The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-09-21
THE TVO RACES IN THE SOUTH.
A Teunexseean'a warm Approval Of the
ssottments of Gov. NOrihen OF Georgia.

Sentiments OF Gov. Norihen OF Georgia.
To TIE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
editorial article in your issue OF Sept. Is. ON
Governor Northen's Expression OF South
ern Sentiment" deserves the commentator
Of all employers Of negro labor for the true
appreciation and knowledge 1t shows OF
the relations that exist between the negro
laborer and their employers in the South.
Governor Northen expresses the sentiments
of all the best people in the South when he
saws, in effect, that he does not want to live
in any country where there are no negroes.
The negroes are the only laborers to
which the Southern people are accustomed.
The two races, when not interfered with
by pseudo philanthropists and incorrigible
meddlers, live together more harmoniously
than the masters and laborers do in any
other country on earth.
There is a warm feeling OF attachment
between the two races in the South. Every
day evidences Of this may be seen. A
typical farm in the tobacco growing section
Of this State employs good many families.
One OF these families, numbering thirteen.
has been raised ON the farm since the close
Of the civil war. The members Of it feel
az much attachment to the farm and to
the white family as II they owned the farm
and were members Of the white family
The negroes enter into the pleasures OF the
white boys. They will make Whips for them
at night, help to break the colts. give up
their own special enjoyments to assist
the white boys in theirs. There has not
been disagroeable word spoken on this
place to a laborer for years, II one proves
worthless. I've is paid OF and told to seek
another employer, but there il no III feel
ing engendered. Oftenti,nes the dis
charged laborer will beg to be taken back,
though he has but to 60 to q neighboring
plantation to get employment al the same
rate Of wages.
The negroes are the most independent
laborers in the United States. They are in
a position never to be without work. Their
services are always in demand. II not
tempered with. they are good humored,
accommodating, loyal to their employers
and soon become attached TO them by tho
strongest bonds Of sympathy and affection.
To one who will pay them promptly, treat
them fairly, feed them we'll and furnish
opportunities for their children to attend
school, they are as much devoted as the
relations Of employer and employee will
permit. Personally, have known these
negroes to brave the lightning and tempest
and foods of rain to serve an employer,
and to do it with as much pleasure as they
would 20 to their big meetings.
Like Governor Northen, know that they
make the most efficient laboTers the South
can ever have: l know that nine-tenths Of
them are treated with more consideration
and respect than laborers are treated by
employers Of the North.
In the absence Of the pernicious teach
ings to which SO many misguided people in
the North are addicted. the negroes would
be wiser. better. happier, more useful
more intelligent, more contsnted, more
frugal and thrifty. Leave off social equality
and negro government which implies negro
supremacy and there is nothing else that the
negroes OF the South may not aspire to-
More than one hundred millions Of dollars
have been contributed to their educa tion
by the Southern people. They always
find employment. They arc more highly
appreciated az laborers than any other
nationality. The industrious and eco
nomical are buying homes. What other
alien race is doing better? The writer Is q
planter himself and employs many negroes,
and he fully concurs in everything that
Governor Northern says in his interview.
The negroes have no white friends that
have done or will do az much for their eleva-
ton and improvement as the white people
OF the South. Every interference from
outside parties weAkens the bonds that
bind These two races together in the South
j. b. KILLEBBEw.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. ls.