The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-06-09
iu safety, and finally followed them.
Does the northern white man understand

Does the northern white man understand
that?
Unhappily there are thousands Of farm
ing families who can't move to town, but
they feel the peril all the same, and when
the crime occurs they are aroused as one
man and rush like cyclone for ven
geance. We understand it and feel it,
and if the mighty north were to rise in
arms and say to the Southern people:
You shall not lynch negro for this
crime, they would simply say "We WILL"
and run all the risks. You might as we'll
declare that We should not shoot bur
glar who WAS breaking in our house in the
dead Of night, but must wait until he
steals something, and then have him ar
rested and tried by the court. Rev. Mr..
Clarke says that the negro's conscience is
diseased and that he is constitutionally
thievish and unchaste. He is more than
that-when his bad passions lead him on
he is brute-not unfrequently he kills
his victim 80 as to leave no witness. There
are hundreds of them wandering over the
country in idleness and who would do
anything but for fear of detection and
punishment. The jail is no punishment,
the convict camp is not much, and what
shall We do? Educate them," say the
preachers, "and let them VOTE" Well,
we have been doing that. We have al
ready spent millions upon them and are
still spending it. Schools are open to them
everywhere, and yet there are scores in
every town who neither work or 60 to
school. They play baseball most of the
time, or go on excursions, or &c fishing or
hunting or wander around in idleness.
They have good Churches that the white
folks built, and some of the Churches
have very clever, we'll behaved preachers,
and always have large congregations. l
see the negro girls going there, some of
them with gilt-edged hymn books, and
some with eyeglasses on just like the
white folks and they are all happy. All
the negroes / know are happy. They are
happier on cornbread than the white folks
are on biscuit. Rev. Mr.. Clarke says q
man passed by half open door one night
at a freedman's cottage and heard negro
girl saying her evening prayers. "Fath.
er," she pleaded, stake away my black
skin; I loatho it, I cannot endure it
longer; or take me to thyself. where our
vile bodies are made like our glorious
white Saviour" Well, she was either q
fool or the man never heard her say any
such thing. There is no human nature
OF negro nature in it, and that little yarn
made me lose confidence in Mr.. Clarke's
common sense. Some hypocritical fana-
tic poked off that lie upon him.
I do not believe tie people Of the north
ever will believe US or understand us un-
til they come down here and stsy awhile.
I wish they would come and bring their
knitting and they shall have just as much
chance to educate and train the negro as
they want to. Judge Tourgea tried it
once and got sick Of the job and went
back and abused US about it. IL be
would come Gown and try it again maybe
he would be more successful. We are all
here to stay, reckon, white and black,
and ne are not alarmed. The northern
people who move here soon learn the sit
uetion. The Northern Society of Allan.
ia know how it is and have spoken their
sentiments. The Grand Army of the
Republic of Louisiana has done the same
thing. Our solid Southern politics is all
based upon the race question, upon our
own preservation and the protection Of
our wives ana daughters. There is not
enough difference between Democracy
and Republicsuism to keep US solid were
it mot for this. Indeed, there are thou
sands of protection Democrats down here
who would rather vote for Mr.. Blaine
than for any northern Democrat if they
believed he could control bis party upon
the Southern question. SThey say that be
is - broad-minded statesman and was the
friend of Ben Hill and the first man to
send contribution for his monument. II
is not the Offices that ne want, but it is
friendship. We do not expect it from
northern politicians or northern preach
ers, but We Go from statesmen. If was
travelling in the north and found myself
out Of money and was obliged to ask fol
charity and to tell where 7 came from ]
would ask it of gambler or saloon keep
or, or even negro before would from
preacher. As class they are our enc
mics and of all enemies the fanatical
preachers are the most unreasonable and
unrelentipg. From all such may the good
Lord deliver us. BILL ARP.
Deafness Cannot be Cured