The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-05-29

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nalblic affairs. political, religious. agri-
! cultural and financial are in a very UNI
eattled condition.. There is the Phlilp-
| line war. the Porto Rico tangle. the Gu
han postal steal. the negro problem, Ie-
male suffrage and women mats IN the
churches. There is the prohibition ques-
ton. the Presbyterian creed, the germ
theory. the strikes among the laborers,
the trust m~onopolies and who are 10 be
tho running mates for Bryan and Nc
kinlav Then there are side shows OF
MANY kinds, but nothing gets settled.
When our old cook got sick and my VIE
asked her if she knew where We could
get another she said, Nome. | don I,
cooks is gittin' pow'ful scace. Better git
q settled oman if you can fni one
desc Young, unsettled niggers amt no
count sense freedom cum" Looks like
there is nothing settled nowadays, nelth-
er labor. nor cooks. nor women, nor
men, nor theories, nor great pubic ques-
lions. Well, one thing has been settled
at last and that is 1.-The Barbara Freitchie
myth" The Boston Transcript of last
Wednesday has three columns on the
subject and gives up and says this is a
fnality. 1t publishes q letter from Cen
eral Henry kyd Douglass. of Stonewall
|ackSOn'S staff. which diSprOVeS the
whole ridiculous story and closes ny say
ing. wv men II the South set no limit
TO the poetic laudatiOn of q woman. be
she old or young, nor are we disposed
to hold an admirer strictly responsible
for the accuracy of his language, but
from the Potomac to the Rio Grande the
name of our Christian soldier, Stone
wall Jackson, is sacred. Lift up your
monuments to your own heroes and hero
ines and you will hear no word of pro-
test from us, but do not cast your chip
pings and spawls on the grave of Stone
wall Jackson But that is only one
thing settled. One SANDER nailed and it
has taken thirty years to do that. We
thought that Ben Hill had nailed the
A~ndersonville Islander in his great speech
against Blaine, but that hobs up every
little while and has to be nailed again.
l know a lady, and she is a lady in nan
ners and morals. who really believes that
the Federal prisoners at Andersonville
were made to drink melted lead when
they begged for water. She was toll! that
thirty-fve years ago and cant get
over 1t.
We can't do anything with those peo-
pie. They fought us from prejudice and
nave since been spending millions Of
money en- the negro from prejIdIce. Ev-
cry black %scoundrel who has rcaa lynChed
down South was the victim of their false
teachings and will continue to be-thank
the good Lord for His mercies. Ten
years ago | wrote my first philippe
against the brutes and advocated a sum
mary vengeance and l stand by 1t and
rejoice whenever a lynching occurs tGT
an outrage upon defenseless womCr. II
there is anything worse than lynchirs
I'm for thar Let the North howl If thaE
want 10, the procession will proceed ell
the same. The farce at Montgomery set
tied nothing. The negro is here to stay
and he has got to behave himself as a
good citizen or take the consequences.
The South needs him and if his presence
keeps away the horde of foreigners that
Europe is anxious to get rid of, it is a
blessing. What is the matter with the
negro? | don't know of a race confict
in this region except in the large cities.
which are a pestilence to good morals.
Truth and the industry of the race is i'm
proving in the rural districts, where the
white race is in the majority. A few
month ago there was a call from Missis-
sippi for negro labor and about n hun
dred went from this neighborhood and
very soon they were missed and our far
mers began to make a fuss about it,
but there was no Pegleg Williams con-
cerned in it and nobody to get mad
with. One of my neighbors who had
often declared that he wished they were
all out CT the country got mad about
this sudden exodus, and said he couldn't
hire a man to break up his garden. We
are hard to please and lay too much
blame on the negro. l read about a vouns
who just spread himself abus.
ing the other denominations and he was
told that it wouldn't do for the members
were all mixed up by marriages and~he
was giving great offense. What shall
| do?' he asked. 81 am obliged 10 abuse
achieDody or the people wont come out to
hear me-" His friend replied. s.Wen
then you had better pitch into the Jews.
Ihey have got no friends and are not
kin to anybody but themselves" Just
so, We blame the negro with the sins
ana corrupt methods of the politician.
the politician who buys his vote with
money or whiskey. The smart man who
ouys IS worse than the ignorant negro
VINO sells his vote. When Stenhen
douglass ran against Lincoln for Con-
Sress he tried to degrade him in a nuhlic
speech by saying that the first time he
ever saw his opponent he was keepinc
d saloon IN a One-horse-town. yes"
'eplled Lincoln, Il remember that. was
sue Il TIE counter and Won were
On the other. I was selling and Won
ere drinking" That is about the paral-
81 between the politician and the negro
90 not feel satisfied with the sweeping
7Nciuslon of the present white primary
l KNOW a dozen negroes in this town
no are morally. i~ntelligently and indus
ilaily qualified to vote and know two
iozen white men who are not. II seems
= me We might have a commission n
eject deserving negroes and place thei,
i""eS on the registration list. This
Nouio stimulate others to good behavior
| would nave a tendency to elevate good
iesroes' whereas the present law cute
an nope and all ambition. But
souioent give one of them a public Of
zee ana no friend of the South would
make MIN a postmaster or a censuc -.
ler. ooh"uo I'd
But there is nothing settled ';be phi,
pp'he war has almost ceased to he die.
,ussed by the American people. W.
ave ceased to feeNany interest in it. +
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