The Greenville times., 1894-10-27

II that old rascal Putnam had lived in
Abraham's dag or Isaac's. reckon be
would have tried TO run of their slaves
/ wish he had, for the old patriarch
would have taken his scalp and that
would have stopped the breed. won
der why those philanthropists don't
raise a quarrel with the Almighty for
letting His patriarchs own slaves and
make "human cattle" of them. as this
man Putnam says we did. His petty
ISLANDERS fatigue our indignation, and
his article is foul blot upon the paper.
And NJ. Fields allows all this old rot
tenness to 60 into his paper as interest
ing "reminiscences, knowing that the old
fanatic, Putnam, was as much law
breaker as old John Brown or any an
archist Yes, knowing that Roger B.
Tsney had decided the fugitive slave
law to be constitutional; knowing that
Daniel Webster, the immortal states
man. was the author Of the law, and
had it passed for the sake of peace and
Justice; knowing that England had only
four years before this tis43) given free
dom to her slaves, and paid their own
ers for them; knowing that the old ma
lignant lie about MIR. Davis trying to
escape in a woman's garment had been
proven to be lie hundred times, not
only by Senator Reagan and Governor
Lubbock and William Preston johnson,
who were with him when arrested, but
by the officer OF the guard who captured
him; knowing that the Southern people
have never-dying admiration for Mr..
Davis and will resent in their hearts any
taint or slander upon his memory;
knowing all these things, DR.. Fields,
whom we have honored at the South,
wantonly and willingly presents his
columns to be used for the purpose of
gloating over our wrongs and insulting
friends OF our illustrious dead. And
that same old slanderer, Albion Tour
gee, is out in late issue Of The Inter
Ocean denouncing the South in the
most malignant language for our bru-
tality to the negro, and he warns the
North to rise in her majesty and place
the negro on his feet by force. What
he writes Is read and believed by thou
sands. In 1856 the ku klux got after
him in North Carolina and ran him out
Of the State, and he has never gotten
over it. He is fine writer and has a
malignant heart, and has done more to
keep up the alienation OF the sections
than any other man. How long is this
bitterness to last. 1t would seem that
thirty years ought to have been enough,
but our Northern friends are few and
far between. Tourgee says that all
that SOLDERING over Gen. Gordon at
Pittsburg by the Grand Army Of the
Republic was the merest rot, and would
pass away with the hour. 1t looks that
way, for read the mammoth Pittsburg
papers and saw how many rebel hags
they had in the grand procession. II
they had any kind feelings to our sol
diers, they would give them back and
not 60 Haunting them in our faces. II
was Northern soldier | would be
ashamed to keep a flag that 1t took
nearly 5000, 900 of men to capture from
600, 600. II was Northern soldier
would never brag about the war, but
would take OF my hat to every rebel
met.
Now let the South stand united. II
will take us all to stem the tide Of con-
tinued persecution. Let Democrats and
Populists get together again and stay
together. A divided South will lose u:
the next administration, and then VIC
may bid farewell to tariff reform. Pro
lection will be the Republican watch
word, and we must fight it. | have II
my pocket knife that cost in Londor
22L cents, and the same knife costs 81
cents here. have just seen wooler
suit that was cut and made to order IL
London for $40, that is $50 here. How
long can we afford to pay for this kint
Of protection? Sewing machines tina
(, cost US $50 here are shipped to Soutl
America and sold for $50. Protection
,. keeps out the foreign manufacturer an'
: leaves us at the mercy Of our own. Jus
: think OF III The American make
, makes so large profit that he ca
afford to ship to Brazil and sell for 81
! the identical machine that he makes u
pay sac forl And we have been sleeT
ing over this kind of oppression for hal
:. a century. Add to this cents a poun
for cotton and then SEQ what fools "
:, mortals bel'' BILL ARP.
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