Show 01 m biml fit F g wy km r c A f isi s coliee COli EQ BAXTERS LETTER kamii ij pa mii democrat T I 1 ww was in athe the at R 7 0 c X 1 irow two on the side that was ke ine weakest in my family phefe vere all told toia 91 more than a ag hildred him dred negroes aigro ea the notion I 1 meu men before the war I 1 0 ihnow have now I 1 have not changed an fn J gabit I 1 have sever never seen a chinar china an italian arany or any other fory eigner of the common stock that I 1 4 put ou an equal footing with he negroes jaros of this country gur folks lav are dimi daily looking the f facts acts in the face if we had bad have allowed general lee to hi have anve had his way vt duri daring leewar the war power never could have been wrested butof out bof our hands hand general lee wanted all of the masters masten to free their negroes and igind then appeal to them to stand by the south couth goshi gosh if we had have done it today the white people and the black people would have been BO ao truit trustful ful and so helpful to each other until we would all now be one people e united and firm standing like a brick bric brickwell kwall aw all against all 0 outsiders ies is got to come to this finally and our thoughtful people see it the other cla day I 1 was riding into atlanta and 7 I 1 had for my companions a mongolian a dago and a christ killer the atmosphere got za so sickening blat 4 at I 1 had to go out on the platform while out on the platform I 1 looked into a stingily built bat illy ventilated dirtily kept car and there was bishop gaines one of the most substantial men in the state by goehl it made me mad to think that I 1 was a georgian and helped to bring about a condition which denied decent treatment to a respectable citizen just because he be was saddle colored and allowed rat eaters bomb throwers and policemen killers the very best attention all the negroes need along this line to change conditions is to bearn learn the lesson lemon of willing sacrifice there is a difference between willing sacrifice and compulsory sac sacrifice rl i be well behaved as the more intelligent among you are and have real self respect t by B v real self respect I 1 mean that kind which will not permit you to accept anything not an actual necessity unless it comes to y you ou in the way it reaches other people most of the hard working negroes who make not more than 75 cents a day would be wise if they walked short distances and saved their money I 1 cannot see how any negro who desires to be considered decent can attend any theater in atlanta As long as you yon cannot deny yourself these luxuries that come to you at the cost of your self respect you cannot expect to be rated very high by the race that denies you yon the negra negro patronage of theaters in atlanta is considerable any young man or woman found in one of them under present conditions is hurting the negro race very much now decent intelligent tell igent white people do not object to a cleanly dressed negro sitting near them I 1 dont I 1 prefer them to the 11 limberger imberger and bologna destroyers that I 1 often find near me the folks are all wrong on what is meant by social equality social equality is never seen nor heard of properly speaking outside of the home or private grounds there is no such thing as being social socia strictly speaking in a public place social equality means that you are ard not strangers or mere acquaintances but that you are so well known kno to each other that you grow intimate sufficient to form a society or social world I 1 go to the die aragon or to the kimball kirn ball I 1 sit down in the dining room mom to eat a meal that is my business there in comes a man that I 1 have never seeli seen before and from his 6 action h he e is there to eat I 1 jump up and wali out claiming that chisman this man is putten social equality with me B by y such conduct I 1 write rite myself down a stupid donkey why the man never adt addressed tra M ed riia me he hid not kno know V nor did he carero care to have my ya iquain tance jbf perhaps after afier we 67 left the table we would IS never meet me et again atil benei we nei around t goes COOLS pure p ure 3 1 throne there imm is 43 lotzof nonsense going jon 77 georgia r gia is 2 1 5 th the e ita 0 A reforms sr r pt i i if biej where we ra or mation needed need dd the 4 could f 6 r th i x 64 eq emancipation IX T A eia t ac 4 t lit att S A na fr f r TT i keaim ison on WU W U oe these l tt i s C nn flie iLdo maich of the actual work on wr daw emin aweve W 11 i fike Z ime ab yi pa t S a tip mao r avor i fici i 1 I 9 i r rf alf ita 1 sf S y si 3 the negroes and that they will lose PW political strength they were never more mip mi taken no ques tion is ever settled until it is ia set act tle tied right dright the man or the men in a commanding co 9 position who comes out ont boldly 0 for o r enlarged opportunities port unities for our negroes is the man an or the men that will be invincible give the negro a foreigners chance anyhow rm eu prom from the we desire to congratulate col baxter for possessing the courage to denounce and to condemn those who have been responsible for bringing around the condition of affairs which now exist in georgia and throughout the other southern states the colonels idea of social equality is entirely right and those who are of the contrary opinion have not sense enough to seek shelter when it rains let the negroes of atlanta adhere to the advice which the colonel imparts to thum them ain in reference to attending the theaters and refrain from frequenting any public place of amusement until the managers of the same will permit all self respecting negroes to enjoy all the privileges which are accorded to other patrons and let them withhold their patronage from all newspapers whose editors spend all their time and talent in endeavoring to lower the law abiding and industrious negroes in the estimation of the anglo saxon race let them only patronize such papers whose editors will contend ind and plead for a wider brotherhood the colonel is absolutely right when he says that no question is is ever settled until it is settled right and let all the t he progressive negroes of georgia rise up en masse mass e and thank col baxter for uttering those grand and noble words and let them all regard regardless of their political affiliations nominate and elect col eli baxter to the state legislature so that he can assist in helping to repeal some of the obnoxious laws which have been placed on the statute books of a georgia |