The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-17

three seems To be 10 end TO things Of
this kino. for az faz; as one false
statement Is exploded another IL set
out and the truth has a hard time in
chasing after the falsehood which has
preceded IT.
There il in parts OF this country the
greatest d~istrust o. the South. for fear
that in its progress and advancement
IL viii oCtstrip other sections and IL
IS the ~favorite cry Of m~aligners Of this
section Il represent our people 20 the
world as a seIn~i-barbarous. half civil
lied people. going about seeking whom
we may when in very truth
there is no section In the world where
there is more civilization. Here II Is
than runs the cleared strain Of Anglo
Saxon blood. and here II IL that ali the
world is welcomed and invited TO come
TO take in the vast rewards that are
coming 70 intelligent labor and 10 cap
ital rightly employed.
In the matter of immigration 10 this
section l. IS a we'll known fact that
all kinds OF Measurements are made
about the South in order TO keep i'm
migration from coming in this direc-
ton. n of late there has been a harp
ing upon what is called ~"peonage in
the south in order to frighten away
from US the incoming tide OF imml-
grafton that has certainly set in this
direction That this is so is the IN
formation which agents OF North Car
DINA have obtained who have spent
time in Europe setting forth the ad-
vantages and opportunities to be fouhd
in this section. but before il is posi-
BILE to make any impression upon the
people who are sought, it is first nee
essary to disprove all the f~alsehoods
that have circulated about this sec
ton.
This systematized effort to disprove
the south in the eyes of the world is
aged on by Eastern fanatics who DO
not desire to see this section prosper,
and they have able assistants in some
over-zealous Federal officials who see
"~peonage" whenever they get in the
dark. The recent farcical perform
ance in the alleged Russian 'peonage
cases tried at Beaufort is a sample OF
this Federal espionage and WORKING
over time campaign against North
Carolina. and the South, when If the
truth be known there is far more of
'.peonage" in the North than in the
South. The fall down OF the Federal
officials at Beaufort in the Pitt county
cases is fresh to hand and there will
be q similar fall down in other cases.
But the trouble is that the world gets
the official charges and never gets hold
Of the total d%isproval of these. and
in these cases the South gets the
worst of it.
SO great has become this cry of a
state Of ona existing in the South,
and in North Carolina along with the
other Southern States, that foreign
journals and nave AXE
up the matter, and in many Of them
there are statements to the discredit
of this section which have been delib-
erateIy made from the whole cloth in
order to prejudice the world against
US. No less a journal than the
Nineteenth Century Magazine of Lon
don. which has a great European cir
culation. has taken up this question.
but it is gratifying to say that they
are securing for publication some arti-
cles from men of reputation who
can from their knowledge. tell the
straight facts about these matters.
Mr.. Charles j Haden. of Atlanta,
has been invited TO contribute an arti-
Gle to its columns on this subject of
peonage in the South, and in speaking
about this Mr.. Haden is quoted by the
Atlanta Constitution as saying:
THE European mind has been so
poisoned against the South, that it dis
counts everything that c~ontroverts its
preiudices. The Nineteenth Century
is. l believe, the leading English peri
odical of the old-faShioned stately
kind. / think it prefers not SO much
the truth as its preconceptions of the
truth. And at this point we will prob
ably collide. / will write them in adj
vance a synopsis of the proposed arti-
Gle, and if they don't want it, they can
say so. | will not consent to have the
article blue-penciled, or diluted by
apologies.
The prejudice against the South is
greater among the upper classes of
Great Britain than among the rank
and file. Particularly is this true
among the literary class. They persist
in looking at US through the writings
of Whittier, Holmes and Mrs. Stowe.
L II oIoiI " "a WI Idlii
(nepheW of the great English states
ma of that name), who vas just be-
ginning ar. American tour, | urged him
to visit the South before he returned.
He replied he doubted whether it was
safe for him to do so: for his best in
formation was that outbreaks among
the colored people We're as numerous
and as dangerous in the Southern
States as in San Domingo. He listen
ed to my denial Of this Indictment in
a most eentlemanly way, but incred-
ulity lurke in his eye. How could it
be otherwise, when men like Russell,
of the United States department Of
justice, spread libels upon his official
dOcumentS?'
The Memphis Commercial Appeal.
in reviewing the matter of the absurd
claim that there is peonage existing in
the South has an editorial along the
line of showing the injustice and
falsity of the charge. which is well
worth reading, as it sets out in plain
words that the South is not the sinner
that II ia decla rod hy itS u1aIipparS m