Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1900-04-26

The negroes hold responsible positions
with credit. You will find a few in all
the departments OF the government in
Washington. The word negro does not
mean black man sure, as large portion
| OF the so-called negroes OF the South are
mixed blood from Ia to 19-2Oth white.
| have often remarked that I should not
think Southern man would Care to
| shoot or strike a negro for fear OF shoot
ing or striking his own. The Southern
people are great church -goers, which
should give them the right ideas OF con-
duct toward the negro.
was on the train one day In Florida
and got into conversation with party OF
men and women from Kentucky. The
talk dritted to the negro. The expression
always is, "A niger must be taught his
place. They must understand that they
are inferior to the white man. They must
not think they can rule over the white
man, that il the Repu blican party made
postmSsters of the niger they would
simply disappear from the EARTH" which
implied that they would be murdered.
asked, Dear lady, do you belong to the
church ?" She said, eyes" / said, Sup
pose you were at prayer and had only
partially finished and 1t occurred to you
TO Kill niger postmaster, would you, af-
ter you had killed him, go back and finish
your prayer" She said she would, with
out any hesitation.
Again In talk with lady book agent
who was also a Kentuckian, she said
there we're two things she wanted .one
was Yankee to give her employment and
the other Niger to wait on her.
make the remark one day to a party
OF Southern men that / could see no
trouble bat that the Southern people used
the negroes well, only with their mouths. !
Ii seems to do them good to damn a mig |
ger, and yet the Southern people, as a
whole, are kind to the colored people and |
would not let them suffer.
There are some wrongs and always will |
be. Why was a man created black, to be /
repulsive in the sight Of the white man /
In conversation with a negro about his /
race, be remarked, "Deed, boss. de black 1
man is risin', boss, deed he is" II is true. /
The black man is being educated to fill all /
the departments OF life, but political /
places, which, If he fills, is under protest |
from the whites. The colored preacher
makes an effort to keep his people out OF /
politics which, through some pretext or
other, he is already debarred from.
There are a goodly number of the
blacks that own their own homes. Some
are even wealthy and drive a splendid
pair OF matched horses. The collector OF
taxes in Washington for a time was a
negro.
The col9red race in the United States in
1860 mum bered 4,4I1,S3O; in $50, 7,470, 040,
a gain Of 302s ,21O. The sma Hest number
in any state east of the Mississippi river is
in New Hampshire, which has GA; the
largest is Georgia, with 5S,Sl5. Vermont
has 937.
In summing up the negro problem,
there is much to encourage those who
have the negro's welfare at heart. Re-
member the white man has had centuries
1f progress and yet has not reached a state
d perfection, while the colored rice has
had only 81 years OF freedom. | think
lime and education will settle many OF the
questions which divide the races.
hears de sabers rattle
An de guns Is shOltiu' loud,
De soldiers lined fob battle
Dey is akin mighty proud.
But de bullets ng 80 hateful
As dey shortens dis life's span
can't hep feelin' grateful
Dat Is ies' cullud man,
Nobody calls me "Kunnell,n
Nor salutes as I pass by;
] doesn ispeck no onell
Git pension when die.
But goes as has stated
Workin' hahd de bes' can;
An I'd feels congratulated
Dat Is ies cullud man.
(rhe end.)
@. W. FLAGG, Washington, ID. C.,
april IS, 1900.