Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1881-02-17
For the SEAtINEL,


with a mule, than any other man
whom we have ever known:
He will kick at trifles at which
beast of less stupidity wou'd not
dream of kicking,-and when his
heel is once set in motion, no ttian
knoweth the day or hour when it
will cease. stao'e' 9t r11-
/, therefore, propose to give him
just one more tickle, then watch
him kick for my own amusement.
Having received SO severe
castigation by the prince of quill
drivers, for my first reply, it is
natural to suppose, 1 attempt my
second with more reluctance. "
l make no pretentions of such
natural gifts as he.-neither am l
half SO learned, for,
s. "ris known ne can speak Greek
AS naturally as pigs squeak,
And Latin is no more Giff1cile
Than to black bird tits to whistle.''
But I always propose to defend
myself even when attacked by a
giant. The alleged weakness in my
article was that l had made no is
sue of facts / thought that man
with much less sense than he claims
to have, could have seen at a glance,
that an issue of facts was not the
object, but was simply a personal
thrust for attacking dc personally,
for political purposes, which COM
mon decency, and very imperfect
knowledge Of social etiquette, OF
which he claims TO be champion,
would have taught him, that he had
no right to do.
"Bnt then he only stated facts,
and we ought not complain" Facts
which are harmless within them
selves, can be used in certain con-
nectien, or for such purposes, that
much harm may result from them.
Suppose that l had stated the
fact. that he had been seen at the
house Of certain disreputable ne
groes, there is nothing IN the state
ncnt of these facts,-but if / had
done so, to show that he had placed
himself OH social equality with the
would he not thought
that that there was something like
a coMpariseu, between himself and
the negroes ? He can call this the
product of a "Giseased Imagination, !"
it he wishes.
He asks Democrat to explain
the difference between preparing a
supper, and eating it with the nc
groes, and having the negroes to
prepare supper and eating 1t with
you. There is no ference, neither
is the question a relevant one, as
he had the fairness to state in his
first article that we did not eat with
the negroes.
1t required very little wisdom to
ask such question, and 1 vas sur
prised that the Squire should be
silly enough to ask the explanation
of question, which in no way had
any connection with the points at
iesac. But probably it arises from
his strong inclination to misrepre-.
sent facts. According to his reason
ing, a man, when dining, is always
affected by his surroundings, and
if, by chance, he should take din
ner in barn, he has placed him
self on a social equality with a
horse. The negro wedding was
nothing moro than what occurs in
almost every community among
the better class of whites.
We have precedcnts of men and
women, who are as great mentally,
and far superior morally to himself.
The mother of the bride tor re-
spectahi!ity, and neatness in house
hold affairs, has no superior among
her color in the township. And l
would here say that the white peo-
pie were never treated by the ne
groee, in the palmiest days of
slavery, with more marked prefer
ment thsa they were OH that oc-
casion. -.r 5..a 49,
Social equality WAS not approaced
in the remotest degree, nor thought
of by any one except the Squire.
might allude to much nearer
approach to social equality with
the negroes and Republicans, the
Squire included, but my object is
not to wound the the feelings of
ladies, nor Republicans, simply be-
cause they differ with me inpclitics.
Ny fight is with the Squire and
him only. .sao.se -. . ~~ar .4ai, =;
"They wero all Democrats" that
sounds the key note to all that has
been said IN regard to social cqualli
lty. He had bcasted that he would
carry the Clemmonsville box by 35,
or perhaps 40 votes, and eleven
was all he could count. HIS pride,
land great vanity was wounded. He
must have revenge, even at the ex-
pcnse of truth and respectable
ladies, Did Beast Butler ever
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