Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-02-19

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friend / confess 4 is heyon,i ne and
do 10, understand,
Nc. nor ever viii. fear, any more
than nine huadress and ninety ont Of
every thousand III the charming. de-
iightful. cultivated and travelled peo-
| pie to the north and east Of Ken
lucky and Maryland. unless they
should come down here and live in
the environments of eur life for sew
/ erGl generations.
IF you had come South several
years ago. but after we had shaken
off the incubus of the earpet-bae gers.
you would have seen even more Of
the spirit of frie ndliness you speak
OF than you do naw, for notice my
self that the growing generation Of
/ negroes are FAST osing IT. PROBABLY
The false teaching of disciples II the
same teachers fra II whom you drew
your own incorre t ideas
THE relation etween white and
black i cannot explain To you clearly
nor would you understand il II could
Only one horn AMI bred in the South
can know ii ana feel IL 1t is IA bond
both races have Inherited from their
forefathers. and me that All the false
teachings in The world cannot Wholly
break in one or even two genera
tions The negro himself knows and
feels IL ins.inctiSelv in spite III the
political teaching Of his Friends that
your people send oWn 70 him snd i
lis TO us. MS ma raj oppressors and.
enemies that he Furns for sympathy
aid ana comfort all his need ex
coming always things politieal
~ think. on the whole. you may as
well give up Tho lob of trying 10 uI
dcrstand Ii and 4ecept the faet that
the people Of The South, 10th white
and black know their own @fYairs
best. ana let tlm work om heir
own salvation II ikeir own was from
the curse sliat sTyry has hid upon
flhen,
But surely tIfre IS some ruth
liz urged in Whit has been written
FIJI he nen ana Women who hay come
down here for tho especial purpose Of
n3yhg This IN ton 81
Y, replied Just as ] sep4ose
Dickens thoueht lle was ,gitils Il tr;ie
picture IT Amerie ms and Areg life
in Martin Chuzzlewit Your Mriicrs
books are of jus about as niucG va!ne
as studies Of Soatliorn life. Is would
a treatise on lau written ! ms after
walking through sour library p Pos
ton lie as q t4xi book IN tlse law
schools 81 IIarv3rd II you wish q
catch Something VI he true color 81
Southern life lid -ot tie rel rela
tons Between lie. races in fsrsnt
sections. read the stories of Thomas
Nelson Page. .ieel Chandler darris
George VI. Catlc and he few genuine
Southern WRITE Who have lived
known, seen AMI felt what they write.
God preserye is frdm tie penny
a-line Story telers who comic tlwn
amongst us for few week sar Il
may he month in search 0f local
color: and then 90 home to carica-
tnre rs. IN a so-called Southern story,
making orr wan.en talking merge din
/ leet and had grammar. and orr men
well, Il don't know what they are,
hnl preserve us more yet from the
IagHators with preconeeived notions OF
the natural oppression and pnmiiy'
i who come down to reform ami chris
tianise us, have no doubt most Of
them are honest; but OF common
sense. they shew a woeful lack; and
treating the pfoudest race II the
World as a collection Of henighted
criminals and tyrants needing conyer-
zion and reforaad. they are naturally
not taken to our bosoms; and SO go
home III dHdgeen. and hold us up 70
j the scorn of BIER little worlds Ard
leven men like you men OF intelli-
gcncc and e;lieation have Eeen
/ largely influenced in all youf South
crn yiows by Ii Tngs like these; and i
was for this reason. + espe siaily want
! et, you to MAX this trip with ms. and
while you mas never understand us
wholly. you viii. hereafter know a
great deal more than SOU hay II
/ known before
Eyes, i Trims will" Jack replied
and have 5sen influenced ~ inan>
such things as you say and also BY
many of the peeches made BY our
/ Honorable Senator's and Representa-
lives in Congress assembled. But, ne
/ added, as We boarded the belated train
4 at last; i can promise YOU Frank.
1 have learned this much a least.
/ dress docs no make s gentleman nor
i add courtesy and dignity 70 oiis nor
does the soft musical draw Of your
wome in &ny way rcsen5ls he queer
iargon have 50 often seon in o3ks
purporung t. portray il WISH aii
women might ak the sane way.
Confined Tuesday. Feb. I'D
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