Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1907-06-20

criminal cuurfs. II the plain truth werr
/ told IL would .hock a sensitive wnrlA
more deeply than all the harro~ ing ssor-
I - Il the slave ships The negro - not
( immoral. he = simply unmosaL a
I truuie says Of him, lie never felt the
guilt ~ sin.'
None of the-e deiinquencies draws
? upon the nsgrue. the di.apprpvai of their
oWu people. There i M punishment; of
any kind. no ia-. OF sorial prestige. no
/ fruwu. no incuuveuience. Serving q term
IA the peniteutiary u often REGARDED a.
a badge Of aristocrary. tine negro will
/ say OF another. Better let dat Niger
alone. dat's a bal nigrer, he's besn in
DE- renitsntisry seben times He who
wins the homage wears II.
Al Of this bcing true. unque<tionably.
( uudeniahly true. -. or l. not. the negro
diiIeE~nt from the white mani The
1 Egyptian thought 80; Lincoln said 81;
/ Nsrisman maintains T.
Their social condition i aecepted as a
matter of course throughou, the South;
Z u causes no comment. and the laws in
/ that 4Eszard are rsat pr~s~-si~si to ~ -rns
forced To enforce these laws would fiii
Z the prisons and empty the fields II +
a common thing 10 -ee family Of broth
~ and sisters IN thrre or four different
shasies. No lady ever inquiries into the
T fvr~ausl character OF her servant-She
Z iare not
/ When our Aneio-Saxon ancestors ran
Z uili in .he northern forests thev were
Z men of clean iiveS-one husband. oue
2 uiie- The family was the unit out Of
+ uhieii they bailt thrir government Upon
E IT, purity 4 their hcarth~toues and the
Z .nretiiy af their hsuies they cemented
thr Foundations 81 granite empire
E NJ White man ever fail. ~ low ~ be-
I comes - ir-t e. derency that h fars-r;s
[ th~ ar-t ieu wears Il b.. lie His teach
T tu~s at a ecutis mother. Knee and the
Z zrIiianer of a respected father abide with
E hiu forever
I u isa ms,surholy fact that the negro.
a. a race. las nour Of the-e When the
[ vuung negro goss forth into the worid-
t.ei pity him '-he has no such anchor
I nr~ @ hsd him steady in the storm
Herein lie- the vital e---nr- Of the n~gro
pFuhl~m.
far instance. take a asgro boy from
/ Ni-si--iFpi. ~end him to the public
schools ant the hi-h schools. then ssrae
{ rli'sr'i-afisi- Tcrhap-. r1rs hi- init "a
a. Harvard. gives him an eilcat51n. a
buiiiog. a silk hat and patent leather
-hee-. What can that make q him
With such a hpme hehini him AMI sueh
an instinct within himself. IL Il quite
iurpr--ihie o. make 1rn;lsmsn hv veneer
The ue-ro eznnos D. r-unol-lssi hv b.
ginning az the ballot. the highest DUTY
af citizenship. ani thea working down
vsrt The ri~an~ing prncrsS riust begin
N hf- haHur IN hi- private ehrrarter. ar
The elemental duties. ani Wors upward
>-h"oiiH= may sharpsn BE-. intrii--t. bat
it DIS nef Hsase ca1rarter.
Whue msn have -arusl rtreniiurre~
~ centuries - sfru-.is Th~v r----e-.
right- AMI dufies ,a.iay whE-h it uouil
have beeu imp--sihie fur then ta rsui-
prrhsna thessaEa years sgo. NstHan>
snd iusiEviiusis arr alike fhev mnsf
<ruw b fhsir oan sfsrfs. - th- srauth
3. eshhF fhs h.-iv must - sfF~uxfh-
ens=l ~ physnaal exercisr. e4rh u1an for
tIHssfif- Ne man eaa take ersrwts~ for
snnfhrr III sh hSt- man czanls. by az.
runsrT ~ evn lz-ttarts. hfs s-uiu< f8r
--strruaa~at- his eapaeity anl paSer q
cuaFrsheusioa spa the s-gre
zahir a. - > 30 confrut himself
~ nrsro = -iazaitriy trartahie ani
suseaahts q cnutrol bv n. w~n-arran-
/ usI sapsT For this r~asnu n.
EzYpsHaas. Ea--ar. anA Turks raid hizh-
~ 9ries< far th@m taaH Tor atier slaves.
Thsy n~xer fresteA IN eaP:ivity. il Ras
their aatural state
Th~ u-xrp trrsxe ansi attafnc,l hi-
hizhz-ss 4eveispuleut m siavery- Trans.
pianfe1 70 a s-W -szatry. Hhrre th- eli
-ase saitei hinn. Wh-re ~ wzs not raid
~ ua-saeret aast eater. ~ multiplied
Ike inlporte1 rabbits in Australia Dur.
iae -iavery rheir Children uere Weil earel
for. and rh~r~ W1< a Eonlerfui increase
Bar since fre~,iczn cane. thu has been
ri~-koi hy The frizhtfal mortahty 5
sHan- th~Ir infants Men and Wosnen
ALIKE issi sash irregular lives that nev,
la=eA-ss. utterly uukuaNu before The
saF. swe~P th~m Of Ike shsey. Since
the AR tn p@reenfake q hLaek insane
IN Misst--ippz. a compared with hites
has iarrra-@.i soo pr c-nt Tuherruiasis,
iorus~riy u1krgwa. = naW exfTruiei !
cunzoa
Ike Sogsh's Bitter Dose o4 Black Rzle.
IAe fathers of the Prrsent gen@ratiou
aers better men than their sons-heslth-
~. msrN reliable. more Industrious.
4 h@re Errs better artfsans and ulechaa.
- amoag TIE slaves than among free
nlea to-day faung negroe- are hiler
nsar- Vtebous. and hate b-en esiucafel
into so r.F cent mnre erimiualify.
Lett 70 has oHu dsyir-<. the negro pro-
dares oaly = per cent Of the cotton
crop despIte the popular hsea that b.
makes II all The English presiient oi
a southern railway system one- told ths
writer that for twenty years they had
bsen gradually eliminating Negroes from
all positions Of responsibility where neg.
.isenee would cause los Of life or prop
erty- These are facts. oren, notorious
facts. which No man can gainsay.
The South has had its bitter dose OF
negro voters. We took II not in a sugar.
eusated pail, nor IN a capsule. but straight
Negroes governed the country for eigh;
years after the war, and increased tbs
war debts fvefoii- Four years OF un-
parzlleled war left the South with an
average debt o: seven millions; negro
rule IL eight years of profound peace
and dbject poverty multiplied the~s
debts TO an average Of thirty-four mil
hons War Is less expensive than peaes
under negro domination
Nariaman knows these things: we al
know them The Vardaman Idea /.
growing. IL j. an accepted fact in ths
>outh-although there are differences OF
opinion as TO its present expesiieney. II
Is being whispered by politicians Of boti
parties n the border States, under theil
breath, for the negro wields the balancs
Of power. Lifelong Republicans in Mary
land have been driven temporarily int
Democratic ranks upon this issue-ths
/ ligamsnf which binds the -oIid Sa,tf n
Governor Waried, after recent experi
enee, has changed ais views, and hi,
State Is now in fair way to nd itseli
Of the black incubus. Mark the reason
given for Governor WaTfield's previOu.
reiuctanee-he Is said to come OF the oil
slave-holding class, and has not vet out
grown his sentimental kindliness for ths
negro This is a eharaeteriStie Of hi,
| class
Vardaman is six feet, blaek-haired
erect as an Indian, wiie-hatted, white
eravated, stalwart and picturesque. !
/ man of lnteF<a r,ArzonaIfex - -. .~h.,