The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1901-05-08
,sted BY others and denounce the south


'saVages' and 'b1utes'. They seek te
lash Us into loving them. They regard
US as criminals when We dissent from
their views. Most Of the race friction
that hss ever existed in the south is
chargeable to them aad their intermed.
ding. TIE southern white pecp'e and
the southern negroes understand each
other and do not hate each other when
let alone.
"rhese miserable asssssins of char
acter and Of the peace of communities
are cha'gt able with all the race friction
that exists. We had none Of it before
they intermeddled They have abused
the liberty Of the press and have con-
ssrued it in:o license, to slsnder and
abuse those who, knowing the situation
in the south better than they do, dare
to dissent from their dognas born Of
ignoraDc' and prejudice or to ressnt
their insults and slalde,s.
They brand as knsves or fools or
brutes all who diff.r from them and
while the nselVes spurniDg the negro,
they damn US becsuse We have establish
ed separate schools for the t1o races
and have prohibited their intermarriage.
II they would emulate the example Of
Booker Washington and Council and
southern negroes Of that type who
preach and teach the doctrine Of truth
and honesty and peace and good will,
instead Of the gospel Of hate, they would
be respected by the southern people as
much as Washington and Council are.
But they cannot do this because they
are the lineal descendants Of those who,
fleeing from the old world to eDjoy re,
ljgious freedom in the new, called a
sort of town meeting in the little boat
in which they sailed, the day before
they landed, and passed q resolution
that they Guild be governed by the laws
Of God until they could find tins to en-
act better ones. and when they had laads
ed proceeded at once to enjoy religious
freedom by burning witches and scourg.
ing Qoakcrs aud B.p:ists srd Papisss
at carts tail, and from that day to
this they have busted themselves in at
tending to other peoples business. This
is The peculiar ohara ,teIisuc by which
this bSeed which scsords to every one
the right to think for himself-provi-
cei he thinks - they do-may always
be known They (out nobody else nor, b
or sou,b) will deDoupce me as a Bour
bon and olacs~ uari fer which | have
said about them, for the truth hur 8.
They will els orc it and torture it lnio
an attack on DE- Parkhurss and his party
aud upon all the people OF the north.
This is the Roy this tTeed always does.
But the charge vii! be base!y false.
Il have not and = not lnt. nd a word
that have said f"r the au,ab.e doctor
whose Intentions I b7Iieve are good, nor
for his party, only tso Of whom Wash
iogron snd Curry, sre:koown 10 me per
soaai!y These two ara good men and
are, as I have on every occasion said,
doing good. Il is intended solely for
such creatures as the mendacious cur
who penned the vile slsndsr IN the Phil
sdelphia Press referred to above,
wretches who having 20 manners moi
morals Of sheir own oonstitu ethemselves
the cetsors of the manners snd moia;s Of
others. Dr.. PArkhurst and his frionds
csn come to the south and especially to
Georgia whenever they please, and will
in the future as in the past, be treate d
with the utmost courtesy, and while the
people Of this state are not mendicsnts,
begging aims Of anybody, they msy 60
long as they treat US as their equals So
cially, morally and intellectually, ex.
tend to our schools, white and colered,
suoh aid as they please and it will be
received in the spirit in which 1t is Of
fered. Bat We hsVe never Jet learned,
and God forbid that We should ever
learn to be sycophsnts and boot Ecks,
licking the hand that smites Us, or tc
crook the pregnant hinges Of the knee
that thrift may follow faWning.'"
Allen D. Candler.