The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-12-20

dred who knows when lie has got
enough and ought to divide his
supplies. 1900 years ago the love
of money was said to be the root Of
all evil, and it is yet. There has
been no change in that. There are
good people and bad people, just
as there used to be. Some are
kind and generous and some are
selfish and unforgiying. phe race
is powerfully mixed. There used
to lie hewers Of wood and drawers
OF water and there are now and al
ways will be | reckon. Some yes
sells are for honor and some for dis
honor. There sjust as much crime
IN proportion to population as there
was a hundred years ago, but we
are growing smarter all the time,
smarter in crime and vice is we'll as
in books and knowledge. Tie devil
keeps up his corner pretty wei.
Dir. Beecher seems to have no
objection to 2 white woman marry
ing a negro if he wants to, but he
thinks Mormonism ought 10 be sup
pressed. l don't know whether
it is the religion OF the Mormons
that excitss him Or t:seiT iiay-
ing more than one wife. II it is
the latter, there is some atone
ment in the fact that they did
it openly and publicly and not Oh
the sly. But to tie southern mind
there is something more horrible
and disgusting than Mormonism,
and that is the amalgamation that
he says he has no objection to. We
object, and we object SO earnestly
that it will not be tolerated. We
know that it is against the order
Of nature-against the fitness of
things, and we denounce it. Mr..
Beecher is still a fanatic and his
sensibilities to public dccency are
blunted. Dir. Beecher would en-
courage the negroes TO aspire
to social equality with the whites,
and we denoance that. The tenn
per of our people is kind-yery
kind--to-the north; but the same
temper was exhibited the other
night at DeGive's, when the de-
cision ofthe Suprme Court at Wash
ington was announced which de-
clared the law unconstitutional.
We did rot need that decision for
the law has been q dead letter north
and south. but it has proved that
the federal court has sense and
judgment. All that we want is to
be let alone and the negro problem
will solve its1lf. It's solving ROW.
They have gone to work and quit
politics. The few who got co.,
lege education are still runnin:; :;
about and Lunting for Office, bat
one by one they drop in the chain
gang for some rascality. The
masses of item are doing better
than they have done since the war.
Some newspapers say they are ac-
cumulating property. Where, 1
would like to know? Not about
here, and nowhere else that I go.
Now and then you find one who
saves something and invests it, but
they are scarce to scarce to make
mark upon the race. It is not
his disposition t. accumulate. lie
loves to work ant he loves to spend,
and he enjoys what he spends.
This is his natpr.. He is on one
extreme and the white man en-
another. The wi..te man lays up
something for winter and hard
times and shoes and blankets and
wood. But the average negro don't
consider any future further off than
next Sunday, l do not know a
single one in my ncighborhood who
has made any provision for the COM
ing winter. 'rhey know that they
have strong arms and can get a
dollar q day whenever the meal tub
is emnty and so they laugh and
sing and joke and eat and sleep
and live without care or apprehen-
sion. Sometimes I wish l had a
little of their don't care. Maybe
the wrinkles and crows feet
wouldn't come so fast. The negroes
never did want social equality.
They don't want to worship If our
nor set st our tables.
The only darkics who tried to do
so were hunting money without
work. They were educated vaga-
bonds. This dscision will have a
good effect upon that class. NowI l
hope the Spring field Republican
will let us and Our negroes alone.
They have got nothing to do with
us. Let 'em tend to their own ne
groes and we will tend to ours. If
I lived in q State that had four
thousand paupers and three thou
sand white conyicts, | would sing
low about crime and morality. Ii
those Tewksbnry folks haven't got
nig5ers enough to work on let 'em
move down south and then they
can sing the old song:
.'If he dies I'll tain his skin,
And if he lives I'll work him again."
BILL ARP.