If the poor whites of the South “do not allow themselves to be punished for such little things as murder,” why do they go to the penitentiary at all? You will find a sufficient number of poor whites in the penitentiaries of the South—are they there just for the fun of it? * * * * * Speaking of the negro, Dr. Hart again says, “he may not murder or assault, or even speak saucily to a white person, on most dreadful penalties. Partly for self-protection, still more from a feeling of race supremacy, it is made a kind of _lèse-majesté_ for a negro to lay hands on a white man; even to defend his family or his own life, the serpent must not bite the heel of the chosen people.” What utter disregard of facts! Let me cite a few cases which come within my personal knowledge. In McIntosh County, Georgia, one of the most prominent white planters was deputized by the sheriff to arrest a negro who had been engaged in a riot. The white man authorized to arrest the negro went to his house and called for him at night. The negro refused to come out. The deputy forced his way in, and the negro shot him dead. There were three negroes in the house, all participating in resisting the officer. The white man’s court acquitted _two_ of the negroes, and sent _one_ up for ten years. In the penitentiary of Georgia, at this time, are some white men serving out their terms at hard labor for an outrage committed on a negro man in one of the country counties near Atlanta. A white man, by the name of Alec Harvill, belonging to the class of poor whites, was tried for murder in one of the Piedmont counties for which Mr. Hart has such a contempt, and was convicted. He is now serving a term in the penitentiary, as he has been doing for the last five or six years. How was he convicted? _Upon the testimony of a single negro witness._ Nobody saw the alleged crime, or pretended to have seen it, except this negro boy. And yet the white judge and the white jury believed the negro in preference to the father or mother of the accused. In another of the Piedmont counties of Georgia a white man outraged a negro woman. Within the last ninety days that criminal has been tried by a white judge and jury—the prosecution being pushed by the state of Georgia through her Attorney-General. The lower court convicted the criminal, the Supreme Court has affirmed the finding, and the white man will have to meet the penalty of the law for his violation of a negro woman. Several years ago a white man named Robinson, living in Waynesboro, Ga., killed a negro. The white man had cursed a negro woman, who had “put in her mouth” while he was holding a conversation with a negro man. When Robinson cursed the woman the deceased threw off his coat and rushed at Robinson, exclaiming, “I won’t stand that!” Robinson backed, saying, “Don’t come on me! Stand back!” The negro continued to advance; Robinson drew his pistol and shot his assailant.