Huntsville gazette., 1890-03-01
MONTGOMERY.
Initial on the Negro Question.
Notes and Personal.

| quite dark and in some instances it
is. Yet there are, as my readers must
agree with me to some extent. class
of Negroes in this the Gland of cot
ton" that almost anything satisfies,
and they answer the question when
put to them show are you people
getting on?" "Oh finely. in fact
splendid" Then the world catches
on such answers and our Southern
Journals say that the Negroes, are
getting on well and the Southland is
the proper place for the darkey.
Why does he say he and his race are
doing 50 well? Simply because that
class, of which l speak, are the easy
kind to become content. Then there
is another class here who are not so
easily satisfied, and they are those
who are almost always called by
many as the grumblers. 1t is true of
some Of eur race IS is often said that
they are not money saving enough.
But tell me even if the negro saved
enough money to own one half of
any city south, and still was as he is
denied the true rights of citizenship,
could he or one of the class not so
easy satisfied be content or happy?
l say no. Remember the negro doe S
not ask to be given anything beca Sc
he is Negro but he asks the simple
rights Of a man or woman because he
is citizen, and when he knows that
such will he his fate here then the
entire race ill be happy and content
here where the broad Magnolia
blooms, and where cot ton is king,
but not until then. The men of our
race can by denying their manhood
get Oh very well, but how are our
women regarded by some of the 9TH
er races, and what must we teach our
ofsprings to do in order to have peace
| All! let our women think of their
conditions as to the general treat
ment they or some of them receive on
different occasionions, such as public
accommodations, and the many little
insults they receive and fear to re-
port to their fathers bro hers, or
husbands.
The great thing that I think we
must do is to begin to think of our
selves while the people Of the whole
country, are busily engaged in dis
cussing us. and see if we cannot find
out some plan to improve our candi-
tions and think such thoughts will
keep us engaged pretty lively for
quite while.
We could at least try to put a stop
to so many Of our children running
at large on the streets on the Sabbath
day engaged in blacking of boots on
the streets when they ought to be at
Sunday school or at home, I do not
know ifyour city can furnish SO much
of such as the capitol city, and 1 hope
not.
Mrs. Bishop Jones and Mrs. R. R.
Morris left for the 7th Gulf City on
the 25th to visit Mrs. Bishop G. G..
Petty.
Our city is getting good now, and
we are having Temperance meetings
almost every week.
Although the house is close to his
stable yet the sweet little babe was
not born in the manger, but fully in
sight Of it from the Dr's Room and
now to day DIR. Dorsette is the hap
piest man in town as he gazes upon
his second daughter.
We pity ye poor editor all alone in
your old back room, you had better
look about Old boy and if for nothing
else get wife SO you can stay at
home.
La grippe is boss here as we have
now about zoo cases in our city.
Old man Logan, Gorham, and
Billingslea, fare closely engaged men
ding their nets and looking over their
fishing tackle as dogwood blossoms
are coming out and the finny tribe
are just awaiting their prssnce by the
brookside.
We have now six colored letter
carriers and thov loooI- ,,,at o. rax