New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-11-21
CTVIL FIGHTS A DEAD LETTER.
REORGANIZATION AGAINST NEGROES.

"sLErp WHERE YOU CAN ANp EAT AT THE SECOND
TABrE"
rather neat looking negro man. upward OF MY
wears old. went on board Charleston steamer at this
port a few DAYS ago accompanied by his vic ana
daughter and asked for accommodations
What do you wanti Numbered the pnrser turn
ing from white passenger whom he had just booked
for the voyage.
awe wants ter go ter Char'ston. sab. Kin yer
pervdc us wild"
40. fifteen dollars apiece. sleep where YOU can and
eat at the secoud table. How many OF you"
a Free NV us sab date all. Flow yer say ter dat
Nav 2" said the darkey, turning to his wife.
al reckin we has ter do 1t. amt no hen fur T g
lin SEE Go CIT de bmgs 'L'jah, me sn' 'Cndy ~ set
down right hycr tell comes back" asldeI Eat
at de $. con table sleep whar yer kin Use goods
eny O. desc white trash, IS
Elijah got the thnls two od val'ses. a carnet-nag
and several bundlrs-and the IA" lily settled them
selves down with what comfort they could for the
VOYAGE. ,, :. 80:
CITY tells the following story On the committee
ammo ntcd bv tie Government to visit and inspect the
Hampton Soho at Norfolk. Va wac an aged negro
whose home was Baltimore. from which city the
V stors set sail down the bay on one OF the Fay Line
steamers This negro. who must have been over
seventy was one of the most progressive OF ms race.
having tair knowledge of hooks and enough business
talent TO acquire nd2,eno ence. lie was wel-to-do
and his name was not unknown 10 the PEOPLE OF tie
state in which he lived young man OF Baltimore
an officer of the Young Mems Christian Association.
attended TO the buyng OF tickets and SECURING bertha
the memhers of the commttre. who I'M nae
or ak The steamer 'ett Baltimore IN the evening
when he'd the passen ers discovered WIN
holy horror that one of the sia'erooms was 20 9e
occuped by a negro indeed, the coored man already
had the Rev in his possessiO il having been given to
INN bv the Christian Association young man without
the kno ledge OF the purser, VINO SUPPOSED tit te
visiting committee composed entirely OF whte
men lmmed atey a council was called ana an inves,
t,gation the was H. gun. The purser denieh an
knowledge OF the tact hal negro had engaged one
ot the aierooms: be would make inquiries at once
there must be mistake. There was much talk
abont the spirit Of the Civil Rights BILL numerous
thrc.ts were made aud the saloon filled VII
windy arguments of irate Souiherners who would
never dream OF sleeping in the same CABIN or ehthS az
the less they thought and the more they wanted 10
talk. -. r., 4,
| While the hubbub was raging In all its fury the
saloon door was opened aud the person who was the
occasion OF the disturbance entered. he old negro
reno hat and approached the excited passengers
with respectful yet di sDihed bearing When wei up
TO the group he -tUpped and looked around upon the
ia, ca now turned toward HIM There was dead silence
| in the cabin. 49, II, ,
noly sorry TO have been the cause OF so much heat
and passion | am innocent OF any intention To force
nv treseuce upon the white passengers on ths vessel
lime was hen a,eei by this same line with my
old marster he occupying the berth IN ms caun WINE
slept the floor beside him. Nothing was tnen
| thought OF my presence IN the cabin Today II Is
dihe -ent and l thoroughly appreciate the change.
have no desire ~ occupy staterO'm Dere t"e COM
Dany could not afford to give a berth on this boat
suc6 thing would iis business. But this Is not
the fist time have been passenger on this steamer,
and though never occupied berth the ohcers have
| always crowded for my comfort. They will do the
same tonight am sure &c. beg OF you to go to
| bed in peace =,
| seen no more that night. Tue white passengers
stung to silence and overcome by sense OF their own
humiliation quickly separated, thoroughly ashamed OF
| the exhibition they ad made o themselves. Nothng
| more of civil rights beard on that boat.
North of Washington. it is sao. the negro has little
t,oubIe Getting berth in seeping gear but South OF
| A.. NJ, opifa
man who succeeds in passing the night In fuliman
or Mann boudoir car occupied by white passengers.
Conductors are required under the law TO let berths
m wbomsoever NAV apply until all taken, but they
have become expert dOdgers III the land OF D1ie ana
easily find pre-xts tor turning away negro apptanis
| who bepg unfamiliar with the law and having limited
knowledge of their rights under it, seldom make com
plant few shrewd negroes accustomed 10
travelling have learned that the way 10 secure berths
is TO get he OF the por'er-gcneraiy one OF their
color before seeing the conductor induce him TO say
that there are bcrths not engaged and repeat this TO
the conductor when he is approached on the snb1ect
OF acc nmodaons. The issue thus squai ely presented
il bard to dodge and seldom tails oil victory for the
pored man through the d)dgers fear OF consequences
at headquarters should no De reported "hite
rers nav not forget that the black porter
sleeps in the car with them. but his beng there is not
objected to; his place is humble and not many
reHoyes from slavery; he is servant and makes no
nrctensions of equality Aye. there's where the shoe
| pincLes; equality is the thorn in the flesh When
once the nina the exsave grasps the fact that be
is good AS his t1naslet us uoon 70 ~ 'ai
Travellers by the Piedmont Air Line sometimes see
an AGED negro white haired and with mouth empty
OF teeth, get into the srepngcar at Charlotte n Z.
lie is Methodist preacher and has been Tree Tor forty
vears vet lie invariably finds berth al his osposai
snd no one has ever been known to object to his
occupying it, The old negro is meek and modest and
unuIctentious and humble Just the quaiiues most
sdpired in North Carolina cOlored people and four
such attributes will carry negro almost anywhere in
| the South. .
negro lawyer in Georgia, who asserts his rights
and whose policy not to offend his white brethren.
| and possibly. clients, when lie travels engages his
berth but does not enter the sleeping car until all the
white passengers Ia bed. In the morning he is
| and dressed and in the smoking before they
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