Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-05-19
DORSEY ABLY DEFENDS
COURSE IN STRONG REPLY

persistent, uncompromising effort
to stop the evil.
Cause for Humiliation.
1T does no good for the newspa-
pers to say that we are no wcrs,
than the people of other sections.
This statement is not correc1, so
far as this form of laWleSsn"ss -
concerned, because our record IS cX-
ceptionally bad, and a Georgia has
special reason to feel Inundated"
o.. -..icdarytaoi1? "a vbgkq vbgkqv
Judiciary Not Attacked.
Senator Olive says:
1.-The governor cannot and will not
name one judge in Georgia, who is
not faithful to his trust"
Fortunately, copy Of my state
ment has been mailed to every judge
in Georgia. Therefore the judges
of the state are aware that Senator
Olive has no cause for making such
a suggestion. But in order that the
public may understand how baseless
that suggestion is, | direct attention
to the fact that Judge Andrew j.
Cobb, another former member OF the
Supreme court, was one Of the thirty
nine gentlemen to whmen xzttf.--.
nine gentlemen to whom | submitted
my statement, and Judge Cobb is one
of the thirty-nine who signed the
resolutions endorsing the statement
and who gave it to the pblic.
Judge Ccmmends Statement.
How other judges regard it is
shown by a letter fro ma judge of
the Superior court, who says:
81 have received the pamphlet AS
To the Negro in Georgia. and de
sire to thank you most earnestly,
not only for sending me a copy but
for the compiling of the bulletin. 1t
is very likely that you have stuck
the bow of the ship to the state in
a wasp's nest, and that there Will
be more or less buzzing of cnraged
insects for some time TO come but
in the&ldng run much good wEl have
been accomplished.
Our Southern People.
II love our Southern peole; many
Of their faults, and | have most of
tine, appeal to me. Generally speak
ing they have a strong religious IN
stinct and inclination to the high
things of life-are generous, but
proud and high strung They bit
terly resent criticism of any kond or
intimation of failure in the perform
ance of duty on their part. They will
however, after the passing of the
storm of bitted denials and resent
ments, proceed to look the situation
over for the purpoE- of ascertaining
inst how much truth there is IN the
charges.
"In this case they will find much,
and they will in the course of time
in great measure rectify the wrongs
pointed out or complained OF. Ev-
cry Southern man who will face facts
knows that the negro is not treated
with that justice which should
characterize our dealings with this
race of people who are, in a great
measure, the wards Of the Caucasian.
Some local. ;es have conditions much
worse than others, but none are en-
tirely free from the faint OF wrong
doing.
ct is possible that your inVe5ti-
gators have made mistakes. Most
certainly they have if you were fore
ed, as doubtless you were, to use
Just plain human investigators, but
| know, and every one else knows,
that the bulk of your information is
true, and that bitter denials, though
in few cases justified will not
serve to impugn your motives or i'm
pair the value of the document as
a whole.
Creeping Lawlessn-G-.
Several insidious and deadly hui
man diseases are referred to( as
creeping SO this disease of law
lessness so far as treatment of the
negro in the South is concerned, i
! a creeping social disease. 1t starts
with insignificant and seemingly un-