The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1905-12-09
PATTERSON, La, Dec. 6, 1905

The negro who assumes the audacitJ
to display his impudence to white la
dies and gentlemen, and who dares
adding to his insolence threats by the
exhibition of firearms, is a fool in
deed, if he anticipates to escape the
penalty prescribed for such offenses.
We said negro. not because OF
any hatred for the race, only to bet
ter designate the criminal in this case,
one of only a few, we are pleased to
say, still at large and upheld by his
savage instincts The white man of
that negroes type would not be exempt
! because of his white skin, to the I'M
written law governing such outrages
against the respectable people OF our
and all, the Chesterfieldian graces
that holds above, high above all
ideals, the sacredness of mother, wife
and sister, that trinity from which the
best instincts of genuine chivalry was
transmitted to our times and will ever
continue in the race OF evolution, as
long as true Americans live under the
shelter of our stars and stripes, be
they from the ice-clad sections OF our
Northern States, from the awe-inspir-
ing grandeur Of our Western Can
yons or from the warmest spot within
the limits of Dixie Land.
1t is an infamous calumny against !
our people, for that "Mongrel Press"
to insinuate even. that the Southern |
white man hates the negro as race,
just the reverse is the truth, which
would be realized were a foreign foe
to attempt waging war OF extermin
alton against our negroes. We need
them, we want and appreciate the labor
Of the Industrious, respectful and law
abiding ones, and for the old "uncles
and aunties," fathers and mothers of
his generation of their race, we will
always have soft spot in our hearts,
md cherish the remembrance of the
ender care given to us in our child
lood, and neither do we ever want to
orget the protection and support to
'ur mothers and grandmothers during
hose trying times in the early sixties
times that tested their fidelity to the {;
masters they loved. and who were
marching, many miles away, in the
anks of the Confederate armies under {
zee and Jackson, the greatest military
aptains of the past and present his ,
Dry.
That the South hates the negro is
othing but political tommyrot, used /
My to serve the purposes of those
no say so, but intended really to
the races and retard an T
understanding and adjust i
ent of the superiority of the white
ace.
The question of ruling our country, Q
} liked a certainty, is in the hands of
lie white people. in obedience to the
W of the survival of the fittest, which a
overns not only man, but the lower IL
1imals as well.
To get rid of such characters as that n
le which l am endeavoring to give "
print, a pen-picture, is a real
rvice rendered to the good element h
our colored population, who by
cir industry have built their homes \,
nong US, and whose efforts are to N N
We in peace and harmony with the
outhern white people.
In conclusion, Idesire to say to those in
this case, who have proven them
Ives worthy citizens and protectors, v
upholding in material manner NJ
g dignity and safety of our parish, le
at of the young men of this genera
IN, it is appropriate to say, that 70
~ are: ="
young scions OF honor,
Fair children Of a race, N
Whose sires from the records
OF old St. Mary trace"
lust bit of recollection of the long
O.: found for the occasion on the ia
bwebbed shelves of secret memories, A
en- the Scotch Vassal, leading the 81
aggy pony of his young master on Is
first ride over the winding roads .,
Scotland heights, told of his first a. al
re in prose and verse. liz
MEMORY. bl