Woodville Republican., 1903-04-11

asd Hartford and Ssw Haon had seat
a Dig iot of money iopu herr 10 edu.
cate and reform our negroes i would
b. nothing bat fair for us 70 send . loi
Of the graduaies up there 10 DO mis-
sionarf work IN C0nueeficgt and Mas
saehusetts. These negro graduates
coulda't leach them The lost art u
EaakinF Nooden Huimegs, but thsy
could seach school and preach and the
New England people could pay them
Ter II and keep their money at home.
Something must be done. and done
quickly. or The old Puritan race will
become extinct. ! reckon these eoi-
ored graduates would make good mis-
siousFsss. Thsy have never tried any
thing else.
When my good friend, Mr.. T. X.
Ogiesby, sent me his book, "Sofne
Truths Of History-The South Nindi-
Gated, " | was too sick 10 peruse il care
fully. Since have gotten better have
reread ii-eyery page-and am free to
say II ls the most comforting little
book Of 26o pages have yet found. IL
IL mastery aud ~ true and s9iid as
stone wall. He has certainly vindicated
the south and nailed the lies and sian
ders TO the masthead. feel like have
defender In mine own household. and
yet there is moi a malignant expression
In il. II is gracefully done and would
bring conviction 20 any mind. north or
south, that was open 20 conviction.
Every youth In the land should buy
copy and absorb is contents. for II j.
as readable as a romance. regard Il
rs the best contribution 10 southern
historical literature that has yet APP
peared. Send SIPS 10 Mr.. Oglesby, No.
8 South Broad street, Atlanta, Ga. II
seems to me that this book would con
vert a northern fanatic. and If il con-
verted only one Il would save soul
from death and hide a multitude Of
sins. And there has recently come TO
me inc March number Of The Alkahest,
a iirst-class southern magazine, and
find in IL very remarkable article,
"Ihe Stages OF Civilization by MIR.
Frank 0rme, OF Atlanta. did not think
that the Frank Orme | used to know
was old enough TO have written an ar
ticle so scientific, so philosophical, so
Huxley-like on the races of mankind.
Most of the article is an analytical his
tory of the principal races and the
causes that contributed to their adj
yancement or their decay. The latter
part deals gently and fairly with the
negro and our efforts to elevate and re-
fine him by education. From Mr.. Orme's
viewpoint and the lave OF ethnolo-
gy and biology this cannot be done and
the effort win be in vain. But ] have
not time or space to review his admira-
bic treatise. Let our thoughtful men,
our wise men, our learned professors
In the colleges read II and they will
find abundant food for thought and se-
rious reflection. Mr.. Orme seems as
familiar with enthnology, biology, an
thropology, sociology and all the other
ologies as Huxley or Humboldt or Dar-
win. We old veterans are pleased to see
our young men taking hold of these
things. Ever since the war our people
have seemed almost paralyzed for fear
OF making their condition more intol-
cradle by talking, but OF late there Is
renewal of independence aud younger
men are coming to the front. The sale
Of Henry II. Jackson's great speech on
sThe Wanderer" has exceeded my ex-
pectations and itwas young man who
projected that--not for money, but for
the diffusion OF knowledge.
And here is long article In Des
Moines paper from woman who has
been recently travelling through Texas
hunting for something she wanted to
find. and she found II. Ii was some
very high weeds in the front yard of
one home and at another house was
q woman sitting on log dipping snuff
and she had lost all her front teeth.
Another discovery was that Texas
women don't do anything. They dent
work the garden or raise chickens or
ehurn the butter and il one was caught
at il she would be taken up and put In
a glass case and sent to the st. Louis
fair rs curiosity. What a malignant
slanderer she Is. She winds up by say
ing that the people there hate the me-
gro so bad that II the whole race had
but one neck they WOULD chop 1t off.
know Texas from east 10 Nest and
north to south and the people will aver
age we'll with the better class In the
older states. When will these slanders
cease? The March number of the Re
view of Reviews has most excellent
editorial on the south and her people.
1t is kind and considerate until 1t gets
20 Roosevelt and It gives him the most
fulsome praise and declares that he is
our friend. Butt want Mr.. Shaw to tell
me II he can about when will Roosevelt
retract his published ISLANDERS OF JEFF
fersoR Davis and make an apology to
his widow. That'swhat want to know,
and until he docs that no words of
praise will prove hin to be either a