Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1874-06-18
Words of Wisdom.
Parson BrOwnlOw on the Bill TO
Encourage Riot and Chaos.
Time for the Negro Business to
Stop.

lished in Tuesdays Knoxville
Chronicle in answer to a recent
attack on him by Rev, Mr.. Bart
lett, President Of the Maryville
College, mixed school. He
says:
Il am opposed to this Civil
Rights Bill, because tits usur-
patton of rights and an oppres-
sion upon all classes Of white
people in my State and section.
But no feature Of it Is to me
more odious than that it is es-
pecially burdensome to the
poor white people, as l have al
ways been, because want their
children educated in the public
schools at the expense Of those
more fortunate than they, who
are able to send their children
to private schools, that / oppose
this oppressive and abomina-
BIZ usurpation.
'%Thc passage Of this Civil
Rights Bill will destroy the free
schools Of the State, as it ought
to, for it is better 20 have no
schools at all than such as are
arbitrarily dictated under this
bill. The mere threat to pass
it is the greatest insult and out
rage which has ever been at
tempted upon honest, hard
working people Of small prop
erty, or no property at all
The negro worshippers, who be-
licve that a poor white man in
( the South should not have equal
rights with the negro, and poll
ticians, who urge in ignorance
of the needs or in disregard of
the interests Of the people Of
the South, say to the poor white
men: We know yon do not
want to send your children to
mixed schools; we know if
Congress forces this measure
it will destroy the schools, but
you shall have mixed schools,O
none at all.
"The poor white trash of
Massachusetts, whence Mr..
Bartlett emigrated, may cover
and Weld to the insolent de-
mands of the politicians, but
the poor people of East Ten
nessee will never be driven like
sheep to the slaughter-pen by
any class Of politicians or by
any political party. They know
their rights and dare maintain
them. They have always been
followers, and they Will always
be such. Phe whole Southern
Confederacy could not subju-
gate them, and the small poll
ticians and demagogues OF their
own political faith can not do
it. Yes, Mr.. Bartlett, you can
rally the miscegenation and
white dodging politicians who
agree with you that poor white
people have no rights, and |
will meet yea with the honest
IIaborers and poor men, whose
rights are outraged and tram
pied upon by this abomination. "
He remarks: "The negro
now has the equal protection
of the laws. In other words,
he has equal political rights
with the whites. Besides this,
in all the Southern States he
has equal facilities for educa-
ton at the public expense.
though he does not pay one
tenth Of one per cent. on the
dollar of the taxes which are
collected to support the schools
No inyidious distinctions are
made against him. Education
in these States is ont of the
sphere Of politics. The negro
, is amply protected, and the n a.
tional Legislature should cease
Iegisiating on the educationa
: question and creating turmoil
/; and bad blood where progress
! and good feeling is being Sc.
e cured. For several years the
, greater portion of the time OF
4 our legislators has been occu
= pied in legislating for the ne
; gro race. Amendment after a
: mendment to the Constitution
: has been adopted, and law aftel
t law for the further protection OF
= the negro has been adopted, un
til he is now the political equa
: of the white man. Now tha
$ this has been achieved, the ne
gro business ought to stop
s The country at large is becom
ing disgusted with the effort
now being made to oppress th'
whites in the passage Of a bill