sanction such influence over the judic- iary. This country would indeed be in a deplorable state if the decisions or the highest courts in the land were bent and swayed by every political party that happened to be in power.
 As soon as it was known in Washing ton that such decision was rendered, mass meeting was called by the colored people. Fred Douglass, who lead of, said his race felt the decision as they had felt the "rurious attempt to force the accursed system or slavery upon the soil of Kansas, the enactment Of the fu- gitiye slave law, the repeal Of the Mis- soui compromise and Drei Scott de- cision. The decision had inflicted a | heavy calamity upon the seven million l colored people Of thls country, and had | left them naked and deteuseless u1ainst the action or malignant, vulgar and pitt less preludice, and presented tte United States before the world as @ na- tion utterly destitute of power to pro tect the rghts of its own citizens"
 While it may be true that the intelli- gent portion ot the colo-ed race are disappointed and feel that an iajus- tice has been done their race, they should not act foolislly and fall to abusing the party that bas done every thing that has ever been done for thelr race. It is evident from the decision oi the Supreme Court, that no class of our fellow ciEzans can have rights extended Go them which are not enjoyed by an others. This is a free conatry where all are placed on an equality, so far as rights before the law are concerned; but there Is no way by which socials rights can be regulated by law. Even white men have their assOciates with whom they meet in a social way, wmls there are other white men with whom they will not associate at all This IS not because the white men they refuse to associate with are not as good as they are, but because there is DO ailin- ity-nO communion of ideas or ol thought between them, consequently | there can be no socIal equality. It mat ,ers not what color a mans skin may be. if he is an orator, scholar, or F he is distinguished in any branch Of science or learning, he will receive due credI, and will be respected for it. Let the negroes once forget that they are ne- -roes,land realize that they are men with ideas and ambitions similar to other men, and act upon them, and they Eil do more towards establishing a social status for themselves, than ail the law makers in the land can do for them.
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 Irseems thatt the little State If "woodeu | and "sawdust hams" is de ermlned to hold her place, and con inue ID the lead in the matter of mysterious murders of beautiful young adies. Jennie Cramer was murdered md her beautiful body was cast in the lea, but the perpe'rator or perpetrators went scot free Then followed Rose Ambler, whose body was discovered in ! field, and now another mysterious murder has been committed near the own of Westport in that State, where he dead body Of Mrs. Copeland, about 9 years Of age, was found and who was ately engaged as milliner at South lorwslk. The moral status of Connect cut is certainly below what it should 1e, and these mysterious murders, which .sem to take place at regular intervals lf a few months, show that there is nore need of missionary work in that State, than in far off India, or ~AfrIc uuny fountains" which roll down gold -n sands" We would suggest that a CIV missiOnarIs be recalled from foreign ands, and set to work at home where here IS no end to the missionary work hat should be done