The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1905-03-10

book of power unless endowed
with superhuman mind. | pro-
test against such high praise.
! Nor is the ease of all angels
against all devils' true. sketch
five negro characters, two good,
two bad and one humorous. I
draw full length the characters
of two great Republican leaders
Lincoln and Stevens one good
and one bad. Should a reviewer
delibe. ately try to deceive his
readers even to promote harmo-
ny between the north and south.
Can harmony be gained by
falsehood.
The Outlook assumes that my
facts are true, but says: Lets
hush it up-it's all over now and
we're ashamed of it," Is it so?
Hear this choice deliverance of
calm philosophic criticism from
the Boston Transcript:
He reaches the acme of his
sectional passions when he exalts
the Kuklux Klan into an associa-
tion of southern patriots, when
he must know, or be strangely
ignorant of American history,
that it's members were as arrant
ruffians, desperadoes and scoun-
drels as ever went unhanged."
Did it ever occur to The Out
look that ] may be trying to reach
darkest New England with few
rays OF southern sunlight? J? One
of the best preachers i9 Tristan
a man of the esauer saHuer of evangeli-
charafifrfisstianity, whose sermons
| The Transcript prints on Mon,
davs was a Kuklux clansman, and
at this writing is still unhanged
and very popular in Boston: Has
The Transcript moved to Salem.
NV father is a venerable min
ister of Christ. He has built ~
fiourishing Baptist churches II
Piedmont, Carolina, in pastor
ate of 60 years. He is one O.
: those "desperadoes," and is still
? unhanged. l could give tn
5 names of a thousand of thes
: "ruffians" who are today. among
the noblest men in America,
: The Outlook was founded b
!, Mr.. Beecher to promote Chrlstla
union. Will my father vote eve
l. to unite with his northern brett
rem of the same faith so long 6
is such experts in ignorance as if
= Boston Transcript teach that
at saving the civilization of I'll
N south he was a ruttian, desper
ne do and scoundrel?
of Is it possible to promote ma
'h mony by a lie? :,
nd 7 am no sectional fanatic, b
is citizen of New York, WI
mt scores of warm friends in t
great rushing north. Their su
ms port has given me my success
lis life. This is my country-t
is whole of it from sea to sea a
= from Alaska to the keys of FL
he ida. love the people OF
his north and l have promised e
if God gives me strength Il
1t shall know mine own people
an the south and love them too.
: to this a crime? / am writing
My of the fullness of life the st
'cy. of my father and mother
n a brethren. 1t is an authentic
sim man document. In these be
in | am giving utterance to
deepest soul convictions OF
as a 100000 southern people on
Re- the darkest problem of our
ter. tury. Can there be harmony
With til we understand each other
lave You cannot "hush up" the
the tory of a mighty nation. Th
no dead issue. The presidel
lat | the United States devoted
such whole speech to it on Line
, the birthday. We have not Sc
lers, the negro problem. We
ainst not dared to face it as yet.
will One of my critics accuses
emily of buying a house and yach
/ and of the royalties of my books
a lit seems pity to destroy this
liber- tale, but it may ease his pal
etard have a beautiful home and
,gical est yacht, but ] bought anc
write for them before ! had writ