West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-12-12
A THANKSGIVING LETTER.

day IN the year, "Thanks for past
fayors." truly hope as the great
est nation on earth we may ever
have renewed cause for gratitude.
With the rosy sunshine of Califor-
MIA, / tried to enumerate the more
tangible and some of the poetical
subjects for heart felt thanks. But
| will let the festive minister alone
in his glory in enumeratIng the
above, and now, when the shades Of
evening are around me, / will speak
of a few matters personal and ma
tional for which | am not truly
thankful
l.. j have an liberated tooth and
a cheek that parodies that of the
sphinx. Such a misfortune is very
annoying to such a famous lion
among the ladies as We all do know
that | "a one time -
2. A villain, by the beard of
Blackstone, has dumped part of
my ranch OF 160 acres. ! am not
thankful that the great U. $. gov
eminent welcomes wild Arabs or
any other kind of land starved for
eigners to come in and by perjury
attempt to dis-possess American
born citizens.
3. This number is national. /
am not thankful for the tyranny of
wealth ove its servant, poverty. l
am not thankful for the deception
practiced by politicians. l am not
thankful for West Virginia's black
eye to prohibition. l am not thank
full that "Wine is a mocker," and
an army Of men"deceived thereby"
are enlisted as brutes every year.
| am not thankful that the pure vir-
gins of society hold up their white
skirts for decency's sake, and let
the s~oiled-dove sisters go down to
what was once called hell. as fitting
companions to the drunkard. / am
not thankful for those national sins
engendered of that ultra-holy spirit
which is helpless in it's pride and
heartless to do anything for fallen
humanity.
A. Last of all, | am not thankful
for those great dangers winch
threaten the integrity of the Union
framed by our forefathers. l will
only now speak of one, the antago-
nism of different races, and then l
will shut my unthankful mouth,
and wish your thoughtful readers
god-speed throughout life, which
itself should be one perpetual
thanksgiving.
The race question There is one
superior race, he Caucasion. There
are other inferior races. l am not
thankful for the troubles that infe-
rior C have visited upon us. l
am not thankful for the Chinaman
nor Indian. 81 was opposed to
secession, opposed to the war, and
rejoiced at it's close" is an ~inscrip-
ton on II of Preston county's
honored grayes-had | been older,
l would appropriate that sentiment
and say in addition thereto, / was
not thankful for slavery, the cause
of all Il national val during those
five dark, dreary years. I was not
thankful for Negro suffrage. Sla-
very was an extreme mistake follow
ed by the other extreme mistake
the supposed correction of q black
ballot. | hold this to be a self evil
dent observation, that no two races
superior ard inferior-cnu live
p~eaceably and prosperously in the
full enjoyment Of political ard civil
rights, without amalgamating and
amalgamation means deterioration,
and negatives the proposition. 1t ls
said that in Mexico the races (but
they are mixed) live together in
comparative harmony. SO may it
be, bot there is lack Of respect on
the part Of the superior race, and
ignorance has eclipsed the escuich-
con Of the Mexican republic, and so
of the South American republics
generally. Education is no remedy.
Education increases self respect, and
intensifies personal sensitiveness.
The differences Of the races are
constitutional. Education dcyel-
opes individuality. The erudite
New Highlander and the educated
black cannot be as near peers as
men. aq oau tho H~oftoufof ovd he