The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-03

just like there arc some clover mon In
the Republican party, but that don't
prevent mo from hating both OF tie
concerns as organizations, collectively
aud categorically. Schemers and plum
derers, and scalawags and slanderers
run both Nobody but an uuprincipled
politician would seek to put Is negro In
tho post office at Augusta or in any
other Southern town. 1t Is an insult to
our people and there is no excuse for
lt-no palliatiOn. OF all the Offices in
inc glit on tho government there are
moral, social and political rights as the
postolhcns. Every man and woman in
the community should be consulted. If
it were possible. But as it is not. then
the public sentiment should be consid-
cred and the business men be consulted
ana nobody should be appointed who
would not be acceptable TO q largo ma
; jprity OF the people. In fact, there
, SHOULD be no pnrtisanship about it. In
, Democratlc community a republican
VINO could not get a majority vote
shou ID not ask for no" receive the Office,
but lnasmuch as the rule now is that to
the vlctors belong the spoils Of course
we must submit. We in the South must
take the best Republican We can find,
but no President who Is gentleman
Will seek TO put q negro in this OIL 20
and no politician who is a gentleman
Will ask him to do it. 1t is an office
that cmphatically belongs to the peo-
PIE Oh the community. 1t concerns them
and them alone. No doubt but that 30
per cent. Of all the letters and papers
ana money orders that go and come
rom Augusta arc to the white people
Of that city. Besides this the color line
is drawn at the South, and Mckinley
knows 1T, and so does Buck and Bull
iIEk, and they cannot wipe IL out.
Whcn VII our people quit running after
these scalawags who would stall us With
the bltdo OF Jonb while they emb brace
us and say How art thou, my broth
ur?"
What is there that q politician will
not do for Office? When the sexton
threw up skull Hamlet said: Per
haps 1t Is the pate Of n politician, one
who would circumvent God" And It
docs seem as II they become hardened
to all sense OF the proprieties of life. A
hundred years ago Sheridan wrote
Conscience has nothing to do with
politics." Our people have been doing
their best to think we'll of McKinlev
and esteemed him as q clever, upright
gentleman, but the fact that he enter.
tains tho idea of appointing LYONS to
August has wiped out all respect for
hlm. The mugwump Democrats who
voted for him have all become cross
eyed and can't look you straight in the
lace. Why did be single out that
suit her people with negro postmas-
ter? Why does he not appoint negroes
TO the Northern towns whore thew
claim There /, no color line ?-tOwns
whose white and black go to the same
school and sometimes intermarry.
And now there is another trouble
hero In Cartcrsville. A Michigan man
moved here not long ago with his fami-
~ and went into partnership with q
negro blacksmith and they all live to-.
gether on terms Of sociai equality and
eat at the same table, and as the Mich
igan mans children go to our public
school, he has been notified that thev
cannot go there any longer. So he has
taken his children away, and SAWS he
dent care damn what our people
think and he will do as he pleases, for
IT Is freo country. Well, that is hard
on tho children, but the time has not
yet passed when tho sins of tho father
will not be visited upon the children.
lie may conclude to send them To the
colored school, us that would be more
consistent with his principles, but It. Ia
hoped that he will pack up and 90 back
to Michigan. The line is drawn and
viii remain. Thirty-four years have
passed since freedom and there IL no
change, neither In hotels nor churches
nor public conveyances or places of
amusement. Both races would be con
tent If 1t were not for the politicians.
as long as the negro has vote he will
6e made fool " by the candidates.
| Iney say that Lyons Is moral and capa-
ole: suppose that he is--he ie an I'M
pudent idiot to want to thrust himself
where he Is not wanted. No gentleman
"lil do that, either socially or politi-.
cally, and no gentleman will help him
80 It,. Thanh heaven, we will now be
ria OF Buck Tor four years to come. l
wish that more of his sort would leave
the country for their country's good.
And now think feel better.
BILL ARP.
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