Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1902-08-16
Ks - Made The Negro Inferior
-. - Will Remain So,
20 MATTER WAT IS WRITTEN.
siedd, Bill Says, rlust Have Had n
Diseased Imagination When lie
Wrote That Article

! teen millions IL worries me. II write
( mat the doctor sewed up hare lips and
u comes out hair lips. don't like Il
me type didn't know that a rabbit had
a slit under its nose. IL I write that I
walked out into the garden 10 let nv
eholer down. meaning my anger. the
I typo thinks I meant my shirt collar
ana so changes the spelling 20 suit his
own idea. But since I read an editor's
license in New York paper feel bet-
Ter Tor he says IL is amazing how few
OF these mistakes are made in the great
oailies that have 10 De rushed through
With lightning speed The constant
pressure on type settlers and proof
readers Is tremendous. but they rarely
make any serious blunders. and tho in
telligent readers can generally cor
rect them in his mind. And 50 I will
not worry any more about il. There are
some other Nttle things that are OF
more consequence tlst now. Our cook
has quit. and so has the house maid
gone OF 20 Rockmart FOR a week or two
gone 70 a house party. I think. That
Is all right. for the cook has been faith
gul a long time and needed rest She IS a
good servant and keeps a clean kitchen.
ana we have had a house party our
selves for several months. I have been
sick, but now We are reduced u re
regular family % Eve and have but lit
tie 20 cook and can get along on two
meals a day. Ny wife arranged 4 for
me 20 ere up tho stove and fin ND the
kettles and grind tie coffee and put on
the hODiny and then ring the bell for
the girls 20 get Up and finish up the
breakfast She said that IL felt like il
/ might sweep out the hall and the
front veranda and settle Up the front
room- Well. OF course. had 20 split
Up some kindling and bring In the stove
wood but am getting nlong fairly we'll
and my wife thinks the exercise is
doing me gooi. Last night she limited
that the veranda was badly tracked ND
since the rain and needed a good wash
Ing. So this morning ] turned loose
the hose pipe on 60 and She praised me
right smart and brought her some
roses from my garden. We lex her sleep
until breakfast is ready. Tor she cleans
up her room and makes zap two beds
and thon sews an day FOR the grand
children. But 7 want that coiorcd house
party % hreak up as soon as possible.
for DON'T hanacr after this morning
business rs regular Job Mrs. Limms
says She likes 80. and ! think she does.
she has good room ia the back ward
ana good furniture and a handsome
lamp 10 r'al uy. and her little grand
son -Fcs With her. and ] don know
ot ANY co.orei woman chat has blt-
Ter time. lr fact.I know of lots 90 GOOD
negroes 10 town who are contCutod
with their situation and win continue
so u they are Deg alone hy the northern
fanatics and southern Cralks.
What craze has come over that man
Slell 20 cause him Cd W-ite such "a fool
piece for The Boa ton magazine What
good can 10 possibly 90. even e ID was
truce Bug e is not true and only tic
product o. diseased imac.nati0u.
would write hard things about him but
Tor his family connections. For thoir
AXE he had better have sm0flercd his
feelings and his pen. The Atlantic
Monthly has never shown any love Tor
the south. and why he should select
that as his organ passeth comprehcr-
sion Professor Slcdd says the negro IS
an Inferior race. Then Why does he in
sist that we give him a place N our
own churches and hotels and railroad
cars2
IL was the work 90 the Creator that
made him inferior. and he Viii remain
so-and neither education nor misce-
social equality is concerned Moses vio- f
lated the law OF God when ne marJried
thatEthiopan woman. and he had todis
card her, and Aaron and Miriam ch!ded
him for q long afterwards. Numbers
xii. The story goes. according 20 Jo-
sephls. that the Egyptians were at war
with the Ethiopians and had suffered de-
Feat IN every battle until Pharaoh was
advised that no one could command his
army successfully but Moses. So Moses
was given command ana he marched
with the army 70 the borders OF Eth
opla and met the enemy and defeated
them and then marched on 10 Saba. the
royal city. and attacked the walls. and
Tharbis. the daughter OF the king. saw
Moses from the window OF her tower.
and he was so handsome that she fell
desperately ia love with him and sent
a messenger 10 him 20 say that II he
wouid marry her she would surrender
the city and army 10 him Moses agreed
20 this and their marriage was az once
cO1sumamted. Then Moses returned
with his victorious army TO Egypt He
did not take with him his Ethiopian
wife. but not long after ne married
Zipporah. the daughter Of Jethro the
Midianite.
80 We must suppose that Moses mar
ried the Ethiopian princess as a war
measure and With no idea OF keeping
his promise. At any rate II caused
trouble and shame in the family. and so
IL has done ever since whenever a white
person mates with a negro
What a Enons,rous falser ~: - say
that the southern negro is dehumanIz-
ed. Right acre ,in oOr town every negro
mechanic is employed at good wages.
Biacxsnniths. Carpenters. masops. paint