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ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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LETTERS FROM GEORGIAN READERS. WITH ESPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE RACE QUESTION
["'HOW WOMEN SHOULD BE PROTECTED
To (he Editor of The Georgian:
We art truly glad that tho men of
O-orgla *»» at laat wide awake to the
ibeolute necessity of protecting the
,-omen and glrle of the etate. We
the agitation now aroused will
23% evanescent. That It will grow
•trona and flourish and become aa far-
inching In Its effects aa It should do,
Ed applied to the many abuses tol-
Sued in the past, but which are now
,1", growing obsolete among people of
[he highest civilization, culture and
^."'•'unfortunate, to draw It mildly,
’ (hat men of the South class women
politically with lunatics. Idiots and
criminals^ Jhat t hla Is true Is, how
ler n strong and telling argument In
Jkvor of the Justice and expediency at
this time for using every and all means
at their disposal to protect our women
ind girls In every way. Our hands
,lcd and we cannot attempt to
helD ourselves without getting badly
2 ur t it Is much like the fcet-blndlng
Chinese children, only more sp.
The Idea advanced that women
should carry a gun around la flne^but
lot feasible. Why? Because women
have been taught to beware of guns,
his and little, until they are almost
afraid to look at one, let alone hand
ling them. It certainly puts men In a
very peculiar position to tell women to
take care of themselves. From time
Immemorial men have assumed the po.
•itlon of protectors to the female per-
tlon of their families. If it la distress
ing to us to bellcvo that all that is but
t fable, and we must take care of our
selves. how dreadfully depressing It
m „rt he to the men. If we should
start out with a gun ten to one we
would be arrested for carrying con
rested weapons, for of course we can
no* wear It In a belt on the outside of
our lovelv costumes. If we carry guns
we must change the style of our gar
ments to conform to the necessities of
the case, and then the law against
women wearing men’a apparel comes
In force again to prevent.
Women ure generally In favor of
spending every cent In the treasury for
extra policemen and patrolmen, and If
there Is not a sufficient amount Hoke
gmlth might be asked to donate the
revenue he receives from that charity
bar The protection of women, aa the
law now stands, should be the first
consideration, since men claim that
"women are the preaervers of the racial
Integrity of the South.” For that very
resson If no other men should bend
every energy to keep them from harm
and Should aid them In every way to
accomplish the mission Imposed upon
them by men. .
If permitted, however, we would ad
vise our brothers to take special pains
to secure only men of good morals:
men who are total abstainers from the
u<» of Intoxicants, tobacco and hurt
ful drugs which debase all who use
them.
It Is not only posslblo but highly
probable that women, white, black, red
and yellow, will be In as great danger
from the policemen as from the negro
brutes unless they are men of good
rhsrarter and standing In tbs commu
nity. Men who control this country
should carefully refrain from making
bad matters worse right along this line.
Gamblers, drunkards, libertines and
men of generally bnd character should
not he considered In any capacity as
protectors of women.
I tint sure If woman’s voice could be
heard In the councils the advice given
would he: "Stop all this foolish talk
about disfranchising the negro. It has
served Its purpose In electing Hoke
Smith to be governor of Georgia. It
can do no further harm except to ex
asperate the negro and cause him to
commit crimes in retaliation.”.
Again, If the voters really.’wish to
protect women, let them vote out of
existence the traffic In Intoxicants. As
a general rule the women do not- want
whisky and those who suffer, dally and
hourly from the consuming outrage of
the drunkard In the home would say
If they could with power: "Keep the
deadly poison out of the reach of my
husband, father, son or brother, and,
from the negro brutes whose passions
are Inflamed by It when they commit
their dastardly outrages.”
We cannot organize vigilance com
mittees to co-operate with the police
for If we tried It we would be driven
back to our homes and called unwom
anly women. We have never been per
mitted to handle firearms and would
perhaps shoot the wrong man, but we
do know that the licensed liquor traf
fic of Atlanta and of Georgia Is the
deadliest menace to us and to the
children of the state. We ask that we
be freed from this curse and then we
will have peace.
But can we depend upon the white
man for protection, when the early law
makers of Georgia servilely copied from
the old English law "the Age of Con
sent,” which mode It legal to protect
Georgia girls until they were 10 yeare
old, and after that they must take care
of themselves. Women want to know
why that old law was never changed
by the legislators who came after
wards. We want to know all about
these matters which concern women
so vitally.
Our eyes and ears are wide open and
we are anxious and willing to b# In
formed. Above and beyond all things,
%vo want protection that does protect.
M. L. M'LENDON.
THE PHILIPPINES FOB NEGROES
To the Editor of The Georgian:
I would like very much to use a
small amount of space In your valua
ble paper to discuss or rather ex'
press my Ideas upon the serious ques
tion of the negro.
While It Is necessary to admit that
there are eotne good negroes, the bad
ones are In so large a majority that
we need only speak of the negro as a
whole.
It la evident that education la hla
fault, were It not for that fact he
would not try to be the equal of the
white, and education has only taught
them the art of laslneso, and that
brings us down to the cause of all the
trouble, he being lasy, finds time tor
all fancy Ideas and breeds trouble In
his desire for lust.
Some years ago the white race found
It necessary to colonise the Indian as
It were, and we will find It necessary
to do the same with the negro.
Let us take time by the forelock
and 'nslruct all our national repre
sentatives to urge a bill for the col
onization of the negro In the Philip
pines. Give him exactly the same
form of government that they hava
there now, B. Washington, governor,
and let the race as a whole either sink
or swim.
The cry that the South ranlt get
along' without them Is all bosh, for
you can go to any farmer today and
ask him his worst trouble and he will
tell you that the lasy negro won't work.
Henceforth let the cry of the South
ern press be:
The Philippines for the negro.
The United Slates for the white.
Yours truly, W. S. NEWCOMB.
Dublin, Ga.
I Send the Negro North I
i
To the Editor of Tho Georgia!!?
A* jrour paper amieitrs to Ik* Just now the
readiest medium for airing opinions on the
rmv <iin'stIon, permit me to submit it sug
gestion which I have loug thought—lu tmien
thinking nud writing on the subject—fur*
Irishes the most prnetlcitl, the most di
rect, and the most effective menus of re
lieving the acuteness of tin* southern situa
tion, and, perhaps, eventually of ridding
the whole country of the much vexed,
much discussed, nud ever present “uegru
problem.”
In nil the various comment upon your
masterly editorials, and the discussion
evoked thereby, uo one has proposed this,
to my mind, very simple and very wise
expedleut for the south; namely, tor the
south to adopt another class of labor and
turn the negro over to the philanthropists
of the north. If this hud been done thirty
The Negro Leader Must Cooperate.
I.........................
To the Editor of The Georgian
It has been many years since I havp
seen you (last In Jacksonville, Fla.),
but I have always, with great pleasure,
read after you, and I have to. thank
you for your last article seen by me
In my Richmond Evening Journal of
August 29, "The Reign of Terror Must
End."
I think every Intelligent Southern
man (who only truly knows the ne
gro) will agree with the plan you pro
pose, vis., "Invoke the full, fearleas
and Impaasloned co-operation of the
negro against the lust of his own crim
inals.” If this can be done. For while,
as you say, "the negro edltore, teach
ers and preachers, will mildly admit
that they condemn the rnplat," they
vigorously and viciously condemn the
lynching and rush to the Northern cit
ies to protest and denounce the lynch
ing and I venture to say, oftener than
otherwise do not mention the cilme
The truth Is, down In the heart of 99
per cent of the negro rflee Is a feeling
of resentment against the white race
and a self-assertion that "I am Just
as good as any white man on earth,”
and It Is plainly to be seen that their
whole "effort Is for social equality.
Halted In this effort their natural re
sentment In many casea leads them
to round the white race In Its most
sacred part. My observation leads me
to believe that In the great majority
of the. negroes the white man has an
enemy, and well as the Southern man
knows the negro, he Is the most ready
and easiest to be Imposed on and to be
made to believe in the apparently hum-
ble assertion of the negro that he Is
not his enemy, but his friend. Why
should he not be? What can the white
men get from the negro of any profit
with certainty? While certainly the
negro gets from the white man 90 per
cent of all his profits and favors. I
have had large experience with the
(Southern) negro. He Is as cunning
as a monkey, a smaller experience with
the Northern one I have found as im
pudent as the devil. You and I, my
dear sir, will never live to see this
matter amicably arranged, but I ex
pect and hope that my grandchildren
will. I hope peaceably, but I fear forci
bly. One thing Is certain. If the whole
country,is not getting its full of the
pegro and negro question It's getting
at least a large amount , of It, and no
one can tell when It will get Its plenty.
This Is an Inexhaustible subject and
could be reviewed from numberless
points. It Is not my Intention to en
large on It, but to thank you for your
efforts, and all like you who write the
truth and make honorable endeavors
to correct the conditions and not the
ories that confront us. Cordially and
sincerely, your friend,
W. W. DAVIES.
Chase City, Va.
Is all the more urgent that the Mouth
should reverse her course as soon ns |k»s-
slide, for ‘'when n thing Is wrong, each
day's delay compounds the cost or right*
‘ug It.”
In the judgment of the deepest nnd sin-
erest thinkers on this subject, the only
wsy to get rid of the “negro problem
. *lves, deporta
tion and extermination. The most recent
echoes of the northern nnd nonthern press
foreshadow the probnblllty that the domi
nant race In this republic must soon
front the alternative of ships or
lets for the negroes. For seven rears, the
writer has been tbe persistent and Insistent
advocate of the “ships" horn of the dilem
ma, thus listing myself among the “IdU
dreamers” no stuffed at by the “practical”
folks. Though still rooted in tniv liellef
that, In this ns In other things, where there
Is a will there Is always n way for the
Anglo-Baxon: and too loyal an American to
think there Is anything our country couldn't
do*If It “set Its head." It Is not my pur*
pom* now to discuss the feasibility of the
deportation scheme. One thing la l>eyoud
controversy: It Is certainly not within the
province of the south to deport her super-
nbundniit negro population lieyond the sens*
tills can only come nbont. If ever, by Fed
eral legislation, and I do not need to re
mind your renders how little voice the
south has had In ahnplng Federal policies
since the Civil war. The only thing"
aouth ran do In this matter nt present,
nnd this, If she la wise, she will do, la to
encourage by every means In her power,
the migration of ner surplus negroes to
northern states, thereby bringing nbont a
racial equilibrium diet ween the two halves
of the country, and llftlug this dark.prob
lem from Its sectional setting, and placing
it where It rightfully belongs, among na
tional Issues.
Much linn 1k*ph said In regard to the
north's Ignorance of the negro, and we
have wasted much time and eloquence In
“ “ * her ns to hla true cbnr-
_ ....... has never tw*en so Ig
norant about the negro, as Indifferent to a
subject which she felt concerned her so
remotely. And nothing will curry convic
tion to the northern mind quite so effect
ively ns n notable Increase In their negro
population. Within the last fire years there
nan been « wonderful Influx of nturroes to
northern cities, nnd to this fact, far more
than to southern preachments. In due that
“sudden revulsion In northern sentiment’
toward the negro we hear so much nbont
these days. Send them a few more ue-
? :roes. and Instead of northern congressmen
Iitroduelng bills for the reduction
southern representation.
GIVE THE FARM BOY8 A CHANCE
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Educate the White Masses.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
The people of Georgia are beginning
to look upon you as the truest expres
sion nt Southern Ideate,.and the ableat
exponent of Southern sentiment. Your
paper, The Georgian, la deattned to be
come the great paper of the South. The
people everywhere are hungry for a
clean, tearleaa, vital dally newapapt
a paper that atanda for aomethlng
(Idea eenaatlonal newa and partlaan
politics. I notice alao that many think-
inf: people are aubatltutlng Tho Geor
gian for all other dalllea.
Believing that you can command and
hold the attention of the people Of thle
date nnd of the South more firmly than
any other Georgian, I appeal to you
upon a subject which carried the hopes
of the present and the destinies of the
future. Thla question, this subject, la
that of the education of the white
masaos tn Georgia. We need—we
tnu»t have—a campaign of education
In every community. In every village
and in every city In thla etate. We
yant It to begin now. We want It to
t* vital, kindling an Irrealatlble, con-
tumlng tire, growing brighter and high
er until the great danger which now
threatens us shall have disappeared.
I Inclose a map. The black apote
represent counties In which there are
more blacks than whites attending the
Public schools. If you have atudled
the last report of the etate school com-
misdoner you have seen that there are
*5 J'* counties In the entire state
*nirhi have more than a bare major
ity of white children In the public
school.. Did you notice the report of
the schools of Bibb county? Here the
ntrai schools showed a considerable
decrease in white attendance. The city
•chooli showed only a very alight In-
JU*"' In white attendance. For the
colored race the rural schoola and the
schools showed a very large In-
The seme may be said of many
counties where the population of the
rjf es Is aobut equal. The fact
L' . nogroes are Intensely Interested
ln K educated while the whites
r„ r :,J rlmln a"y careless and woefully
Indifferent. The negroea are rapidly
acquiring wealth, or property, rather,
In both, farms and town and city prop
erty. The white Methodlste and Bap-
tletz here worship In churches that
cost less than 91,000, while the negroes
have Just about completed an edifice at
a cost of ft,000. They ride In buggies
as line as any owned by the whites,
and they nre learning to order goods
from mall order houses. They are tak
ing papers and they are reading tham.
They are buying good books and they
are studying them.
I see something else that alarms me.
I see white farmers coming to town
riding by the side of negroes In the
latter's buggies. I see negroes riding
with white men In their buggies. I see
them chatting together on the streets
and in the lots, not as one talks with
an Inferior, but apparently on terms
of equality. This Is the case only
where Ignorance of the whites predom
inates. What does It mean? Does It
point to negro supremacy or to amal
gamation of the races?
I have had the good fortune to min
gle freely with the manes In south
west Georgia for'the last fifteen years.
I have lived In Lee, Thomas, Mitchell.
Grady, Decatur and Calhoun counties.
Conditions vary very little. Wherever
you find the white* better educated
you will also find that the negroes
have likewise progressed.
What are we going to do about It?
Arc we going to sit with Idle and empty
hands—are we to remain with apathetic
Intellects and unresponsive hearts—
while our people, our sons and our
daughters, sink Into a state of Infe
riority and dependence more galling
and Ignoble than death or exile?
I have never met you, but I have
been rending after you for fifteen years,
and I feel that I know you Intimately.
And I am writing you because I believe
you can and will Inaugurate some
plan—keep In motion some sort of
force—that will cause a "rattling of the
dry bones" In our public school sys-
, xote—The map spoken of elsewhere
which I promised to Inclose I have
been unable to find; but If you will
Bracelets of Beauty
The new bracelets! Thev are things of beauty, and
UDequaled for smallness of effect. Never in the history
°f a Southern jewelry shop have there been more or
Prettier bracelets shown than in the line we are now dis
playing.
Tlie style-range is as wide as the tastes of woinan-
, '!• The run of prices is in harmony. You can get a
Jeweled baud for four figures or a tastefully simple orna
ment fop one —just to suit your fancy.
New things every day now. Come in and have a
l<H.k at them.
Maier & Berkele
examine the report of the etate school
commissioner you can eaelly locate
them. The map referred to was one
of my own design and only enabled
one to get a forceful view of the sit
uation.
Very
S.
Arlington, Ga., Aug. 99, 1999.
THE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENTS.
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Before using so much time and tem
per on the question of negro disfran
chisement, would It not be welt to In-
veetlgate the question as to whether
the fourteenth nnd fifteenth amend
ments to our constitution wore legally
poised upon by the states? It would
certnlnly be Interesting to many of
your readers If you would give the his
tory and exactly what happened, ac
cording to the record, when these
amendments were presented to the
various states of the Union for ratifica
tion or rejection. So far as I have
been able to ascertain, the fourteenth
amendment was ratified by >2 Northern
states, rejected by Delaware, Kentucky,
Maryland and not noted upon by Cali
fornia. What was the attitude and
were tho other Southern states not
namsd above given an opportunity
to act on It? If not, why not? If they
did not act upon It, can It be aald to be
legally adopted, It not being adopted
by three-fourths of the states? The
Judgment of the sword was that no
Southern state was out of the Union.
If In the Union, how could they be
deprived of their constitutional right
to adopt or reject any amendment of
the constitution? If they acted upon It
through military government. It waa
certainly not the voice of the people of
those ststes. It doea seem to ms that
such question being made before the
supremo court of the United States In
a case properly made, that that court,
which always emphasise* the rights
of the states In Its opinions, when that
question Is Involved, would be obliged
to decide that neither the fourteenth
nor'fifteenth amendment were properly
passed upon and adopted by three-
fourths of the states of the Union. As
to the fifteenth amendment, we know
that It was not acted upon by Tennes
see; rejected by California. Delaware.
Kentucky, Maryland, New Jersey and
Oregon, but ratified by the remaining
thirty states, New York rescinding Its
ratification on January 9. 1970.
It will be well worth your time
to take up each Southern state and
the record of Just what they did aa to
ratifying or rejecting these amend
ments. A surprise Is In store for the
one who probes this to the bottom, In
my opinion. BILL O. WRIGHTS.
Atlanta, Sept. 4, 1999.
TWO FISHERMEN.
You'd better nmkc ready to put out ycr
light; . , .
At laat. we intiat furl the lumiier!
In other wonts." aald fMierman two.
My dear old friend, we’re got to akldoo.”
Hold Itsliemnn one, “II me, O tuy.
I've tenui attch a dreadful sinner;”
Kohl fisherman two, with n Broken sigh.
And n |ilendllig look ami a tearful eye,
"That tnett I'd er bnd for dinner!"
Two tlalirrmeii then went nnder the sen:
Poor fishermen two! Resolute twenty.
the difficulty with n governmental aehemo
for the "nafe amt peaceable" removal of
the offending African from our midst. Who
doea not know that the motion must eotne
from tlie northern end of the country. If
It ta to carry any weight tn eongreaa!
The suggestion of the Atlanta -northern
canltnllat vr In your Inane of Auguat 27. rtf
nouthern Peinncratn to force n negro de
portation plank Into the platform upon
which they purpose to hoist Mr. Ilrynn.
anil tn elect leaders to lioth holmes of
congress who will whoop It up tn dobate,
Is all very well ns fsr as ft goes, but
every •outfiern delegate In congress known
that It will not no further than the .
mtttee room, while the bulk of the n
imputation realties In southern atateo
She north feela It la not her "foncrnl.”
In thla. the north la only doing whnt the
•oath would do. If the poeltlona were re-
vented. It le human untnre. Nobody taken
bin neighbor's troubles very much to heart
until the same trouble Is brought home
to hlm-then he Is sll attention nnd sym
pathy. Anti the aoutli in greatly to blame
for the average northerner a complacent
assumption that climatic and economic eon
ditlona will forever fix the negro', bnblta
tlon smith of tho Mason mid Dixon line,
Wo have cion* to him nmldnt nil t la
ronragementa, hugging tho htwry delusion
that wt* could not not along without him,
and servlug notion on the north to hands
off” the southeruer’s problem, Fnaaes or
the southern slain. does the past show
that the south has gotten along so very
well with the negro? .And la ah® pet-
ting along no well with hint today? Ton,
Mr* Editor, In your terrible arraignment
of the rapists, have furnished tho host
answer to the lost query. ... „ .
And whnt will you do? Tou have called
.% uiasH mooting of oltlsons to consider
ways nnd means to end your re gu or
terror,” nnd doubtless even in the midst of
It, speeches will bo heard at the mooting
reiterating, parrotlike, the old formali: h
the north will lot us alone, we will sohe
the negro problem. And bow will you ioi^
It? Will you proceed In the old way with
the rope, the pistol and tho torch? surely,
tho wisest nnd most thoughtful am°ug os
realise that we can not keep up thla sick
ening program Indefinitely. &o
Abhorrent the crime, how jnat the wrath
which metes out the punishment, ail
thoughtful persona know that continuous
participation In mob violence, coarsens nnd
bestlalltcs the participants, nndl will more
surely degrade our people to the level of
the Afrlrnn than any other known agency.
But the beat argument agalaat It a Its
borremic of reeult; It doea nut atop the
* ’wimltl you eroko general race war?
Itaee war In the aouth todny would aet
back the clock of progreas for ua another
uilf century. Wliv not adopt the more
peneentile anil bloodless expetlfent of truna-
ferrltig the ennae of all thla trtttbleto that
end of the country which to chlefl.” —•
apoiialldc for It'! Iuioraetlenb let
have you ever tried It? Hob there pier
I tee n n dcterdilned and internalised effort
tn Indore the negro to leave the eolith?
On the contrary. have not the movement*
looking toward Inis end received active op-
poeltton In the part? Even now, are not
thcie many old foglea In (leorgln who sin*
re rely Itelfeve that King Cotton moat re
sign hla scepter If a few negroea failed
In dot the cot too dolila? .Keen thongh
the eensita return, for 1990 show leas than
three-tenths of the entire agricultural labor
of the aouth performed by negroea. Tho
eonth ran not retain the synpathy ofthc
world In her wrestling with tots Mae*
problem. If ahe peralata In thla JgRNMMa*
'•nurse If the negroes arc na mark as we
have painted them, we should rcrlnlnly
: * n.i,I liiseltlnintn nintiliN
To the Editor of The Georgian:
Being a close and appreciative reader
of yqpr editorials, and appreciating the
brave Hand you take on every ques
tion of Importance to the people,
write to you of a question that has, to
me, been neglected in connection with
our state fair.
Why not give the town .boyi n
chance? Why not offer prlxea that will
encourage them to some lines of work
they are In position to develop?
Our country cousins are allowed to
grow fine pumpkins, melons, corn and
potatoes, for which they receive honors,
of which they may be Justly proud.
All of this I am glad exists, for whnt
Is more honorable than tilling the aotl,
where some of our greatest men started
successful lives? Still would the man
agement not give our town boys some
encouragement?
There are plenty of lines that might
be suggested as profitable to not only
the ones who take part In the contest,
but the general public. For Instance,
along mechanical lines—a piece of ma
chinist's work, a steam pnglpe or draw
ings for same, cabinet work, furniture
finishing, electrical apparatus, forging,
or a skillful piece of moulding. Thla
would be of great help to me, who
wishes to employ young men.
What we need Is natural talent, de
veloped.
Contestants would be limited as to
age and experience, to be decided by
competent men. Respectfully,
A MECHANIC.
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. I, 1996.
TRUE VERSUS ERRONEOUS EVANGELISM
To the Editor of The Georgian:
In The Georgian of the 29th Instant
there appeared an article under the
above caption. The writer sums up
with tlu statement that man la saved
by "belief, baptism and oral confes
sion."
This idea of salvation was the best
that man could devlsfe probably* 800
years ago. At that time mankind waa
densely Ignorant, knowledge was con
fined to but a few, and what there was
of knowledge or education was based
upon the Ignorance of slaves, which
Ignorance was exploited and turned
Into huge temples, tn which the Igno
rant worshiped an unknown god—In
belief."
Belief, then. Is a solace for want of
knowledge, and to Insist that man shall
always and shall have no other cree/l
or can be saved In no other way than
by "belief,” la to condemn the race to
Ignorance, and tn the old pagan creed,
“I believe." Paul said of these, "Him
(God) whom ye Ignorantly worship.
Him declare I unto you."
Paul had got knowledge, consequent
ly he was not saved by belief or Igno
rance, and hla saying above quoted
made It Impossible for Ignorance or "I
believe" to be saved.
'I believe," then, stands for satisfied
Ignorance, and not for salvation. To
say that man can not be saved unless
he Is ns Ignorant as were the slaves
of 990 or maybe 2,000 years ago, Is
to make all knowledge nnd the refine
ment which goes with It a useless
luxury. When we have knowledge we
can not "believe" even If we wish to.
So It "belief Is essential to salvation,
knowledge Is essential to damnation.
Knowledge has so broadened the minds
The South Approves The Georgian’s Stand.
Min*#!
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try every i>enceai>lt iunl legitimate menus
tn get rid Of them. nr. st tenet, enough of
111*111*111 inlnlmsle the mensee to our dvtll-
sntlon. Ilnve we dene this?
Conditions Just now srejieeullnrly fsvnr-
ntile to such n pmjeef. The negro s dlusst-
tsfnetlon with southern home rule, hts ills-
snttsfnetlon toward the cotton fields, more
then nil. his luerraslng hostility toward
everything soqthern. would Incline him to
seek’ new fields for his Intents. The nt-
rut districts of tlie north will never, per-
turns Attract tiny considerable ntunlsT of
negroes, tint whnt field so alluring to the
edmutted nnd nuiMUonn negro ns northern
rttles? Tlie disfranchising sets of the
„m them suites will glre oimigratory lm-
mitse to the isdlthwlly nspiring nsgroM.
nnd It Is this clnss partlcidsrly which the
sooth would lie glsd to spare. .Let south
erners once moke up their minds th*t the
sou Hi nnd the negro have come to the port
ing Ilf the ways, still expedients will not
Is* tticking to accomplish the sepnrntlon.
By nil moons, enforee your "move on
low for the Idle, nnd sec to It (hot when
limy do move HU. they ore bended north-
wnrd. Itil we seek revenge III this? .'ey.
Justice and the best result*. "Turn nlHiut
Is fnlr idny" the world over, snd the mirth
Mmnlil take her turn with the henry end
of the "white man's linnlen. Sloreorer.
If the north doesn't like the negroes when
she gets them, she esn do whnt the south
,','t-Hihe Voii ship them out of the
.tm^lo well to nrm your women; Arjt
teaching them to nlm nceorntely. )onr
plan to enlist the ennperstlnn of colored
teachers nnd preachers In your crusade
' am,nit * “etcVrimli.nls. was n wise move:
ANGLIN VEUNK. I wise from the si '.e of diplomacy only, la
inoHHMnmiiioiioiniiiioi
To the Editor of The Georglnn.
I desire, with the others who have
expressed themselves through the col
umns of your excellent paper, to nay
that not only I but I verily believe the
whole.South Is quite a unit In accord
and sympathy with your noble and
manly editorials which have from time
to time since the Copenhllt outrage
appeared In the columns of The Geor
gian. Why do not all the papers of
the South take up the refrain and
sing this song of redemption with the
seal and seat of The Georgian!
It seems to me the people of the
South have borne thin curse long
enough, and that to submit longer to
this deadly upon which In, perforce,
blighting the very fountain head of the
pureat Anglo-Saxon race under the
sun would Justly subject ua to the
contempt of patient but self-respecting
humanity everywhere, and the matter
should be settled permanently and at
once.
For one. I have no patience for any
of the propositions for remedy ad
vanced thus far noted short of depor
tation or annihilation. Who that reads
has not scanned the papers In vain tor
some token of sympathy or some evi
dence of a desire on the part of the
leaders of the colored race to assist
the officers of the law In their ef
forts to capture these vile criminals?
What an opportunity at their recent
great convention held In your city the
leaders of the black race had for good
and allowed It to go by default, not a
word of Importance having been
spoken In condemnation of the crime.
It cannot be said they overlooked It,
unless Intentionally so, because the
matter must have been fresh In their
minds. What little waa said would
have best been unsaid.. So far from
rendering any assistance, they have
about gone the limit In the opposite
direction and have abetted and en
couraged them. If not by word or ac
tion, then by their silence, and In
shielding them from a punishment
which at Its worst could by no possi
ble means compensate for thla hell-
hatched crime. Do these people real
ise that they are standing upon the
crusty crater of a volcano now danger
ously nearing eruption, which, when
It bursts forth, will as surely engulf
the whole race as If the thing had al
ready happened?
note the long list of merchants
who condemn the proposed Ku-Klux
Klan. They are a body of excellent
clttxens, but by no means do they rep
resent the mmasei. The masses are
determined this thing shall stop, but
would indorse even Ku-Kluxlsm as a
means of last resort. Yours truly,
RUBE HAYSEED.
Bolton, Ga.
of man that he knows that there Is a
God, or whnt this word stands for.
Knowledge has revealed this God to
us through a knowledge of the world
and the laws which govern It. So that
as Paul says, In knowledge alone can
we rightly worship God at all. Con
sequently, salvation consists In acquir
ing knowledge, nnd not in going to
sleep over "I believe," or the Ignorance
of the past.
The next condition Is "baptism." This
word has not lulled the world to peace-
ful slumbers, other than such slumber
ns soldiers seek on the field of battle.
It Is a contentious word, and Is but a
repetition of "I believe." The reason
that it Is contentious Is because as
an English word It Is a misnomer, or
misnamed. It Is Blmply the Greek word
spelled In English, and transplanted
Into the English language without a
definition. It la not translate d Into
English the same as other Greek words.
The Greek word means to wash clean
with water, or to infuse Into the mass,
tho material used In the fusion, which
may be any fusible material. To dtp,
to sprinkle, to Immerse, stand for the
operation of washing, not separately,
but all together. Jesus had traveled
In the desert: He was soiled In per
son, and John washed His body clean
In Jordan. That Is all there la in It.
Heaven Is peopled with people with
clean bodies nnd Is what Jesus and
John wished tn Impress upon the peo
ple. You look about us and we will
find that aa a rite baptiam Is a misera
ble failure. Tho agitation of the plumb
ers to compel tho people to have hath
tubs In their houses Is more In the
direction of salvation than the creed.
Paul found the Corinthians baptizing
os a rite, as Is (Jone today by the
churches, and he condemned It, nnd
sold that Christ sent him Into the world
not to baptise (rlt9), but to preach the
gospel.
"Confession,” too, saves! This Is an
other repetition of "I believe." for no
one "knows" that It does. If God
knows all things, nnd I find from my
knowledge of the world that He does,
what have we to tell Him that He dot s
not know? Tell him In this way th,u
we are sorry? He knows all about
us, which Is more than we know by a
long Jump.
It makes us feel good? Doubtless!
If feeling good Is a sign of salvation,
a whole lot of Hoke Smith foil owns
nre saved on the same line, and It Is
probable that a few of them could ow n
nnd uce a bath tub to advantage to
complete their religious education. In
a world of Ignorant people, salvation
from the Ills of life can not get beyond
the "I believe" plan, and as It satisfies
them In their condition, It Is their ex
clusive property, and granting the right
of Individual preferences, we would
noL If we could, and could not If »e
would, disturb them In the possession
of It.
In a world of education, knowledge
satisfies and Ignorance can not sup* |
plant It. The article quoted states that
"belief, baptism (rite), confession"
saves, nnd It ends there, and properly
so, for all of thin Is "belief.” Good win.
affection, truthfulness, charity, kind
ness, etc., being based on knowledge,
are, of course, not necessary to salva
tion. The only purpose of knowledge
la to enable a few to dee that Igno
rance la saved, and that the possessors
of this knowledge are loat!
Chrlat and God for. example. , ,
Every fleeting moment of time con
quers the past, nnd In turn Is con
quered by Its successor.
■To try to exist on the past Is to
perish with It.
XV. A. JOHNSON.
Atlanta, Ga^ Aug. 29, 1906.
that It wltl force the teachers sod lead
era to show their bands But It Is not
likely to be productive of any practical
results In what you seek to accomplish.
The few half hearted nnd jierfunctory ut
terances of the negro tanebera wise enough
to express such will hardly counter '
anee (he tremendous Influence of the
donoment—not to say, hero worship—wrhlch
the negro rapist has so long received from
ness League recently enlivened lu your
city, not to Indulge In o'er-inneh denun
ciation nf lynching, their president confined
hts condemnation nf the criminals to a
Imre recognition or a very potent feet—
"the negro Is committing too many crimes"
—coupled with n mild disapproval of the
•nme, while he devoted much space end
energy to the enormities of lynch law, and
the economic advantage to the negroee of
n resilience In the eouth.
booker Washington hss mingled much
with the phllsnthronlsta nf the north, snd
doubtless iinderslsiuls 1'ftler than tho nmat
that his surest hope of olitslnlug nhl from
them for hi, cause nnd hts people Is to
keep the philanthropist* an*) the negroes
as widely eeparnted a* possible, lienee wo
find Booker Washington nlways Insisting.
In season nnd out, that the negroea must
remain In the south. Yet, I think yon
will ngree with me, Mr. Editor, that,
great na he Is ns a trader of hts own race,
and Inflated na he appaars tn lie hy the
flattering attention* nf northern nntahlm,
the Ttiskegee oracle Is hardly ripe for the
role of "dictator" for waitbern white
men. They, and not he, will decide tho
qucation whether the negroes will remain
In the smith, nnd as one who yields to
none In devotion to the southland, I sin
cerely truet they will decide It In the nega
tive.
Meantime, let ns educate the negroee and
eend them to northern cities; then, like
“Brer Kos." "Jo* 1 lay low nu' eeo whet d*
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To th# Editor of Tho Georglnn.
Thla la not a time for the dlactlaalon of
qneatlona with the negro. If anch a time
haa been In tho paat, more'a th# pity. Th#
Intereata, th# condition, the coudurt of the
negro may and ahould In* dlacuaaed nmong
white men, Imt experience haa taught na
that on the fornm la no. place fort he, negro
when matters of Interest to tho country nro
Inrolved, and especially wheu Southern In
ternets are tho topic.
And for thla reason It matters not wh.it
th# auhj#ct may lie, or bow w#!l Informed
the negro writer or speaker may lie, so mull-
Mona tuts he grown—and he has been
“grown” some time—that hla dlecuealop la
warped br prejudice, poisoned by that envy
that marks tho couacfoualy inferior, and so
woefully untruthful that wo lose nil pa
tience ns arbiter/ seeking for fair conclu
alons. and refuse to hear or consider.
The time haa come when the negro, ao a
negro, ahould l>e put out of the question.
The ••protdem.” as a problem. Is no prob
lem. The affairs of Georgia, of the Month,
of the country, engage ua and let na "he
nlNtut our fathers' Imtlnoao.”
Problems confront ua. serious matters
must be met, considered and disposed of;
the negro entera Into some nf them, and he
should lie disposed of jodlcloualjr and fairly,
bnt regardless of hla nolens rolens.
Thla we claim liecauae we Urn In a white
man's country, and under a whlto uutn'a
government. This Is essentially and Irre
vocably true; then why tamper longer with
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rusted. In any sense. And the claim
based not npon the ground nf Ignorance nnd
unfitness, tint on the showing made hy the
l»eat men In the land for conservative cc
cl I by black leaders; for pacific utternn
and temperate advice. These negroes
the heed of the msgnslne an* uni.ling
monthly an Installment of bitter denun
tlon, luaolent Insult and hcllMi fnNch
against the white people which th -y ki
must only serve to fin* the -balf-aavage
taros of the race, nnd reud»*r more Into!?
ble their mrnnneas. Alongside of thU u
ter uro printed aQggaatlonfc In various w
of tho real Inferiority of tho whlto rr
The negro hss prior claim to illatlnMI
even from the foundation of the world. '
beat that there la In human imturo Is
Ihuroh^^wen^^passSl resolutions fb-
nounclng lawlessness nmong tuo rare. «h-
clsrlug against giving hiding or eomfort
the time ngoln
Hoinetimps open luault on the part of i«.w
nnd vulgar blacks, who are all tht* time
keeping abreast of the limit of cmluiniM c,
seeming to gauge their encroachment upon
the patience of white men only by the line
of danger, as It la apparent to theta.
J. V. I’l.EATON.
ever sugar-coated his geueral
In the hearing of white men—when sepakliig
"for publication”—yet throughout bis whole
discourse there raus a vein of hltternesa
toward the whites, aa If hla race held
deadly grievance against them that no |h*u-
nance could atone for. and no amends could
amend. Throughout It all there Is a wall
against the shortcomings, defined ami lm-
agtnery, that “retard The progress of a
To the Editor of Th® Georgian:
Your recent superb editorials upon
the subject of negro outrages have
aroused the people to the dangers of
the situation. Continue the good work
until every county In the state and
every militia district shall have organ
ised Into vigilance committees to sup
press thla heinous crime. Much haa
been said about speedy trials, but as
the law now stands a conviction of an
assault with Intent to commit this dia
bolical offense amounts to little more
than an advertisement of the offender.
Let the governor call the legislature
In extra session to consider thla grave
matter, and let that body enact laws
adequate to the occasion.
As the law now stands, an assault
with Intent to commit a rape la pun- |«f negroea from the cmintryto the towua'
Ishable by Imprisonment In the penl- | T* 1 ,?” •*!? *i!ui
tentlary for a term not teas than one I „ho.»t down n negro with nlmnJt na mjicli
nor more than twenty years. This [ indifference as he would display In shoot-
penalty la not commensurate with the! Ingen dog.” and then It asserts that hla
crime. Let the legislature make the dew l *■ « f° r< T* «h* gwcntlng
SS?y of fh^jXrt of the au^rlo! " whm " " K, ” m,M ’ r " f " M> , " , " rl " r
courts to convene the courts an soon
as a Jury can bo Impaneled to try the
offender, and do It with such speed that
It will amount to keeping the courts
open nil the time for the trial of these
rosea, and make It a felony to know the
fact that one of these devils has com
mitted the offense without reporting It
to the officers of the law; and make
the migratory villains carry a pass
port, as has been euggented.
Respectfully,
THOMAS B. IRWIN.
Marietta, Ga. Aug. 29, 1999.
i WHvii nif Hiriiiiirv niv? uih ftwii ni"e,
mark hla deliverances. Every line pulsates
with spleen; every word Is a brand to Influ
ence am! Intensify the hatred of the Ignor
ant of the race. In the discussion of the
question of "the scarcity of farm Inlwr,” an
editorial In a uugro nmcnzlno for Kentemlfcr
admitted ”a deplorable lack of farm
bauds.” nnd after claiming that "ones ne
gro latmr waa plentiful In the country dis
tricts of the Kouth, and there was never a
more reliable, more peaceful nnd wore con
tented Maas of lalKirers than the stnwsrt
men ami sturdy mothers of the Jolly black
raw,” charged up against the white race
murders, lynchlngs, peonage, wbltecnpplng,
clMliigangs. forced Ignorance sud a verita
ble reign of terror and tyranny na the “fear
ful orgies" that brought about the “hegtra
ease where n “member of ’the Inferior
race grew too Inaolent.” ”An armed posse
of the (test rltlseus.” says the editorial,
“would ns soon go cunning for a negro
chicken thief as for Why thing else." Again:
“A negro plstol-toter Is worse Irefore the
law thin a white murderer." And this from
a publication that should stand for the best
there Is In the race; that should strive to
Inculcate right living and manly principles;
that should srorn to print such blatant
and hellish falsehood, devotes Its pages to
engendering and fostering the enmity and
hatred of the Ignorant blacks, for whom
these agitators Themselves hive less «*ou-
elderntbm, leas sympathy than the white
This, too, after plea upon plea of the
Emigration op Extirpation?
To the Editor of The Ocorslan:
At a gathering of negroea in Wash
ington city a few weeks ago, Gaines,
the burly black "bishop” who llv.-s in
Atlanta, waa especially loud In la
menting and denouncing the lynch
ing of negroea by tho white men of the
•South, but bad no word of condemna
tion for tbe raping of white women and
children by negro men. Because the
editor of Tho Georgian, Air. Graves,
ha* been ao persistent and vigorous
a denouncer of this raping liubit of
the beastly race to whlcn Gaines be
longs, and to ably end fearlessly ad
vocates the only sure means of |ter-
mgnently saving our women from be
ing sacrificed to Its hellish lust, Gaines
made Mr. Grave* the special object of
hi* stricture*. Almoct at the very hour
when Gaines wa* thus Inveighing
T lnst Mr. Graves end the defenders
the white women nnd girls of the
South, a negro wa* raping a white girl
but a abort distance from Gaines I
In Atlanta. I desire to know If this
fact ha* been noted by you.
The negro aeem* to be the only rap
ing mco In tho world today, end every
year the coming of the r*i«' season
furnishes more and wore evidence of
the fact that we are fostering and ed
ucating a race of rapists, whose pies-
ence restrain* tho liberty and Imperils
the persons and live* of our women and
children.
How long will a course so Inexpressi
bly foolish be continued by the people
of the South?
flow many more women and children
will have to be ruined by these lustful
beasts before the white people of this
country utter the stern and unalterable
decree that- this Innd of ours shall he
freed from tho awful curse of their
presence, either by emigration or ex
tirpation?
I would ask if you nre aware that
Gaines, the negro bishop, published a
book some years ago In which l.e sug
gests miscegenation as th.. w .iv to set
tle the race problem?
THOMAS KUtGSFuRD.
Savunnah. August 27, 1906.