The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-02-13
BILL ARP'S PHILOSOPHY.
Atlanta Consultation.
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| Newspapers, l mean.
| The newspapers that make us mad or
sad. Sometimes I think man had bet
ter swear off and read no politics-no do.
mestic scandal-no hangings or lynchings
nothing about the race problem, or the
tariff, or woman's rights-nothing that
will excite his indignation or keep him
from feeling calm and serene. Sometimes
meet a clever, hard.Working country
man, who hasent heard the news, and !
envy him. One asked me the other day
if congress had begun to ship the negroes
to Afriky. But then we must keep up
with the times, or we will get behind. 1t
seems like We are living in an enemy's
country, and must keep posted or forti-
fed. The newspapers are our scouts, our
sentinels. They hoist the danger signals,
and somebody must read them, or the
enemy will slip up on US. I thought that
we were getting along pretty we'll with
the yankees since Henry Grady made
his Boston speech, and I etill believe We
have gained some ground, if we can hold
it. But it begins to look like the most
of our northern brethren were more in
love with the boy than with what ne said.
Most all Of them praise Grady, but very
few indorse his sentiments. 1t is just
like an earnest, eloquent lawyer pleading
for his client until the tears are seen fall
ing from the eyes of the jurymeu, but
they retire and convict his client all the
same. I thought that as the south was
on trial she was about to be acquitted
when Grady spoke, but alas, for US, he
dident have the conclusion. Admiration
is short lived, and prejudice is long.
Even ingalls, praises Grady, while he
abuses the South and winds up with the
| dagger and the torch. But there is a
bigger sign than Ingalls,. The northern
press has already settled down to its usual
business-not only the Republican press,
but the religious press.
Editors of great papers either mold the
opinion of their readers, or they reflect
them, some of them do both. The
preacher editors generally mold them.
They are bold, aggressive class, and
hence the danger if they go wrong. DR..
Phelps is the president Of Andover Col.
lege. He is learned and notable man,
and whatever be writes for bis paper,
"The Congregation.ilst, is taken by New
England as the Law and testimony. His
readers will swear by his convictions In
a-late number of his paper he arraigus
the south and makes demands upon US.
BE ridicules Grady's speech as the "elo-
quence Of the banquet" "as q remarkable
succession Of irrelsvances," as the Click
ling with feathers of only feathers
weight" with the GOODNESS and arrogance
of king, he tells US that ne should
"refuse the negro no place by reason of
his color" And then be adds: "Is
Georgia doing this-we have the right to
ask7 Is it her civil aud her social policy
to educate the colored citizen 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 republican
ticket. Good Lord and master, why
don't you educate Grover Cleveland and
Governor Hill and all the Democrats up
north to do that2 Why dident you edu-
cate the negro before you gave him the
right to vote. Yes, you have the right
to inquire. and you can keep on inquir.
ing, and Georgia will keep on attending
to her own business. The Rev. DR..
continues his impertinent remarks and
says: "Having educated the negro to the
level of the Republican ballot, will you
count the vote if it will elect 2" Now,
he really believes that the negro vote is
not counted in Georgia. He won't be.
lieve US when we tell him that it is. He
won't believe even the negroes when they
tell him 80. have been watching and
wondering for twenty years to see negro
intimidated at the polls either directly or
indirectly, and I have never seen one-I
have never seen his vote miscounted or
fail to be counted. But we would like to
inquire why you suppressed and mis-
counted sam'l. J. Tilden's vote and stole
the presidency from him.
But what is the use in quarreliug with
such fanatic. Here is the negro the hap
piest creature upon earth, and the most
contented, and away up in New England
you can hear the hypocritical howl of
"Vote, vote, vote"-won't educate the
negro to vote the Republican ticket. His
precious vote is all they are concerned
about. It hasent been but forty. four
years since RHODE Island wouldent let
anybody vote unless he was the eldest
son and was worth s134. That is what
Appleton says in his biography of Thorn.
as O. Dorr. And because Dorr called q
convention to change the constitution aud
extend the franchise, they arrested him
and put him in the penitentiary. But
the reverend doctor says that ne must
not refuse the negro any place, civil or
social. He would invade the sancity of
our homes and .fresides with his phi.
lanthropy. he doe. not seem to know or
believe that the white Republicans!of the
south are as much shocked at bis demand
as we are. He does not know that The
white people of the south are unit on
the color line-the separation of the races
in schools and churches, and hotels and
theatres. Here in my town are Republi.
CANS with whom We affiliate and associate
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