The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-09-12

sions may be as brainy, but none carry
| out plans or enforce their edicts as the
| lawyer. The lawyer is law-he is
| bound to run the world as long as the
world runs smoothly, and in smashup
he is more calculated to escape the
| dangers of a crash than any one else.
So / say let US all stand in" with
the lawyer and be just as happy as we
can.
But, to return to the negro; as | am
in the mood to advise. would say
that none Of us can afford to join him
as a brother in politics. 1t is all
right for individuals to hustle for the
negro vote and it would be good party
tactics to put out the man who can
control the most Of them, but when
you invite them into your conventions
you are putting club into your oppo-
nent's hands to beat out your life
with. If you sit in nominating con-
vention with a negro he will expect
you to sit in Church with him. This
the Southern white man will never
learn to do, and any movement in that
direction entails upon US that condi.
tion commonly known as solid
South. "
The negro has shown so much abil-
ity in taking care Of himself, 50 much
shrewdness in humbling himself to the
circumstances for the accumulation OF
roin that II, SURPRISES me that they
would wish TO push forward to the in
jury of their political cause. Politics
seems to addle the negro. He loses
his cunning when it comes to political
situations. He is cunning enough to
get more than his proportion of work,
but he loses his head in politics. He
is humble enough to take back seat
among Democrats and to kiss the hand
that smites him politically, but the
very minute he is received into the
counsels of political organization
his voice grows loud and his manners
arrogant. No party in the South can
afford to carry the negro, and it does
seem that the negro would find this
out and govern himself accordingly.
All know that Iavoid politics in these
letters, but those who know me per-
sonally know that I would be glad to
see healthy division Of politics in
the South, We can have no division
so long as the negro looms up.he has
made the South solid and will keep it
so, and will break down any movement
that is foolish enough to accept him
as political equal and invite him in
to their counsels as the price OF his
support.
There are many inconsistencies in
this negro problem The very men
who would be first to spring the ques-
ton of negro equality upon party re-
ceiving the negro into it's conventions:
and who would strive with every man
they meet to impress the odium Of
taking the negro into counsel, would
much rather give out their work to the
colored brethren, and do give it to
them at times when their poor white
friends would be glad to secure it. We
all know that this does pertain and we
all know that negroes have received
appointment to Office through very
high Democratic authority, yet we
still understand that the "club' can
be used destructively when the
"grand old party" wishes to use it
that way. Every old-time overseer
can tell you that it will not do to have
any social familiarity with negro.
There is that in the negro character
that does not allow close communion
between the races. In olden times 1t
was notorious that an overseer who
treated negro with any degree of ia
miliarity was sure to breed contempt
and the negroes would run him away
before a year was out. The negro
now, as always, has contempt for
white man who draws very closely to
him. The leopard might as well try
to change his spots as for the negro to
try to change this element in his
character. Freedom makes no differ
ence with them on this. The
next party that me and Brown joins
will be a party for white men only.
We would keep the lawyers out, too,
if we could, but we give this up-it
can't be did.-the lawyer is bound to
rule the world.
You may kick as you please and do what
you can,
But the lawyer is bound to get him a
hand,
And when the games over you may howl
about fraud,
But that is no matter-lawyers had ycu
"whipsaWed.
SARGE PLUNKETT.