The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-11-28

BILL ARP.
Philosopher Arp on the Negro Race.
atlanta Constitution.

Philosopher Arp on the Negro Race.
atlanta Constitution.
| We aee that the negroes have called a
great national convention to meet in
Nashville, and their purpose is announc.
ed. They are going to demand more
rights and more money. They want rep
resentation in the courts as judges and
jurors and attorneys; they want to be
members of the legislatures in proportion
to their numbers as compared with the
whites they have revived the old revo.
lutionary war cry oftaxation without rep
reseptation they demand more liberal
division of the public convicts, the aboli-
tion of lynch law, and more consideration
from railroads and steamboats, and the
hotels.
All this would be very funny if these
negroes were not backed up by northern
philanthropy and fanaticism. The white
race of the South are not in. the least
alarmed about these demands, but it does
trouble US to know that 80 many of our
northern brethren are still pleading their
malice or their fanaticism about the ne.
gro. 1t passeth all understanding. If
they showed the same kind consideration
for the Indian or the Chinaman, or the
Mexican or the negro in Hayti, or St.
Domingo or Africa, we could understand
them and apologize for them, but they do
not In fact, they show morepity for the
southern negro than for the poor and the
distressed at their own doors. a young
man from our town writes from Massa.
chusetts that collection was taken up
last Sunday ID the church that be attend.
ed for the poor oppressed negroes of the
south. He says that everybody thinks
that way, and there is no llse talking TO
them. They believe that we have got the
negro down in the dust of misery and de.
spair-white heels on black necks-and
they would rejoice to see the picture re-
versed. Sometimes New England man
strays off and ventures down south, and
our climate or our mineral treasures or
something else induces him to stay and
risk his life among US, aud the longer he
stays the better he likes US, and after
awhile he gets acquainted with US and
with our negroes too, and writes back to
his kindred very favorable letters and
tells how the southern darkey is the hap.
piest and most contented creature upon
the earth, and his own kindred won't be-
lieve him and will sigh and say "poor
Tom, they are fooling him awfully," aud
if poor Tom falls in love with one of our
girls and narries her they are horri6cd
and say "well, the devil has got Tom now,
sure enough" This is fact-I know it
to be sony own father married aid
lived here over fifty years, and he was
never able to convince bis ogn yankee
kindred but what be bad bartered his
conscience away for curse and had the
sin of slavery resting cn his soul. One by
one his brothers came out and sister and
married here aud lived and died here, and
they all fell into lue and those who got
rich enough 10 buy negroes bought them
and 80 did all the other yankees who
care south half a century ago. The fact
is, New England yankee can come down
here and live with our people until he
becomes very sensible and a very clever
sort of man. Long association with
good people has a wonderful effect upon
folks. Even the yankee school marms
who came down in a sort of missionary
way with an eye to business dident teach
long, for our widowers picked them up
and married hem, and they soon fell into
line aud could make darkey step around
with alacrity. It's the funniest thing in
the world to notice The department of
fresh northern man to our negroes when
he first lands among US, and to notice the
change that comes over him by degrees
as he becomes acquainted with the pecu.
liar institution The negro don't care
cent for his pity nor his politeness. The
negro had Just as leave be called Joe or
Jack, as Mr.. johnson or MIR. Jackson.
If be gives the darkey dime the darky
has no feeling of gratitude aboutit, butts
like one of our chaps when he was small.
His grandmother sent him some ginger
cakes, aud his mother asked him what
message he was going to send back to i-er
and be replied, with his mouth full:
"Tell her to send me some MORE" Not
long ago northern man, who was as
kind and clever as he could be, hired
about fifty negroes to dig in his mines, and
while digging they struck Up corn
shucking sing song tune, and their picks
came down in harmony, and as it was
slow tune there was slow work. This did
not suit the lively ideas and quick step of
their employer, and be told the boss to
stop their singing. That night about
half of hem wouldn't work for no
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