The sun., 1896-08-17
lFRo-AMERrcAN NOTES.

who served eight years United bthtee MinAtcr 70
Liberia, makes the following statement: "As be-
tween the upper Aristocratc class and the biacf
citizen there arc points OF contact discoverablc
alone by residence In the State, and OF friendi.
ness between the whites and blacks entirely out of
harmony with the written ana spoken words. po-
tfcay OF the arfstocrats at the and OF the
negroes concerning the aristocrau. This is the re-
sult OF q conservative sentiment among the aristoc
racy upper class of whites, which changed racial
conditions have In no sense fnhrenced or affected
o condition which evolution has had bearing
upon; q condition without parallel. Il is tho
hxed cavalier idea that neither character, educa-
tion, nor business progress with its golden
wards of competence possessed by the negro cit
places him in the line OF citizenship parai
lei with the humblest and most ignorant white
citizon This nxeu caste sentiment nnds its firss
illustration in Virginia. Tho cavalier in the early
history of tho settlement at jamestown and Will
liamsburgh, with his poverty laxfness and Hitter
acy, held himself superior TO the industrious Eng
lish mechanic. tho yeoman, and laborer So do
the descendants of This class bear themselves In
1893 toward the negroes. though the race has pro-
duced Lieutenant. State officials. United
statos Senators. and Congressmen."
There are almost as many factions among the
Afro American politicians of New York and Kings
counties there politicians. They all want
TO be recognized by the Chairmen of the State and
National committees. when they found out that
Chairman Hanna WIN have mono of faction and
factonists they got together In a-hurry and
matched nm n trace and called upon Mr. HAM, With
their wrinkied fronts smoothed out. Chairman
Ba,na promp,,v .reooept.ed,, than ara ,b.,,
barmopy ami d..,rnstnd the r.v. rrn.,t 1,yop
d. D.. pastor Of ST.. Marks VI. Z. Church to reprc
sent them in the campaign and 20 speak for them
at meetings of the National Committee Tue oueer
mart about the matter In that Chairman Ham,
gave more than he was asked for and was .xpect-
ed and some of the big guns who went in for-har
mory and expected 10 be desiKnnted to ts,ss tho
harmony arc now humptnR tbemseIvea Dr I.ro,
IL a we'll. educated man. who know, nI,nost a.
much about politics rathertne his knov,e,s. In
MANY States espeeiaJIv IN the so,,n as n. 49,,
about theology
AZ the summer frstf,uta OF tb. Afro. Lm.r,car
teachers of Monroe Pike spauldinr Jasp.r and
I,utts counties Georgia reeen,Iv ,hree ,..o,,
tions were Sdopted which throw n h,R ,,a.,,eh, an
some OF the thinrs OF which these peop,e eomnl,,,
l. They ask the State authorities n p,ov,d. ,h.,,
with experts of their own race 10 instruct ther,
In their teachers institutes. Q Tb.v oh,.ct n M,
Arms School Htstory or C,.o,,,. 1T. -.
claim abounds in unjust and untrue srs,.n.n,,
concerning Afro Am.rIcaps stnca ,hsx r,r,, o..
sueh n book in the pubhc school. ,hsx ..r ,h., .n.
written BY an impartial or Atro.Am.rIe.n ou,h,r
he sslee,ed r. They maintain thar ~. ~, rsn..,L
et,ry tha, the ..nesroa... of the s,.,. 49, h.,,
educated bv the sh,,.. 4. an ,,,.,r .,,,.r,.,, :,
the oase ano ,bor tba, tn all III. .o,,.,. So,
yyhien the State o.r,v.s ira ,o,,, ..h,,, ~. :,
81 25s eb2 they contribute eousI,v ,r,,h ,,s.-. 80
that while tbstr children are AZ ma, ..,t =, -.
school popu,arfon they re,,e,v. ,,r 40 n., ..,, -,
the total expended for public schoo, ednc,,,o,
wh., IN. .or,,.,,,. T.x.. t.,....,o-- -
G, In,, ,h.r. %. ....., -. -. :. -
cun.y the n,,er w,,w,.k ,,,,,t -. -
h,, rer,,ar a.,.e,,,on nn, ~, 60, ~. 10 ~
,.,,on -, ,,.,. ,,.,.., -. -. 80 80
Chairman of the State Commute. Tn. N.,tor,,
Committee also made him n member ., ,,. h,1v
Grant went back tc Texas and aanorneed ,ha, a.
was 20 Ing 10 stand again for Chairman rh.n the
State Convention should meet at Fort Worth Sen,
4. The cuney forces in las counties ncc.n,sd N.
gnze OF battle and ls 4, now stated tba, crsr,
who IL white. will not be n candidate He rscor
nizes that he has been waIIoped cupev viii, eon
troll the State Convention and threatens r. .,.,d
for Congress in tho Tenth District. where Ro.-n.
thai whom he created went back ON him a, Q,
Louis. cuuer ts the ,brevd.st no,,,.,., -, h,.
race In tho South TO day sharing the h,,,rx ,,,,
James HUI OF Mississippi. W. A. Pledvey n. a..
Ria, and Joseph T. Lee Of Florida
Judge Calhoun of Atlanta has decided ,b., ,ndo.
the separate car law OF Georgia The st-ect car co
panies uAn compel their b,ank and ,.uo,r r,...,.
gers to ride on the three last seats q, ,hs ear. h
railroads are undertaking 10 enforce the law and
tie afro. Americans are re,aI,n,Inv Inv bor.o,,,,,
the cars. Several Interesting scraps have tahaD
place between conductor, and sahle .,ssan..,s
wher the Atlanta Exposition vasa financial ~.
pertinent last winter the newspapers. rs,,,oua and
the like patted the chilereu of the sun ON Oh, h,,
in Ereas shape but as soon as the sbo,x ,v,. ovs,
o persistent effort was made and "a b.,pp m.5. a.
show that there is more and mean.r rae. rrr,r,
dice In Atlanta than in apy other o,ty n, ,n 80,
e,eept Btrminzham. Atlaptah.. AZ -, -
can population of 10000, and they have toyrn
time OF It.
p.,o-o ,h. c, 1or,. c,,ro,.,.
standard and senate, TsI,sr .ns ,s. :" ,, no'd
oelso,t.. v,.Itar an, or -. - :, w ~. s'''eF
pono,rsr,, c,,,n ,ss - s..., y. 'Ae'' in'o 'ne
tho most ,nsistsnt and .hu.,v. -, ha -' one u
can frre.silver organs, II n,omn,rr ,.m '.
ho-.v.. o., ,rs " ~ prompt! zen INTO Nne.
has turned ,be rna,,I, h.,., a., 80 H"n
e.. r..s II, coIo,.-,a 49," 80 '" ,aos' members OF
srlye, guns. II saws a, ,no.., -. 'AV'' 1870
Rivers and his s,lon, ha...r- i,'Ni"'
their people for ,hIrry piacs. n, .,,v.s TnN, ~
~ ~" .'' "S'h~'i. tue Anouht Judas