The Butler weekly times., 1883-11-14
THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL.
Sensible Conclusions Arrived by In
tell,gent Colored Men
From the St. Joseph Advance edited by
a colored Man.

the Civil Rights bill, and the recent
decision thereon by the Supreme
Court of the United States. We do
not believe that the bill was passed
in good faith toward the colored
man. We belieye that the orlgina-
tors and advocates of it knew when
they proposed it, and had it tenacted,
that 1t would never be enforced. Ii
was brought into existence from ex-
treme political necessity. The Re-
publican party had just emerged
from political contest IN which they
were driven TO tke most extreme
measures to continue their hold up
on the Government. which was ac-
complished only by the vote of Judge
Bradley as a member of the Elector-
al Commission. Tins same Brad
lev is the man who now prepares the
opinion of the Court in the cases Just
decided. We have declared ourself
independent in politics, and we
don't want any Democrat to delude
himself into the belief. when he reads
this, that we intend to Z run Dem
ocratic paper. We are running a
paper in the interest of our race,
and are irving as best we can to eX-
pose every attempt of any political
party to make tool out OF the negro
tor the sole purpose of furtherlng
their own selfish thoughts.
We believe the Republicans have
no more use for the negro than the
Democrats have, and that if we adj
vance and progress i'll wealth and in
telligence. we must do SO by our
own energies and industries we
must learn TO do our own thinking.
AS we said above, we bellve the Civ
il Rights bill was only passed as a
bait to catch the colored mans vote,
and was never intended to be en-
forced. Congress can't pass law
giving a man respectability; a man
will command respect as he deserves
it. The colored man is entitled to
the same rights as white man, and
no more, and that is all the rights we |
ought to ask. The Civil Rights bill
purported to give MIN more rights |
than the white man, which any |
thinking colored man ought TO be
able to see was fraud on its face,
and only intended to tickle and flat
ter the negroes to secure their sup
port. The negroes have been voting
the Republicans into power ever
since we have had the right OF suf-
trage, and we have received for our
party loyalty lust such sweetened
swil. as this Civil Rights bill.
The course for the colored people
10 pursue, in our judgement, is to
our independence, cultivate
habits of industry. look well to the
education and culture of our children
and shun, as we would rabid ami
nal, every designing politician or
political party that seeks, by soothing
and seductive f1attery, to capture the
colored mans vote.
The colored people are Interested
more IN securing homes, churches,
school houses, comfortable clothing
books, and the comforts. conven-
ences, and necessarles of life than
hey are inpoli.lcs. We have been
leld to be as completely the COM
non property of the Republicanpar-
y, as we have been taught that the
Democratic party is our common en-
my.
OF EMINENT coLoREp MEN.
The Civil Rights bill, which has f
'een declared unconstitutional by r
lght out of nine of the judges OF the '
upreme court has caused great ex-
'tement among our people, they b
aving believed that they were pro- {
'cted thereby. ~
While speaking to MIR. James 2
rent regarding the recent decision c
the supreme court in relation to =
&C Civil Rights bill, he said; .I can I,
Try readily see that the bill was un- iu
Institutional, as congress had not st