The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-08-23
gM Demurraf- ST.,


"Insane PrejuQltc.1
New York Post.
me recent appointment ara.
I me as hOHlmaslers in Snmo e''ac
eih towns where hearty alll oUulI
mailer is sent and recon- "e ma
wlnle people bave aroused g ;
> local criticism, which in lhlr
provoked no little .ommo,"iH Ia
Northern press. III Tn
When snch complaints l..
local papers Reached The n, .0'
number OF the Republican "r,n,
were m"yed TO EXPRESSIONS " :, an
/. most violent Indignation, "a "A 'l'
sane prejudice il was caIIod1 III III
Massachusetts paper, wLila y
loud .monllled Boute!le decIor ,ne
) IN ms Bangor Wing and Com ",t"'
mat This is simply monstr". % !,
why white people al a summer ).
SORT IN Louisiana should obiea, r. T.
taking their letters and INV 2rrl 10
their stamps iron a blacl; nans
master was something winch l puS''
New England people p%rolessp ANY, ~
believe past their compreheria""
why should II good c~olore,i ,,"l'
be offensive aS d posi- n,asler gr n a.%
ed Boulelle, with the air o. ! m m"
who knew that nobudy living co "d1
answer his question. In tbe s oaaa
line were the remarks of Assisting
postmaster General CIarkson WIN"
is quoted as having talked in ~"
way to one party of pro1asG'.
Soulherners Does not a coIor"5
servant cook your meal, anolbor
shave your face, and still anolbe.
NIX your toddy for You? You ad'
mil that. Well, then, Pm unaLIe
I" see why it IS that il you can Iake
your breakfasts from black handy
OF negro p0simaslers. AT The oL'
lice in question, Senator. a coJrrp1
man VIII be appointed before
night" "'"''
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Occasionally somebody like Goo.
w. Cable comes forward with
sad tale Of eolored prejudice in lIr
Soulh-perhaps a Iamcn,ationIb that
III Atlanta, Ga, The most refined
ana educated negro can only 90 ia
The theatre on condition of %sllIino
IN the gallery. But The same lLin9
Is true to This day in the city Of
Brooklyn. Even black members
OF The Grand Army of the RppDb.
lie in that CITY of Churches" are
forbidden The privilege Of sitting
hesttle their white comrades in The
Of the house at an entertain.
meni for the benefit Of iheirorgan.
lZailoh--and the reason is becau.e
The managers Of The theatres com.
that would hurt their busi.
neSs To LEI the negroes into any
pant of the building than the
gallery. Morris Tins the worSl man.
..teStallon Of The prejudice. The
Ionng Mems Christian Association
This city closes its doors 10 black
men, simply aud solely because
hey are black. Al AShbury Park,
D., colored mon are moi allowed
o battle in The ocean M the same
ime as the whites. The Ieeling
IpearS to be no less strong in 9th.
r parts of The country. During a
ecent Congregational Convention
Iowa Il lady of Grinnell, n town
lSiinguiShed for its educational
lsliluIionS, IN describing the work
| the 'SorieIy of Christian I'm.
eavur," lCld how the society hal
Ntended lis aid 10 n c0lnred girI
no was finely educated, hui who,
u account of her color, could fiml
% emf loynenl except at drudge.
:, for which she did not have The
physical strength, ana
ON The effects of which she died.
While such things are true at the
II is arrant hypocrisy Tor
To prate about "insane
'eJudice' Of S0ulherners against
e negro. The truth Is that his
'l0r prejudice is entertained hy
ost white penple--hy "A great
any who cOhcede thai il seems
reasonable, and yet who confess
at they cannat get over it. How
: this prejudice Is the result, con-
IOns or unconscious, of slavery;
W far, il at all, il is really a race
ling, which is permanenl-lheSe
? quesRions which n0bOdy can
tie uH-hand. This is emphali.
lily a matter which calls for pa
nee and lorbearance. We must
member that 1T is only about
rty since Abraham Lincoln, IN
famous joint debate with Doug.
I'm answering, ON he 18th OfSep-
nber, 1858, the question whether
was really in favor of plodu-
g a perfect equality between
negroes and The while people"
l am not, nor ever have been,
of bringing about in any
Y the social and political equal
of The white aud black races.
I'M not, nor ever have been, OF
king VOTERS or Jurors Of negroes,
OF qualifying them loollold Of
, nor 10 i%ntermarry with while
Pile aud | will say IN addition
his, that there Is a physical dif.
between the white and
* races which | believe will
yer forbid The Two races IRON
lg together on terms of social
political equality"