The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1909-06-04
JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES IN HIS



Of the south has produced in recent
years John Temple is the monumental
Zone. He has merited in the fullest
measurest the contempt Of the people
lof his state and we are indulging the
hope that in this case Ephriam will
remain chained forever and a day to
the new idols be has embraced, which
seem to fit him so veil This is the
very splendid manner in which our
esteemed Columbus contemporary
handles the subject:
Before IN audience of northern ne
groes the other day in Philadelphia,
John Temple Graves, the expatriated
Georgian, now. an associate editor Of
one Of William r. Hearst's numerous
quasi-newspapers, took upon himself
the task of toadying to the colored
swells present and passed around a
few bouquets which doubtless were
exceedingly obnoxious to all self re-
specting. southern white people.
Fearing that mis- remarks would be
smisconstrued, however and that he
would lose the respect of his north
ern friends on account of his in
consistency, and be condemned by
southerners TO man, ne qualified his
remarks by saying that he was op.
posed to any movement tending to-
wards social equality. He expressed
himself as being in sympathy with the
negro fremen on the Georgia rail-
road in their fight for recognition by
the industrial world and hoped that
they would win out.
What disgusting time servers sup
poeedIy brilliant men can become ID
50 short timel Here is one Of Geor-
gia's most brilliant sons. literally
speaking. before an auIience compos
ed OF members Of a race not yet a
half century out Of slavery and with
no conception Of the moral or social
/ ideals Of the Anglo Saxon race. expos
ing his mother state and the new
south, just coming to her rightful in
heritance, 10 an open shame!
How the mighty are fallenl Once
honored by people who were proud
Of his gifted pen and silver tongue.
who lauded him from Lookout to Ty-
bee and from the hills of Rabun to
plains Of Decatur, this man has proven
himself unworthy Of that praise and
q seeker OF the plaudits Of an alien
people in whose bosoms stil rankles
the desire TO besmirch the fair es-
cntcheer Of our southland whenever
Opportunity is presented, 49,
! Mr. Graves, you have sentured one
step too far in your eagerness to
ssrve your new masters. You have
slapped the faces Of the people OF
your native state and they will not
forget the insult. Whatever your
ambitions may be. you might as wen
resign yourself to a life of obscurity
for the people OF Georgia are done
with you for all time and your new
masters viii throw you over as soon
as they find another who can serve
them better. TO you we have nothing
more to say, realizing that any i'm
preston we might produce on your
vacillating mind would be Of short
duration and productive Of nc results.
Put, notwithstanding Mr.. Graves
wishes and the statements of some
other of our prominent statesmen and
writer's, the negro must retire from
the industrial life of the south. The
north has never permitted him to
work in the great industrial plants
of that section, and the south shall
not be forced to do so. The negro is
/ by nature tiller Of the soil and
tillers of the soil feed and clothe the
nation. His indifference to climatic
conditions In the south and the sim
nlcity Of doing farm work under the
directions Of trained white man,
makes the farm his place and he
must return to it and stay on it. The
complexities of manufacturing and
transporting industries require a
higher order of intelligence and skill
than the negro is capable of attain
ing without an expenditure of time
ard money inccmmensurate with the
wealth he could produce after attain
ing it if he ever did.