New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-24
A. PERCY BENNETT.

they looked for better qualities they would also
be successful They would lind. If they took the
pains 10 look. men and women Of the colored race
who would be- an honor 70 any section OF the coun-
try No peopls Of the South are their sHPfT9fs
against and 10 see those who far below them
both in intellect and financial ability-take places
from which they shut ont.
The southerners who would defend this law pro-
vidirg for the Jim crow ear" would undoubtedly
admit what have said. but would call IL senu,
mental reasoning Perhaps there are good people OF
the sorth who DO not know the abuses resulting
from such lav. Two colored girls belonging 70
good families began their journey in the jim crow
car 1t ia against the Law for white people 10 come
into the section belonging 70 the colored people bt
white men were there in this case drinking smQk-
tha5 they left and took places TN the white section.
where they rode unmoiested ioi a time th9y Mere
almost white ana so escaped de'ecilgH "ohIs'n'
however happened 10 know one or theth.. Sne
allowed there. He said they We're not and dlrgGted
the girls to return TO their proper places. Ihey
they were Without further parley the train
stopped and they put OF or the track Ii was
three or four miles back The girls lef. to
their fate. whatever it might happen 10 be- 49,.
At the time OF the Atlanta Exposition. when the
trains were crowded. colored people who had paid
for hrst-class tickets and mad taken seats IN tner
NJ ~ rl ,rJ ohIiged 70 stand ali the
way. the Jim Crow car becoming for the time white
BE- it said 70 the honor Of Pullman. that there is
no race distinction his II the coored person
who wishes place has the spirit 10 insist upon ms
ground that the bcrths are all occupied but II
man takes his place in tho car ana says mat
he will report 20 the company II ticket IS not given
him he carries his point. Many, however. would
rather submit 20 injustice than 10 30 through "A
scene. $500.
the constitutionalitv Of the statute forbdding
white and colored persons To occupy the same car
or section Of "a car was tested before the supreme
Court i'm lS.5 and lSl6 and favorable decision
was rendered Mr.. Justice Harlan dss"nted. and
his defence OF the right Of the cOlOred citizen 10 ride
where he chooses was most able. and. 10 the UNI
prejudced mind. conclusive.
The. fundamental objection 20 the statute. he
said lis that it interferes with the personal free
Per liberty he
power of locomotion. OF changing situation. or re-
moving ones person 10 whatsoever places ones own
INCLINATION NAV direct, without imprisonment or re-
straint unless by due course Of law. q Bl. Comm.
sf:tD II a white man ana a black man choose 10
occupy the same public conveyance on "A public
highway il f. their right 10 DO 50. and no govern
ment proceeding alone on grounds OF race, can
prevent il without infringing The personal liberty or
lie declared himself 70 be OF tho opinion that the
ea ute was hostile both the spirit and letter of
The constitution Of the United States. II laws Of
like character should be enacted In the several
states of the Union he said the effect would be in
The highest degree mischievOus
.Slaycrv as institution tolerated by law, would.
IL h tru- have disappeared from our country. but
there would remain power in tho states. by SIMS
~ tho blessings OF freedom; regulate civil rights
common TO all citizens. upon the basis OF race. and
70 place in "a condition Of legal inferlority large
hodv OF American citizens, now constituting a part
Of the political community. called The people or the
United States. for whom and by whom through
representatives, our government Is administered
ISABEL HOWLAND.