The Batesburg advocate. [volume] (Batesburg, S.C.) 1901-1911, 1901-05-08

S'e6So ou0 uiuteb. lH6y seek u
lash US into living them. They rsgarc
US as criminals when we dissent from
their views. Most of the racs friction
that has ever existed in the south il
chsrgeable to them and their informed
ding. The southern white people and
the southern negroes understand eaot
other and do not hate each other wher
let alone.
These miserable assassins Of char
acter and OF the peace of communities
are cbargeable with all the race friction
that exists. We had mono of it before
they intermeddled They have abused
the liberty of the press and have con.
slrued it into license, to slander and
abuse those who, knowing the situation
IN the south better than they DO, dare
to dissent from their dogmas born oil
iguoranc' and prejudice or to ressn,
their insults AMI ISLANDERS.
They brand as knaves or fools o,
brutes all who diff.r from them and
while the nselves spuruirg the negro
they damn US because we have establish.
ed separate schools for the two races
and have prohibited their iutermarriage
Ii they would emulste 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,
Reeing from the old world to enjoy re
lIgious freedom in the new, called q
sort of town meeting in the little boat
IN which they sailed, the day before
they landed, and passed a resolution
that they would be governed by the laws
OF God until they could find time to en-
act better ones. and when they had land,
ed proceeded at once to enjoy religion
freedom by burning witches and scourg
ing Quakcrs aud B,ptists ard Pspists
at carts tail, and from that day to
this they have busted themselves in at
tending to other peoples business. This
IS the peculiar chara ,teristic by which
this breed which aceords to every one
the right to think for himself -provi-
tet he thinks as they do-may always
be known. They (but nobody else north
or soutb) will denounce me asa Bour-
bon and blackboard for which | have
said about them, for the truth hur s..
They will distort it and torture it into
an attac k on DR.. Parkhurst and his party
and upon all the people of the north.
This IS the way this breed always does.
But the charge will be basely false.
Il have not and , not intend word
that l have said for the amiable doctor
whose Intentions believe are good, nor
for his psrty, only tEo Of whom. Wash.
ington and Curry, are known to me per
soually, These two are good men and
sre, as have on every occasion said,
doing good Il is intended solely fol
such creatures as the meDdacious cuI
who penned the vile slander In the Phil
aielphia P:ass referred to above,
~retchrs wnt having Eo manners MOI
morals of their wn constitu themselves
the coLsors of the IN ,uuers and mo OF
others DR. parknurst lad his friends
can come To the south and especially t.
Georgls whenever they please, and viii
IN the future as In the past, be treat, {
with the most courtesy, and while tn,
people OF this state are not mendlcauts
begging aims of any body, they msy 8,
long as they treat us as their equals SO
cially, morally aud Intellectually, ex
tend TO our schools, white and oolored
such aid as they please aud 1t will b,
received In the spirit iu which 1t is of
tered. But we have never yet learned
and God forbid that we should eve
learn to be sycophants and boot licks
licking the hand that smites us, or t,
crook the pregnant hinges Of the kne,
that thrift may follow fawning.'"
Allen d. Gambler.