Abbeville press. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, March 27, 1868, Image 1
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BY W. A. LEE AND IIUGH WILSON, i ABBEVILLE, S. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 27,1868. \r,? - - '
SPTiM AN THE QTTnAnunwlih?n,ti?"n"""511 him "' ~
uuvu, Ull JH113 UlXUiillUll.
BY HON. B. H. HILL.
Delivered in Atlanta, Gx, March 10,1868,
JVr. Preiidcnt, Ladies and OentUmen :
I appear to-d?y at the instance and under
the ansplces of the "Young Men's
Democratic Club" of this city. Politico),
like other revolutions, have their periods^
and often ranidly ebango iq character, pur
pos?; and issues.
Fnr up the ^ingsifd river tho waters are
quiet and still. Littlu children bathe and
play in their dvptba, and parties of pleasure
rfide merrily and safely on their bosom.
13ut ftt?-given point the current makee its
jtart for the great Falls, and moving slowly
fit first, It grows more and constantly more"
Tapid, until there is a point in its wild, mad
.rush, from which, once reached, nothing
tdive has cvor been rescued.
Tho American people have been peaceful,
1 r. 1 n? '
, ties, uuu |?ru3jitrouil. i. UOJ IOV8U j
lh?ir Constitution aq4 loved each other. ;
Hut evil whimpers divided them, and step
by ftep th*y approached and Bnallv entered i
upon revolution. And bow wildly aud (
still more wildly we havo rushed, and yet
tush along! The question now reached is
not whether this or that parly shall triumph
?uot whether we shall have a Union?not,
alas ! whether we shall bare a government
fouuded on our consent. Tt is more vita' . ;
till- The is?u* Ins wholly changed, and i
has een-icd to a political quoslion. The 1
issue now pressing is one of actual political j 1
life?of social cxiitence. Nothing nioro '
startles the mnn of thought, tho readers of, '
hutory, than the giddiness with which the : '
people are riding on the rapids to destruc- ; '
lion, seemingly unconscious of what awaits . '
them. You are a3 giddy this day as were i 1
the dupes who married and were given in i *
marriage, and carried on their ordinary '
transactions, before the flood, The world j t
was neither more wieked, nor giddy, nor j {
guilty in dial day than is the political world j ?
of America at this day. The great dilfi- j c
culiy of tho times is this : the people have : 1
no regard lor truth ; they bare no love for J
it?not a particle. You think no '.ess of a ?
nun who notoriously and avowedly engages ' '
in deception, provided ha'be a politician, j fl
than you do of a Christian gentleman. I : Sl
rather think you think more of deception ! %
jhnn you do of truth; and that it the rea- j e
?m why so much deception is practiced. 1 v
It has not only become a harmless thing, j >'
i?ut it has absolutely become a passport to ^ c
|>ow?t?a m. ans of success?the poli.y by 11
which you manufacture greatness out of j
rothirg. t The Church and Sucit'.y are all ut
fault ; |fte people themielves are at fault I P
upon this question. Why, it has not only ' ^
grown to be a habit, but it has becomo al- j a
mist a maxim, that it is "no harm to tell a , "
lie in politics." ' Oh, what a preverted , "
judgment J What immorality ! No harm 1 . ^
1'iactice has made it so.'' My Irieud, a j ?
political lie it the teomt of all lie', and ought j
to l>e held more infamous than all others.,:
Jle who ia guilty ol it ought to receive the | e
frown aud fccoru ao<l condemnation of every j 'l
man, and cf every inemter of society. Why, J '
the very rca?on why the country hasrench- !i
ed it* present conditiou, is the failure of 11
your rulers to be henest and truthful, and ,?
the failure of the people to call them to ^
account for their infidelity to truth. J
What a spectacle the AmericHit now *
. presents ! What a *pcctocle for the world ! J
and posterity ! And not merely political- ^
ly, but morally. For four !o?ig years the
paoplc, North aud South, were anxiously u
watching the struggle?a- tjugglo to de- 11
termine whether certain Stntes should be 11
considered in the Union or out of it. Fi- ^
niiUy, the straggle tended. ',ThC Southern ^
peopfe unanimously snfcl?We'll consent v
to rtmaio la the tJuittti?wo'll admit tlvftt ?
our attempt to^ leave fhe Union is a fail- ?
ure." Nenrlythreeyearshaiclap8edeir.ce l'
tlion, and you Lave seen your rulers?tbe u
pretentious leaders of pel^icil sentiment of n
tl.e country?going Ho/ vfashingjfoB C.ty, ?
lavjng their Lauds upoifihe BiMe, swtear- ?
iog to Eupport -the .Constitution of I
the Unhed Staien, and daily violating a
very principle of that Constitution, and H
setting at naught the whole issue and the h
result of theWar. Nay, the people hare ?
become so falco- to themselves? so false to tl
tfcry principle pi truth and virtue?that tl
nr.'old raw; the leader of lhe?rent patty, y
without damage to his character openly ^
pjip bodly avows and declares that all the
}*>gU1flti<)ir tAyujiifrg these Statue has b^en f*
^utirely ouUide the Constitution, which he tc
teat sworn to support! You have seen P
the Legislative department, governed by p
pauiop, actuated by Vradictivenesj, over* p
MKjwng the institutions'* <jf'tbe cbiihtr^?^ r
jxotto Buppoift flifl I/niOfo which Uiey fought a]
to preserve, but for the sole purpose of pre-' it
serving power aid' tfrtttinuing'1 themselves W
in office. Thus wpprepeot to the patipps d
of tbe world the s^ec-uete of An sfbsolutely tl
demoralized Logn-lative'"' Dapartdifent -of o!
ffAv?rnm?ttf
#?
lu all tun#, tbe army Iiju been consider rj
d tbe reff ;-?t^teentrtrf ekhralrjr, or, at w
lefit, (jofWntofc, m Uiey do, w
***#**>*&?$ W#Slbr* tyej ??
tit&M M ttU^ftVnimUu *i?lUo?glit to.be E
characteristic of arms. Bat, what a ?peo- m
lade de (hi Anicricu j>eop1e pfe?ent at this tl
Houff-Tfee heaU of Jbe awy ooufistiijig it
noted of falaebotfl1 ittelf'bf ei* of the k
b'gb?f?:WPA?f ?Jf flJWc I "P**1. *> ! b
confesses hinaeelf guilty of intentional du-' ?
plkffifoiA5WMftifctfr. perpetrated during' [<
a itrios qf months. ;jg?jc.of Jba $r?t men of 1
wi uvM/nny/u
intentional falsehood. Either tho com
manding Gonoral of the Armies of the
United States is convicted before tho worM
of falsehood, or the President of the eaino
nation, and live Cabinet officials, stand convicted
of it. For my purpose, I caro not
which is right. I briDg to your riew, simply,
a startling fact?if you have any raorI
ality to be 6larl!ed?^i?t, in either event
your rulers stand convicted, and confussedQonvioted,
of intentional falsehood. That
is the poiut at which tho nation has
i arrived.
And now, what do wc w'tness! The
nation flCtudly trembling, the nation actually
doubling, ihe nation actually fearing
that that department of the government,
which, in all history, has been, ought to
be, and which, under our form of govern
ment, was intended to be, tho bulwaik of
our noertu-s?the break-water of pnssion?
I say the whole uutioii is trembling, doubt
ing, fearing, that the Sup-emo Judicial
power of the country will he utterly unequal
to thetabk of declaring what tliey
know to bo the Constitution of their country.
Ob this point I, for one, havo never
yielded. 1 havo always believed that the j
qiK'btion, once made before that, tribunal
fairly and clearly, they would be equal to |
the task, though I confess I bavo not found '
.1
one man in a hundrwd to agree with ine,
and that fact alone is a sudiciuct illustra-|
tion of the extent to which this corruption 1
and loss of confidence havo gone.
Shall the judicial department of the gov '
eminent?lifted by ihe Constitution above !
the mere petty pas?ieneol the raullitudu?j
fulfill tho great objects of its mission, and
?ny that the Constitution is the supietnv
aw of the laud, and that all acts outside of '
t are usurpations and consequently void '{ '
ft' so, this countiy may be sav*d; thus
evolution may be Flayed. But if tlic court j
iliould agree with the Congres?, and leave 1
lie President standing alone in the Strug? )
jle, battling with two dt p utmeuts of tlie !
government, then, my countrymen, the
inul appeal is to you. . Politicians aro j
orrupt?there is no truth in ilieiu. Y our ,
eaders tell n lie and swear to it; but though '
>e?jury is a crime, it is a passport to pow- J
r. If your government f:t?ls, it will lor j
10 other reason than n want of bonesly 1
nid of lova of trulli. Then, I say, the '
ijipesl is to you, to the people of America, .
vhetlier you shall prove trulhlul and hon '
at. But, if you fad, then, the verdict is ,
mtteu that you have neither virtue nor
n'elligence sufficient to preserve Republi j
an Government, and over the falls we
?ust go, at once, aud forever.
That is the question now before the i
Lmetican people. I deny that it-is -a tne?? j
alitical question between two 'par'.iws ; 1 ,
eny that It is a ^ueatlon b?lw??p Union {_
nd Disunion ; 1 deny that it is a question . i
ettrren despotism and liLerty, solely. It j
n? become a question of d?yei;ey or iteccner,
of boucaty or dishonesty, of truth i
r falsehood, of viitue or vice, of ctviliza- j
on or barbarism, and he who ranges him j
ilf'bn one'"side or the other inU3t l?o. for i
ver so adjudged. (Applause',) 'I denjjf thai
is necessary at this i'ay for a mau to
itnd up before any intelligent audience
uu ?iguo ine constitutionality or the quesious
now being thrust ujon you. There j
> no mail who does not need a guardian i
ut knows they i?ro unconstitutional; and j
ou know it.. The question is uot at to i
hether you undeistand it ; but whe.her j
ou have virtue enough to d6 what you 1
now is right. And people' of Georgia,
ig iaeua is made. You aro to be called
pou to dutarinine whether you will favor
nth Ar fuLftlmAi) T Imw.u. !?..* ?- ? ? '
?.? vi tMtTVMVwu* A RUWTt 1U?IW UUW, IIIHI
iJec<], for many years back, Lhe nir ia /ull
f "Policy, policy, policy"?the making of
>ia bargain and of that bargain. 1 will
<nture now to say?aiftl I bop? L*h?il i
ffund nobody; .ihoogh, infvC1 '
ire U'I do,. i? telling tlftf l
lere are over fifty men this day in Allan j
i who have come here to see if they can- i
ot make pome office bjr joining one party 1
r the other. I hav$ (?ceu observing some i
t them for two.day8, and I begin to think <
shall almost feel respectable (laughter
Ld cheers) if I do uot got ou6 of pneb an I
tmoephcre. I represent no party ; J ?fe- I
jng to noue, and therefore speak only for <
tyself. I support that party which X
link, in given instance, is rlgbf; and j ?
lat party to day is 'represent**!" by these ! I
oung g?atlemQtu . (The-members of thp.j
roung M?n'ji Democratic'Clulr'of If&rtoh '
(ourrty.-^ I -apeak nr.y own conviction' I
sarlessly, and, I trust, plainly. I desire <
> do so, and I dosire to b+'tndttfctCT; i
ersonally indifferent,; wbiUiir-pr tm*?l j <
?uo vug ujpu ujiiji ui nil uitu. ! '
InnBe.-) ' [ ' " ' 1 ) i.l-'? //?, I
^1 deem, it toy?hitfl|to WW*/ Ww(! 70U j 1
ftd put oi) rcpord my views of theC nsli j I
ilion which id n'odrpropMed fc^nioption, j 4
wjitnr giv? tbo retina why I deem and <
eelare it infamous. I nm not going over: <
le olA wjppipfertt wtyichjE/had tho honor I
F presenting 1 by forfe'^an ^udience in tkidj
irae hall, at an earlier period of our histo-! M
r, by which I prored" tllil'tho irtrtlf^lritTj i
bich authorized this matter, digitally,: i
An linTinoliliilinnnl Wrtt.II!-! -T. I
ill, and every man knows, tbojl r it. ^ b'o. I
l?*jybody knows J^bat ibe Convention** I
icnbled bare to irnme a ' Con?f1tlrtibnf for; ?|
'j&'ojjld of Georglabiul nO nore aytior i
y.CVTdo^o-Oifiu ?2*e^iuy young HMdr J
luiog toe/ But $feL*u!,,!
lorily wer/K absolutely valid, everybody. ,|
nows ion. yrw Jiot culled r"
y an honest votp. I sty that the voUj
as faUtly cduDtoSTl ?jp<J j/6us'1^i?5w it] >1
\ppfcuw.] 1
ijd you kuow it. ill ifo jC<|? | \
,:i J: fp/4 fcSIOC - !
i vjutivention illegally Authorized, is enough
to justify an honest mno in afrndenming
its action, wlintevor llmtfnotion l>3. Well, j
uf what material w$s llii^ Convention j
composed ? ^Laughter.) 1. Very accoin? j
inodating?very charitable?very selfsacrificing
adventurers from New England
come down here to inculcate the manners
and morals of New Kt.gland into the benighted
Georgians ! (Laughter.) 2. An
oilier part is composed of men false (o
their own race and country?false to their
own pladgos?false to their own history,#
i and false to thoir own oaths?coin;; into,
i _ l
tlie parly for tlio simpl* purpose of getting
honor. 3. Another portion is composed
of negroes from your corn fields. (Laugh- ,
ter and checr?,) negro preachers, and cod ,
vicls from Sing Sing and our pciiilentiHiie? . (
(Tmmeiiso cheering and laughter.) Men ,
black and white, uow charged by the ju- ! ,
ries of the country witb every infamous j j
crime known to tho Penal Code. These ' j
make up tho body of the Convention? ' t
with a lew gentlemen, who are in very bad j
I company and serioiuly hazard their repu ! ,
, lation. (LaiTghti r") |j
And these, Georgians, are the men who |
are to form your fundamental law. Now , i
. !
.Knglatul outlaws; Sing-Sing convicts; ,
penlilcr.tiarv felons ; and corn licld negioe.J, j t
engaging in the work that immortalized ! ,
the fathers of the country; Sj?irit< of ^
Washington, of Franklin, and of Madison i
and of your C'llaborera of 1787 ln<>U i'm" '
* i11
and seo litis mock mimicry ol your grand ? t
wotk!?nay, r?v, look no"', I beseech yotii ;
lest you shock (ho angels with your Uliuli- !
ing, and startle heaven witli your weeping. , ^
[Enthusiastic applause.] j .
liut, let us pass from the material com- ; ,
posing the Convention, to the woik there- J '
of. It is a universal maxim, as true in i
4 . ? c
politics as iu philosophy, that the effect is |
always like the cause which piodneed it. |
XuwrI will say, i:i passing, that this Con- '
btitutiou leaves evident maiks of a contest;
there wer9 two clssaos of minds iu the ^
Convention. One clas# endeavoring to do .
ir
everything that is infamous, and another?
a small class?try ing to deceive It.em into 1
doing something otherwise. [Fviughter.] j
l!ut thry have been po afraid that, their de I |
eepliuna would he discovured, that, in my l
opinion, they failed to hceni?inli?i>
lhf?v intended.
C(
Speaking of Irutli, I will ask ton, candidly
und hunestly, whether under the cir J
eumstances, the preamble to this new Constitution
ia l/uc ? I will read you two pro .
an,b!<j?, audi submit ihem for you-tojudgt? '
which is the tiuecne. The preamble, a? i
adopted l>y the Convention, readmits fob i H'
lows: |
" We, the people of Georgia, in ordtrto i
frame u permanent government, establit-h j ^
justice, insure domestic tranquility, and i
secure the blessings of liberty for ourselves J
and our posterity ; acknowledging and ia j ^
voking the guidance of Almighty O-ld, the !
Author of all good government .do.ordain I ^
and establish" this Constitution for the Stat* <
uf Georgia.'*.. y., 8|
* Now, tliat is wtrtt tl.ej My^knt'what
U.lliu truth ? .1 ic-ul iiguiu :
'" Wo, lli? niggers of Georgia, in order ^
to destroy all permanent government, es- .
tablwli rSTjbery; inftire domestic d sgmce
and discord, and eecure, the curses of an
nrcliy and despotism to nil races and jjifcir '
[lostcritr; acknowledging tlie guidance of u
the Radical party, the auihvr of fll' ba^d
government, do o idain and cBtabMi this ! tr
Conmitulion for the Slate of Georgia.1' I lh
[Here the speaker was unable to proceed i It
fur tome qiiuutea, owing.to the iriepressi- , Fri
blioul of laughter-] ; ; i ol
-Sow, I chall call your altentijj^u to spme j "I
portions of this Constitution, as illustrating }
its character. notiee its pro- j w;
visions touchli^g'tlw relations of tho laces, ! pc
und next, wlWl-mithf. br w?v ??f n.imm.. ! Iv
i:Iaturc, be eiffled its mornl-'fe?tt?res?some- j rij
'.liing ne^llf'Hi Constilutijnl- ' Willi re- |
ward to llie question of9?fcee?, r^will uot j wl
FUllilyJW' thlr Constitution, thoroughly on i tji
lhat enhjpct Y"feut I shall assert a fcW leal j
ing pt^jidsitions, which no tnill?f?V'm?n nc
un deny, and which nu honest radiivitl. D
Fhit^huw does ihis ConUfoetkm' leave , W
tlie iociai relation of the races ? -Upon j tit
,h*t Bnhjeot lbera h> but one clause'trt ilio *a;
3?tfttituiion, and to that cltMAteT'dMiio to inj
call 'rfi'd attention of tho auJiSfl^T1- ll M tli
sactiori' 11of what ? called ll>y(,,iJill of cu
[iightef^or^'B^clariitioi' of Fundamental bli
Princii?ftsf/*I-The 11th cectiotr'tiad thus: Urj
'The sotftlUtntti of lh?'6{U24ii^iall never ! ho
l.a ti.? r...Ltuirior>?I-? i ?- ?-r ?
au<]<xv-?i'i?ni>mnBiHv * JNow, the | iju
ciuuh1 ob^ttty o*i> ^W*diBg'~ that, might ?g
not discover' WJriWtfili%,riniw so, indeed, n B?<
casual observe^'reMWii^ the Conslilu q'1
tioD, would discfAr^^r^ little that it does wl
maun--'Jl requires tl^a rntyn BhpMli),hsire ,n;
some ktfbWIetf^fl-of hiW; ofimrnjof socio- 0?;
y, and of^tftUyounirjr?for which it U ini
1 f i- - -
leflffHl'MUtrort *hl'' und?ntimd?(kii > U
Do^i^o^ofMv,,'.t:The social str.lui j be
if the citizen" BlialT iitver be ibe 6ubjeot of : <S*
legislation." 12 CB |A {1 *ttt(
Now, unJer that provision, what w the N?
ri^?^?'&^iMft?g<39cla(io? t2 a **
elatioq~joj?jibe leading, social' 'liv
relation is tbe marriage rela'ioc. This pe
JonstitutldA'flblft fibl *iy that Mhtermarryi -to
ing between -jtfjo whiles arid bUctftf* here oil
by made valid," . authorized;^ "Bi
butMjr%,VAb|V,P9ffW - 00
ihuft'nvrtor .if,lepulatif#/r foi
islatore bhaUoovecbav# iwr. h/JWvw*1 8ul
SSSSSffi&SjK* S
2s:ssaaas?i
im c.. . ^ /r
the welfare of society. Thai clause, there
fore, menus that the Legislature shall nevei
have the power to punish vagrancy. Wlu
shall stop at your hole's 2 What shall In
llie manner of riding in in your railroad
cars! "Whatihall be llie older of getting
in your churches? These are all social
questions. And this Constitution Bayt
that 011 all thesu subjects thero shall bu 110
legislation !
Negroes can force themaclvoa into our
church pews and railroad cars. They can
go, young ladies, and sfl by your hides in
church and all public places, and you canl.-.l
r
uut uci(> u. xne Legislature shall never
act on the &ul'j'fct. ll leavws you to yourselves.
It loaves yoti to anarchy! It, secures
no right. It' the negroes choose to
>b?eivo your rules, well and good; if they
Jo not, >ou have no remedy, you can have
no legislative protection. I dare say the
dea of framing that clause was to prevent
egislalion prohibiting the intermarriage of
.ha races. aughter.] I suppose the
>arty who framed it, or rather who origilated
it, had a tasto that way, and did not
ntoliJ to bo interfered with. 1 didn't
jlamu liim; but if I was a negro woman,
would not have a single member of that
liOlIcy Convention [laughter aud cheers],
xcept the low respectable ptrsoiiB I have
nentioned, and who, 1 repeat, are in great
lunger of losing their character?. 1 know
hey went there with good motives, though
indor a mistake, and 1 am going to let
hem off as eubily as possible. [Laugher]
Now. Wlovr-ci'.izcnp, it is for you to any
rhtther you will ratify this 'social rela?
ion" arrangement. It is a qu&Mion of
*Ste; it is a question of rufineuisnt; it is
question of lace; it is a qnestion of priuiple!
Decide (or youritjlvej. lJjcidu for
our cniivlren 1'eoide for your countr)'.
aid, my friend*, ycu who tliiuk that you
re lifted nbuvc tlio common herd and
ummon masses of the peopV, and think
mt impudence will never date assert itself
i your company, I prny you, I pray you,
?ve tbe honest, unfortunate. poor people
f this country fiom such foul cohtaminn?
on. [Applutrae.j 1 pray you alio,-sav e j
10 negro nice. 1 ?m iinmovable in my j
snviction that tho whiles and blacks can
nly move safely trge'tl.er '5ri tho same
juntry, in their different and natural ;
>heup. Whenever you Attempt to bring
icni together, you inaugurate a ciisis J
lik'li results in tlie paralysis of ihe white
ice, and in the destruction of tTie black I
ico. God has oidc-red you to keep them 1
>arr, and you muit koep them apart. j
I pa*s fiom this view to that of the po? |
lical relations Vet ween the blacks and {
bites. I know that the iJca has gone i
>road?I hare hottrd it iiiyfeli in this city J
-that this Convention dias beon "won- I
rrfully liberal" to the w hites I u Tlioy i
iva not made luo races c?pial!" NVjnsrlul!
Tiioy have doii j but one (lit/i'g for
a negro; that is suffrage; they have
ven that to tl|cui*;,, ' Ttiey havq ^not [
ven the tight so> hold olllco, nor,, any j
bvr'-V-rSo they And, kiad^good j
matures?those oaj pel-baggers from New j
ngland, and convict* from the peuileutia- j
es, and nogroe? from tho corn fields? j
ey say they l.nve' mpgftaninsously conchi j
:d not to' disfranchise tho intelligent j
?fi ?* .? l'1 I
biles of the counuy I [Laughter.]' 1 |
I assert?and nsftert without fear of con i
idiciion?tbat this Constitution makes [
e negro politically equal in all respects, j
makes them equal us to the right of suf- (
ige, and equal as to tlie("\Whl tp liold .
lice. It draws up distinction . i^IiaCever, J
id provides for none to .be drawn,except |
;>?iii8t tho.ivtliiioa. . Kbw, tlJioy any thvre ',
its a -stctiou in tiro Constitution* -as r?- ,
>rteJ ffflnt Hie Committee tihicti positive fdeclared
that negroes' sliftilld hrtt'c tlie !
jhtjo Kjjl^l. oflio*-, and Jhey struckfit out j
id now thry *ay a notorious gentleman, j
liose nainc I witf Hot condescend tp men- [
>n, suys: ^'Look , at,, the Coi\sti^?ttou : (
there any- thing in, it.which rays tlje !
>gro shall hold office Wonderful!
anVef, come to judgement"!' [Lauglrter. l
oil, 1 ask you to look at the Constitu
>n and see iT there' is anything which
ys a white man sbull hold oflicu. 'Nmtli;
j? 'whatever. Yet'^ou are so far goue in
o region of dupedohp that ttien who are
HcJL iotelligent uud Joanied, have the unjaliing
eilronteiy to go bi^fyre. .(ho. coun?
r tiodany.: fcDee? it ?*y tUe negrpi ?ball '
Id office f" Now <wl?atdo?B iL du ? ,
alifios all mo/c ^persons qypr 21 y^ars of
e, and nbojhnva been us, the S^jie.A "
i'ti> length, of time,, a to. rote,, .Tliqy are
alifioi asf elector^. ?U!dooi'not sa)? that
leu jou coino ^u> elect offlfceta; n wkftj
insliaU be ejected, t<cr#. bb?cL una*.. It
yl that wbtm'joti fcle4t?YOtivornor)?ke ;-l
ust bc'fc iMit&f' of- the Stnfb irnd fefithe d
uited Statcu 10 manyfogre,' fltfcf'tio:jn6st ''
39.>???.a meujl**the'7
rmle, 26 yeMBoWb^ /Jiut does ,?t:?y be l
Ust ftjiv^a wljFftt'fckm bUck ?ki* ?
gross get to ^J^yeare_old. [FJrtlfrgh
yj ? And *???jiou^ga.joft to.Uefrepjgytu- ;]
' JSl.V**?o i.* Jl.-lCI?a
v ....u v uugvo'vi M
riot Cutlrt";1 nd^tb^ct liiflef yoU-Ve^ne !
l??r? |>r*cuoeti,laW 'M>> Jw>g- /.T^jox- ?1
><]<* -most 'ef >lftb-iMegreo* ?fc, pttoeAt/'i
ifwlien v68 flWBf IB lllU lllbUNliVMi
iaQjufrtul?eitltur H
r Justice of tlia Pc\ce,uuutlly officer*,
irouers or N<t&rM>Tublio. There nre"|
your CJneiltUtfOrt.-nho ntaolute equality ^
mmmmm
>?8'*iA XVi&Afl .T .1 ) v,
'it i'l* ttXl ,t? .hull ] '
f
. regarding Ilia "ijccial statu*" wap, uot to ri
r confer, or retain tho right of intermarriage w
> or the interference of the negro in our so- c?
oial life; but, tho idea was to prevent the
legislature from protecting the white peo- v?
; plu against cnvroacleBiinls. That was w
undoubtedly tlie sole object. And that C'
. ol-ject is certain of accomplishment if this yt
Constitution beeoincs lavr.
Now, niy fricn Is, I say, and God only ty
knows my feelings when I say it, that the to
adoption of this Consti'ution, and its final
establishment, will bring ruin to your coun- I I
try, and blast the hopes of your people yo
It will condemn the poor negro to extermi- y?
j nation. No pen ?ran describe, no language da
. v>?ii t-a press 111? horrors that tball ensue, co
I socially, morally, and politically, whenever thi
| there shall be a forced collision of the frc
. races.
This Constitution provides that there
shall l>o oue Justice of tho Pence to evory mj
| militia dist.'iot. That Juntico of tho Peace thi
, shall have jurisdiction in all civil cases 1 tin
i where the amount does not exceed fifty Ti
. dollars, tltfcre is no appeal. Now, then, t>iu
I take tho county of Dougherty, ior illua- blc
' iralion. In this county there are about trc
: seven uegrots to one white man. Do you tin
! not fiie that every Justico of the l'eace j thi
: will be n nejjro? Take the district with ' ve
! I
J which I happen to be most fainiliur?the Sti
most productive, perhaps, in the State of ' in
Georgia, west of the liver, out in what is ' ins
is callcd tho "oak and hickory countrysut
My overseer told mc'theotjcr day, that in I f?ii
j the spnee embraced m acme three miles, j on
there were one hundred and twenty no- of
groes and seven whito men. Now, then, j
j if a man has a claim there for anything ; mc
I less than a hundred dollars, it is to be ad- i pet
j udicated upon by a negro Justice of the pU
1 Peace; and if that claim should not exceed j ou;
| tff,? ,!~ll. !
uuiuiiN iiu is suoject to tbat negro's ! sen
decision without even tbe light of art aj) | stit
peal. It dues not apply to contracts, or to tiit
wages, lut it will apply, also, to what law- Go
70 rs call odious ex iL lie to, as well as to cat
actious ex'conlracht, fir they are alike 'I i
civil casts. Iience, if the complainant the
lIUW uul nllcgo Lio tlamngoi nf nin'iA than a j I II
I hundred dollar; it comes under the juris- { itig
j diction of the Justice of the Pence, and ! bei
when less than fifty dollars, it shall be tbt
without appeal. 1 e>L
"Why, my fiien'ds, you give up nearly, is j no,
not quite, half the State of Georgia to the ' He
abxo'utu control and domiuioti of the ne- iut
gro. You give the interesu of the poor al I
white people, by this Constitution, abto- | not
lVitely into tho hands of the negroes, and : cal
that, too, without appeal. Now, I winh it r
those men who are eo continually talking wo
about tho "poor man," to bear what I ray. j ]
Those men who owe large debts can afford pe<
to go to the higher court*, while those j coj
who are comparatively poor, have no ap- ! itpeal
whatever, auJ must take the decision ; a v
oi the D?>gro. ; be
Another ingenious point attempted by a j 1
gentleman of the Gjnveiition is this: This . my
Constitution stiys that "upright and intel- 004
.figent jurors shall bo provided." Well lar
.ihe law regard? all men as upright and in- few
telligenl. Que thing, however, is cerUup.: , to,I
that under thai law, 110 member "bf that -eon
Convention could serve ou a jury?except lief
indeed, a small number. [Laughter.] one
Who 13 upright) Who is intelligent? del
If an Express agent can b.e Govornor, who otb
cannot be the Justice of the l'eace? ; plai
[Laughter and Applause.] If a little May- J of 1
(... it:-- ti 4
ui vuu ui ?ica j resiuetit or the United ; sis
Slajp, who cannot he a juror1 [Renewed j iu s
laughter and cbetjfd.] , Where are we go j injtc
inglo? / .... | ?it e
Vou give an: appeal in cases over fifty j the
dbllars atid- uinlef one hundred, from tho i is a
justice of the Piuce t<J the Snpterior CctirT, ' eat,u'ul
whjen. you get tbero, yoiT findfuur- tho
fitlu to aix^tventha, of tbf j?rops pcgroes, \hal
and your Sheriff, and Clerk, and all other ,0oh
officers of tbb Court, .negroes alao. .Oh| 'beei
but, any 60tne, they .will elect white people! vritl
Well, what' soft 'of'^hfte people Jwilfll/or 'fur
elect? I will tell you. Bui, first let ine rel><
say, that from this time forth the clas&ifi- veo
cation of the negro must be enlarged., ha*
There ia tile black negro, the yellow negro, doi?
and' the while negro. Add to (ell you the '?
truth, I have more respect for the black ja n
nigger than for the white; for God tuii^o |jl0
hint a nigger, while the' other?the white llon
one?is n nigger from choiee.1. I'-tell you ,\\'h
candidly, I woultl rather" hnv? a n'gger sla,
Justice of the frctifce ihH'n orfb'-of thr'te 'Con
adventurers or renegades. Now?,]Kjoo j
elppt^ti.overnojr, (or: the State .wfip ,ho!d<t { Coii
that the r?ces ate equal,.the.great proba- pa6S
bilitiea are' thai he wHl appoint friends of troc
hta'o'wn to the pesltion/nndeV his control; i|,at
nhd that he ' w ttt, tlftd?r Jlwafeew Mute of
it;.- :; i 10 P
j?pp9)nt negroes t^^pme^ood posiIfonf,...
tfcah*pa ,lia, yr/itU unoalf<l. ??.U^.;.of
iKam. i .LuIma* ->?*? r?i.? *. v i
n.vw? Mfwwiwp' v?ugoof)lill^ iuu?cuy ^/HVUll l^o|\
' Why Mrt, 4?'tb*y>?*tr equnl) |'te?y
"'lii ii'grpaV'mVnV friirUi of "(liecountry ing
p^V^irom [will
inembdif eT'tbe"'Legislature dosctiw '<1 toll .stlui
your no. deccnl wTSte^nnn will con^onl to !{>* i
Jl >' m tjt j /.: .iva-Ai) ,
leolHVTO W J'*
?y)T?Vff)?,j#U>rt*dl<J^ ?M .m nqrld.taKfc
W4miI Why tliaipleet- 'Wh
Ih^ lnleVeWMA ttnrfi Mbtions of ttareoarilry '^'Fof
MriaVWW&l Wim 'WittiMlIttriisw
>;??f
?f<c6?iW< j*j#ti?"*li?erst> rodeflnHtly'Ihe''***'
not' Jip ?r '?i: * Wj&y 'iuimiet mtivfou ti e
lh? possibility oUUie^wople-of my coon-: tiea
trjHtaibjf ?b ''riViftsv^iotjtfDfi^lBvar. >i? kl
lH5f:Mri?iinigtf1 fatokMUttHlkW' ' W W '?*
imm *3tt7/ a
il> $ii ItJw vf'ifu^ tiff'l?n<> ?'?t jfrfulw I *if? o!
.L ?i b.? l:1.'t4U
d tloMt boforo my vision, night and day
hen I see people going along as uncouirnedly
as though there was no dnngei
ienJ. l'uoplo of Cherokee, do any o
ju hear rne 1 Will you permit mo oiu
ord of remonstrance! It is mid that tlii*
unatituliou is to gut its niiin support from
>ur region of coutflry.
Mr. A. W. llolcoinbo (of Milton coun?
,) in the audicuco. It will surprise tlieiu
hear it.
Mr. llill, I appeal lo you, my friend, for
know you are a true niau. I appeal to
u and all like you, to go home and tell
?ur neighbors what I have told you to
y, and ask them, for decency's sake, for
uutry's sake, (or God's sake, to save
tnusolves aud their race iu lower Georgia
iiu &ui_li foul damnation.
Mr. Ilolcombe. I will do it sir.
Mr. Hill. 1 know you will do it. See,
j fliends, what an extreme of maducss
is is. It is not lleason tbat has rushed
i American people into it. It is not
ulh that has brought ihcai to it. Pas
n alone has done it?wild, uncoulrolla
i passion. Passion, cupt\ued and conlied
bjr the fatal ambition for office, ol
) wily politician, is what has brought
? people aud this country to the present
rge of ruin. (Enthusiastic applause.)
rely, it is not possible that there is a man
this country who possesses even the first
iinct of honor, who would dare ratify
;h it fundaneutal law as that. I n?k you,
low citizens, to rtfluet on. this. Your
n conclusions must kbow you the errors
such a policy.
I now pass to what tuny bo called the
>ral features of this Convantiou. I hear
sple around the slrculs of A'.lauta?puot
who ought to know letter, and who
i?ht to have more icgard for common
no and decency?sayi-ig thut this Coiiutiou
is going to be ratified, and that
i ques ion is ns to the candidato for
rurnor. Well, if we cannot get a better
ididato than some people. I do 110L think
worth contending [or. Why give up
t contest T "Well, everybody ?ay? ?o."
ever heard a white man. say he was go[
tO do It. Wiij jlo tlioy cay 30 J is it
:auso of the equality of the races, and
1 social supremacy of the negro being
.tltl'islied iu the fundamental law ? Oh,
not fur that. Then, why? Well?
lid'. They put relief. Tliey put relief
0 it?and that is tvhitt is called the morfeature
of the Constitution. I could
call it exactly political?I could not
1 it social; and I had therofuro to call
noral?though I beg pardon c" the
rd "moral'* for trtating it so bs.' * .
L never blink a question upon which th?
>plu ought to hear ine. 1 don't eareone
>per cent1?aud I want you to understand
-whethor you or your people ever cast
ote for me or uot, aud if you consent to
negroes I would not have you vote.
L am going to speak plainly. I think
self that a large portion of our peoplo
;ht to have some kind of relief; and as
back as nearly three yenro ago, some
' of ,ua in the State turned our altcntion
the jiuhjucLfor the.purpose of.derUiiig
ie suIikiuo Unit should o|>QraU) am a r?'
aud be constitutional and leg-il; and
i that should be to credtor an J
>tor alike. I would not conscnt to nny
er. I think we'could have devisod a
ii, by tljia lime, if we lmj Lac] control
the Stat? Government.. I Lave9 synopof
an argument made in August 1-800,
1 county of OWrgi*?One which I had
lydoj to read to thi* audience, and may
tou>e other tiyie give to the public, bat
difliouliy iuour way lw? baan.fji^^thoro
party4u Georgia, uusorupaUousy dwlionand
filAf/whtr hafo 'tukeu control-* of
su:*tcct,"1ji'tftl'fco*deiho'ra'l!zcd; the people
L nolhmg'lioncst Oj "seLaibley ' lep if'or
ktiUitjuoal caa begone ; a^J, \bifl has
a 4-fItrtled .Uy. A-tltpiiug tbojieoplp^not
S the reality, but-1 bo idea of reli*f; So
froitf'this Constitution operating asia
ef, itj ab&olutoly prevonta-relief, and pre
la nieu in thp State that might pos*iblv
a brains ?uougli to desire, relief, from
ig anything at ail.
row, then) I aaj, in the first plac#, thia
o relief. Why do I say so? What is
difficulty in the way of this Coimtitu
T Ilis not your State Constitution.
>* .1: 1. -I I
iat is tbejliftkuhy in the way. of your
f Law? Why; it was not youf Slate
citation. It w? thp constitution of
United State-*, "Mie United'''States
stitutTon eajfp that' ,4no' ifnV"ibh*M5e
?d impairing, thei'obligation of pon19."
The saro* CoostUiitWA BC.l'P
r that {/.institution, anil dike i*w$ p?8*ed
urtunnce therefore, thai I be tire supremo
6f the tonay tfnythitfgfti' WW"tfMi?U
vilhMavd'Mlg-?.,?WW ,V*. ?,'?' .
anr-CwMUiitUow/ a^yoac. ,,
th^ obligation! vof'XWMtraoiF,:. conflicts.
i a proving of'lh?lUliite<l States Con- '
Wi'i been' *6 dHeWifined '
(BS U^U i* ;
:d i ffiuu rty. ' nKk>?^.. .*u?w?r.., 01% titkm;:?.
Ml n?df?(Vl^k? fevtfHtiifcJ, onv??tiOT>lo^
M thd!&Jn?UWto*'of ill# ?IfoHeJ '
i itiah*ilTe^iwlatOra 6l
I .-?lMK,WHA W jlrfk^lfc^wK i
*Ne^im?o8i8t*i?4urtkB*)?<;dWjUFg,,
judges to r*Mlt i
M aMMfl+J^TttrUTOrftt, U)1(#upp^....fjlMJ, (
ittMi?H-q#i4j?i8?Mfc<?fctG?atgit,ji ?nd
Mo'VtolJtW'tb* ofctasre1 t)i?4ino5??*a.*i
iflr/fii LtX|/.# > iMtlvf /^ )iist-.ifftno io<^? r
ni rtfKil I./iit '(iit> Muli^l'iin ,ill>6 j iji
' i"?i Uv&ai oil' %i' i?*tr. i
v yj
, tlilulion of the Stale and that of tbc
- United SlateB come in conflict, tlio Conr
Mitution of tho United States is paramount
f and must prevail? And does be not
> know that wbon a man takes an oath to
i support the Constitution of the Stateol
(Jeorgia, be takes thai oatb to support it,
, as far as is -* ~
minute constitution
of the United States? And aro wo
then, sunk so low that our public men?
ihoso, at least, who are cortainly learned
I men?can coiue before the country iu a
I grave pnper and state what they know to
bo a falsehood? Well, I am told that this
is not n State, but n territoiy?n quibble
upon the word "State" in the Constitution,
as though the Constitution, if adopted?
even though we be a territory?will not
take effect when we aro organized as a
State. All such nonsense us that is now
set at rest. The Supremo Court ha*, as
telegraphed this morning, decided that the
ten States wete Constitutionally States of
iho Union. Well, they decided that adoz
en times, but you cannot get these men
with a purpose to admit it. They have
decided that we are in the Uuion, constitutionally.
I do not supposa we nro in
any other way just no v.
This "rolivf" measure, my friends, is not
only no relief, but it was never intended for
relief. Nut a half dczen men in th.it Convention
voted to place it in that Constituion,
that diJ not do it with tho intont, at
the tim<*, to cheat and deceive the people.
MnrL* mtt
....j ,.u,ur iukb mem down. 1 dare
. them to deny wlial I say. (Applause.)
I have evidence tlmt I do not doubt that
| somo leading men at "Washington?your
father*, my guod Radical friends; your
great lights?wrote you word,or had some
of you informed?whether you to'd the
balance of the Couvcntion or not?I can't
i say ; though I expect you did?that "you
i may put as much "relief' in as you please,
to get votes," bnt "when it comes to Coni
gross, they would have to knock it out.'"
The Congressmen, they said, were uni\er
oath to observe this Constitution of tlio
United States, nod that clause is contrary
to it. Now, the only improbable feature
of the story is that a Radical should have
any compunctiono nbnut his oath. (Applause
and laughter.) The f.*ct of the nmt
ter ij, when I first heard tho fctory, I did
hot believe it on that account, but I purj
sued the inquiry fuither and fonnd it was
j truo it would be disregarded, but they did
not say it was on account of their oaths,
j (Laughter )
I was passing through your ctfy a few
; weeks ngo?I hope tho gcntloman I am
j g?'ng 1? tulk about will hear mr; I dare
him to deny what I ?ay. -I took the
sleeping car down at tho depot. There
were three members of the Convention in
j the berth right opposite to ine. One of
: them I know?or "rather used to know
when ho was thought to be somebody.
'He did not recognise me, however. Tho
three were talking?iliscu 'sing the means
by which they could Lave the Constitution
ratified. I believe they ate talking of tho
individual/io whom I hnve particularly
referred, ai a candidate for Cotoeress. On?
'of them says to another: "Well, Colonel,
I don't believe in relief, you know, I believe
it is wrong?it is illegal and unconstitutional;
but I am g??ing lo vote for it, anil
I'll tell you why. In the district I represent
there are nineteen hundred whites and
twenty-nine "hundred rogistered negroes-;
'and if we do not put relief in wo won't
get eir white vote# out of these nineteen
hundred. If we do put relifef in, there
will not b? six of the nineteen hundred
that w? shan't 'get: And although I- think
it is wrong, T am going to'paf it'inj in ''or-;
to csirfy the Constitution." I have tiot1
"passed through Atlanta much whilo the!
ljUMJi XV?NO. 49.
i died, a family of eight daughters?aix un
married.
I They are Utterly unable to live, except,
from liand to mouth; and they are abso?
lurely doing their own cooking and washI
ing; while worth,"in the form to which I
, liavo referred, thousands of dollars, and tho
men who owe the mouey are living in fitio
| style, and with all the luxuries imaginable.
| They refuse to pay for the property they
bought. You aro tbereforo ruiuing the
' credit class, as well the debtor class, to
| whom you hold out false hope3. You are
simply postponing the day of payment.
Now, you cau get a good compromise.
Everywhere I go I tell the people to settleA
One spectacle, of which I know, was
presented the other day. A debtor gave
up all his property to his creditors. They
bhared it all out, and then turned around
anfl gave it back to htm, saying they
would wait for tho money until ho could
I pay it.' They returned him the twenty.
! live cents on tho dollar which they had receivprl
in w'"* -
, ... u.vicr 10 muKo a man of him
| again. I have known a great many case?
'settled on this principle, and I do know
that much more of it could bo done, if this
j miserable cheat of, "relief" WU3 out of iho
; way.
j Mora than this, I tell yon this Radical
j movement is depreciating tho properly of
; Georgia every day. It has already depic!
ciatcd property in value more than sufficient
to pay every private individual debt
! in tho Slate. I have no doubt that if it
' could bo proclaimed that this whol# Tlad}
ical movement was a fail are, and iho troub
lua were settled, all the property of Georgia
would, in two hour*, rise twenty Ave
j per ccat., and in twelve months, one linu.
Jred per cent.
Labor would rise ; properly would advance;
productions would increase; prices
i of provisions would diminish '; crime
would bccOmo lessened, and society made
ordeily. There i-j 110 calculating the
amount of iniquitous frauds wrapped up
tn M>U - ? -- ? '
v.iv, uiiiiuu - renei." L'\pplause.]
And I will not attempt to lift, the veil
beyond. ] will not attempt to go into the
future. The present, Ood knows, is horrid
enough to the inan that lovc3 his country.
T'no dink future, if it must come, may!
i bo saved fiotu seeing. Wlicn you make it
j the fundamental law of your 'land tfiafc
j you have a right to take one species of
! property* from one neighbor to give it to
^ another, you then have admitted the ptfnj
?:ij(lc by which you have n rigbt'io tako
any other species c.f property. That is the
' en'.erinx wedge of a^rarianiam in all counI
O o o 4
j tries. Take care, you men of property,
how you instil into the minds of the peo
plo of this country the idea that it is le.
gal to rob. Take care how you say that
j your neighbor must gire up liis debt tio1
cause'his other neighbor is poor. For the
i same reason divide out your house, your
! fine furniture, your well-lad en table. For
; iho samb reason, give up one of your fino
' horses. Why not?- I tell you.it istbo
: principle of tbo robber and the net of Iho
| thtef. [Applause.] 1 '' 1'rt
j If you inrtugufato tins government,
fttllow-citlzijnf, you will increase [he taxation
of the tetato almost double. Instead
I of oducating your children asr heretofore,
| you will be taxed to educate all the clill!
dren of tbo State- 'And now, I will subj
mit this proposition to you : If members of
j the Convention .steal' each other's hatband
J watches, how much will they steal oUt of
! it.A ??? -
, ncusury; ^ Daughter.] And
how much of tlie proceeds of ralftonds
will be disposed of? I ask yoa'iii all candor
and honesty, whether a man who enj
gages in what ho detains diiii'^roclauns a
^cheat, nnd perpetrate^ '-it on' lhe ptopfe,
swill not Rteal "if Ce' geis a chance?
! [lj"?ughler."l It is the srtme principfo,
whether ui inoraTa or phllosphy.^'UTiesa
negro aspirants' for (he rich^ offices of ttfi*
State, titigulded l?y J>rTKcJ|ilfe:, ntnnfltiefcced
by honor, nnd stimn1kt^dl,'io adopt arty
means to fecure their en Is, will rob'fhinj
his State nioro money ifl&ri 'W6uld ply
three times the debts of ail its people. I
do not apeak of individuals, I sjfteak' 6f ttio
priucip'.e, and I challenge "its 6o#<radicHtSh.
The incorporation of 'this re1i6f afclleifio
wob effected' fdr the stripping
and deceiving the1 people ;-'^nd tbe' nT&n
who would1 &ot WfeifSte 'ti^enlrip ot doceive
the people bh this matter of; ImptJrtance
would not hesitate to commit A?y
crime in the calalogtad'. " rroui ' ' ' *
Wby;'tbe very riiari wl!6 Ifo Ik/viS it tfaa
all Wroii^ toJVote fW'i^'Wto* to be, or lias
bftfch, nominated' for Cohgiess, 'fartd IhkVo
no doubt, for tBil very i-eaibn. ^You shy
this 1ii !hA'rdvtalkc m ii >W i?of baif the
tKbtb*. A iiii nought not lo fcW blamed &>r
luWk %ev/trtiAl!f"??d ^bt 'jbti'sifybu
did iHo' fcheiJrf; Jmn-^yott dld'nrt ahy
to chiat?Jo'd ehid' to^&et thfc irotWof'ftie
peopttf. Aii ! yoU hypdcrlto? ana d?c*ivcr?,
^ou ire ttisr'king Wut a'WVrlble Cbufae
Yof you'tiuilveal '' Ddtfel^-thte'J<^>reWed
jfw^<i,U|*ifec)rtl tho' parir?8(i:^onr fcpm?nt
Hate bankrupted Ta ^rfojiidrty'aod iwftrtfef
Decefve Ore jtedfife1 *ho \6i\ their ill,
and whom you have induced into bank-.
ftiptcyfc I: tell yon, if'yotf'def there will
T>e nt* hiding piece for yoa.-eUlwr Huhia
world- ?r the'next. ' Hfgb*aymea and
baidiia 'Will reftiie to 'aetoeiata- fcrthyou
when you go to^ytar .lt#<|f Aoma^[Cfceeia.3
' 'Well,1 but ihtffe iret'Mtna caiW where
hur ray iM*!?eltef bill ?itt not apply^for
irfstantet' Io' wita a|^in?? troataa^'Wbere
tle' trtrtt pVoMri^y li ofiv ^aolilAl '>id the "
tWrtfied.'Wr BAilW ^V^Ud by ^^a otfx'
'if pe?J>fl^^flRrctt,Jd^/'in Ma4a?<U. *That
the*# a trustee b?? b?ei?^i?
! '.ohttt W drdp^'WQlto ittM ?rvpm*7 . -j
! j<|oiiA. n? idjjiio 4a4j
!'u y?t JiW.i cnj Uia * ?r a* on f
; buK IfcMo mil i. ixjui
Cbiivontibii Tiu? t>&cn tn session?I dou'i I
care to'do* it?*'but I understand this ion
6f quite common. T/.iWcd, ?ome
members charged it in the Conrention as
h biit, and it will certainly not be denied.
And hits it come tot his ? That, the people
?r? not only eupallc of being cheated,
but wiUint/? Ah, my countrymen, mark
what I tell yon: 1 compress the wliole
philosophy oft hi* fraud, iulo ono single
sentence when J say this i? the deatl.-blow
to negro suffrage. It is a bait set by themselves
to catch simpletons. [Applause.]
Now,' uhp id' willing or ariiious to be
caught? And yet iutelligent men go al
OVfr the country and,pry?>lOh) the people
wanti Helikp." .''The people will lake
anything with' 'Relief' in it/* se though
tho people Wero nothing but a lot cif rats
to run into a' .t rap which thieves si t to
catch them, [.^j-.plause.} .. .
I go one fctep farther now, aiyV- <Mt not
only->u this measure mo roliaf^.auil not.in
;t?H\dW tb'^tMier. bot U. will- piwant the
jraHtf of tti^p^dpliiJ'Sttnd tilin^ihi* country 1
\V6y, you 'uo^pn^ injn' iIu^W opJcredHSfc'toi*
populfttioa of:fhecountry,
wen .oi?twd?,Irtie.quwtiQP p/ PPgrfc
suffrage. Coupled, however, with^fc^t'
measure, you ruin the entire int4recta -.of
ittmbtrff" wftfta* Why;
.ip tliu first n^acei this iffeffilimal'e!
i>?M-?vr r <,or.. iri!tui7oiTrr
,WWM> .prewiltV III? .people
frAm.qonlriviug; or., accept Iptf. any : legitit
?Hlr%ODtte>'l? M fr:*.UrtiH" *... ?
j.'Vavo tfayoUeJ'a gopd1 i) fai'oirtt .the
tfMJMMf ,A$Hs V^050
?b?J? ^
them at all. A cm* ?*sne*. -profmiooally,'
16 tiff n6tiw tli? dUi?r day. U WM'tliat
ofM 'toWW^iW\W?bwi;'Wild' W
property, >ia
iDw^iibMr*.,., AU aW ** it
?? ttttw;'' olitfy
.' >*i iJklK<&~ lo">[-ji?*"v?ii jt?Hi-iir.?*
?ii? riiil^j'-dt tUd jfe.il T<> ?>t'?v ill' lx
\ii- ti 3:q.\4l} at!* '.: tmbtoea au? Jiu-'J I><