Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-01-14

the grounu that white uIru Will not
submit 10 the rule of blacks or To
the decisive participation of them ia
government in ANY stage or IN any
form. This Is humSn nature. IL Is
possibly unconsritutlVnal.L hut cunsti-
buttons which go sgsirst human
nature ARE unnatural, aud unnatural
constitutions give WAY Ia the laws of
human nature when they cross their
path. Besides. negroes thus deprived
of their votes crn 20 ID lave about il.
But going to law" IL net going Ia
the Presiden. of the United States,
Ii rs going to the courts" and the
courts, while admitting that th,
Southrrs States have kept negroes
out of voting, say they have not kept
them out of it hy virture of anv
words or acts which give to them
case IN law,
Sluce the North has come 10
understand the situation down
South IL has cUuIe 10 ,aAe tile South
cru View Vt the case. Mare IO,UUU,-
UUO OF blacks 50 u tfuseI lhIvuAn
the Nvrtn aS ~ vquSi, or 40 uraIIl
10 equal, or Us to OutuumOvr Tue
" hltvS, the whites here, Constitution
or no OnstltulIUu, Wound keep them
under, Just aS tue Whites ia the
south uU. Mr.. Roosevelt himself
would be a white gONeruu' ut mau.
all suu urgro suffrage Wau, II he
iiNed ia any Southern State. lie
mistakes moral or academic pr pO-
sItIUu 10, conditions " INCH rvaii, ~
lot aud with which he would hIusrlt
sy mpathlze DID he live wnsge they
prevail. We tear he Is more intent
Oh stimulating hts OrICal Republican
sentiment fer his nomination n 1904
than rxpvcIant Ot doing very much
Tor the negro race 10y p:tIing II, hN
nomination of n,ehIvrs OF II Tor
office, against the sUiId DETERMINATION
OF the white race that the negro
shall not he placed over Ia IA and
shall not be held 10 r, present thrm
IN Government offices Ia viii IA aud
through which they do busiurSs with
the Federal Government aud with
the out side world.
A negro woman, post master in
Mississippi town. lately resigned. She
held the office quite awhile aud had
not III performed ITS duties. A re-
port had started that she resigned az
tht request or insisteucr of the
hite residents. Her resignation
was not excepted. The e,fui, l."
continue her IN place Was III
Law the white prol lr. The oth,~ WA
then sumuarily cluS,-,i ia tn, belief
that she would h- asked to krrp u
But she said that she rrsiyurd.
though after request. voluntarily; that
she had suffered no threats or iniuri.>
And that she dnrs NOT wasn't aud will
not take the place again Whether
thar was sincere .r II politic express
son, Slie moved tn auOi her town with
her husband They are r-T resented
to be- nrgrnes Intelligent rmnash ~
realize that their participation in
political office is not for tn, he-t
interests of themselves or Of their
renple. Still he Office has not VT
heen rroprned. though the case
which the Administrator expected
hr woman to make ont has h.en d.-
-idrd hy her. so to speak, against tn,
Government"
The Precedent followed hat up
with the nomination Ut a negro doctor
TO be Collector of Customs ia
Charleston, ). T.. The SENATE has
not Yet cUutirmrd hI, nouIiuatlun, GuI
viii, 1t party lIueS Oe tightly drawn.
unless Its members allow ttte pruU
Gratis 10 talk against tune AMI thrrrL,
carry the matter over iinal uujpuru
nrut, next March L. The President
has succeeded in doing what D,-uU
rats DO not like aud also ia prerlpi
tHting MI agitation " Inch many lie
PuEIicans do not relish, White
northumberland Charleston is a con
siderable commercial p"rI aud NEARLY
all It's business mrn are whItrs-du
nOt want To come into official rela-
-
.irenre personal relations. with a.
negro collector. lie NAV hr confirm
ed. But he will be, ~ far as possible.
ISOLATED. lie may be appointed in
he recess without confirmation, hut
hr will be- isolated, ne far as possible,
all the sImr. You cannut go against
hutnS-. NATURE, " hrt her vou call IL
''prrjud &c" or 'Gisloyalty" or ere
i'elli0n" or what not. The power "i
nppoiniment ID not judirinusly used
hen II arOnses against ala Admins
'rHii0n the resentment of the COM
wunity TO he served. The case Is
not on of Rrpuhlicanisu rs. Drmoc-
racy. White Republicans take Fr..-
-ral office .wn South without the
resentment of white Democrats. /,
- whites vs. blacks, with blacks,
whatever their nnmbrrs-Or cul urr
ar chnractrr--drprnient IN the South
IN the good will Of the whites fu,
getting on we'll. All the whites
md the wisest bIacks-ngrre In At
noliiical office in the South gwen {,
negroes Injuries The blacks 10y hurting
he friendly relations betwr,u tin
races. Politics aside. SonIhrrn
whites will do far more for ihr. mrgr.
han Northern communities will do
The President has done that hici
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