The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1894-10-12
The Negro al the N0rlh.

The New York Sun, in commenting
ona pamphlet containing the letters
of Governor Northern, Of Georgia,
called forth by Northern criticisms
or the treatment of negroes in the
South, calls attention to recent in
cident in Brooklyn. This incident is
Of unusual interest, because it shows
the real feeling OF Northern people
toward the negro. a
| We gather from the san that a rich
and respectable colored man bought
house in an eligible quarter of Brook
lyn. When this fact became known
the white residents of the nelghbor-
hood showed both alarm and indigna-
tion. One Of them informed re-
porter of the Sun that sit was a Id
outrage" The lady who owns the
house next to the one bought by the
, colorcd man said to the man who had
sold the property: Il want to know
: what right you have to do such a
, mean thing. Doyou think you have
{ acted the part of Christian to ruin
/ my property?n He is highly respect
= able" acknowledged the tenant of the
] lady's house, but, Of course, we
r object to the possibility Of living next
e door to a colored man." Quoting
II these things, the sun goes on to say:
r "If this colored man, rich, rcspecta-
l- bic and educated, and well behaved,
&c as General Molineaux describes him
1t to be, should move into that house
It with his family the value of all The
property in the neighbolho0d woult
1t decline seriously. II he undertook t
Il. buy a residence for himself in an,
W other quarter of Brooklyn, or in any
II. quarter of New York not already in
If habted by negroes, he would encoun
u ter the same prejudices. Usually th
at introduction Of a colored family int
ut tenement house drives out the whit
re occupants, no matter how poor an
Oh humble they may be; and the hare
4 ships to which respectable aud wei
y to-do negro families are compelled
of aubmit in being restricted by tn
" race prejudice to undesirable di
ies tricts of the town are oftentimes vel
CALLING to them. No matter h0
an prosperous and how we'll educated
he negro may be, he has no more chance
ch being received IN white society at Il
gu North than he has at the South"
me The Sun concludes that the govern
nd of Georgia is right in denouncing
six hypocritical the Northern condemn
on tion of the South because it keeps
di- the color line. But the hypocrisy c
Mt nounced by Governor Northern 60
nd deeper than the Suns remarks wou
an seem to indicate. The objection
ng the white residents Of the Brook
ice neighborhood to living next door tC
m, coored man is mere matter
ng moonshinc compared to the prejudi
lily ut the North that prevents negro
It'll in that section from earning The
Ok living in the various trades and pl
3Xt fessions that are open to them ut t
we South. Here the negro is free
,he enter into any business or occupati
lp- for which his talents or his incllr
on, tion make him eligible. He can c
non gage in merchandising, he can ma
Lhe himself a master Of trades, or he c.
for become an artisan, and in the
branches he can and does wo
with white men. But in the Nor
vas he is not permitted to enter into co
nee petition with the whites in any prot
5ht able trade or business.
an This fact is testified to not only
lau the negroes who live at the Mort
'sl. but by the Northern people the
'fal selves. Its not disputed by anydot
uid and yet, in the face of it, the Mort
ace ern newspapers are never tired
use making the severest attacks on t
out Southern people because they rese
ne the idea of social equality. In III
od- the attitude of the Northern press
en- worse than hypocritical.