The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-05-10

| GATED by others and donounco The south.
ern people aud southern officials aB
'savages and 'biutes. They seek TO
Hash us into loving them. Theyregard
us aB criminals when We dissent from
their views Most Of tho racs friction
that has ever exis .ed in tho south is
ohsrgoablo to them aud their informed
ding. The southern whito poop o and
tho southern negroes understand aaoh
other and do not hate each other whom
lot alone. .53 S NJ B
f'l,hese miserable assassins Of .char-
acter. and Of tho peaoe Of communities
are ohavg$able with all tho race Fiction
that exists We had mono Of it, before
they intermoddled They have abused
the liberty Of tho press and ihayo con.
strueda 1t into lioenso, to slander and
aDnse thoao who, knowing tho situation
In, tho south better than they do, ,daro
to dissent from their dogmas born Of
igoorano and prejudice Or to resent
their insults and ISLANDERS. {. 5
| They brand as knayes or fools or
brutos all who differ from them and
whilo the nrelves spurning the negro,
they damn us beoauso we have establish.
cd separate schools for tho two races
and have prohibited their intermarriage
fthoy would emulate the example Of
Booker Washington and Council and
southern negroes of that type who
preach and teach tho doctrine Of truth
and honesty and peace and good will,
instead of tho gospel Of hate, they would
bo respected by tho southern people as
much as Washington and Council are.
But thoy cannot do this bocause they
aro tho lineal descendants Of those who.
fleeing from tho old world to chi oy re
ligious freedom in tho nov, called a
sort Of town meeting in the little boat
in which thoy sailed, the day before
thoy landed; and passed "a resolution
that thoy would bo governed by the laws
Of God until they could find timo to en-
act better ones. and whom they had land !,
cd proceeded at onoe to enjoy religious
Freedom by burning witches and soourg.
ing Quakers and BAptists and Papists
at a oart's tail, and from that day to
this they have busted themselves in at.
tending to other peoples business. This
is tho peculiar characteristic by which
this breed which aceords to every one
tho right to think for himself f--provi-
Sod he thinks as they do-may always
bo known. They (but nobody else north
or south will donounoe mo ass Bour.
bon ahd a blackboard for which have
said about them, for the truth hurts.
They will distort it and torture it into
an attack on Dr.. Parkhurst and hio party
and upon all tho people OF tho north.
This is the way this breed always doeB.
But the charge will be basely false. 4
5i"Ii have not and d ) not intend q word
that [ have said for tho amiable doctor
whose intentions l believe are good, nor
for his party, only. t two OF Wh0m, Wa Ash.
ington and Curry, are known to me per,
sonally. Theso two arc good mon aud
ere, aB ! have on every occasion said,
doing good. It ia intended solely fof
such creatures as the mepdaoious our
who penned., tho vile slander in the Phil.
.Adelphia i 'fess referred & to SS above,
7pretohea W ho having 81 8 manners nor
morals M OF their own cons titut u hon lYoa
satl 110ra ID the fIl and m0 0ss Ri of
Others ii u ID t. q u siB HI
'oan3 come TO tho south and espeoiail ysto
Georgia WheneYer they please, and will
in the future aa in the part, bs ttssssts tssssstsss
with with, tho utmost courtesy, and while thSee
people Of this state are not mendioants,
begging aims Of anybody, they may ID
long ,as they treat us as their EQUALS 40.
oialiy, mofally y and Intellectually, ex.
tend to our achools, white and oolorod,
suoh aid as they please and it Will 81,
received in the spirit in which it Is o.
fored. But we have mover yet learned !,
and God forbid that we should eyol
learn to be syoophants and boot lickp,
licking the hand that smites us, or to
crook the pregnant hinges Of tho kneo
that thrift may follow fawning.'''', 7Isll
Allen D Gambler.