The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-22

negro. prejudiced against his holding of- flee in the South when all the business must be transacted with whites, but have we not just cause for that prejudice-far better cause than the NoYtherners who support the Presidents policy for their prejudice against the whites of the South 2 We bought the negro in legal sale and we paid for him. That the purchase price went north of Mason and Dixon's line does not now offset our case. In our bat tie for States rights we lost and our slaves were turned loose, ignorant and dependent, but friendly.
 By an act which now causes many Northern men to blush the ballot was put into the hands of these simple people, utterly ignorant of their responsibilities and carpet-bagRers came down to manip- ulate them and breed hatred in their hearts for their best friends. The car pet-baggers were successful and a reign of political debauehery succeeded The whites, in time, regained supremacy, but the negro has been effectually turned against his neighbors of the other race, and for political purposes his antagonism has been nourished from the North by those prejudiced against the South.
 f Tn view of all the circumstances where such an appointment is made as that of pr. Crum We are forced to ask ourselves whether the President is sincere in de- sire to uplIft the negro by this method, or Is. perhaps, unconsciously influenced by a prevailing Northern antagonism to the South-an antagonism unmodified even when the conquered South, devas- tated. was preyed upon by the thieving alien and the benighted black.
 Are our wishes opposed, our feelings disregarded, our prejudices ignored be- cause we fought and were fought by the Presidents party forty years ago?
 ''When will our opponents let the war end? We will never accept their view of the negro from distance; nor can we be so hard upon the negro as Is the man from Massachusetts,, Ohio or Maine when he comes to live in the South. We are not opposed to the negro holding ofice-in communities where he represents the peo- pie, the people who vote, who do bust ness. who pay taxes. If 1t Is good to en- courage the .Aegro, to give him ambition by putting him in high official places let those who think so make room for him. Give him a chance in Indianapolis Bos- ton and Pittsburg.
 'fWe of the South know that a negro would not bc appointed to such an office in a Northern state against the protests of the people. We know that. despite the large negro population of Cuba. with negroes of higher degree of intelligence and higher standing than the negroes of this country, q negro consul general would not be sent there. Why? Because the Cuban whites would object. and while they have none of our strong reasons for prejudice their views are respected. For the same reason negroes are not sent in diplomatic or consular capacities to Gen. traI or South American governments.
 '"rhe South and Liberia seem to be the only fields which the administration con slders open to negro office holders. The South is doubtless the only spot on earth where business representatives of bus mess government are forced on the people to pay the piper against their protests Is it wise? Is it just? Is 1t friendly? Is 1t good buainess7
 "As to the Indianola postmistress mci- dent am not fully informed If the post mistress was In danger of mob she