The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1912-10-29
Go Home, Colonel.
Here'e your hat Colonel.
The South isn't in your 'sring."

Here'e your hat Colonel
The South isn't in your sring
It's high time you hurrying home.
State secon you have Iouno
that consderate which officially entitled South
by manney folk and they have always met you
with the graciousness President former President
United States; but when twist their hosptaoe
greeting of political support you become raner
psumptuous guest and certainly foolish politician
You seem indeed the South for African
game trail the natives will flock dance for your sport and
gaze pebound your strange appng In guise of sancty
YOU come you derey call the Solid South but be
deceived doughty Coon for the OF this secon nave
pierced your makeup and they the oca a
venturer you really are
You may shout carnage sing Coward Christian Sol
dern until youngeyed cherubn yawn with disgust but will
never the field for of doctrines
and your The Southern people have longer memories than
you imagine
They forgotten of their heroes and their
dead but sacred day when you nothing
Thew have not forgotten how you of jefferson Davis
whose memory in this section at easta traitor and
criminal.
Who that could forget vicious SIAN
der of Robert E. Lee knghest spirit Americas war;
trampd brua the annals and the ideals OF the
Sout Confederacy and the sons OF the
men and to dater them into following
your selfish adventure.
This is New South but child of the DID, and while its
sympaes today broad the Union its none the less
warm of its se nurses no ancor OF
secionasm Had fought fathers Colonel Roosevelt
as did that could have held
YOU; the peaceful time of returning friendship you went
SANDER them, you then forever barred ou
from our political consideration.
Go home COLONEL Go regae yourself those
in which you aed the lives of Southern leaders,
you fancy pharisaic have recently assumed
IN the NEGRO question this sections support
paby deceived have saded this issue IN both the North
and the rateng with the there and execrang him
here
Do you think stupid not through this twofac
ed and impudent gameg
Do YOU not bid support the ngogde
gates at Chicago? ;,
have
Won succeeded in capturing machinery of that party violent
~ strove to dog
Wbv it. Colonel you awoke to the corupng in
Auenc of delegates from the South until you found that
they would longer but would embaass your political
schemes? -.
or stopped for these delegates when you
needed them to your particular machine !
Certainly the people know that since the days of
Reconstruction was Republican president who ntsgonzed
the sentiment in this regard fagranly Sou
You doggedy retained the Crum collector OF the port
Charleston protests and appeals of the white citizenship
that community. ,
Tn utter disregard only the feelings of Soub but also the
nces of YOUR Office you Booker Washington at the White
House. receiving the most intimate terms OF social as well
You closed the posoce Indanoa Miss and told the people
there that if they would not accept postmaster they
should be deprived O the mail service.
I'D onlv few months ago. you stand before gathering
of national note and with your around two negro politicians
from North proclaim Them the equal OF every "nte man
the sound of your voice."
70 home Colono Go home apologize best you to
tho ored brethren whom consider equals in the North
as for the South what have done speaks loudly that we
cannot hear what say.
Rnubcan policies have been popular in this section but
f # came TO choice and Mr. Tafts
~ the latter shown himself at least sincere and has
d bse an honorable partisan appointing federal oceho
@ who havebeen consdeae of peoples interest," while
Colonel were seemingly Afrcahizng the South Atlantic
coast
The truth stha essential matters of government your
policies and the convictions purposes and the eonth
interests aresradically opposed
of
We believe with Wilson that there should be tariff re-
vision steadily and unhesitatingy downward"