The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-02-12
APPS PHILOSOPHY.
THE GEORGIA SAGE DISHOURSEo
IN AN ERUDITE MANNER.

THE GEORGIA SAGE DISHOURSE@
IN AN ERUDITE MANNER.
Mss, .se rapers .ay-issw TheT Discuss
che Great Problems Of tho ray.
To read or not 10 read, that is the
easssion.
Nawspar-,s. I mean
Thc pars thal make Us mad
Or sad. Sometimes think man bad
better swesc off and reaG no politics
ps murders or other horrible things
10 domestic scandal-no hangiugs or
lynchings-sothing about the race
problern. or the tariff, or wonan's
rishts-nothiDg that will excite his
indignation OK keep bin from fesl-
;ax calm and serene. Sometimes I
neet s clever, hard-working county
.ss., who hasn't heard the news. and
envy him One asked me the other
day if Congress had begun to ship the
aissers 10 Afriky. But then we must
keep up with the times, or we will get
hshind. Isseems like We are living in
~ ensuy's country, and must keep
oosted and fortified. The newspapers
aSe our scouts, cur sentineis. They
hoist the 6snger Signals, and some
body must rss. them, Or the enemy
will sliu up oa us thought that we
were getsing along pretty we'll with
: tho yankees since henry Grady made
his Boston speech, and still believe
we have gained some ground, if We
can hold it. But it begins to look like
the mosa of cur northern brethren were
more in love wirh he boy than with
what he said. Most ali of them praise
Grady, but very few indorse his sentI-
menes. 1t is just like an earnest, elo-
quent lawyer pleading for his c!ieut
unit! the tears are seen falling from
the eyes of the jurymen, but they re-
tire and conyics his client all thesam
thought Jnat as the South was on
trial she was about to be acquitted
when Grady spoke, but alas, for us, ne
6ident have the conclusion Admira-
ton is short lived, and prejudice is
long. Even ingalls, praises Grady,
while he abuses the South and winds
rp with the dagger and torch. But
raer- is bigger sign than Ingalls,.
The northern press has alredy settled
down 10 it's usual business-no5 only
the Republican press bpt the religious
press.
Editors o: great papers either mold
the opinions of their resders, or they
reflect them some of them do both.
The preacher editors generally mold
them. They are a bold, aggressive
class. and hence the danger if they go
wrong. Dr.. Phelps is the president
of Andever college lie is learned
and notable man, aud whatever ne
writes for bis paper, The Congrega--
tionsliss," !" is taken by New England
s. the law and the testimony. His
readers will swear by his convictions.
In late number Of his paper hs ar
raigns the South and makes demands
upon US. He ridicules Grady's speech
as the ''eloquencc OF the banquet, as
q remarkable succession eff irrelevan-
ces," as the tickling with feathers
of only feathers weight" With the
GOODNESS and the arrogance of n king
he tells Us that we should refuse the
negro no place by reason OF his
color" And then he adds: 'is Geor-
gis doing this. we have a right
to ask? Is it her civil and her so-
cial policy to educate colored citi-
zens up to the level of the republican
ballot?"
Was there ever such ignorance and
impudence combined in great man.
Educate the negro to vote the repuoll-
can ticket! Good Lord and master,
why don't you educate Grover Cleve-
Land and Governor Hill and all the de-
mocrsts up North to do that? Why
d;dent YOU educate the negro before
YOU gave him the right to vote. Yes,
YOU may inquire, and you can keep on
tsouiring, and Georgia will keep on
attending to her own business. The
Rev. DR.. coatinues his impairment re-
marks and says: "Having educated
the negro to the level of the repubi-
can ballot, will you count the vote lflt
will elect?" Now, he reslly Delleves
that the negro vote is not counted IN
Georgia. He won't believe us when
we tell him that it is. He won't be-
lieye even the negroes when they tell
him so. have been watching and
wonderful. for twenty years to see g
negro intimidated al the polls either
directly or indirectly, and have never
seen cne-I have never seen his vote
rniscounted o. failed to be counted.
But we would like to inquire why you
suppressed and miscounted Saml }.
Tilden's vote asd stole the presidency
from him.
But what IS the use in quarreling
with suca fanatics? Here is the ne
gro, the happiest creature upon earth,
and the most contented, and away up
il New England you can hear the
hypocri;jcal "Vote, vote vote"-won't
educate the negro to vote the republi-
can ticket His precious vote is all
they are concerned about. 1t hasent
been bur forty four years since Rhode
island wouldn't let anybody vote un'
less ne was the oldest son and was
worth Sl34. That is what Appleton
ssvs in his biography OF Thomas e..
Dorr. And because Dorr called q con-
vention to change the constitution and
extend the franchise, they arres'
ed him and put him in the penitentlary
But the reverend doctor says that we
must not refuse the negro any place,
civil or social. He would invade the
sancsity of our homes and iresides with
philanthropy. He does not seem to
know or believe that the white repub,
licsns of the South are as much shock
ed at his demands as we are. He does
not know that the white people OF the
South are unit on the color line-the
separation Of tae races in schools ano
churches, anG hotels aud theatres
Here in my town are republicans witt
whom we affiliate and associate IN oul
CHURCHES, in our city councils anc