The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1909-08-12

7ak- no Objection to the Presence
OF SO Large a Body of Negroes, They
We're in Error.
Baltimore Sun.
Our Northern friends do love the
cOlored brother-when he is a thous-
and miles away; and they do love to
continually preach to the South the
beauty of black and whites dwelling
together in unity and brotherhood.
From the time of Uncle Toms Cab
i'm down to the Booker Washington
soiree they have besought the nation
to take the prosecuted blacks to it's
broad bosom and TO punish the
wicked whites whoput the poor negro
into Jim Crow" cars, and will not
eat at the same table with him and
refuse to allow him to run the Gov
eminent. This is their favorite sub
ject of philanthropy, denunciation,
admonishment, advice and tears;
and, as they know SO little about it,
and it touches them on no vital par
ticular. they can indulge in unlimited
Mysteries.
But when Ihey begin to come in con-
tact with the negro they quickly
change their tune. 1t grieves the OBJ
server to note that the most impla-
cable negrO-haters are the Northern
era who have gone South to live, and
who regard the faultless negro as
ignorant. shiftless and generally I'M
bearable. And it is somewhat the
same way when the cOlored man goes
North
Before the Civil War, Burlington,
Vt. was one Of the strong-holds of
abolition sentiment, and since that
time it has been one of the centers of
advice to the South as to how to
deal with the negro problem. 1t was
shocked when the dear colored troops
were prosecuted at Brownsville, Texas
where the white people rudely object
ed to the negro soldiers shooting
their wives and children and burning
the homes of the whites If there was
any post outside of Boston, Mass,
where the negro was loved, you think
it would be Burlington, Vt. SO Pres
ident Taft orders the negro regiment
the Tenth Cavalry. to Fort Ethan
Allen, the army post near Burling-
ton. You would have thought the
1920 black troopers, who were the
fellows of the Brownsville martyrs,
would have been received with open
arms. You would have thought the
bands would have met them at the
station; the leading citizens have de-
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every home would be thrown open to |
the conquering heroes.
But, to our panied surprise. the |
VermOnters have acted very much as
GeOrgians or Texans would have
acted under the same conditions. |
White residents have refused to eat |
in restaurants where the negro |
troopers are served. White patrons
of the trolley cars have demanded |
that the negroes be put in separate
cars very like unto the "Jim Crow"
variety that is so popular in the be- |
nighted South
This is the first time the cOlored
troopers have been stationed in New |
England, the section which is the |
patron of the negro. the self consti- J
tnted guardian and "next friend"
How does New England like it?
The Burlington Free Press, very |
conservative newspaper, says:
''lf the Government officials, after |
their trouble with Brownsville and |
other posts. thought the extreme !
North would make no objection to |
the presence of SO large a body of |
negroes, they were in error A South
ern town could hardly be more up in
arms than this city and Winooski
are today"
Can we believe that the pious and
righteous people of New
England have the same passions and
as the reprehensible and
sinful residents of the benighted