Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-09-28
Friday, September %, 1906.
A Southerner on the South.


section of our country. Mr.. Green de-
plorcs, as do all good Americans. the
tendency of some papers in both North
and South to stir up sectional feeling,
and goes OH to express the conviction
which he has gained from trips through
til. North that there is in later years a
real feeling Of Kindness here toward the
South. He says that when in the North
he has been struck especially by the po
Htcm - and courtesy shown him when
il waS found that he was a Southcrncr.
aud says that Boston people to whom
he had letters of Introduction outrivalcd
Nirrnians in hospitality. lie says:
9Th" cashier of one of the Boston
banks, to whom had a letter of credit
which means nothing more than per-
nus sion to draw to certain amount
and implies no social obligation at ALL
took me to his club to dinner. took me
to the theatre and in an auto around
to see the points of interest of Boston.
cannot help contrasting this with the
brurpucncss OF a cashier of a New
Orleans bank this spring, and the cold
ness Of manner and inhospitality Of
some people | met in Mobile
Mr. Green is also impressed with the
enthusiasm of Il crowd in Omaha when
"Dixie'' was played by the band and
thu applause given in Detroit to an
a"t' who impcrS"natcd Gen Robert f.
Lee. After dwelling on these incidents
and others as an evidence Of the good
feeling which exists between the mass
Is of our people North and South. Mr..
Green goes on to discuss the negro
question ia the South. and his remarks
are Of special interest at this time in
view If the terrible race riots which
have been raging in Atlanta. After
saying that necessarily the northern
view of tn" ncgr" question Is different
from that entertained by southern -
rlc. he discusses tn. problem in his own
state. Virginia. as follows
NJ 10. gr" has been iynchcd in Nir-
Einln fur IA" past four years. Governor
M"n,agur. v"uId invariably call cut the
militia ~ sufficient numbers 4" over
ave. tI,. mob. AMI 'iry'Tnpr swanson,
t,i" ,,r,..,n nt governor. has pursued the
t.,nt.. policy. II Is gratifying Z" NOT"
that IN Virginia the crime of rae; has
almost ceased on ia" part of the
p"Et""-.
yet in many instances IN" cir"um-
,tan-. $ are such that to warm bl"ri"d
men il seems juSiiiiabc to kill tn" Grim
inal IL; one would a mad dog. In it"a
n"k" Va. some years ago Governor
Montagu. had to call out Il regiment
ana i half eighteen cumpani"%, al
militia to protect a negro as the crime
WaS - Gcndish. You never hear any
Of Tn" revolving details. but simply tht
bald statement that a negro committed
such !, crime, and was lynchci If you
wish the opinion of an unpr"JulIc,o
New Englander write Mr.. Walter L
Hrc.cott. care kinGan q Co. Ltd.
EicEmouI, or Mr.. VIM. Todd, The
Chesterfield. Richmond, Va, both %
whom are natives of Maine and have
lived here not ever five years. Mr.
Prescott is rather an extremist th'
other way, but 1t seems strange tina
every northcInCr. every F.nGliShman
aud IN fact every foreigner who COM"
South takes precisely the same view th'
Houthcrucrs do. and in most cases tax
II very illogical view against the negro
Cair.thllty and fail to see the E""t
points which Il S"uthcrncr does. Thi
cannot be prc-arranEcd ana on th
part Of the foreigners is entirely apdr
from any ante bcllum issues.
Read Mr.. Wistcr'S Lady Baltimore.
In '"rhc Nirginian" he was very sever
on the South for Iynching. so he is no
pi"iudiC,d. Yet in many points is at on
With us. 80 it cannot be bigotry on hi
part.
In conclusion | wish to say that il
advised friends Of the negro in TIN
North who know nothing of his natur
have don" him inCalculablc injury, bu
| believe there is a splendid develop
mcnt for him along parallel lines witt
the white. The thing called ''soCi;l
equality" is an instinct for race pres
crvatiou. Some races are undoubtcdl.
superior to others.
No nne will deny that the Britis'
and Americans are superior, and vastl.
superior to SpaniardS or Italians. Yr
the negro himself does not want il, il
the vast number Of cases. There vii
never he such a thing as social cqua.
ity." We all have the privilege u
clccting who shall be our intimate
and VIII" shall not, regardless of colo
or nationality. As to the disfranchiSc
mcnt Of the negro. if you had eve
been through that colossal and bruta
hlundcr "RcConstruction'' YOU wou,
not be surprised. Many of tho South
crn states in fact most all. were hans
ruptcd by negro legislatures. and
Was only within the past ten year
that the Virginia State debt was Sc;
tied with the bondholdcrs
In some sections the life ana homo
of white woman who was left nm
protected was not safe II is all Yer
wei To look at these matters in an al
Stract way. but if Your mother. or yo,
wife or your daughter were r-ayish,
by black brute it would nut the n,ut
ter to you in a rather more pnrson:
light and according to temperanent !
many instances n Northern man wouI
be as anxious to see him killed as
Southerner
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