The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-02-13

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moro happy temper or n more obeerfuI disposi-
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States. Injured from infancy to hard labor.
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trauheu uy inc hlen inbeihRenoe OF the oomina-
ting Anglo-saxon race, ana accustomed to the
protecting care of the white people. the negroes
nes OF loyalty and ndehty. In courtesy OF man
y, worr,,n 800 's'"'0 an' GLASS;
And yet there are some people in the South, a
large minority. Il ia true. who DENY to the blaeks
all the good Qualities ascriSod to them by Col
hlltesd' OF a I BLESSING in.na and tp ~sa ps ToaIS be- Is s = sSrs te
nave them return 10 AFRICA. Ihese people
would eliminate from Southern life its peculiar
humor. its human smiles and laughter! In dis
newspaper sn.' went 50 n far 'e as to efS deny y' hat Hl tSers
q ses Mf I i ~ sh soS Slsst sn :, D IL soS NJ i 81. Sc
to be found anywhere. It has found its best
the melody, and the humor Of il in stanzass like
the following. for instance:
ps ss. is times I'm e., IN . l ne when VI. Nature
Jes. rattin' down creation
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LAX a pickaninny's top.
An yo' cup O. Joy is brinmin'
Dat is trainin' flu to trot
An7de con pons's hot.
Songs like this can be heard in all the rural
districts t.. Of hd the South by any who will listen,
fears and joys and SORROWS Of the people. such as
Robert Burns weaved into immortal song.
manner are the white people of the South, and
the contrast is painful. Indeed. in the cities
pears that the white population spend the most
OF their time frowning and soowling at the black
P Peepis the negro snS In In al s plaee.* OF alt ea : i %s9
what his place Is no white man mas
yet sufficiently defined. The phenomenon
ton and study, because IL gradually dawns upon
one that this great big happy-golucky race.
laughing at the white race. And that is what it
is doing, and has been doing for 277 years. Dur
has done the fretting and tuning 1.-The iavine
O. bed at night thinking" praying, and ieeEiss.
lating. and all the rest OF H. grow.
ing lean and sour. starting at shad-
ows. and fleeing when no man pursued.
trying to keep the black Giant In his niaca os
"a newer Of wood and drawer of water" The
entire social. religious, political, and Industrial
system has been constantly in turmoil. some
broad and deep running through IL. and as n
has been so 1t is now, here and ali over the
southern SIAfRS Tha white MAN nann1t 4.
cannot feel secure in his liberties cannot lan9h
and enjoy life. because he fears the black man:
and SO he lives with a chip on his shoulder
with a scowl on his face, with a qnn
in his hip pocket. And all the time he is doing
this. making himself unhappy, the black man
refuses to be worried, refuses 10 be frightened.
refuses to take the white man Seriously. and
laughs and makes merry. taking no heed OF the
morrow. making the most of the present. Looked
at from this point OF view. it is extremely funny.
and the white man is the butt OF The ridicule'
becau use the laugh is on him always. and the