The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1903-04-03

quotations she evidently means sex
] ual equality. She certainly is not
so ignorant rs not to fully compre-
head the different meaning of these
words. She quotes the scripture
where God in his wisdom forbid the
Jewish people to have sexual rela-
tions with any other people, yet she
uses that injunction of God as a
command for the white people of this
country to mix with tho negro, and
oil of this in defense of the President
in his attempt to establish social
equality among the whites and blacks
of our own country. We will admit
that the visible testimony Of SO many
mulattoes is positive proof of the
violations of the laws of our
land, and with a blush of shame
any Intelligent citizsn is bound to ,adrs
NIT the iscts, yet the Attitude Of
the Presidents seeming fondness.
could be established by national laws
50 as to abolish the laws of South
Carolina as we'll as the laws of the
Southern States, whereby whito and
negro people are not allowed to
marry each other, then the mulatto.
would not necessarily be proof of
broken, law because many who
are of the same opinion as Miss G.
cou'd marry negro and thus exter..
inmate the African race. We do
not believe the President intends to
attempt to establish social equality.
We believe he is too intelligent to
lead his party and the African race
to destruction, yet we believe he has
shown a very weak political mind in
trying to make votes out Of the ig-
norance of a very few people.
Neither do l believe Miss G.. means
what she says when she attempts to
justify the President by heaping in
suit upon injury of the Southern
people because they have broken the
laws Of their land. She might as
we'll say that the President is going
to Indiana and Ohio to encourage
the whitecaps of those States because
they have broken the laws of the
said States, or she might as we'll say
that the President will pay us a visit
on May 4th, next, because we hanged
an Italian here in the heart of the
city and then dragged the body
through the streets Of the city and
hung it upon telegraph pole at the
corner of 18th and Curtice streets;
and less than three years ago we
burned a negro a mere boy at the
stake 60 miles cast of the city at
Lemon Junction; it is with shame
that have to admit these as facts
and can't see hcw Miss G. could
acknowledge the crimes of her State
without blush of shame instead of
a taunt of retaliation. While 1 can
not accept Miss G's. theory as she
accepts it from George Combe, and
if it should prove infallable it would
be very slow process, and / give
notice that I have been in Missouri
several times.
Well the sun is shining again as
the clouds have disappeared at 8 p.
m
1 will try to fnise telling what I
remember of the reunion. In my
last letter you make me say T. jeff
Powell had been away from South
Carolina 27 years when it should be
81 years. Also i neglected to speak
Of one of the liveliest Urion county
soldiers at the reunion, that was
Pack Began, Of Bogansville town.
ship. He was in the war with Jno.
Henry Williams, and it was great
pleasure to see and hear them; it
was really worth the price to Dallas
to see these two alone, they certain
ly enjoyed themselves as they enter
tanned many others. Besides. Pack
had q younger brother with him,
though | hardly think he was in the
war. They had been away from
South Carolina 36 years and live in
Texas; they used to live at West
Springs, s. G.
only went to the Convention
Hall twice and that was in the after
noon when most of the soldiers had
left the headquarters for the day, 80
l learned very little of what was
going on in there, though I had tho
pleasure Of hearing the Governor of
Louisiana and the Mayor of New
Orleans give the old soldiers hearty
invitation to meet at the above place