The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-11-21

k'lll does Inc CEu1esiy Of L-t HOu--4
az her strength will allow; but a.
The yer. bes. me living the tTo
Can exc cut Is mlsera' one
aaI beg SEQ between then aui the
sod grave 10 dsau Of the 2In.iga,
VI gole lor haD1e. DAYS.
u lie south once 5eLes=3 IN chat
t,l sls9ery Il d9os uol DO 90 .oday.
P,flGlice once G.a-le the south
en- lear'hs'one from every n'rthe-u
rub.ica' on. the young men read
but one side Of the question Of hu-
man s.ayery 81 they read a. all.
and the preacher from the pulpit
quoted from the Holy Scriptures
where slavery was taught a. an ora
Gle Of God. In al. the sou'h and
today there IS probably not one
person vino TcIld nov shackle the
darkcy in slavery. The years have
erascd the erroneous teachings and
the old slave Earley, ever mindful
Of his pace when around the white
folks, .s held in the highest regard
By their former owners.
Is a means OF casting a ray Of
sunshine INTO the lonely hove Of
tie ex-glaye. As a means OF keeping
hunger and cold from as faithful a
piece Of humanity as ever lived,
as d means Of curing Europe OF
the nightmare Of The vision OF white
domination and doggery, as means
Of lifting a stigma from one great
section OF our common country, the
United States congress should place
a pension in the hands Of every old
slave darkey. A monthly stlpcnI,
say Of five dollars a month, 10 buy a
few more crusts of bread, 10 al
low the old darkey 10 stay in on
wet, cold days which bursts his
bones with rheumatism from former
exposure; as a means OF dispensing
justice IN the evening Of the lives
Of these faithful old men and yom.
en-, these pensions should be grant;
ed.
II WOul1 be but fitting for the
next congress to introduce such a
bill and pass II. Il should be passed
by democratic house as IA lesson
TO the world that the south holds
the old slave darkey o.ose to its bos-
ON and does not domineer over him
as writer's unacqua'nted with the
sodth have led the world TO be
llcye. AS an economic question for
the south 1t Is sane issue. Some
stntistlcian has sail that for every
80 cents OF federal mou\ spent
south OF the Ohio riycr there are
fourteen dollars spent north of that
line. The ex-slaye pension money
would find its way into the channels
Of southern commerce.
A movement has been started in
the south to build Il monument of
brass or stone or of marble to the
memory OF the old black nanny.
Her memory will outlive marble and
granite and bronze, and what Is
needed is something material for
her. Should there be shaft built
high enough TO touch the sky, the
old black nanny of the south
woul1 never enjoy it. She has not
the railroad fare nor the inclination
to so TO see il. Where hope is crush
ed, cold marble monuments lose their
splcndor. II is crust of bread and
a day of feast that the old slave
darkcy yearns for, Perpetuate the
memory OF the old black NANNY
by statute giving her crust
of bread instead of a statue of
marble which she viii never see
and which she can not so much
as reah about The civil war with
lts dread epilogue of terror, be
1ueathed the country this unique
class Of people for whom Justice is
crying out for a crust OF bread and
one day of rest,