The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1898-12-03

circulation being $4,000 greater than
all the other Republican papers in
New York and Brooklyn combined
wipes out all harmony and renews its
war against the south. Isn't it strange
that he does not see the fallacy of his
own argument, for if such grand men
as Calhoun and Toombs and Stephens
and Lamar were produced under the
regime of slavery and we have all de-
generated under the influence Of free
dom, why not 60 back to slavery again
and stop that degeneracy?~
But there is no use in replying to
such men. It is O waste of time. They
have fattened on the last war, and
would precipitate another if they
could. That New York Press fought
Roosevelt bitterly until he was nomi-
mated. and l reckon it was because he
was an illustrious scion of southern
stock, q great grandson of Georgia's
first revel governor and a son OF
noble lady who was born and reared
3 in Georgia. Georgia had to furnish
, the rebel stock for their governor and
g South Carolina had to furnish New
t York city mayor, and it is the
d prevalence of southern men and south
s erp blood in the city Of Gotham that
d makes it SO overwhelmingly Demo
d cratic, Tammany or no Tammany'
n But no more of this. I cannot ru'
% inmate upon it with serenity reckon
le I had better 60 out to my garden AM
le nlant some more strawberries; and
like King Ahashuerus, let my cnolel
~, down. ,,.o
I'd Well, I came back Modified, an!
to when my mail brought me The baltl
ay more Sun and read DIR. Carlton Lee
ey Johns Hopkins university on the negr
N, I was iubilant. 1t is great paper
nd bold, strong, truthful paper on tn
tie status of the negro and how to SOW
EN- the race problem. Nothing so tore
to bic. so convincing and so conservaVl'
red has ever been published Let ever.
EN- body read it. ...;r
lge rather monotonous to my folks. .
to suits me very we'll financially, 1
ely Ben Franklin said "that penn
,wn saved was two pence gained" and
of 7 paid Aunt Ann two dollars week el
It now gain four dollars a week. I
d I trouble is that nobody pays me
own nv work and nobody pays my toi
d it for theirs. When the cotton plckl
very is over we can get cook without %
ging. Cold weather will run tn
you in, but they are the same unoe II,
red! creatures they always WERE III
time come when they please and ana q
10Th when they please, and don't g
and a darn for the future. There ism
but race upon earth that so enjoys TO-
and and has so little concern aDout
l big morrow. "Carpe diem" is their N
sides i'm. Enjoy today. Sufficient u
the the day is the evil thereof
kful. r think we are getting along sp
that didly without them, for we nave I'VE,
anti cooking done and things last ION
les of Warm breakfast and supper and a
n out lnnch for dinner is enough unless
come have company, and my opinion is
fly to during these hard times anu sea-
ID, or of cooks, company ought not to G:
more late to anv alarming extent. 1t
wber- awfnl misfortune to be poor and
re- I a rich mans ways, and it still aw
.e fine for women raised in luxury 10 Id
! have come down and 80 from the parrl
re- and the kitchen. As for me, 1T 40
pine matter. was raised poor and n
# 7 make the fires and crop the Woed
il that 90 to mill and ride the MALL anu
am only being a boy again-'h"'
0 rose I am the boy.
nd wa a,
ID and P. S.-Mr. j.. W. o " ~ w. vi
;horns, mefrom Tiller's Ferry, s. w. anu
beau. "As I returned from the ar
for the 1865 and was looking over the 6
et;mes where sherman's forces and VINE
d their cavalry had fight I found
fatigue grave with neat little he"0
no no0uder Nv J. L. Mahaffey, suppc
uty and belong to company Il, ocD' Nv
atsrday 81 made a note OF 1t IN my
Y York randum book" g.;
! paper, Maybe this concerns some ~
Ter was relatlve.-blLh nNr 49,
negro stitution. -
'attor Of This is the young actor VINO