The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1899-01-04
ALL "MEASLEY POLITICS"
Some Observations Concerning Race
Troubles I'm the South.

Some Observations Concerning Race
Troubles in the South.
Without prejudice let us consider the
race problem in the south. The Caro-
lima sistert are having trouble. North
is oyerturning city government; South
is shooting "Diggers" in the old way.
There were some lynchings recently,
! and all Of us fellows up here in Gods
country shot off our little editorial
fireworks for a united America and
civil rights. There was another lynch
ing in Illinois day or two ago, anG
we forgot to mention it editorially.
Such Oversights will occur, When the
word "nigger" is associated with the
word "lynching," "rape" ard ''south"
we have the rabies.
The attitude of the southerner to-
ward the negro is absolutely a matter
of acquaintance. Strange white man,
strange niger razor and trigger.
A brilliant young graduate of Yale
left his home in Connecticut to go
south to mine manganese All the kin
gathered around to hold a wake on the
mother were in tears. They never ex-
pected to see him again. "My boy"
said the old gentlemen, kissing him
tenderly, "you will not be pursuaded
TO give up this fearful undertaking.
Your life is in Gods keeping. You
are going to country where they do
nothing but murder northern men and
| assassinate negroes. | would rather
see you starting for-for-for-I really
can't think of any place so dangerous. "
The boy was getting little scared
himself. but yankee pluck wouldn It let
him back out. After the funeral bak-
ed meals were disposed Of he journey
ed.
For six months the boy did not write
home and his people moGrned him as
one dead, Finally letter came:
'Dear Father and Mother: I've just
returned to my boarding house, seven.
teen miles from any city or town, af
ter dancing nearly all night at the
splendid home of General -. Ev-
cry one in the county was there, white
folks and niggers. The niggers didn't
dance, but they were welcome guests
on the wide verandas, and seemed tC
enjoy looking through the windows
at the waltZing. There was a greal
supper at IL O'clOck-two suppers, !
should say-One for the white guests
and one for the niggers. One was
about as good as the other and both
were elegant. You must have been
mistaken about this country. We EN-.
plOy 230 whites and ninety>eight mig
gers in the mines, and | haven't seen
even the suggestion of a quarrel, A
niger will walk twenty miles to dc
a white man favor, and the whites
will go hundred times as far for one
of the Old-time darkies. One of our
niger hands and his entire family
were taken with small pox. We $50
lated them, of course, and they finally
recovered. The white people for mile:
Ground sent food and clothes, but we
couldn't hire niger to go near or dc
anything.
Probably you thought had been
murdered, but determined, ETC."
The negro question gives us all
something to write about, but [ Sc
riously doubt if our editorial rata tat
TIT on the southern eardrums is useful
music. 1t certainly breeds scabs.
| Aren' we little too far from the
scene of action? 1t was easier 60 d.
rect Kitchener how to take Khartoum
than to tell the erring Carolina sisters
to let up on the "nigger." After all
| the whole business is merely matter
Of politics measley polltics.-''Tip of
the Tongue IN New York Press.