The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-11-07
ROOSEVELT ACTS
Has DishonOrably Discharged the Entire
Battalion Of Negroes Involved in
Brownsville Trouble.


: Roosevelt has dishonorably dis
5 charged entire negro battalion &C
count Brownsville trouble"
This news will be hailed with
: joy, not only by the people Of
Brownsville, but by the people OF
Texas and the entire south. The
, action of the president will erase
from the memories of the southern
people recollection of many a
slight and insult offered them,
their ideals and institutions by this
president and will awaken in the
heart of every sstrue son and daugh-
ter of the south a feeling of warmth
and gratitude, a feeling that after
all Roosevelt has in this instance
acted the part of a man and a
president of the people of the
south as well as the north.
True, he only did what human
ity, a sense of common, decency
and manhood demanded, yet
judging the end accomplished, we
are thankful and do not inquire
for a motive other than a pure and
good one.
Whom he loveth, he chasteneth,
yet the south today is rejoicing as
one man and forgetting past in
dignities nor are we jealous because
he loveth.
To the untutored or the north
ern mind this action of Roosevelt
may seem drastic and dire punish
ment for the negroes, but the peo-
pie of the south realize that it
amounts to nothing to the negroes.
When negroes in the south re-
turn from terms in our jails and
penitentiaries for violating the
laws of our land, they are acclaim
ed heroes and are given life loug
celebrity by their race it is con-
sidered a rare-distinction and
qualities one for the highest social
circles. How much greater will
be the honor, the martyrdcm, of
these sneaking hounds when they
have been discharged from the
United States army-the mere
memory of this great event in their |
lives will be handed down from
father to son unto the remotAst |
posterity as heritage of dis
tinction and all the benefits and |
perquisites of Coondom.
A few of these negroes are good |
men and have honorab!y served |
their country in time of war, have
risked their Tires to save the flag
the others have disgraced, but in
this affair they here been guilty as
accessories to the murder of in
nocence and the the disgrace of
their flag, and for this reason
deserve Punishment about equiva-
tent to being hung.
What has been done by the
president can be looked upon only
as a vindiCation of the integrity
and verify or the people of Browns
vile and the honor of the United
States Army and the flag of our
country-no more. In no sense is
it punishment for the crime com
mitted by these devils against the
laws of Texas and of high heaven.
What has been said as to a portion
OF these negroes being accessories
to the crime and disgrace commit.
ted by their fellows, applies with
increased force to the bleached ne
groes who differed them. These
officers know the murderers and
are shielding them from the right
eous wrath of the law at the Ger
tain cost of.ineradicabIe, everlast
ing disgrace to the army and
every man and officer in it, or
are equally guilty Of criminal negli-
gence in not knowing it and pre-
venting it. They knew the negroes
were on the eve of an eruption
the people of Brownsville had noti-
fed them that people were uneasy
and had requested them to chain
So, 49, F.-.-~-,o- T.--.oI - 49,