The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-04-25

|nor no name. no COUNTRY. and no
|keriraSe when The emancipation
|procianation made = freemao of him;
he had already become an American
He had taken up the language OF the.
country of his captivity. the name OF.
some Of her people. and his eStsterce:
was wholly identified with the new
land The Negro is the one Simon
Pure American, for he has noting to
bind him TO the past. or to the lart
OF his ancestry, except his color
The German American clioSs to tie
sentiments OF the FatheTiand- The
EaSiiSa blood that colors the veics
los another is referred TO occasionally
with pride in its purity. The Irish
man digs up his shamrock on St
Patrfck's day All the white folks
have some coEceit of lineage that
aa-axes an enthusiasm at times
The Negro is an American BE is.
the composite American Through
this region YOU hear suea names as,
Sandy mccoy. Duncan Mcpherson.
James McGregor. .Malsom Cameron.
an5 such good old Scotch patro-
uvrnfcS. Naturally The inference Is
that such names signify broad hand
ed. bare-Sneed EiGhlanderS- bonnet
Ell and wrapped IN the plaids OF their
clans. You IooS TO hear the bag
pipes when you hear the name OF Nc
Crimr1in the great piper. but 1t -
likely that you look in vain When
the Scotch came to North Caro!1na
with r:.at characteristic thrift they
invested q few pounds sterling occa-
siona1ly in that species OF properly
which The war OF rebellion fought
oye-. A.. first the sable Hercules wEo
guided the plow mule at McGreSory
nlo-7ta+icn was McGregor Sandy.
When the war made him freeman
and entitled him 10 name he be
came Sandy McGreSor, and the Afr
can brother had grown into Scot
And so through the Cape Fear
country the calling or the roll OF tie
clans would assemble queer ISL OF
| Fighlanders. and one that would as
touish my canny friecd Andre" Car
pesfe could he read the list of names
and then look up TO see who answered
20 them
In otner sections OF the South 1t
is the same way Some rare old Eng
lish stock is preserved in ne black
est OF namesakes I know curly
beaded George Washington who is as
shiny ani bright as new buggy
| Down in Louisiana French names of
renown are found by the tax asses
snrs in the most humble spots. One
day dropped off a train at Thobi-
deaux- That sounds as If 1t might
have been in France. but it was mere
" in that portion of the United States
| which France contributed that Eng
land might have a rival among worlo
powers. Throughout Southern Louis
lana. what is not apparently Spar
ish is apparently French. AS I work
| ed my way through a bunch Of cofored
-ta Lori rha-
chatterinS inrereStedly in French
Their attempts TO use the English
language in answer TO questions dis
closed their lack OF familiarity with
ii. To all intentS and purposes those
darkies are in France: their language
| is French ana their habits are those
that long French influence has sug-
Sested To hear them talk In French
seemed amusing. But then it occurred
10 me. why not English Is no more
their language than the German whica
7 heard some dark;es use at Allen
town. in Pennsylvania Allentown is
nearly as German as Thobideaux IS
French. The difference is that 1TnHa1-
grafton has struck Allentown VIII
more energy and a multitude or Ian
crI,aceS has come to the old PenoSyl-
vania Dutch town. and English t1ere
is predcminatinS- Some day 1nni-
grafton viii strike the French part OF
the United States in louisiana and
the French Negro will be AnSliciSed
and talk the tongue Of another white
man.
This foreign Language business
gives rise to queer complications
When I lived in the territory Of New
Mexico all the TRANSACTIONS of the
courts were in Spanish and English
The legislature did business in both
languages. II member made
speech IN English on the floor beside
him stood an Interpreter who along
with him reproduced that speech In !
Spanish. If the member spoke in
Spanish, the translator, made tae
same speech in English The court
crier talked one language, and the
same stuff was then put into the |
other language An Advertisement !
Of a stray pig was printed in both |
languages. side by side The same
conditions prevailed for long time
in California, until the American OF |
English extraction concluded il was |
q waste Of time and money to CON
tinue the Spanish work, and taen Cal
ifornia became English American IN
stead of Spanish and English both
The English language Of America
Is a creation Of itself anyway The
American in London is at loss to |
understand the speech of those who
talk 10 him The fashion Of cutting
Off the n, OF of putting it on where