The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-10-10
WHO Is THB
NEGR0'S FRIEND?
Two Incidents Cited Which are
Commended for Consideration
to the Hegro:s.
AN EX-SLAvE's SUGGESTION

rsseshss Win Bis K~ssess for what he
Caiis the Hack Mans Ferisrs and
Wrstehea Ceoditios-TAs Causes Of the
Poverty of Both. E.- Master ssd E.-siase.
The Caucasian presents below .
recital of two incidents. which,
while they may not be alto
gether characteristic of the sections
IN vhieh they occurred, are more
nearly SO than anything else which
might be reported of or applied 10
the different sections.
Following them is an interesting
communication from an ex-slave
who now lives in Fender county.
The three different articles form an
interesting study.
AN OLD ABOLITIONIsT's OPINION.
The New York correspondent Of
the Charlotte Observer says:
Mr.. Tnorne is editor of the Globe
Quarterly Review, which is publish
ed in this city. Mr.. Thorne was once
an Abolitionist. But here is what
be has to say now in his mag
azine about the Afro-American:
The negro above all the Southern
negro-will not work except under
the lash. For the last twenty years
he has been = loafer, a thief and an
immoral fungus upon the fair life
of our Southern lands" And what
does Mr.. Thorne propose under
the circumstances Reinstatement
or expulsion! He says: The negro
must be made to work or 60; moth
ing but some sort Of re-en sla vement
can make him work, therefore he
must be re-enslaved or driven from
the land" Is there manifested q
disposition on the part of the North
ern press to Jump on" Mr.. Thorne
for this utterancei Not much. But
suppose prominent Southern edi-
tor had said iti However. no prom
inent Southern editor would say it.
The ex-Abolltionist's incorporate
language is another Indication that
more the Yankee learns and sees Of
the negro the less he thinks Of him
He still sheds tears when the ne
gro is lynched in the South. but he
helps lynch him in the North on
occasion; and the occasion will be
more frequent as the negro popula.
ton in the North increases.
| Asouthern Mans Action.
The following communicating
printed in Mondays edition of the
New York Sun tells it's own story:
"To the editor of the Sun-Sir:
was an eyewitness, the other day
to pretty incident which occurred
on the horse. car which plies between
the station at Bartow-on-the-S Sound
and City Island. The car, small
and inadequate, after the fashion Of
cars generally, was crowded to it.
utmost capacity, when a poorly
dressed colored woman. carrying &
heavy infant, made an effectual eff
i fectual effort to secure foot-hol(
on the rear platform.
"On the inside sat a gentleman
he noticed the look of dissappoint
ment which swept over the wrinkled
black face as the baby-burdened ne
gress said: Il guess I'll halter wal
for the next car
"Waitif g for next car meant tn,
loss of an hour to her. The gentle
man arose, and calling her back
relinquished his own seat with {,
kindly smile.
"For which he was rewarded by
most earnest look of thanks and :
does sholy thank you, SIR
) II was interested enough in the in
cident to question the gentleman
and was not a little surprised to I'm,
that he was Southern, man and al
old slave owner.
1.-The kindly impulse to assist thi
i. black woman was in him as q mat
. ter of course, and but a piece of tn
lifelong friendliness existing be