The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-05-24
ARP on THE NEGRO.
he Discusses Races and Human u,,,,
ltdntd Constitutions.

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TINS, Cass county, whose name was IT,, ~
oaTaa mrHihnls. He had plenty of what j,
viii s1ou morse sense, a determined
rnn m ,h anu abundance of prejudice. II,
run the j. T. machine in that ',ieestrict
lol aoout ~ years and his final Judge
meu. I'D case was the law of the settle
ment. No body dared to appeal or carr,
ine case up for fear of offending him and
losing the next case they had in his
couft' One time a feller sued anothe,
,eiier Tor the hire of negro. Judpe
iarrot was on one side, and Colonel Al,
ia johnston was on the other, and when
lne Judge started to read his law from
ureen'eaf on evidence, Colonel Johnson
stopped him, and made a point savino
that Mr.. Greenleaf was a yery smari
man, and had writ power of good law
put that he was yankee and living in
boston, and knew no more about hi1ino
niggers than 8 heather knows aboui
sunday. The old squire asked for ii,e
oook, and looking over the title page
saw t6at 1t was printed in Boston, and 20
ne ruled 1t out of his court, and Parrot
lost MS case. The squire said that Mr.
Greenleaf lived little too fur of to be-
familiar with the business.
| I've seen good many pieces of late
about the negro and the great southern
problem. The people up north begin 10
admit :hst they can't Gee througi It.
Ever since the war they have been
telling US what to do with the darkies
ana ihcy have been watching us to see
whether we did it or not, and they actu.
any think we would put 'em back in
slavery again il we could They are in
earnest about this business, reckon, for
some OF 'em die and leave whole passel
OF money for the poor nigger and Pm
glad of it. wish that more of 'em
would die and do the same thing. but
what rise to remark il this: Thew
know no more about the niger than
MT. Greenleaf did and their judgement
amt worth cent. wouldn't give a
fiarthlng for any mans judgement about
uarkeys who hadn't been born and raised
with .em and owned 'em. 1t takes a
long time to learn the traits and instincts
OF race of people. The yankee never
Will know what the niger is, for he
never knew him in a state of slavery.
Inc yankees who came out south fifty
year! ago, and domiciled with us, know
all about him, and will take their opin.
ION, but when hear these modern ones
philosophizing and debating about him
In a consequential manner, unconsci
ously raise my foot to kick somebody.
There are lots of folks up there about
Boston who are looking over their spec.
tacles at US, and didn't know they had a
IewksourIry almshouse. If they would
lower their sights they would have a
power OF work to do at home. l bought
a leather purse for Mrs. Arp the other
day and she wont use it for it came from
Boston and she is afraid it was made out
OF human hide that was tanned from
Iewksbury. Ben Butler is going for them
fellers and I'm watching him with faith
and confidence. He stood by Mr.. Davis
in all his tribulations anu haven't forgot
it and | never will. l would rather trust
him today than some of our own folks
who have been slandering Mr.. Davis
since the war. I've got no pathetic sen.
timents about the nigger. The yankees
passed whole lot Of amendments to ths
constitution 10 put him on au equal foot
ing with US socially and every other way
and they were the first to break 'em.
Nature fixes her own laws and we have
to conform to EN-. If the Indians had
been down here in place of the nieper
the whole yankee nation would have
been their friends, but now they are
their enemies and keep driving them
further and further into the wilderness
and cheating 'em out of all the govern
ment gives to 'em. We have got 10 study
races just like we do horses and cattle.
The anglo.saxon has got his traits and
instincts and 80 has the Indian and the
nigger, and the heather Chinee. We cuss
and discnss the Jeg, sad the Italisa, and
the Irish, and why shouldn't we consider
the nigger with the same philosophy.
Some folks seems to think we owe him a
good deal because he didn't cut up and
rip around during the war, but I don't.
He d;don: csre anything about it, and he
don't care now. 1t is not his nature. He
had little rather have master than not
to have him, and the truth is most of 'em
have got 'em aud they always will have
em. We are tired of all this nonsence
about slavery. Mr.. Waterson, of the
Courier Journal, says "it was foul blot"
and I've had less respect for Mr.. Waiter.
son since he said it for be knew better.
1t was no blet. 1t was nature. There
are heap of people now in the south
who look upon slavery like it was
Achan's wedge Of gold and perished un-
der the condemnation Of God and man,
but I don't want anybody to teach my
children any such ISLANDERS, for know it
was in the main a humane institution,
and if the nigger is any better of now
than ne used to Dc can't see. The
whites are better of, long ways, but
the uigger ain't. I've great respect for
the old time darkeys. I know lots of
'em would fight for. If I was to see
man impcsing on Mack Richardson, or on
my good old faithful friend Tip, l would
fight for 'em like would fight for my
children. love these good old darkeys.
Pm willing to live with 'em and die
with 'em, and be buried with 'em in the
same graveyard, and when Gabriel blows
his horn can rise from the dead with
'em without any fear that it will destroy
the hilarity of the occasion, As General
Toombs says. love these old time dar-
keys not as my equals, but rs love my
children. 1 love EN- because they love
me, and are dependent upon me. The
relation between the white and the black
race is by nature one Of protection on
the one side and dependence upon the
other, and when 1t ceases to be that,
have no use for the nigger. Itis, always
q pleasure TO me 10 befriend EN- when
they want my friendship and my help,
but when they aspire to be my equal and
put ON independent airs, I've got no fur.
ther sympathy. / have been raised 20
look upon negroes as children, children
in youth ard 10 manhood and old age.
l dident have sny hand in making 'em
that way. 1t is their human nature and
they can't help it, and l have sovereign
contempt for any effort that our people
are making to change their relation to
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