Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1903-05-21

Canada every day upon which they are
welcome. We offer to help them to get
away, hut they do not want to get away
II the Southern people are so mean to
them the road is open to them to go
north A little later in his speech he
said just the reverse, He cOntradicts
himself all the time, consequently is a
liar and thief. fair example Of his
race in that respect Only the workless
and worthless are discontented and con-
stantly omplaining. Let them go to
work and quit spending their money at
white mems saloons, white mems hotels
and theaters, If they have not pros
pered in education, ami since the
war it is their own fault, they
should be disfranchised. Negro domin-
alton is not all OF it, Both parties use
negr as tools, lie accepts both par
ties Doodle, and no one can tell how he
votes fine votes at all. He spends the
money that they give him for poll tax
for whiskey or fish hooks,
l say emphatcally IN my opinion that
Office holding at>present is of no use to
them, believe that in the main Pres
ident Roosevelt has acted upon this
view. Now the appoi tment of Green
was an exceptional appointment, al
though absolutely justified by the Pres
ident's logic and is to be commended on
some theoretical grounds, does not work
we'll in practice because it creates To-
cal irritation that imperils things that
are of real interest to the negro. In
several Southern states there is strong
disposition on the part Of many wealthy
white men to divide the state school
fund allowing the negro schools only
the actual amount of school taxes paid
by themselves, which is on an average
of about per cent. Of what they now
get advantage of. The South is array
ing itself against propositions of this
kind which it should under the present
circumstances, and it will win the fight
for free and universal education of all
the children of all the people, black
and white, yellow and spotted, pied and
striped, or of various colors of dull or
brilliant hue.
This question alone is of thousand
times more Importance than federal
Office gives them occasionally. II Green
had been broad minded or wanted to be
something for his race he would
promptly decline to accept the office to
show the people that it was not the Of
fee but the prosperity and elevation OF
his race he was seeking
AT the closing of the meeting a col
lection was taken to help bear the ex'
pense of testing the constitutionality.
was one of the heaviest contributors.
My contribution was &c. On the plate
that came my way were cigarettes,
pieces of chewing tob lcco, pencil stubs
buttons, and pennies, my nickle being
ing as valuable as any piece ] saw
During the collection the speaker, Mr..
Hay, said something supposed TO be an
insult to Southern white men and some
kink of sorry specimen of humanity,
whose nose was longer than his head
threw up his hat and expelled some
kind OF natural gas that was not al
sweet as crushed roses, nor accompan
led by language as nice as that of al
angel. Most of tho crowd were negroes
mulattoes, dagoes, &;. However, some
nice people were there that under th'
circumstances of pressing request
could not we'll avoid attending.
W. C. ROBERTSON.