The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-07-06

The lear 1877 marks ~aughly the
end pf reconstruction and -he end %
~ second pe~toe xt:hcu. -cri ~
F~srn this tine ou. .eh~r 3ts n -o--
esfsE~ he Appearance Ut assy A.
neither industrial n political. IT,
rtasgtfsath Afr~adneut. Ea-ut.-
tr- equal rights % citizens. had Ct
~ztsfed IN iSss. arh he civil ~Eht,
Bs3. Z .-uun.rafinE- CsEfza1 - tas~
7tx2'& had bssn aonutsd II 1sIS Al
though n. Lzvtev waS declared IN
consfi n;inYal esEAt a later, e.
provisions lad sssn Incorporated m
TIRE kgFs & several e tie -sAies.
@Aare :h~F Nw-e and arc htnttsS
Taeesforg II is lmp1s ssol" - ar'rT-
I!n d.falteiv whether -. aSseEa<'
~ @s1t CA ami iadasirist dasi!uC r-~
after 1877 i 10 re attributed Ia he
change attitude % lie white las
makers - 20 she restrictive leE.%a-
iipa OF the Federal Congress Both
causes most likely had a hand IN n
change. Al any rate nesTotS ScI"
no longer required 10 work under VIII
ten contracts from which white ab-!-
e-s weTs free. Licenses - follow
trades were no longer demanded az
NA%A4. A"t IIAE4A SaA IA @~s ""**
testimony gas received IN all courts.
state - vel as fede-1l These dis
tinCiions had vanished. Now Tas Hsh-
erei ia the era OF social distinctions
which has not y,t ended. Afh'H-A
laws prohibiting 1a:ermaTTTASS lac
been IN force long before enanrfpa-
tioa. they were now made more ~'fict
throughout the south and extepdeA
~ ? number of III northern anu
weste-n states - vel As Don "a
the public school system Was develop
ed, >eparate schools Tor The as
were required. The supreme Court 80
| NaSsachus- rs WAS the first - declare
this constitutional A. first applying
only 70 public schools. Kentucky ana
Florida recently prohibited Whit" nd
eol"red pupils from ~attent1G@ n"
SHINE private school or ColleE" S.uc"
1881. one after another - he Sou'c-
en- states his relursd serar I" 4 p
commodation for the races on ran
roads stree, cars and steamboat. con
y!cs lgnltics. paupers and other a."
Dependents are separated according : !"
| color. The legislature Of mississippi
provided, Two years ago Tor the re-
| nnoyal OF she, body Of The Goldred Sec
retarv of State. James Lynch iEoW
the white to the colored cemetery =
dackson. This, movt mt To- So
| a,are burinl grounds is extend ne Ger
manfuwn.. PannSyNauil. hid recently
said ihat-a separate cemeter! must -,
provided for the Colored dead O. m,
city. -.....
| 49,. OTHER STATES ACTIVE
Meanwhile, the other States .. ne
, Union have not been idle. Whenever
an appreciable percentage of the pop.
| rfation g cnfored, the laws, in many
| respects are similar. Delaware NcW
Jersey. Kansas. and West Virginia
| Are ,ts strict in the sepnraton OF We
n,lnlR. school children as any four
; Of the southern states. California ana
| Indiana prohibit mis~cegenation qulie
| rs completely as South Carolina Hl'c
Texas Wherever-in the county the
white race distinctions have been rec
/ ognized in the laws Of such states. III
the far west, as CAhfoFnla, OI's'"
and Nevada. where the Chinese ans
Noucolians are numerous. one nhd+
laws prohibiting intermarrlase. re-
curing separate schools ana TeSu'a'-
ing labor. In the far SouthWest, a.
Arizona and New Mexico, where me
Indians are still found to any extent
| similar laws prohibit intermarTi%se
rreecribe separate schools, II u-at-
other distinctions OF race oulu
Rut WHARF, the Caucaslans nulIfuhi'
hers all other races. there a peea 4
tendency 10 eradicate al eSa als'
tinctions between the races. III 7"c'
sratpS. mostly OF the north llI"I'
marriage is no longer prohibited ~
law. the schools are thrown open u
all: the separation Of the TaGfs :"
hubble places and public CnnFeEah, :
< not allowed. Here is q percepl,o {
tendency in the Legislation 10 llTo"
off al such distinctions.
This is how the &C stand IN IL
1inht of American law. We have sum
married briefly the race LAWS Il '+'
nar,od Immediately after the war anc
laws If these TWO periods. We ~
Of the period since TeconS'ruC-'Yh
rho difference ~ the natur- 81 ne
Passing our conclusions wholly NOR
warranted in saving that pollticai ah'
industrial distinctions between the 1--WE
races in the south, at least, are tF"a
ually vanishing year BY year Inc 9.
cred man Who has something 7" 'el
ei+her labor or commodity. vii. IN
a purchaser as readily as the AMT
man. But standing "a an hprareh
contradiction 70 the decay q poIftic'
distinctions are the recent suffrage :"
g--iction In the southern states. Prop
ahIv these restrictions DO mt ainoan
"a rare distinctions; for the Aa"F az
not. upon the face If them T-Gos
nize race lines and the real Is'deT'
az ne south, those VII" have cru4h
the spirit Of progress. are determ NJ
that here shall be no DISTINCTION u
nracrice. They have said that ih- GO
ored man With Intelligence enough :
-ead and write. with Thrift enoueh q
~acon5-e an amount Of property ant
with civic pride enough u paE his POI
taxes shall be allowed To vote readlI.
as the white man with similar quaiih
cations. These leaders are helping Il
make The fulfllment II these reqn r
uen.s vosstbia by lettering ne col
6ition OF the schools and
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