The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1901-11-22

publicly In Atlanta that he had been
10 Tuskegee and Investigated and
could hear Of only about a dozen out
Of 200 who were at work. The most
Of them came out mechanics or farm
ers, but they have been transformed
into gentlemen" and are living
of their kinIolks. A few have been
sent to Africa to start the cotton bust
ness and It ls TO be hoped that the
others will 90 there and stay. Eduea.
ton Is not what the negro gtanus In
need Of. II is a reform in morals. II
Is the unprejudiced opinion of the most
conservative observers that they are
the most thievlsh, unchaste race upon
the face Of the earth, ana they are in.
hntely 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.
gia, and the number Increases as the
years 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.
Il Is safe to say that rs per cent Of the
negroes about the towns and cities will
steal, and that so per cent of the negro
children are born out Of lawful wed
lock. Two of our negro rbers de.
camped to Bessemer last week-one
has been keeping three wives and the
other two, but they left them and took
two new ones along with them. We
have got so accustomed to this state
Of negro morals that 1t excites no com.
ment Some white men will rob banks
and abduct children and hold up trains
and embezzle money and cheat in trade
and run blind tigers and moonshine
whisky But nearly all negro servants
Will take little things-little money or
jewelry or a pair Of scissors or stamp
ed envelopes or a little rice or coffee
or sugar. They will do this, and we
submit to it, because they make kind
good-natured servants and we need
them. And so the race problem GOes
On, but | will prophesy some good to
come from Roosevelt. He is a crank
about some things, but he is fearless,
independent, self-rellant and will do
just as he dogon pleases. Mythology
tells us that King Augean had herd
of 5000 oxen, whose stables had not
been cleaned out for thirty years, and
Hercules came along one day and got
a Whit of the foul odors and turned
two rivers through them and cleaned
them out in a day. believe that Roose-
welt is for clean, honest work in the
government departments and will
clean out the Augean stables, If he has
to turn the Potomac river through
them. For thirty years this stencil
has nauseated us. He has just APP.
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 viii
no longer get all the spoils. But we
want the president to let the negro
alone. The race problem belongs to US
and will be settled on wise and hui
name basis if the fool yankee editors
and preachers will let us alone.
But we Will wait and watch and
some good people will pray for deliv-
erance-"deliver us from evil" !
haven't given up Mr.. Roosevelt yet
If we could only get him GOWN here
for two or three years he would be,
come so disguised with the negro and
so 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 New York said that the south was
not ready for it now, but the time
would soon come when miscegenation
would be found the best solution OF
the race problem. And only last week
the editor of republican paper de.
Tended Mr. Roosevelt anu said that in
another generation social equality be-
tween the races would be universal al
the south and it was well to start it al
the white house. With such malignant
fools we can do nothing, for they are
too far off. But they had better shiny
on their own side.
P. 81 am gratified that Mrs. Park
and G. have come to the rescue OF
Ma and have established heI
as and heroine in orr history