Huntsville gazette., 1886-10-16


a time when political excite m ent ian
high and all things served ak an tx-
cuse for those who wished to use
them.
When | heard that there WAS a
likelihood of trouble because Mr.
Farrell attended place of am usment
/ asked Of him not to auhject him
self to insult by going where lie was
not welcome He told me that he
had nc Ltentlon OF again going to
that or any other place where Lis
presence W ull give rise to com
ment Until that tims | did uot
know that colored men were d4ni, d
admiltance to ,he-t.-ls In thi. CITY,
al while | have 10 wish To iut-fere
with the s.cial relations wiich exist
between the races ia lhe South. |
nave Il ST. oAg desire io SEQ tie bi ,tk
man edncttcd SOGtucrn | bor. n
galdiesa ot lis c.lnr, NUT l.nrn TO
re,.i Il write. Southern cheap
labor IS more OF uIenace to the
American toiler than the Chinese,
aud
THIS LAB ,R MUST BE EDUCATED.
Wall my critics show me how tie
laws of social euuality will be harm
ed hy the educstio of the black man
So that he may know how to conduct
hi,os.lf as gen'lenan Will
they, i'll II cool, dispassionat manner,
ex, ia to i1e whether education will
nt t e!tvate lhe moral Standard of
the co,ored man and will they
tell me that such thing is nvi nee
essary Will it be explained to IN
whether tho bl ok nan should con-
tiuue to work for hturuailun wages :?
With 50 many abls- bodied colored
men in the South who do not know
enough ask for living wages it is not
hard to guess that while this race
continues to increase ia numbers and
ignorance. prosperity will not even
kn OK at the door, much enter the
home Of the Southern laborer, and
that country that his an abundance
of lll-ied, ili-brcd ID )rers is not nor
cannot be prosperous one.
Will my critics stop long enough
TO me way the United States senate
allowed colored men TO introduce
before the vice president of the
United States measures for the ben
eft Of his race ? Were the laws of
social equality outraged when The
house Of representative permitted
'oichcu utH " tdAo seats lu IL
Why Cii not the other Southern
representatives leave and return TO
their homes when that Was Gone?
THERE NEED BE NO FURTHER CAUSE FOR
Colored representatives to this
convection will not introdue where
they are not wanted and the time
houored Ia Ss Of social gus 'ity will be
allowed to siumber long uudis urbed.
We have not done thing since
coming to this city that Is counten-
anctd 6y the la aud continuation
Of our couatry. In Difference to tie
wishes of those. who regard the law
of social equality as superior to the
laws Of God and men we will not
Will, here avail ourselves of all these
rights and privalges which belong
to us. The equality of American
citizenship is all that we insist on.
and that tqnaiiy must not be tram
pied upon.
Now word as to the hospi alities
We are here under no invitation
from any one free will md acccid
and are paying oar own way, there
fore such gratuitous insults as these
offered by .ew mischievous med
dlers are not in order aud d, no! ad
NIT Of d. fsnse. even though given
in behalf of the laws of social eq1al-
ity. do not hold the people q
Richmond responsible for the actiou
Of a few who saw menace III ouI
every acton. Tne treatment r. civ
ea as the hands of the cit.z ms gen
erslly has bee the most cordial and
during our stay, any resresen tativ'
sholl conduct himself in an unbe.
manner be alone shall be