The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-22
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 A fellow over in Chicago. signing him. self A. A. Gibson. has evidently been eating something which badly disagrees with him. judging from a recent letter he writes to The New York Tribune: Have we government fit to be recog- nised as such by the intelligent sentiment of the twentieth century?' he asks. wailfully. all because our government. as he imagines doesn't do things for the Southern negro. He fires this batch of questions at all creation:
 Is there an intelligent man in the United States who will say hat the negro has not precisely the same rights In every respect as the white man7 Is there a lawyer who win not say that it Is the tect the negro in the exercise of these rights at all times and In all places, and to the fullest possible extent? lssthere human being so desperately ignorant as to say that he Is thus protected? We'll. if he Is not. then why not? Does any one doubt that he would be so protected in England or France or Germany or Switzerland or Mexico, or in any other first class government on earth?
 As he doubtless thinks nobody will or can answer his queries he ooes so him. self by giving us the comforting assur- ance that ''the so-caiIed government is a farce, a humbug. and deplorably incom- petent." This is all very sad. The writer is evidently a Republican. but he has poor opinion of the government under which he lives. He wants the President or somebody else to take all the Southern States by their hind legs and slam them up against something unless they will at once agree to place the negro alongside the white man in all respects. It will be observed that he acknowledges no difference between the races. The negro must have precisely the same rights in every respect" that the white man enjoys. This means that the two races must be placed on an equality at the polls. in business, in official and pro- fessional life and at the fireside. If that isn't what he means then he means noth- ing. And he tens us what must be done, thus:
 The very best medicine that could pos- sibiy be given to the Southern white peo- pie would be for every person who can possibly be classed as ''colored' to leave that country forever, go to Africa or Mexico, if offered sufficient inducements. And if they want to. go, the United States Government Is in honor bound, under the them in getting started in a new country. But If they choose to stay here, then they must be protected, absolutely and on the instant, in the exercise of every right be- LAnRinw n a YnA Arfn mi kA1 of the ''noblest Roman of them all."
 We don't know so we'll about that medicine. and don't see how it can be administered. The coiored people do not want to leave the South and will not. We do not drive them out as is frequently done in MT. Gibson's State, as we'll as in other Northern States. And we should be glad to know what clause of the Federal Constitution the writer would in- yoke under which the government would be authorized to pay the expenses of sending all the negroes to some foreign country and taking care of them after wards. Such an undertaking would probably cost fou' or five billions of dol- lars and we don't believe Uncle Sam can afford it-till he digs the canal. at least.
 But we are not left in doubt as to the alternative. If the negroes do not care to so away, all expenses paid. then they must be protected absolutely and on the instant" He isn't giving us time to dodge. Right now. before breakfast as 1t were. the colored man must be pro- tected from somebody. What will be The result If that is not done Is not told. cut it must be something dreadful and we are almost getting ready to shudder at the prospect. And we wonder, by the way, If all this must be done while the President Is having high jinks among the geysers. Perhaps Clarkson can do it before Roosevelt gets back. or maybe Gibson himself can be deputized to do the job. He's ass enough to try it.