The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1910-05-19

certainly is live wire, and 1t Will
make an impression on every one
that reads it.
l see that some one has written an
article on the race question, which
is certainly Vexed question to the
poor people Of the South. Compare
the cOlored race at the close Of the
war with it's present condition, and
what do you find? At the close of
the war they were humble, obedient
and respectful to all whites. They
respected themselves. If there was
any trouble between the two races
prior to the war, it was with the
low-down drunken set that had no
respect for themselves nor any one
else. / volunteered and went to the
army at the commencement of the
war and left my wife and two little
children on farm with no prOtec-
ton excepting two negro men and a
negro woman. and felt that they
were perfectly safe in their hands,
for l knew that all three would fight
to the death any intruder And this
was the case all over the South. [
was home on horse furlough several
times during the four years, and
every time that 1 left to return to
my command the negroes would shed
tears, and they took orders as to the
management of the farm from
missus, the same as they would from
me. | never struck a colored per-
son in my life, and had great deal
to do with them. Some time after
the war | had in my employ one hun
dred of them on the farm, and [
never had difficulty with one in my
life, and to this day those old serv-
ants will lift their hats when they
meet me and call me "boss."
I have written this much to show
ence between the colored race as
slaves and as citizens; the differ
ence of the same race in the position
which God placed them in and the
position that man places them in
a place that God never gave him
qualifications to fill. If God had in
tended him to be the equal of white
men, He never would have put His
mark on him. The negro himself
knows that he is not the equal of the
white man.
Then | ask, what are you edu-
eating him for?" You are educating
many of them for the galloWs. Think
Of negro sitting in the jury box on
a murder case, Or any other case
where he has no idea in the world
of law or justice, but he is chock
full of prejudice and can be inf1u-
enced either way for glass of Whis-
key. | am now speaking of the mod
ern type of negrO,-the one to whom
you have given little something of
an education. Just enough to make
him a fool and a scoundrel. Every
negro that you educate in this way,
you take out of the cOrnfield. | have
lived long enough to see that it is a
perfect failure. That is the way it
operates in the South. Wherever a
people or a nation undertakes to set
Gods laws aside, they get into trou-
BILE. We, as a nation, have soWn to
the flesh and we are reaping corrup-
ton. There is a dark future for the
American nation. Just think Of the
wickedness in high places. 1t would
be hard to conceive of anything
worse. If the history of former ma
tions is evidence, we may look to
the future with dread. God says He
will turn the wicked into hell, with
all the nations that forget Him. God
has so willed that man can, if he
will, trample under foot His laws,
but sooner or later He will require
him to pay the penalty. Think not