The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-06-22
ONE NoRrHeRNeR's VIEW.
Comparison OF Negro Life In Different
Parts Of Virginia.


Ex-Boniface writes rs follows to the New
York Hotel Register A gentleman intl-
,iiately connected With the interests Of the
hote-Rcepers went TO Richmond TO attend
the ceremonies of the unyeiing Of the
statue Of General Robert r.. Lee. He says
nave seen crowds but that gathering beats
all ever saw. The memory Of that occa-
sion is written on my brain, not lightly rs
with pcncil-but carved with a grayer.
Long lines of old Confederate veterans
travel stained and dust bcgrimed rs though
they had Just returned from a campaign,
checred the New Workers ~ they passed,
with an arlor that begOt enthusiasm. The
South is not dead. Its loyalty 10 the Union
the country our country--was evidenced
by the wonderful outp0urlng or gather-
Ing Of men in honor of a "Reminiscences OF the
pasta tribute 20 days Of trials ana SORROWS
of the past. Twenty-Five years OF freedom
has apparently made little difference in the
ohlging character Of the negroes in Rich
mond. Those images OF our maker cut IN
ebony" residing there, were largely on hand
al the parade. carrying water, running on
eTrands and ready 10 do any service TO Nisi-
tors and veterans for the all-yalued tip.
In Washington the negro is not cOnspicu-
Gus other than as waiter or servant. In
Alexandria, he is more consequential.
Alexandria is an old t0wn-One Of the old
est in irginia. The citizens az rule are
not well OF. II they were they would prob
ably cmigrate 10 some other place. Here
the ebony man puts on airs. He has been
North. perhaps 10 Boston. lie speaks the
Boston English he picked mp while serving
as a waiter AT the Brunswick. II the white
clerk in the store refers TO the dusky Gus
toner and his wife in the local provincial
ism as ''yOu all" ne is Immediately inform
ed "wc are not YOU ALL and this lady
want some blue bingham. We are not you
all;' YOU should know better how 10 speak
in proper langwidge.'
II do not know what sins my fOrefathcrs
may have committed" SAYS tired clerk,
that we should have 10 submit to such I'M
pudence. ignorance and assumption from
these 'niggers.' but it is even so. We have
worn sackcoth and ashes for twenty-five
years, and suppose we Will have to keep
on wearing IT, The 'niggors' don't 20
North, for the whites there don't want them
as equals and won't put up with them as
We are compelled to here"
Equality is not n law of nature. Nature
has made no two things equal: its sovereign
law is subOrdinatiOn and dependence,
says a famous French philosopher. Laws
must be in conformity to usages, otherwise
laws are yaluclcss. The idea of making
the ebony brethren equal is only a political
subteriuge, Il legal contradiction of usage.
The million of voters engaged in the hotel
business will bear me out i'm this assertion.
The negro, whose fOretather was imported
from Africa. is no better. if as good, as the
Indian. who was a native, and thc'original
owner of the land. Politically and actually,
the Indian is abolished in the economy OF
government. What shall be done with the
negro:
lie is all very we'll rs waiter, as ser
want. but as an equal, a. a guest, rs
gentleman and a scholar, the day is yet 10
come. fever, for his recognition. From the
bottom Of my heart pity the poor South
erncrs who have to submit to his impu-
dence. We Of the North will not tolerate IT,.
UnmiXed with ability, assumption Will
never be tolerated here.
\ strange fact in this connection Is to be
noted. The most implacable OF those who
dcspisc the assumption Of the colored race.
are business men from the North. who are
doing business in the South. All right
minded men are heartily in favor of giving
every human being all the courtesy that
any human being Of whatever color i en-
titled 10. but the razor becomes nightly
saw-cdgcd when privileges are abused.