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A VOICE FROM
tion begins to work, you hear this old-time
friend of the oppressed delivering himself
something after this fashion : "• Ah, well, the
South must be left to manage the Negro. She
is most directly concerned and must under¬
stand her problem better than outsiders. We
must not meddle. We must be very care¬
ful not to widen the breaches. The Negro
is not worth a feud between brothers and
sisters."
Lately a great national and international
movement characteristic of this age and
country, a movement based on the inherent
right of every soul to its own highest develop¬
ment, I mean the movement making for
Woman's full, free, and complete emancipa¬
tion, has, after much courting, obtained the
gracious smile of the Southern woman—I beg
her pardon—the Southern lady.
She represents blood, and of course could
not be expected to leave that out; and firstly
and foremostly she must not, in any organiza¬
tion she may deign to grace with her pres¬
ence, be asked to associate with " these peo¬
ple who were once her slaves."
Now the Southern woman (I may be par¬
doned, being one myself) was never renowned
for her reasoning powers, and it is not surpris-
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