The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1883-05-24

Some thirty years ago there was a
dogmatic old squire in the 18th dis
trict Of this, Cass county, whose
name was Jim 3IcGinnis. He had a
plenty of what is callnd good horse
sense, a determined will and album
dance of prejudice. He run the J.
Z. Machine in thai district for about
% years and his final Judgement in
a case was the law of the settlement.
No body dared to appeal or carry TIE
case for fear of offending him and
losing the next case they had in his
court. One time teller sued au-
other Teller for the hire of negro.
Judge Parrot was on one side, and
Col. AIDA johnson was on the other.
when the Judge started to read his
law from Greenleaf on evidence. Col.
Johnson stopped him. and NAL a
poin saying that Mr. Greenleaf was
very smart man. and had writ a
power Of good law, bat that he was
a Yankee and lived in Boston. and
knew no more about hiring niggers
than heather knows about Sunday.
The old squire asked for the book,
and looking over the title page saw
that il was printed in B ston, and so
he ruled it out Of his conrt, and Par
rot lost his case The squire said
that Mr. Gree1leaf lived little too
far off to be familiar with the bust
ness.
I've seen a good many pieces of
late about the negro and the great
southern problem. The people ND
north begin to admit that they cau't
see through it.
Every since the war they have
been telling us what to do with the
darllies and they have been Watching
us to So we done it or not. AMI
they actually think we would put EN-
back in slavery again if we could.
They are in earnest about this bus
mess. IreckOn, for some Of them die
and leave a whole passed. of money
for the poor negro and I'm glad Of
/ it. | wish few more Of them would
die and do the same thing, but what
l rise to remark is this: They know
no more about the negro than Mr..
Greenleaf dill and their Judgement
amt worth q cent. | wouldn't give
a farthing for any mans Judgement
/ about larkevS who ha Init been bora
and raised with 'em and owned 'em
IT takes o long jima 20 learn the
traits and instincts of "A race of peo-
pie The Yankee never will know
what the negro is for he never knew
him in a state Of slavery. The van
KEGS who came out south fttv years
ago, and doniciled with MS, know all
a5out him. and | Will take their
opinion. but when [ hear these mod
eru ones philosophising and debating
about him III consequential man
ner, [ unconsciou5ly raise my foot
to kick somebody There are lots
Of folks up there about Boston who
are looking over their spectacles
! at us, and didn't know they bad
/ Tewkshurv almshouse If they
would lower their sights they would
have = power at home. | bought
leather plrse for Mrs Arp the other
dav aud she won't use it for it came
/ from Boston and she is afraid it was
made out of human hide that was
famed from Tewksbury Ben Bu5-
tier is going for them tellers and I
am Watching him with faith and con
fdence. He stood by Mr.. Davis in
all his tribulations aud l haven't for
got it and l never will. | would
rather trust him to day than some of
our own folks who have been slan-
derjng Mr. Davis since the war. I've
got no pathetic sentimeuts-about the
Niger The Yankees passeda whole
lot Of amendments to the constitu-
ton to put him on an equal footing
with us socially and every other way
and they were the first to break en-
Nature fixes her own laws ana we
have to conform to them. It the
Indians bad been down here in place
of the uigoer the whole yankee ia
ton would have been their friends,
nut now they are their enemies and
keep driving them further and fur
tier into the wilderness and cheat
ing 'em out of all the government
gives to EN-. We have got to study
races Just like we do horses and cat
tie. The anglo saxon has got his
traits and instincts and so has the
Indian aud the niger, and the
heather Chinee. We cuss and dis
cuss the Jew, and the Italian, and
the Irish, and why shouldn't we
consider the niger with Che same
philosophy. Some folks seems 10
think we owe him a rood deal be-
cause he dident cut up and rip aroua1
during the war but | don't He
dident care anything about it, and
he don't care now. 1t is not his ma
ture. He had little rather have a
master than not to have him and the
truth is most of EN- have got 'en
and they will have EN-. We ar,
tired Of all this nonsence about sla-
very. Mr.. Watterson, of the Cour.
rier Journal, says sit was foul blot
and I've had less respect for Mr.
Watterson since he said it for he
knew better. Il was no blot. Il
was nature. There are a heap O
people now in the south who lool
upon slavery like it was Achan',
wedge ofgold and perish under tho
condemnation of God and ,,,o,, h,,.