The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-05-03
Friday, May 3, 1907.
PHILOSOPHY IN A PROBLEM.

" LHc AolllflI'la, -. ", otalc respect
ing the recent winning Of a Rhodes
scholarship by young negro from
Pennsylvania. Her son and she her.
self arc disturbed about the natter,
and she asks for advice as to what
the young man should do. lie is a
little inclined to surrender his place
and come home. The State advises
against such Il step in terms Of The
SOundcst common sense and sym-
pathy. 1t points ont the basis nf the
race Feeling" in the South, Of which it
approves, and then explains the Eng
llSh point Of view and the reasons
Tor that. It is very certain that by
rcmanln" ai Oxford and pursuing
ms students the Southern white
student will suffer no harm by the
appearance OF the black student from
pennsylvania, nor contribute any in
flurncc toward changing The pres
cnt American views as to social equal
ity. Both mother and son would be
wise to take the States excellent ad-
vice. y story was related some years
ago of a young Southcrncr, the son
of former Confederate soldier, who
upon graduation from West Point,
was aSi%ncd to a coorrd regiment. Tie
was much disturbed about it., and
his mother and his sister. taking en-
trcmc ground, advised him to resign
his commission. As his father was
dead, the Young officer thought it best
upon 50 important Il matter to con-
suit with an older man. and so told
his story to one Of his fathers
friends. VIII" also had Fought on Tive
Sonth hcrn side in the Civil War. His
fathers "ll friend shock his hrad,
anh said: 'Stirk. my hoy. DnnI
think Of rrsi@nim~. The country has
educated ynu, and has ri"ht to your
obey orders. The NEGROES arc citizens
OF the country now. and eligible 10
enlistment in the army. Go to your
post and do your part toward making
the mon as fit as possible for military
duty; and if war comcs--it isn't 60
1ng to come any more between the
States OF this l'nion-you fight your
men for all they arc worth. You don't
know It. but we were on the eve of
umin" and uSin" negroes for soldiers
ourselves when the Confcdcracy fell.
Your father was Il brave man. and
met the problems Of his day accord
1,,,l, III
--slavcry and scccsSion--arc settled.
You meet the problem Of your day In
n spirit as honest rs his. and you III
be all ri"ht.' The youn" officer stuck,
and subsequently V his mother and his
sister were brought around to the
view Of his fathers fricnd.'
| { We mistake moi the officer refer
red to- is a South Carolinian, who is
now inspector general Of the United
States Army. Gen. T.. 4. Garlinyton,
the man upon whose recommendation
the President dismissed thc riotous
members Of the Twcnty-fifth infan-
try of rolorcl soldiers for the "shnot-
M up' Of Brownsville. And if this
be Il proper idrntifiraton il is fur
thrr tho fact that the old friend to
whom he applied for advice was ,Jcf-
frrson Davis. himself a soldier Of the
United States and cX-PrcSidrnt Of
the Confederate States Of America.
Another South Carolinian. who
was commissioned captain in the
war with Spain. and was assigned to
command company Of negro sold
icrs. on being asked by a friend how
he could accept such a detail replied
that for the first time he felt like a
trnc Southern gentleman. for he had
a hundred negroes a his beck and
dali and ready to obey his li"htcst
wish
The Southern man understands the
race problem pretty thoroughly and
is usually able To view it with sound
MISREPRESENTATION Post.
This is partly correct and partly
incorrect rs we learn from the mem-
bcrs Of Gen. Garlin"ton's family. who
reside in Ncwhcrry, SO far rs the in
cidcnt relates to Gen. Darlington.
AS we understand it. there was tall,
of ASSIGNING him to a negro regiment
upon his graduation from West Point,
and he did write to his father, Gen.
a. {. Darlington, who was then liv-
ing. for advice, and his father wrote
to President Davis, who gave the adj
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