CASTE TYRANNY IN AMERICA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume X, Issue 267, 8 October 1875, Page 2

CASTE TYRANNY IN AMERICA.

Americans plume themselves oq the States being a land of liberty, whereas in point of fact social tyranny ia more rampant in the land of the stars and stripes, than perhaps in any other country in the world. When. Americana extol the liberties they eojoy, we are reminded of the Irishman . Who contended that Ireland excelled alt other countries in "peace and plenty" adding, ° but by jabers its ploinfcy o' * foighting." A recent American paper has the. following:— We were not prepared for the strong protest of some of the New York papers against the tyranny of caste which it seems, is creeping into the public schools of that city; or, rather, we could scarcely have imagined that even ia the capital of shoddydom there could have been developed such a spirit as the New York Times speaks of and denounces. The rage for display, it seems, is so great among the girls at the public schools in New York that anyone dreased in a coEnpsrstivdly homely r

Qiaooer, however tidy and oeal, ia so taanted aad jeered at as to maka her cditiQuadcd a.& scboo! impossible. A case ia giveo iv which -the daugjaeera °f " a gepa_tleaiiii who ia moderately well ofi^ ba t lo^lend htrasel i ip the- fooleries of 4iess. ehbughc itidiepensable for m"etropoiUaa v aoh'ool-gifjs, wera persecuted from school Jo school till they have been obliged to givo up attendance altogether. In reply to a telegram forwarded to : the Minister of Public W6ria on behalf of ehe Westporfi Borough- Council, calling attention to the delays which have taken place in prosecuting the railway and protective works, a reply has been received by ehe Mayor, intimating that "no unnecessary delay " will take place. ;. The Juvenile Lodge of Good Templare, Westport, held a , " Bpelliog bee" on'Tueaday week. A Strong array of aspiring young onhographista wereput through their facings, and one bj one Succumbed (o Johnaoa'd Dictionary and greaidenfc Bro. Hudson's dictum. (For continuation of News see Jourtka«^eJ\