St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-06-13

| d that is where they had the acvAn-
4.as Of the poor whites. Most al OF
10y. .,;l,, servants could read, not
..;.hs+,nding there was law forbid
dino their being taught. shackles ana
chains! Where is my grlnds1one and
NV rake and my AK? The negro, espe-
a;a1,v those of the copper colored type
IT don't mean mulattos) are natural
.a,n mechanics. We had in Georgia
,nora negro carpenters, bfacksmltbs
I'D sboemakers than there were
whites of the same trade. ms klnd
~ mechanics are all over the STATE
now but they didn't come from us
Leoee For several years l have been
,oal;no for labocing graduate OF
that school or any other negro school.
l,,,+ have not found one. A New YORK
tr;end told me not long ago that
coulG find so Of them as wa1ters IN one
hotel in New York city mat Is all
,.;rh+ The money for their education
aan,e from I'D there and we can spare
the whole turnout. Just emerged
from bondage and ignoranc and were
= thonsand wears behind the white
roc. when their shackles were knocked
off" Oh, my country! where Is my
orindstone? Before those imaginary
sbockles were knocked off our slaves
we're so obedient and law-abidlng we
did not need prison. and no" there
are 4 400 in the chain gangs OF &c orgia.
Wonde rful progress! With all their
education they are meaner' iazler'
dirtier and ten times more immoral IN
their domestic relations than ever be-
fore. And yet some southern editors
boast of their acquisition OF property
and run it up in the millions. OF course
there are some good and some thrifty
negroes who have made money. but
they are not five percent. CT the masses.
One negro in this town IS worth more
money than all the rest. The cities
are full of vagabonds who play craps
and steal and snatch purses from wom-
en- and burglarize houses and keep
women and children in state OF con-
slant alarm. Stealing is as much
race trait with them as it is among
the Bedowin Arabs. Where are my
young pigeons and what becomes OF
nv stove wood and coal?
No. our editors are too young to real
ize the difference between now and
then. Why, my faithful man servant
Tip could tell them more aboutslavery
than they all know. Did ever whip
Tip? No. never. l never thought OF
such thing. never whipped but one
of nv negroes. My wife's father.
Judge Hutchine, owned over a hundred
and | never heard of him whipping one
of them. He had one very bad negro
who got mad and run away and stayed
in the woods month out of spite. and
when he got tired and came home the
old Judge drove him off again and told
him to stay in the woods. that he
didn't want him any more, but he final
" begged his way back and gave no
more trouble. Chains ard shackles!
I wonder where Gen. Grant was when
Mr.. Lincoln knocked them off of his.
There are many kinds OF chains, but
the chains Of slavery were not to be
compared with the chains of the chain
gang or the chains of matrimony that
many a poor wife is suffering from.
Now let us hear no more about
shackles nor about the negro being a
thousand years behind the white man.
The truth is the old-time negro was
morally thousand years ahead of the
rascals up north who brought him
here in slave ships and sold him to us
because they could not use him at
home. But the Lord is lnerciful and
we had rather endure the negro than
listen to northern ISLANDERS. They
have just found a mares nest. If it
has taken them 40 years to realize their
folly. how long will it take them to pay
us for what they swindled us out OFF,
Where is my grindstone7 1t was an
unshaekled niger that stole'it and the
folks that unshackled him. ought to
pay for it.-B;ll Arp, in Atlanta Com
stitution
Truthful II Not Poetic.