Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1879-03-19
The Vice Of Treating.

the very worst perVerSlOiS Oh thlS
benihcence may be found in that
degenerate custom commonly known
By the term "treating.' Possibly
its origin may be traced back to
spontaneous generosity, but if 10.
how widely has it divergrd from
the first principles of the admirable
virtue which gave it birth.
But who would have the effront.
cry to claim that it is u generous
motive which prompts men to tempt
their fellow mcni Strangely enough.
he il sometimes called IL warm.
hearted, whole. souled man who
leads his neighbor mp to the bar
and urges hun to partake of that
which may deprive of situation,
self.respect and repution. Rrilcr
ton does not improve the complex
ion of this worse than hnrlesque
upon liberality, to the sad effects OF
which there are thousands ot
wretched monuments to be seen IN
every large city.
Even though stripped of its ruin
Ously injurious features. the custom
of treating would yet he II ridicu
lous one. Imagine it's application
to the purchase of other conmodi'
ties than liquor and cigars. Think
how ludicrOus would be the propo.
sition of yonng man to his com
panion, while they were promcnad-
ing the pavement in the Arcade, of
such au idea as this:
"Aw, come along, SAY, and have
q pair of spectaclcs with me; | want
to wet this new hat"
What if one of n company ct
young gentlemen on the street
should say:
"Now, boys, want to set 'ein mp
for the crowd; come in and have n
chrome, or % bracket, or something
with me!'
Yet, which would he more valua.
Die to "a man and his family, chro-
mos, brackets, or even srectacles,
or liquor enough to make him
drunk!
II is n lamentable fact that
"treating" is a custom ns purely
American as it is ruinous III It's 1T.
feet. And yet, with this, rs with
many other injurious practices, pee
pie recognize and acknowledge their
evil influence and power, but VIII
not, abandon or condemn them he
cause they happen to he customs
largely observed by those who have
the name of being generous, and
stunned by the s;ingy and hard
listed class.-Rochester Democrat.
Tho Republican party is sorcly
bothered with the negro. The bal.
lot was presented to him that he
might re enforce the political
strength of the Republican party.
While this act was being performed
the "party OF humanity put it's
greedy hands in the ncgro's peck.
cts and stole all his HieHpy. Dis.
covering that the negro cannot he
depended OH to vote the Repubi.
can ticket, n leading Republican
candidate for the, Presidency in.
sists that he shall be DISTINGUISHED,
and has been backed by his party.
The latest Republican effort to
handle the negro question is the
proposition OF Senator Window to
take the negroes. bag and baggage,
out of the Southern States aud
plant them in the Northern States.
Then the negro appears on the
scene and objects, unless a whole
territory 10 given the race, where
they can be all to themselves and
get rid of their bogus Republican
friends. The Republicans may
writhe and grOan over this bust
ness, but they cannot dispose of
the negro in that way. They
might raise fund out of their own
pockets to put such negroes as are
willing to leave the South in Maine
or Massachusetts or Michigan, but
no Congress will vote a territory tor
the negroes or anything of the
kind. The negro has been given
abundant facilities for making
something Of himself, and where
he haa not been interfered with by
Republican thieves and pseudo phi.
lanthropists in the South, he has
done we'll. In Georgia, for in.
stance, the negroes own $4,000, 900
or 5000, 900 worth of property.
The negro will get along very well
in the South if he is treated like
other American citizens in that sec.
ton. The attempt of the Republi-
cans to deprive him of his ballot or