The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-06-19
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 As specimen of some of the North ern opinions The Chattanooga Times copies the following howl from Mum sey.s Boston Journal printed under the heading. His own rejected him."
 If the account of Rev R. c Ransom, correct--and there seems to be no req son to doubt it--the treatment he re- ceived in Alabama on the occasion of Agricultural college at Normal. in that state. was nothing short of despicablc. the more so because partly at the hands membered that Rev. Mir. Ransom was travelling in a Pullman sleeping car, in which he had been assured that he But in the state of Tennessee he was dragged from his seat by trio Of white men and hauled. kicked and cum "Jim Crow" car. where he was com pelied to stay until he reached Hunts vile, although he had paid first-ciass fare under promise of protection.
 That species of assault on a gentle man of culture and refinement was bad enough in all conscience, but 1t was nothing compared to the treat authorities of the negro college. They had learned of the episode of the sleeping car, and, when the clergyman was told that he would m not be iie allowed to speak and that he must quit the glae,e ., st oncs In igstifieation of .thd; this gave out afterwards that Mr. Ransom was under the influence of liquor This the .Bostonian absolutely. denies, and How would one expect a man to look CT appear who had been twice dragged and kicked through two railroad coach the ' mob. who had hadT " no sleep ali night and no food for two days?"
 To treat a decent man like an of- almost Insignificant when compared with the attempt to blast a clergyman,s reputation by publishing lies as to ms ceme From o the own race Is all the more 10 be condemned. Evidently the northern negro can place little reliance upon his compatriot or the South.
 The Times had fully Investigated the affair and gives the following plain statement:
 Ransom is of ginger-eake color. about six feet two fin height, wearing a red moustache, and endeavored to pass himself off, as foreigner, He en- tered the Pullman car at Salisbury, N; suasion .. sion shortly o after passing New Port. Tenn. While Ransom had pur- chased Pullman ticket in North whites and blacks riding together. and the train conductor refused to lay him- self liable to indictment by allowing 1t. It seems that Ransom had sought to obtrude himself upon g refined and intelligent young woman sitting near him by addressing her in French. She signifisd the improprist2y 2 of his snsnn, con, carried on conversation in English with the negro porter on the car but pretended not to understanq tn an Eng1ssn tsn gentlemen, and he also feigned deaf ness. This gentleman of culture and refinement" from Boston was naughty panion was a large black bottle. the contents of which were not known. Af- ter failing to blum the train conductor and the passengers who strenuously objected to riding with q negro, Ram som meekly moved into the coach pro- vided for the negro race,
 Coming to the rart that Prof councllt and his faculty had in connection with Ransom The Times says;
 As to his treatment by Prof. Councill and the authorities of his negro col and responsibility is not, questioned In his own country, is authority for the statement that Ransom was an unfit person In an unfit condition to address his pupils. This determination was reached after three members of the faculty had investigated Ransom's be- havior. We tip our hat to the prokes- 1 sor and his associates. Their prompt 1 and summary dismissal of the drunken | Boston firebrand is 8 credit to their complete understanding of the salu- tary and well-defined relations that ex- ist between the whites and blacks in the South. Their action IS wholesome and commendable.
 These are the facts as they were published at the time. We know nothing of Ransom's standing as a clergyman. It may be very high-in Boston, and If lis, Boston Is the prop CT place for him. He belongs to class that is not wanted here and the sooner they realize that fact the bet ter. It is just such negroes as he. that cause most trouble between the races in the South and we like them best when furthest off. If Munsey wants that sort of heroes, he Is welcome to them and to all he can make out of | them.