[The following story appeared on the front page of the Indianapolis paper on the same day MT and Cable performed in the city.]From the Indianapolis Journal, 7 January 1885 Southern Appreciation of Mr. Cable.Two Southern Democrats at the capital yesterday were discussing current literary topics, when one of the suddenly asked: "Have you seen Gable's article in the Century?" "No," replied the other. "What is the article about, and who the blank is Gable?" "Oh," said the first Democrat savagely, "it is an article in favor of the 'nigger,' and full of abuse and lies about the Southern people. Haven't you heard of Gable? George W. Gable is his name. He is that New Orleans man who writes books and goes around the country reading them in public. He brags that his grandfather and father were both slaveholders, and then says that it was not their fault, that they did not know any better. The article would be bad enough if it had been written by a Northern man; coming from a Southern man it is an insult." "Well, I do not want to read it. I should think Gable would emigrate to the North and stay there. We have no use for such men in the South." It is evident that these indignant Southerners do not appreciate Mr. Cable's literary efforts. |