The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-10-26
FEDERAL POINrITENIs.

| Frank T. Ienney arrived home from
/ ms trip North last week Thursday, look.
| ing fat and hearty. From his childhood
| he had been a stammerer, but took occa-
SION TO call at an intirmary in Philadel
! phla on his way to Vermont, where he
was treated for that trouble and en-
tlrely cured. With proper treatment,
every one afflicted with impeachment OF
speech can be relieved, as it is a purely
nervous affection, which can be con-
troilcd by the will, If rightly directed.
BY reading the papers l am very much
afraid the new Constitution will not be
adopted. l infer that the Democratic
party Is not eolld on its adoption, while
the Republican party is almost solid
against 1t. II Is rather a serious matter
70 be continually changing the organic
law, and did hopO that when change
was made, II would be a radical one one
that would wipe out the glaring defects
Of the old one, but it seems the Demo-
cratic party are not ready to 30 to the
tull length of their professed principles,
and nave therefore presented a sort of
compromise document that really salts
lies no one. Well, If the new one is re-
Jected, we shall have to try it over again,
and possibly by that time the whites will
not be so much afraid that the ignorant
blacks viii get complete control of the
government, even if we do have consti-
tuition that will allow the people to elect
their own local officers, as they are now.
Your criticism of Breads circular, call
ing Republican mass meeting at We
TAXA, was good. l have no sympathy
with this childish class feeling, or the
fear that ignorance can ever supersede
or control intelligence. If we have the
colored mans vote his vote will count as
much as the white mans vote. He
places il in the same box on the same
day and for the the same candidate.
Then why should the whites, who desire
the black mans cooperation, childishly
manifest such spirit of contempt and
antagonism OF his workers as to force
him TO back seat in political gatherings
where he is equally interested with the
,nobIer race White people all over
the South employ negro servants in their
household affairs. The little colored
children will play with the white ones
al! day long, while the head of the family
Will ask Gods blessing on what negro
woman has prepared for his Dime. yet,
when the family get on their best clothes
and go away from home. they turn UP
their noses with terrible sniff if they
find co!ored person riding in tho same
car, or by chance catch one eating half
cooked meat at the end of an old rough
political barbecue, If white man is at
the other end of it. Such feelings are
childish and bemean those who indulge
in them. There is no such thing as $50
cial equality" nor ever will be, and as
long rs the white race dominate in intel
ligence, they will exert the greater
power. When the colored man outstrips
the white man in mental ability then he
will dominate, and not before. It there
fore seems absurd at this day for the
whites TO manifest the feeling they APP
pear TO have that the blacks are trying to
force upon them social equality.
Saturday night this little community
was startled by the news that Mr. Is. L.
Drake, who has been in poor health for
several weeks, and has gone TO Palatza
for medical treatment, is dead. He was
young man, full of vigor. Il new conner,
having been in the State only about two
years, who, by his energy, was rapidly
building up q fine home for himself and
his young family. He leaves a wife and
one little child TO mourn his loss, besides
the whole community, who. deeply
mourning his loss. extend to the bereaved
family their most heartfelt sympathy.