The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1890-02-13
ARP'S PHILOSOPHY.
THE GEORGIA SAGEDISOOURSES
IN AN ERUDITE MANNER.

o IN AN ERU UDlTE MAN \ CIR.
r Nhnt the rnpors Say Bew ts,sy Discus
-. Vhr Grent Problems uf the Uny.
TO read or rot TO read. that Is th
} question.
! Newspapers, | mean.
The newspapers that mako us mac
Or sad. Sometimes think man haC
, better swear OIL aud read no politics
"" murders or other horrible things
hO uumnstic scaudal--no hangings OF
lynchinya Hr'hing about tho race
problem, or the tariff. or loans
rights--nothing ,h2t vii excite his
indignation or keep him from feel
ing calm and ssrnnc. Sometimes
meet q clever, hard working roi.n:. 4
MAJ, who hash t heard the ncwa, nnd
L envy him One asked ne tho olher
llay If Congress had begun TO ship the
nigyers to Afriky. But hen we must
keep up with the times, or we will get
behind. 1t seems like VIC are living in
an enemy'6, couulry, an" must keep
posted and fortified. I'nU newspapers
are our 1cCuts, our s,rulinels. They
hoist the danger signals, and some
| body must rca them, or the enomy
will Sill up or uS. | Thought that we
were getting along pretty well with
Che yankees since Ucnry Grady made
his Boston spsech, and ( still believe
we have gained some gCound, if we
can hold it. But it begins to look like
the most of our northern brethren we're
more in love With ihC boy than with
what he said. Most all Of l,cn y" ii e
Grady, but very icw indvrse l.i5 e-nii..
mcnts. 1t is just like an carEcs:, cio-
quent lawyer plen,!ing for his client
| until the tears are seen falling frn.n
the eyes Of the jim !mcn, but they re
| tire and convict his client all the same.
| thought that as the South was on
trial she was about 30 be acquitted
when Grady spoke, hu; alas, for US, nc
dident have the conclusion. Aimira~
ton is short lived, aut preiu,.;ce is
long. Even Ingalls, prai.c5 Grady,
| while he abuses the South and winds
up with the dagger and torch. But
there is il bigger sign than Ingalls,.
The northern press has alrcdy settled
| down TO its usual buainess-not only
the Rcpubilcan press bat the religious
! press.
| Editors 0: great papers either mold
the opinions Of their readers, or lhuy
reflect them some OF them do buih
| Ihc preacher editors generally mold
them. They are q bold, aggressive
class, and hence the danger if they so
wrong. Dr. Phelps is the president
OF Andover college. He is learned
and notable man, and whatever he
writes for his paper, The Congrega-
tionaiist," is taken by New England
as the law and the testimony. His
readers via swear ~ !r;s <on' stiona.
In 81 late number of his paper Ia ar
raigns the South and makes demands
upon us. He ridicules Grady's speech
as 'he "eloquerce Of the banquet" as
n remarkable succession ef irrelevan-
ccs," 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" Aud then he adds: SIS Geor-
gia doing this, we have right
to ask? IS it her civil and her So
| clal policy to educate colored citi-
zcns up to the level Of the republican
| buliot?o
.-s Was there ever such ignorance and
impudence combined in a great man.
Educate the negro TO vote the repubi.
can ticket! Good Lord and master,
why don't you educate Grover Clevc-
| land and Governor Hill and all (hn de-
mOcrats up North to do tha,? Whv
dident you educate The negro h2tn. 4
you gave him the right TO vote. Yes,
you may inquire, and you can &c p on
inquiring, and Georgia will k.c,, OH
attending to her own business. The
Key. DIR. continues his impertinent re
marks and says; "Havin9 educated
the negro to the level Of tho republi-
can ballot, will you count the vote fit
will elect?" Now, ne really believes
that the negro vote is not counted in
Georgia. He won't believe us when
we tell him that it is. He wont be-
lieVe even the negroes when they tell
him SO. | have been Watching and
wondering for twenty years to see q
negro intimidated at the polls either
directly or indirectly, and have mover
seen one-I have never seen his vote
miscountcd o. failed to be counted.
But we would like to inquire why YOU
suppressed and miscountel Saml J..
Iildcn'S vote and stole The presidency
from him.
But wnat is the use in quarrcline,
with suCm fanatics? Here is The ne
gro, the happiest creature upon earth,
and the most cOntented, and away IN
in New England you can hear the
hypocritical 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 but forty -four years since Rhode
island wouldn't let anybody yoto un-
less he was the oldest son and was
worth $l34. That is what Appleton
says in his biography of Thomas G..
Dorr. And because Dorr called con.
vcntion to change the constitution and
extend the franchise, they arrest
ed him and put him in the pcnitentiarv.
But the reverend doctor says that we
must not refuse the negro any place,
civil or social. He would invade the
sanctity Of our homes and fresdes with
philanthropy. He does not seem to
know or believe that the white repub.
lic0ns of tue South are az much shock