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[stamp: THE WHITE HOUSE
DEC 10 1914
RECEIVED]

[stamp: ACK'D DEC 10 1914 C.T.H.]

December 6th, 1914.

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Mr. Wilson:

As an estaranged and
somewhat confused Georgia Democrat
in this particular environment
which the City of Chicao, Illinois
offers, may I voice an opinion which
may seem to smack of a too Southern
prejudice?

I refer to the Trotter impertinence,
why give them a civil answer,
Mr President, or condescend to offer
an explanation of that quite natural
antipathy which every white man
feels for the transitional-staged
Evolutional Error termed the negro?

True, your very platform calls for
diplomacy, but that state is only
applicable to those who warrant
such a consideration. What claim
has the Negro upon our protection?
Simply that which comes of toleration —
no more. But he claims equality!

Dear Mr. Wilson: follow your

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