The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-08-07
ARP AND THE NEGRO.
Ho Believes In the Growing Power OF the
Race.

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ho Believes In the Growing Power OF the
| Race.
was riding along on the railroad the
other day. when we stopped at q station
| and O Golored "scurehion" got on and
settled down all around me. Thoy were
we'll dressed and well behaved, Jut when
the conductor came along after tickets
two ofthem had no tickets and no
money. He stopped the train in the
woods and put them of. I was sorry for
the. rascals, for they did want to 20 40
bad. asked some of the crowd why
they dident lend them some money, and
they showed their pearly teeth and said
I'VE knows dem niggers; dey nebber
pay. back. Dem nigger's like broke
bsnk-dey owes everybody now. Dey
just tryin' to slip and Glide along, tink
de conductor no find 'em. You know,
boss, dar Is always somo sheep among de
goats" Well, there are, and sometimes
l think the 'darky expressed it right,
though he dident mean it. There are a
power Of goats in this sublunary world.
and if it was not for few sheep scatter.
ed, society aud law and order would be
in bad fix.
But I like the nigger. I like him
better than did ten years ago. T can
look back and remember what he was
soon after the war, and am satisfied he
Is improving. He works better and Ia
more respectful. He has almost quit
politics and settled down to his natural
condition. don't know so we'll about
the towns and cities, but the country
niggers are doing very we'll where they
are mixed up with white folks in the
right proportion. Most all negroes are
good natured, and love to depend on the
white man, but the white man must treat
them fairly and kindly, and act like he
was not only master but friend. The
negro is conscious of his inferiority and
ia content with it. He likes man who
orders him around in dignified way
better than k.an who puts himself on
an equality with him. The white man
was born to command and the negro
knows it. The white man ranks him.
and rank is thing recognized and sub.
mitted to everywhere, and has been in
all ages. and 1t Is right. Rank is the
safeguard of the social circle. I rank
some folks and some folks rank me, and
we are all happier and feel more at ease
IN our circles than in those above us. I
was once invited to party in fashion.
able. city, and there were distinguished
gentlemen there and splendid ladies, and
1 put on my very best behavior, and after
while lady friend called me out on tho
varandah and laugingly told me that the
hostess, q lovely and accomplished lady,
said to her: "Oh, my dear, 1 do feel 80
much relieved, for ddent know MIR.
Arp and was afraid he was rough and
common, and wouldent know how TO
behave in THIS elegant company, but I
find him to be o perfect gentleman
You see they ranked me and I knew It,
but l came out pretty we'll. When told
Mrs. Arp. about 1t she said: "Well, I
don't wonder. at 1t, for you write 80 much
think we are all crackers." Then she
don't care. know what yon are, and tia
nobody's business. We eau have gentle.
men here as we'll as there. Some folks
don't know gentleman when they sea
him." "But you do, my dear" said /.
"You always did. You had that EnoVl.
edge away back yonder, and that is the
reason YOU"
"Never mind that now," said she:
"shas will DC, The tesk oe ..s ars y1,;s.
taken sometimes" And She resumed
her work.
The negro is good invention, and he
will continue to be good as long as he is
negro. When they try to set him up
with hifalutin education and make q
white man Of him, he becomes o new
creature and public nuisance. The
colored colleges are turning out q smart
set every year, but where are they and
what are they doing. The men are vaga-
bonds, and the women are-welI, ask
anybody who knows. a man said 10 me
not long ago that the fact that the negro
was capable Of high order OF education
was proof enough that they ought to have
it. There was an educated hog exhibited
in Rome some years ago, and he could
spell your name with cards, and tell the
time of day ON watch. SO I suppose
we ought to set up all the hogs in
school house. /. :, /.
Now, the negro IL q distinct creation t;ao of f
the Almighty, and has original traits s.;::
instincts as all the mixed nations nnys.
He loves the present good, aud has no
morbid desire to accumulate riches.
Unlike the white man he rarely cheats
or swindles anybody. Cheating, s7ind-
ling, overreaching, deceiving Is the sin
of our raee-the foundation of all the
civil snits In our conrts-bus the negroes
don't do it. They are more SHINING
against than SHINING In that regard. The
white man will steal on large scale IL
he ia mean enough to steal aE all. The
more he gets the better satisfied he is.
But the negro wont. He wouldent rob
bank. If he found o pocketbook with O
big roll of money in It he would take It
TO some white man but he will pick up
little things like a chicken, or bushel Of
corn, or o dollar, or q breastpin with
serene and peaceful conscience. Small
pilfering ID the extent of his capacity
aud the extent Of his inclination. when
my darky finds O. hens nest aud brings
me half the eggs I thank him. When
our cook hides away q, little -four Mfs. !
Arp shuts: her eyes and Gays nofhfng, for
It hurts their feelings go bad to be sccus.
ed when they are guilty. q s. :. q. 5,5 Il
But for hard work, contented work.
humble work, who could take their places
on the farms and on the draYs, and the
steamboats and the railroads sS Who
would do the white mans Bidding with
SO little murrnuring and 60 much cheer
fulness? ? The negro isstilI an Important
factor in our southern homes and eouth.
ern industries, and / hope he will Senaih.I
He is grated on 20 the soiitherI tfess
Other nations have been transpJanted. 7
and live and prosper. Tho jews, iiss
the missletoe, fastsn and feed upon every
tree, but they have pteserved their habs
its their religion and their; natl ionaiity.
Then let the negro alpfie q. NY faith is5
that q wise Providence Sw III take care Of
him and Of us. s! IS fss