The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1901-11-08

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Is the unparalleled opinion Of the most
conservative observers that they are
the most thlevish. unchaste rSce upon
the face of the earth. ana they are In
flnItely worse now than they were
when In slavery. In 1870 there were
but 200 negro convicts in our peniten-
tiary. and now there are 1000 IN Geor-
Sia. and the number increases as the
yeSrs roll on in spite OF schools. col
leges and millions of northern money.
The good negroes are on the farms and
under the dominion OF their landlords.
II Is safe 20 say that rs per cent OF the
Legroes about the towns anc 'iaes VIII
steal. and that 30 per cent OF The negro
tcnildren are born out OF lawful weo-
lock. Two OF our negro BARRIERS 0e-
csnped to Bessemer last veek-one
has been keeping tnree wives snd the
other two. but they left them and took
two new ones along with them we
have got 60 accustomed to this state
OF negro nerals that II cxcites 70 con-
mont. SoEe white men will rob BANKS
and abduct children and hold up trains
Aad eE bsszie money ard cheat in trade
ard run blind ;igers and nooasaine
whieky. But nearly al negro servants
will take Little thiEss-iittle money or
jeve,ry or q pair Of scissors or stamp
Cd envelopes or . hSls rice or cones
Or sugar They will do this. and we
submit to it. because they make kind.
goed-natured servants and We need
them. And SO the race problem goes
On. but I viii prophecy some good to
come from Roosevelt He Ii crank
about some things. but he IL fearless.
Independent sef-reliant and VIII 90
tust a. he dogon pleases. Mythology
tells " that King Augean had herd
- -,..s o>sA. whose stables hac not
been cleaned out for thirty years. and
Hercules came along one day and got
. whiR Of the foul odors and turned
TWO rivers through them and cleaned
them cut In day. believe that Roose-
Welt 10 for clean. honest work In the
government departments and viii
clean out the Augean stables, II he hao
to turn the Potomac river through
them. For thirty years this stencil
has nauseated US. He has just ap-
pointed Mr.. Foulke to the head OF the
civil service commission Foulke has
long been the prosecutor Of frauds.
perjuries and evasions, the terror OF
postmasters, the watchdog Of public
officials, but he was handicapped by
politicians. He will sweep the deck
now. for he and the president are Of
one mind on that law. The victors will
no longer &c: all the spells. But we
want the president to let the negro
alone. The race problem belongs to US
and will be settled on a wise and hu-
name basis If the fool yankee editors
and preachers will let US alone.
But We will wait and watch and
some good people win pray for deliy-
erance-"deliver US from evil" / +,
haven't given up Mr.. Roosevelt yet /
II We could only get him down here
for two or three years he would be- ,
come so disguised with the negro and i
30 exacting that they wouldn't hire to .
him. Our observation long has been
that the northern people who come :
south to live soon get their eyes open
ed and understand the situation. Not
long ago the editor of Baptist paper
in Now York said that the south was .
not ready for 1t now, but the time
would soon como when misesgenation
would be found the best solution Of
the race problem. And only last week
the editor Of . republican paper de- /
Tended Mr.. Roosevelt ana said that In !
another generation social equality be-
tween the races would be universal at
the south and It was well to start 1t at
the white house. With such malignant
fools We can do nothing. for they are
too far OF. But they had better shiny
on their own side.
p. ST. am gratihed that Mrs. Park
and others have come to the rescue Of
Nancy Hart and have established her
as fact and heroine In our history
Of the revolution. We ought to have Q
state historian to record and preserve
these things. Fifty years from now
will be saying that Bill Arp
was . myth. and wouldn't Ike II.
N. B.-we read that the American
Association 1t Chicago
have Endorsed the president and CON-
social equality between the
races. II IL about time now for the
blue and the gray to embrace again.
Let brotheriy love continue.
Later from the Front-rhe unique
has vanished and Roosevelt,s capers
have become multifarious, ubiquitous
md ridiculous.
Hope for . season bids the south
To your tents. Oh, Israel!
Can on the dogs. I'm going out to
work In my garden.-Bm Arp, In At
ANITA Coustitution.
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