The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1889-11-01

r Frank Leslies's Illustrated Gazette,
9 which, until the detection Of liar.
lers Weekly, from the q. o. y. was A
: stauhch Democratic journal. publish
( es ~ a recent issue, Il long article en-
/, titled "Onr semi-ciiizens." from the
pen o! Judge Albion &. Tourger, aI-
nor OF "a fools Errand," and other
Republican tracts.
The two salient points of tho article
are, the great superiority, physical,
moral and intellectual, OF the negro
race over what he pleases 10 term
the poor whites" and the average
whi'e man." of the Sonth and that
The negro, IN tho struggle for exist
encc, is denied an equal chance, or, as
Judge Toargce expresses il, "a white
mans chance" The alleged supcri-
0fity of the negro over the ayeraOe
Southern white may be passed ovcr
win no further comment than TO refer
20 II as a piece OF %impudcnt assertion,
Dy which all assumed and %hypocriil.
cal love for the negro is made 10 ius-
tliv a positive and malignant haired
TO the white people of this section
10 The negrophilist, who, in cold
|N'f S"' NHoNAN = ICi buIbCIIOEIIN Inn !
wish is father TO the thought, and is
furthermore an absolute proof that he
carries in his heart M intense yearn-
Ing for our physical, moral and intel
lcctual degradation. And he lies if
he deny ii,
AS 10 The charge that in the strIly-
gle for existence the negro is denied a {
" white mans chance" it is false from |
Top II bottom as thoroughly satIra-
tel with stupid mcndacity as is Il wet I
with water, so glaringly I'M 6
true, indeed, is the statement that. .
we're II not for the fact that when men =
give themselves Ove to malice and :
late thcv lose sight of shame and rca- u
ION, one could hardly imagine such a Il
tatemeht had been made. And what 9
'rooi docs the writer adducc to sus- 81
am II Nothing beyond the fact b
hat we do not share with our coIorcd u
political office and honor. II q,
nothing to Judge Tourgec thai, in y
nc North, where reside the so-called :
'Vers OF justice, the white artizan
lonopollzes, to the absolute exclusion "
the negro, every branch and de. III
artment OF skilled labor. Among W
lese l0ud-mouthed apostles of equal "
ghts and fair play, "Cuffy" may cook tn
I'd wait IN table and black boots: al
, may even aspire TO be a coachman a
in livery and snobberv -.
beyond mere drudgery and men ~
service, which include the empty We
ght CT voting the Republican ticket. ou
ID no O!her, his ambition dare moi II
ar. Contrast his condition in thc Ih
NTH, where every avocation, with "a
sole exception of political prefer tn
is open TO him. In no Soutb. afr
n State Is there a single trade or ~,
Hing, from the highest TO the low vi;
!, III which the colored man is not r.
be found peacefully, profitablv and III
most instances, credilably pursuing ma
alocdlion, employed encouraged I'm,
q protected by The very men WHOM,
dye Tou,gcc aud others of similar our
lpi are doing their utmost to make am
hate. But the strongest refutatiou wi,
T%ourgGe's charge is 10 be- n,;
in his W words. He saws. -
roDably five time as large a pro- Isl
non OF The negroes as of the poor =
ties have bought themselves homes L
ing that interval" (Sincc Elnan- cas-
atom Now, grantiDgthe truth of RI
statement, would any ono, who is
her idiot nor liar, maintain that non
negro is denied AN equal chance tric
The poor whites? 1t he has
ned, and Tourgcc says he has
times as much rs the 'poor du
he must have had five times u.
bite mans chance! "
Oh, but doatcherSee," says the %
ned Judge, ''that this dispropor- oe
ate gain Is due to the physical. irC
al and intellectual superiority of
lcgro over The average Southern y
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