The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1903-08-14
SOFtherners Too Distant to
Know Negro Problem.
7EENLEAFI SOVERRULED
Illustration Barlow Man Tells
GOOD story Anont an Irish JUS
tiee Of the Peaee-That Buga.
boo Of Slavery Again.

dogmatic old squire IN the seven.
teenths trict of this, Cass county
whose llme was Jim McGinnis. lie
had plenty Of what is called good horse
sense, a determined will and abund-
ance of prejudice He won the j. p.
machine in that district for about
twenty years, and his final judgment
In case was the law Of the settle
ment. Nobody dared to appeal or
carry the case up for fear Of offending
him and losing the next case they had
in BIZ court.
One time a fellow sued another fell
low for the hire Of a negro. Judge
Parrot was on one side, and Colonel
Abba Johnson on the other, and when
the Judge started to read his law from
Greenleaf on Evidence" Colonel
johnson stopped him and made the
point that Mr.. Greenleaf was a very
smart man and had writ a power Of
good law, but that he was a yankee
nf9lyed in Boston and knew no more
about hiring negroes than a heather
knows ABOUT Sunday. The old squire
asked for the book, and looked over
the title page saw that it was printed
IN Boston and so he ruled 1t out of his
court. and PARROT lost his case. The
squire said that Mr.. Greenleaf lived
a little too fur off to be familiar with
the business.
I've seen a good many pieces Of late
about the negro and the great south.
ern PROBLEM. The people up north
begin to admit that they can't see
through it.
North Too Far Away.
Ever since the war they have been
telling us what to do with the darkies,
and they have been watching us to see
whether we did it or not, and they ac-
lally think we'd put 'em back in slav.
again If we could. They are in
nest about this business, l reckon
iome of 'em die and leave a whole
of money for the poor negro
san glad of it. wish that more
y of 'em would die and do the same
thing, but what | rise to remark is
this: they know no more about the
negro than Mr.. Greenleaf did, and
their judgment amt worth a cent.
would mot give farthing for any
mauSA Judgment about darkies who
hadn't Been born and raised with EN-
and owned 'em. 1t takes long time
to learn the traits and instincts of a
race of people. The yankee never
win know what the negro is, for he
never knew him in a state Of slavery.
The yankee who came south sixty
years ago, and domiciled with us know
.-Sylea bout him, and l will take their
4, {oo9On, but when hear these modern
Z SOY philosophizing and debating
about Inn in a consequential manner
I unconsciously raise my foot to kick
! somebody. There are lots of folks VI
4 about Boston who are looking over
J their spectacles at us, and din't know
they Jhad a Tewksbury almshouse
If theft would lower their sights they
would have power Of work to do al
home | bought leather purse fol
Mrs. Aarp once and she won't use Il
for it came from Boston, and she Ii
afraid 1t was made out OF a human
hide that was tanned from Tewksbury
I've got no pathetic sentiment abo;j
the niger. The yankees passed &
whole lot of amendments to the oonsti
'(SU1'utiQn to put him on an equal footinl
us, socially and every other way
hey were the first break 'em
Indians had been down here il
Zee Of the bigger, the whole yankel
- .iation woulc. have been friends, bu
now they are their enemies and keel
driving them further and further int
the Wilderness and cheating EN- GU
of OH. the government gives EN-. W.
have got to study races just like VI
do horses and cattle. The Anglo-SaX
ON has got his traits and instincts an,
so has the Indian and the niger ant
the heAthen Chinese We cuss tn
.JeR the Italian, and why should
we Elder the niger with the SAN
philosophy Some folks seem to thin
we owe him good deal because h
didn't cut up and rip around durin
the war, but don't. He didn't car
anything about it and he don't car
now. 1t is not his nature. He ha
IittiA rather have a master than no
90 ye him, and the truth is most G
God have got EN- and they Away
will have EN-.
Slavery Was Humane.
We are tired of all this nonsens