The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-01

Ihe sublime superiority IN wisdom and
morals of some of these negrophobiles
prevents them seeing that their ill-timed
and unwise efforts to destroy racial feel
ing hurt the negro. About 1929 the
negroes became so wrought up by the
God and Morality teachers, that they
became unbearably insolent.
In Hayneville, the young buck negroes
would lock arms and refuse to give up the
sidewalk to whites meeting them. A gem
tleman of this city, then living IL Mont
gomery. tells me that escorting his sis
ter to church on Sunday he was compell
ed to carry pistol in his hand. -Four or
five buck negroes would lock arms across
their escorts take the gutter
The result was, that a number of fool
ish negroes lost their lives, and the trou-
BILE subsidized. When Mckinley appoint
ed negro postmasters in little villages In
Georgia and South Carolina, where little
girls and women had to come in contact
with thick-lipped Africans, some other
negroes lost their lives. The negro, In
dian and Chinaman always get tho hot
end of the poker in conflicts with the
Caucasian.
When pyramids, and such are the races
of men, come In collision, their bases first
meet, and ii is In the lower strata, the
foundation stones. where the prejudice,
if you call 1t SUCH is strongest. Half the
Indian wars were caused by unruly
whites, and most negro riots originate
with the unruly classes of both races.
although the negro is inspired by the
teachings of men near the top of the
white pyramid to claim more than nature
education or position give him. The new
crusade will cause some more foolish me-
groes to lose their lives and the wheels
of progress will move along in their des-
tined way, and the Confederate and his
posterity will cling to the faith that this
country ought to be ruled by the white
man. Northerners who live among us.
and who are not here for politics. are OF
the same opinion, only they out Herod
Herod and are less patient than we. with
the brother in black.
There is one feature of soldier life which
has both a sad and ludicrous side. | re-
fer to struggling. Even in the best dis
ciplined armies. well fed and clad there
are men who will slip out into the woods,
or darkness. cut across the country ana
forage for buttermilk and dainties as well
as substantials. Although we had rear
guards. provost guards. and all the ma
ohinery. one can we'll believe that the sol
dlers who were seldom well fed or clau
would with the best intentions and under
lax discipline, leave the ranks and hunt
for food. They seemed to know by in
stlnct the by ways and nigh cuts, and on
the march from some high hill. we could
see streams of them going TO the houses.
never afraid Of dogs. for the latter SEEM
ed awed into submission, and always APP
preaching by the back door like tramn
FOR that was the nearest way to the
pantry or kitchen. Usually they got ali
the cold victuals and buttermilk about
the house, sometimes a ham, live fowls,
apple butter or honey, but after Virginia
had been harried by both armies. new
plans had to be invented to coax food
from those patriotic and splendid Vir-
ginia women. Generally the straggler
wanted something for his sick captain. .
and for a long time that was a winning
dodge. Sometimes when there were no
eatables in the house the straggler would
accommodatingly wait all night, assured
that the family would borrow meal
somewhere, perhaps from hidden stores.
Whilst we lay furnishing for days in
Maryland with the unfordable Potomac
at our backs. the boys would take their
ramrods and probe into the gardens and
discover cans of preserves, apple butter.
and other good things. buried against the
coming of such visitors. 1t Is a wonder.
that with so much struggling, our COM
manders could count On their forces for
battle, but on the first sound of cannon.
the noble army Of stragglers would
hasten their steps. and inquire for the
whereabouts of their respective COM
mands and go In to dare and to die, As
we lay the third day on knob under q
heavy fire from Little Round Top at Get
tysburg, the enemy's cavalry charged
around our right into the wheat field In
our rear With shouts and waving of sa.
bers which flashed in the July SUM- they
came on calamity. We gathered ana
loaded all the scattered guns left AROUND
us by dead friends or foes. and prepared
to fight front and rear. The captain of
an Augusta. Ca. battery charged down
ON the cavalry with his guns pouring In
rounds of canister Then the nobility OF
the straggler shone forth. From every
rock, and shade and bush, and out of tina
wheat, could be seen little puffs of smoke.
where the straggler. angry that mere
cavalry disturbed his repose, was pour
ing in his fire. The federal commander,
Colonel ---- whose commission as
brigadier general came next day. was
shot down by n straggler. and when two
of them tried to take him. he wounded
enc with his pistol. and was killed by the
other The Fourth Alabama was faced
about. went to the edge or the field gave
the federals one volley, and the survivors
fed. The whole was as distinctly seen
by lis as the actors on the stage of the
theater. and honors seemed to be equally
divided among the artillery. the Fourth
Alabama. and the stragglers. as every
one of the latter / saw was running to-
wards the enemy and firing as fast as he
could load.
Two of the fraternity tried all their
powers of persuasion on an obdurate old
woman. but could get no eatables. posi-
lively. she had not thing even for her
own people. Finally one Of them asked