The Colfax chronicle., 1903-02-21

He was ssin'' the Late Unpleas-
antness About the ssNig."
Coon Point, Feb. 16, 1908.
Editor COlfSx Chronicle:
There is 40 much talk about Rose
velt and Mister Booker Washington,
that / can't help thinking about the
subject, as ] have had some expert
ence with and unpleasant mixing up Of
the races ''in more ways than one"
There is the only one Roosevelt, and
be is President in action as well as
name, and his recent disturbance of
the body polite by his appointment
of 'sniggers" to Office recalls vividly
to my mind the dark days between
1851 and 1861, when the great Kan
sas and Nebraska debate in Congress
shook the foundation of our govern
ment from center to circumference.
With the passage of the Kansas and
Nebraska bill and issuing Of Uncle
Toms Cabin. the American people
stood with uplifted swords to strike
| the blow that was eventually struck
| in n1661-brother against brother and
| fnther against son-the result of which
is apparent to the present genera
tion.
had the honor to hear Stephen A.
Douglas and others in the grand de-
bate above mentioned. / also had
the honor Tor dishono:1 Of shoulder
| ing q musket in defence of the princi-
pies advocated in that discussion by
Clay, Webster, Banks and Benton, all
Of whom have passed away, but left
me the heritage of rheumatic pau
per-" stood within i've feet oi
grand old Abe Lincoln when be de-
clared that there would be peace and
good win among all citizens Of this
great country. This prophecy would
have been realized BY us in it's en-
tirety, had not the willy politicians
mislead the proud sons Of the South.
| In the North the masses think for
themselves, while in the South q few
think for the masses, and they are
generally the politicians, preachers
and Office seekers.
Your able editorial in the last issue
OF the Chronicle covers the ground
exactly, and no reflective mind can
once contradict it. Any man with q
thimble-full Of brains knows that thu
white race rules the world wherever II
gets a foothold. They ought also te
know that the negro population be
ing only one-sixth of the entire, thu
| five-sixths white, with all the arsenals
weapons, warsbipe and commerce, ar
unworthy of citizenship II they thinl
for one moment there Is any dangel
iron the black race, even shoult
Teddy" marry his daughter to 4
Mississippi nigger bear hunter.
il During the period noted at the be
u ginning Of this article, c0mprOmis'
after compromise was made to pre-
] vent clash between the North and
the South. Concession after conces
sion was made by both the pro ant
anti-slavery people, but the ineyita
| ble had to come, and did come will
a death-dealing cyclone that placet
: before the throne OF God q million o
!, | the bravest and best souls that eve
walked the earth since it's creation.
i Shame on the towards that noy
after the lapse Of nearly hall q centu
ry try to bring about . repetition O
| the scenes to which 1 was an eye Wit
, ness. Let the President appoint al
the negroes to Office, If he 60 desires
II conflict must come again on tn
same lines as before, then the soone
! the better, and l trust there will b
mo "street corner soldiers. those VIII
stalk the most, but shoot the least,
to say, 'sit wasn't me-"
II Every one has q right to select hi
> associates, and no law can ever b
J enacted to to the contrary. No pow
Ter on earth can force social equalit
|, on the American people. The negr'
would be wiped from the face Of th
earth in forty hours II such q thin,
] was attempted. Let the nizger alone
make him keep his place, work hiu
and pay him fairly. and he win serv
You well to the end Of time.
Some people win associate with th
J darkey after dark, but don't kno,
him utter daylight. This ID wrong
We should tote fair" with him q
the time. / am glad to know tina
Colfax is conservative, and 1 am Gel
tain that Miss Indianola p. Mistres
; would not be molested there. Ho'
!, would it do to exchange orr goo
J. Mckinley p. Master for the ''nig?"
? Truly yours, for right,
n SInNRGD