The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1899-06-01
BILL APPS Nominations.
Leaves Negro Problem to Wiser
Heads Than His.
OLD MAN VERY BUSY JUST NOW.
lie is the Only Boy on the Premises and
Has TO Sprinkle the Flowers and Work
the Gasden.

/ reckon there are enough philoso-
piers to solve the race problem and
save the country without further as
sistance from me, and so l will swear
off for the present. don't care much
whether the negro goes to Africa or
Arizona or stays here. If he stays
here he has got to stop his devilment
or take the consequences, and I'm
willing to trust the people on that
line. But OF all the absurd remedies
that have been proposed none are more
30 than a change of venue and q trial
in five days in some distant county.
County lines do not bound the fierce
indignation OF people Mortified and
enraged over such fiendish work as
that Of Sam Holt and Will Lucas
And besides, just think OF the machin-
cry that has to be set in motion to
summons and convey thirty or forty
witnesses to q distant county, and even
then perhaps no trial or a mock trial
that disregsrds the forms of law and
the rights of the criminal. No, that
is no remedy.
But I've sworn off. Let the wise
men settle it, tho I confess I was
surprised when I read that Gov
ernor Gambler had Just discovered
that education was the only remedy
that would stop the commits
sion of these heinous crimes. Accord
ing to statistics of New York and Mas
sachusetts, taken from their State pris-
ons and published to the world, edu-
cation fosters and increases crime-not
little, but immensely. The COVER
nor's theory has been long since ex-
ploded. And right here in Georgia the
uneducated negro before the war and
for few years after was moral and
aw-abiding and now there are 1000
in the State and county chaingangs,
Is per cent. of whom can read and
write.
But forbear. I had rather rumi-
nate about pleasanter things, though I
must protest against this utterly I'M
tenable basis of all the negroes being
good negroes excepting per cent.
Mr.. Inman started it, and see that
Bishop Gaines takes comfort from it in
his beautiful and Impressive sermon of
last Sunday. It is delusion and a
snare. Nearly per cent. of their vot-
ing population are now in the chain
gangs. and 1t is safe to say that il
every one who steals was arrested and
punished it would add 10 per cent.
more to the black army of convicts.
Petty larcenies are common in every
household where they are employed,
but they are not brought to court.
These little pilferings are crimes, but
the crimes are OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
for they have some good qualities,
and their service is needed. It is g
race trait and develops with educa
ton. especially among the younger
negroes. The records of the courts
prove that the percentage of small
larceny and burglary grows faster thar
their population increases. City ne
groes and town negroes are more ad
dicted to it than country negroes, fol
they have more education and more
opportunities. The fear of the law al
it is now does not detea them. 9Th,
fear of the lash would. But we cal
worry along with their little pilfering
on the principle that cook we ono,
had declared to me when I reprovet
her for stealing: "You don't miss VIVA
l takes" It is the greater crimes tia
now give our people deep concern ant
these will be quickly and terribl.
avenged. Our people, especially tn
country people, are in desperate ear
nest, and neither law nor lawyers NO
the horns of the altar will protect
brute in human form, whether he b
white or colored.
But what makes my thoughts an,
pen glide along on this subject? Ny
wife is calling me now to come Their
and bring the stepladder. She want
the vines on the trellis tied up, and
am the boy. That ladder is old an,
rlckety and I am subject to vertigo
sometimes. I'm afraid of that ladder
! but never in NY life did 1 admit t.
her that was afraid of anything, an
SO will mount that ladder with al
the alacrity I can. The time was whe
l had black boys and white ones, too. t
wait on me, but now L huve to tote m
own skillet and nurse the grandchii
} dren, too. There are two little one
here half the time and they love m
dearly and I have to stop writin
. whenever they say SO. They want m
? in the garden to get flowers or pic
strawberries or make sand houses G
mnd pies or get some water or som,
, thing to eat, and have to follow the,
q around or carry the little one while m
! wife is making some more littl
= dresses for them. Their mother BIZ
no servant and let's them come u
here 10y themselves to be petted Will
# she is sewing or cooking or playing O
the piano. My wife and I do mo,
It work nowadays than we ever did in or
lives. but it sweet work and we like j
How the children aud grandchildre
l. Will get along when our time is O,
70 and We are off duty cannot see, b,
IS one thing know. "the Lord will Or.
Of vide" for HE tempers the wind
l. the shorn lamb"
If But about the negroes. Hardly
is day passes but what I hear somebod
st soy: II wish to the Lord that the
J. we're all out OF the county," I don
N know about that. The iron make
', and miners aud lumber men and raj
le road men and the big farmers won
r object, for their labor is both usef
and profitable. wish 1 could scatt
and apportion them all over tho con
no try from the Atlantic to the Paci6
r There are at least 500 in this lit
- town that We would like to spare, b
~ we would like to pick the,
10 There are no doubt 10000 in Allan
70 mostly young bucks and wench
who have been educated and are nc
h. vagabonds-parasites who live off t
labor OF good working negroes just
on the vagabouds do here. We have MAJ
IN good negroes hero who are 60
~ citizens and give no trouble, and tn
to are our draymen, our carpenters, G,
th riage makers, blacksmiths, barbe
gardeners, cooks and washerwo