St. Landry democrat., 1893-03-11
In our issue Of Eth. . we said :

The Clarion says u" it does not care 4
continental it the Social Club lets its
hall to the blackest and most odoriler-
Gus negroes in chriStcndOm every night
in the week, Sunday includcd.n We do
and that ls the reason why we protested
against club of colored amateurs being
allowed to USE it. The Clarion affects
surprise that objection should be made
to the use of the hall by home people
who are " much more white than black =
when none was made to the perform
ances of the colorcd Georgia Miustrels
aud " DIR. Icons negro troupe,n il short
time before. These people were profess
sloDals, playing in public playhouse !;
tile nome people were amateurs playing
! in hall dedicated to the social reunions
OF white people. 1t was the same house,
! 1t is true; but it must be remembered
! that that house has dual character
and while it is public playhouse it is
also the home of a leading social club
and the fav0rite amusement resort of
our best people. Perhaps the Clarion
will say the distinction is 50 tiue it can
not see it. However that may be, the
line had to be drawn somewhere and
just here the DEMOCRAT drew it,
Sure enough, the Clarion dissents
from this view. More than this, strange
to say, it sees no harm, no impropriety,
in allowing colored people to use tie
hall. We believe that but few of our
people will agree with it in this, aud we
are sure the Social Club will not allow
them to use it again. If it did, it might
not be long before they would be allow
ed to dance there, and if they were al
lowed to use it as a ball room, and bar
rlcr after barrier was thus gradually re-
moved, the Clarion might eventually
see where the question of social equal
ity comes ill.," But it would be rather
late, then ; and u little foresight now
might obviate much trouble later on.
The Clarion, finding itself closely
pressed, resorts TO much artrul dodync,
and finally winds up uy protesting with
pusilauimity that it is none OF it's busi-
ness to whom the Social Club lets its
hail. and impudently charging that
the DEMOCRAT is guilty Of "iuexcusa-
bic iuPe;tlneEce and officiousDess in
trying to drag it lntu tl:is discussion. As /
We have already explained, the Clarion !
was silent on the point we laised-tne !
of the colored people using |
the lall-but seeing an opportunity to !
make cheap capital with these people /
lnG point against us, it complimeutcd
hem on thclr performance as IT had
never complimented any white people
The DEMOCRAT, as it had perfect right
o do, called attention to the: facts;
ind, feeling that all unfair advantage
vas thus attempted to be taken of us,
ceiling confident, too, that the Clarion
cit Oh this point just as we did, we sug-
rested thai i the Truth was corkscrewed
ut of it, our views would be found to
'e almost identical. 1T seems we were
lightly mistaken about that, howeyerD
ts cnte little game thus detected and ex-
osed, the Clarion waded right init
id not have to be dragged in--and the
1orc it exhibits its crookedDess and
ack of candor the deeper it gets in (the
lire,. Had it initiated the Courier,
hose silence and immunity from :
corkscrewing seems to worry it, it +
'ould have enjoyed like immunity.