St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1909-01-16
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DIXON PUBLISHED 4 LETTER
slf ny Books Or Plays ever Mess iha Approval
Of AsoatheFR SesIaWag u Traitor, I Win
Withdraw TheEn from ihs lsarkeS.

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Representative for Thomas Dixon,
Jr.'s new play. The Traitor, il iii
the city IN tie interest of that az
traction. Mr. Herrick's last visit
South vas with The glansman three
years ago. Since then he has visited
nearly every State in the Union ii
advance Of Mr. Dixon's much-talked-
Of play, Last season be did the pub.
Lefty work for Virginia Harmed,
The Witohiug Hour The Top OF
III World, and several Of the Shu-
bert attractions.
The remarkable success of Mr.
Dixon's new play, The Traitor.
brings to mind the first triumphaI
tour Of The Clansman, said MI.
Herrick yesterday to our represents
tive. II was particularly pleasing
to see the enthusiastic welcome to.
Atlanta, for The CIansman' has never
been allowed to play there since she
first season, although it is now ex-
pected that the older play viii again
be represented there since The
Traitor has been received with weI
coming arms. In New Orleans, Nor
folk, Richmond and even III the
smaller cities the new play has been
an instantaneous triumph. Country
people ride in twenty miles to see the
play in many places where che rail
road facilities are inadequate. There
is no question about the fact that the
South wants plays of and for the
South"
What are the facts about tie
slander suit which Walter a. Mont
gomery, Of Raleigh, N. C., a former
associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of North Carolina has brought
against Mr. Dixonp was asked.
Ex-Judge Montgomery has sued
Mr. Dixon for $50, 900 damages en-
account Of an article written by Mr.
Dixon and publishes By the Raleigh
News and Observer. ] also under
stand that be has entered another
suit against tie newspaper. This
case which viii come np ID The Fed
eral Court III the near future, IS like
" to become historical. To sum IT
up briefly, Ii will decide II IT IL Sian
der to publicly denounce the human
yultures carpetbaggers and scala
Wags who fastened like leeches on
the seemingly exhausted and helpless
ii the dark DAYS Of Recon
If Mr. Dixon has been.
guilty Of slander then every patriotic
speaker and writer Of the South is
likewise guilty
s. happened to be IN Raleigh when
Judge Montgomery made political
speech in which be bitterly denounced
and attacked the brave men who By
means Of the Ku Klux Klan and by
other methods saved their beloved
State from the horrors of negro rule
and at the same time praised the
scalaWag leaders who made such
terrors possible. When Mr.. Dixon
wrote bis now famous reply to Mont
gomery he simply voiced the senti-
ments Ct an outraged people who
were provoked I'd protest against the
men who had committed what the
News and Observer editorialIy calls
The objectionable sin. NE. Dixon
had much company il giving ex-
preston I'd bis feelings for the most
prominent men of The State express
ed themselves similarly III public
speech and print.
There were many striking things
ID the Dixon letter. One was as fol-
lows: II my books or plays eyer
meet the approval of d Southern
sealawag oil traitor, / will withdraw
them from circulation Every decent
citizen 0f America to-day, white Or
black, Democrat OF Republican, North
OF South, is ashamed Of the foul rec
ord of Reconstruction except the
native skunk, who still lives in the
South and habituaIly betrays his race
for Office. The courage Of the elt.
the nobility Of The Norman, the vigor
of the Viking, the energy of The
Angle, tie tenacity Of the Saxon, the
daring OF the Dane. the gallantry of
the Gaul, the earth-hungar of the
Roman, and the stoicisnl of the
Spartan, are the heritage of the
Southern white man by divine gift
of blood from sire and dame through
hundreds of generations and thr0ugh
centuries of culture.
his extract from the Dixon let
ter il OILY one of the mild portions,
Iii its entirety it ID probably the most
seathsng inyeetive that has ever ap.
peared il print. The outcome of ths
trial viii he watched with eagernes.
all through tie South. / think thai
/ have realized better since thie cpl