Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1919-08-14
THE NEGRO AND THE SOUTH

beyond any question Of doubt is the safest place in the
United States for the negro even though bad members
of his race are smmary dealt with here by enraged c-
zens fired with indignation some speakable crime
Law-abding negroes in the South enjoy the same OPP
porunities in the pursuit OF life liberty and happiness as
do members of the white race and many industrious ana
peaceovng negroes receive consideration az the handS
of their white friends that denied shftess and ure
able memoirs of the white race.
The South is not nor has it ever been, antagonistc
to the negro The same laws that govern his conduct IN
the South also govern the conduct Of the white
While he is permitted to vote in the white Democratic
elections of the South he is not without representation
in be functions Of tn government and many tunes ne IS
the beneficiary of SPECIAL legislation
The South is spending more and more every year to
educate the black mans chldren in the cities handsome
brick structures fully equipped with everything needtul
for the negro boy girls welfare, and provided with
competent instructors, taking the place Of poorly I'M
provised shacks and incompetent teachers.
The white man Of the South Helps the negro to build
his churches and takes pride in the negros effort to
reach higher standard OF citizenship ana become more
worthy member Of society.
All classes of citizens in the South punished when
they do not behave. 1t may be true that the negro mas
been the victim of more drastic punishment, but the
negro has been guilty of heinous crimes. And in
this respect it should be remembered that negroes are not
the only ones who have been ynched for crimes against
the women Of the Southsome white men have paid the
penalty.
The South is the safest place for the negro. The
South understands him. sympahizes with him; helps him.
When he misbehaves the South Furnishes him.
is only those members Of the who desire social
equality and other things which he has never had and
never will have who stir up trouble. It is this class of
negroes who responsible for the riots at the nations
capital and in the city of Chicago is this class that will
always bring trouble and odium the better class of
groes and the sooner the lawabiding and respectable
class of negroes put stop to the practice OF the Smart
Alexis who teach pernicous doctrine of social equality,
that much will end be put to clashes between
the races.
The South is white mans country and the white
is going to run it. At the same time the negro go
ing to get square DEAL There is no separate code Of
laws here for the They apply alike to both black
and white and long the black does his part he
receives the consideration as does the white man
who does his part.
Attorney General Palmer has expressed the opinion
that the recent riots grew out Of the spread of Boshevk
propaganda among the negroes Of the South is prob
ably true that propaganda of some sort has been dis
buted among the negroes here but 1t is not likely that
the Bolshevik responsible for it. 1t is likely
that certain members Of the negro's are to
blame. He has recently enjoyed experience that was
new to him. He has recently occupied position in the
countrys service where he probably led to believe
that he was the white mans equal and in his attempt
exercise the rights which he thought his he has made
trouble.
1T is than likely" the New Orleans States says
chat the moving spirits in the efforts to the negro
people to form of overt action Northern
ber of their race rebrands anxious to stir up tro
BILE in the falacous belief that it will be politically and
socially helpful to Them.
The lawa5ding citizens Of the South and the press
of the South practically unit in opposition to lynch
law. And just as much opposed to it in the North
in the South At the time the great mass
of the people of the South to the present dis
tbances confined to the Northern cities The negroes of
the South equally anxious that the racial troubles be
confined to the far side of the Mason and Dixon line
Negro lynching and murder in Chicago are more re-
prehensibe than in the South There the negro placed
equality with the white citizenship. Negro children
and white children attend the same schools and play in
the same parks in Chicago whites and blacks stop at the
same hotels eat in the same cafes battle at the same
resorts, and sit together at the amusement houses
Negro men marry white women and white men marry
negro women The line is nowhere drawn. This being
the case Chicago is wholly unustfied in its treatment Of
that part of its citizenship which has been encouraged
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