The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1884-09-04
Miscellaneous.
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RIsOt NEW YORK
LETTER.

DE sun do move. Yes, sab, it do
inndedce, an don you forgit it" l
think the sun moves myself, or if it
has rot, that it will move shortly. l
should not be at all surprised 10
see The earth fly off at tangent
any moment. for there is certainly
something extraordinary going on
which is shaking all the old preju-
dices and conceits ont Of us, that
have had their roots i'll our genera
tions more than three thousand
years. We are preparing for a
grand labor celebration on Septem-
Der lst. 1t is muscle and BRAN
against money bags. Archimedes
said if he had place to rest his
lever, he could move he world, but
labor is 10th the tulcrum and the
lever that are moving the world to-
| day. The other night the Labor
Unions had a meeting to arrange
] for the coming parade, and a mo-
i; ton was made that the colorcd
unions be invited to participate,
and it was carried almost without
dissenting voice. 1t only seems
like yesterd " since this same fac
tor in our national politics was only
a nigger; but this act Of our labor
union does what all the amend
ments you could pile upon the con-
stitution in q year would not do, it
raises him 20 the dignity of a man.
1t is labor's great proclamation
that if the black man has the ener-
gy and the ability to elevate him
self, they will not try to keep him
down. The colored mechanics and
laboring men have accepted the in.
vitation, and the presumption is
that instead Of being put at the tail
of the procession, they will be ac-
corded the post Of honor. The bit
ter prejudice Of caste and race has
been nowhere stronger than among
our laboring men and as to our
mechanics, no shop would think of
taking as an apprentice, a colored
boy. The only avenues to advance
ment, were as walters, BARRIERS or
porters; no mechanical pursuit was
open to them; and, in fact, it has
been no easy matter 10 get white
boy in any of the trades, so strict
has been the rule Of our labor
unions; but the resolution Of last
week breaks down q formidable bar
rier against the colored race, and if
they don't get on in New York after
this, it will be their own fault.
There is unusual hustle in the
churches and theatres, the greater
part Of them having been closed
during the past two months. The
cross was placed on the spire of
Grace Church on Saturday, 263 #.
from the ground, and thousands of
people stood below with bated
breath as the huge stone weighing
over q ton was fixed in its final rest
ing place. Grace Church, which is
the fashionable centre for Episco-
palianism in New York, is being
thoroughly overhauled-the pews
reupholstered, and some very fine
extra work in carvings, &C., put in.
The tendency to snowy adornments
is running away with the common
sense ofthe people, and while there
is something truly grand in a fine
stained glass window, especially
when devoted to some scriptural
subject, the present trashy style Of
adornment with yellows and reds
and blues and gold, while we'll
enough for g circus or theatre,
is altogether ont of place in a
church. A great many alterations
have been made in all Of our great
churches; and many thousands Of
dollars have been expended in their
adornment. In a couple of weeks
the congregations will be back, and
the yagrant shepherds, fortified BY
the experience gained in London,
Paris, Vienna and Berlin--not to
mention Cairo and Jerusalem, will
be prepared to combat the world
and the flesh and make it very un-
comfortable for the
But as I remarked in q former
letter, there seems to be quite an
affinity between the church and the
stage. They suspend operations
about the same time, and they com.
mepce operations together. While
write, Union Square, or that por'
ton o. it which is to the right Of
Broadway, swarms with members
of the theatrical profession. Many
of them are engaged in the city
theatres, just about to open, and
many MORE are preparing to start
upon the road. The coming season
promises to be busy one. The
cry is still that We have no American
dramas or dramatists, and if some
of our wonld be critics are to be
believed, very few American ac-
tors or actresses. Yet in the face
of this, is the fact, that "Hazel
Kirk had run here of three or
four years, in addition to which,
, there were eight or ten companies
on the road playing it in different
parts of the county. Nag Blossom
has now run one hundred and fifty
nights at The Madison Square Thea.
tire. where Hazel Kirk had its earl
lest triumphs, and it promises to
run $50 nights more. The fact is
that American managers do not
! give American authors the same
: chance that English authors receive