Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-01-25
'sHigh Finance" Makes Other
Observations.
Editor Edgefeld Advertiser

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something about the negro. The ne
groes' social and political situation
is not his fault but his misfortune.
The curse put upon him by Noah, his
father, Gen. 9:25. At this time Hams
as we'll as Japeth and Shem was, in
our opinion, white with hair on his
head. Ham, with a curse upon him
went down into the southeast counz
try, where the intense heat Of the
climate caused nature to make the ne
cessary changes in his physical com;
position to preserve his life. Hence,
he has wool for hair, thick-skuils
thin blood, brown or black skin and
impaired intellect. These, unfortunate
people should have the sympathy and
help of the white, people: They are re-
ligious, emotional and as a rule not
revengeful; obliging, good natured,
improvident and indolent. He would
get on fine with the Southern white
people with rare exceptions. Once in
a while some buck runs amuck and
has to be taken charge Of, and these,
cases would. not occur often he was
let alone by the outsider. Now we
Northern people do not put fool no.
tions in the heads of the negro, as
the Eastern people. We will admit
that we meddle some, possibly more;
than we should. We get them up here;
and make porters ,stokers and SER
wants of them until election years.
when we buy them up and use them
for balance of power at the ballot
box.
We admit this is wrong, but that
is not the worst. Every four years
we must stir up some fresh mud. This
we do by sending some sharp guy
down your way to tell the colored
people about how they are treated =
that the Southern white are grinding
them, giving them no show socially,
politically or financially. This guy.
knows he is lying but being sharp
helms in and out before you kseasS;
it. We know that it makes conditions
much harder for the negro. Their
leaders believe such rot and begin to
play the fool, which sometimes causes
big trouble. In the last few years we
have not been able to find whites who
would take the job. Hence we have
had to drill few negroes and they
generally make mess of it, especial
ly if they are women.
We remember an incident that
happened in South Carolina town
not long ago. Those two negro wo-
men failed to play the game proper
and got into deep trouble. The send
ing Of thees two women must have
been suggestion from Cousin Henry
Cabot Lodge or Mr.. Tinkham. We
have often thought that the Eastern
er carried little too much venom in
his bosom toward the South. We arc
confident that the people of Massa-
chusetts are not ignorant as to their
responsibility for the negro. They
kidnapped the Africans, brought them
to the New England states for slaves
but, owing to the negroes thin blood
he could not stand the climate. They
brought him down south and sold
him to the cotton growers and when
they' saw how the proposition fitted,
their jealousy boiled over and they
howled about the sin of slavery. Even
brother Henry Ward Beecher had a
mock slave sale in his church and
sister Harrier B. Stowe wrote "Uncle
Toms Cabin" to show what a crime
it was to make cotton with the ne
groes.
We admit that we are in for all
the money we can make out of the
South, but there are something's we
draw the line on. We could not en-
dorse our presidents speech in Bir-
mingham. Such talk does no good and
is liable to make it hard for the ne
groes. We are persuaded, however,
that Mr.. Harding had slipped cog.
In our opinion the president failed
to hand out the dope Cousin Henry G:
Lodge had given him.
Our great President, Warren G.
Harding, has a hard and unsympa-
thetic boss in Mr. Lodge. They remind
us of a monkey and his trainer. Every
time the monkey turns his attention
to the passing crowd he gets sharp
c11t with whin Every time our pres