The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-08-10
WHITTAKEIR'S LECTURE.
%" Say, - Cadet from Er"rpia Treated
Him i:"it'r Than til" Yankees.

WA~niN"ruN, July -. Cadet Whit
tah"r i"clurrd last night in Baltimore,
.I- u,irc, hiur "'oOr line IL the Ma
tIuii'- school. He wanted i, understood
that he did not lecture :or amusement,
Tor there wa- no Amusement in lrcturing.
IL" did II 10 obtain means tu finish his
education AMI tn ,.acc his case properly
h"iOrc the i'"np.C There Was no such
lining a. ncial equality, bat true mankind
would assert it.c,iundcr al circumstances
The c"i"rcI people lave entered the
army and assisted in fighting the battles
Di the country. They are tax payers as
well ~ voters, and under the law they
have the same right tn 20 TO West Point,
but they lay" Il tough time when they
get there. lie was assaulted because he
iiai but one drop Of American blood
IN hi. veins, and was then accused of
having done the deed himself Every
man IL West Point was against him. a
PARTISAN aud prejudiced court tried him,
and partisan court convicted him. du.
ring all of which time his friend, X. II.
'irrcncr, WAS the only person that stood
by him. When he reached West Point,
and went To the barracks to give his
nam", one Of the cadets said. Are you
III" ni"g"r that. coming here ," anI he
replied that he Vas colnrr'!. = cadet
from SOUTH caln!ifia jriucd in a:mi said
he would leave the academy before he
would march by the side Of Il niger.
When he went to tie mess nall some one
cried out "Whrrc is The niggci won't
you show him to me q aud another re-
Piled There he i, !".:'ting to the lec-
turrr When Il, thu ,ahi, one would
sit hy him. lie asked f,r 4 spoon. and a
cadct from Georgia handed him one,
whercupon man from New York said to
him: did you hand that niger n
spoon" lie said he only did it through
p0litcncSs. 30. said the lecturer, the
man from the great Southern State of
Georgia il was more kind 10 me than the man
from the great free State IF New York. AZ
ter leaving the mes; hall, Il cadet officer
said :, him: III you are found deficient,
rs hope to God you will be, you will
then be returned from whence you came"
The same officer came into his room at
night, and told him il hi, bed was hard
he could spread his b!ankct on the floor.
The next day Il man from, PENNSYLVANIA
informed him that they had been order.
ell by the cadet officers to have moth ing
to say To the negro lie was utterly
alone. Not one person save the cad, t
officers spoke to him, and their words
we're harsh and grating. When the ex-
animation took place they found he was
among the elect, and tho cadet officer in
whose ranks he WAS marched was iecred
1T for having n white elephant" The
officer told him he would not be able to
touch more than one man. When riding
out to drill none would ride by his side,
and none would join hands with him,
notwithstanding hrjoinng of hands was
called for by tho drill. He simply stood
among them, but was not Of them. Some
would not pass him anything Mt the table,
and when in, church mt worship they
wonl'l get up and leave The seat OH which
hc wa, sitting. If he went into Il tent
where n cadet WIS sleeping, the latter
would get up and go ont rather than
sleep where he was. The professors had
said That no negro, after Flippcr, should
ever graduate nj that academy, and not
one Of them had ever given him Il kind
word
lie spoke II length Of the assault made
upon him by three masked men, who
tir'i him to bcdstead, split his ears and
otherwise maltrcatcd him. They then
accused him of committing The assault
upon, himself, and so, testified 1T the
S'hi 1 iltI Iiuls tlf = : wv y
The Boston llipt says:fsi! Jacobs Oil
stands without an equal. T., aAG
= There were fifty fours deaths from
yellow fever in Havana for the week end
ing last Saturday. :. =, ,-I r-l
A Wisconsin boy won wager with
a playmate by holding his foot longest
OH the rail ahead of locomotive but
he will hobble on crutchcs the rest nfhis
life. '1E2G IT S5EI3GGIfs 2
The little town OF Walden, Ga,
seven miles below Macon, has sold up to
this time $4,000 (net) worth of water.
melons. The sales one day amounted to
$536. ,-T .,,
= Uncle Rcmus: ALOhiov q dog is.
property. In Georgiaa hesis generally,
proprietor. To comel IdoWn JtoA round
figures, seven bob tailed cnrs ,ili Georeia1
are worth more than all the shceh n the
State pu, together.
= \ Washington letter says: presi-
dent Arthur drove out for the first time
yesterday in his new RIG. the most stylish
four hand turnouts eyer seen in this
city; The horses areS bays, the. harness