The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 06, 1904, Image 2
SENATOR TILLMAN TALKS.
Touches Upon Political Future of the
South and a Number of
Other Questions.
Columbia, S. C. Dec. 5.-When I
Columbia, S. C., Dec. 3.-When I
met him here by appointment as he
was passing through Columbia on
his way to Trenton Senator Tillman
was in particularly good spirits and
chatted pleasantly and entertainingly
concerning the lessons taught by the
results of the national election and
the political future of the south.
Though when he touched on certain
phases of the negro question the cor
ners of his mouth went down
promptly and with marked energy,
his eye flashed and his voice deepen
ed into that tone of intense earnest
ness for which he is so famous.
Asked what he thought of the solid
south and whether he saw any im
mediate hope of breaking it, Senator
Tillman declared with emphasis that
the solid south would never be brok
en as long as the Fifteenth amend
ment is allowed to stand.
"The south is solidly democratic,
not in the broader sense that the
term democracy is understood in the
politics of the whole country,'' he
said, "but in the narrow sense that
the Anglo-Saxon intelligence of the
south solidly and always unyieldingly
stands for white supremacy. Of
course this situation is unfortunate,
inasmuch as the results are intellec
tually stifling in the discussion of and
contention for the broader principles
of government and of civilized life.1
But there is no immediate hope of
changing these conditions. Every
effort put forth by the misguided
philanthropists and vicious politi
cians of the north with their imprac
ticable notions about the equality of
man, to break the solid south, only
seals .that bond of union as with
hoops of steel, and the problem will
never be solved until the north lets
the south alone to solve it.
"Ii these dreamers of the north,
working in conjunction with their
greedy political brethren, don't stop
meddling'in this matter there will be
race war and terrible massacre. For
political equality means social equal
ity, and social equality means misce
genation and the mongrelizing of the
people of the south with the result
that the white intelligence of the
south will degenerate to the level of
those- South American republics
whose history has shown them to be
wholly and invariably incapable not
on'y of self-government, btut of ac
q:arm:s proper:y, the distinguishing
characteristic of the white man. and
unwillingness to respect law and live
in a quiet and orderly manner.
"Once let the wedge be driven in
just the least bit, once recognize the
political equality of the negro and
social equality will inevitably follow
and the races will merge by marriage
between the better class of negroes
and the lower class of whites. Those
scoudrelly, trifling white men who
have lost all self-respect will not
scruple to marry the daughters of ne
gro men who have acquired property.
Then will the sluice gates be opened
and there will be no stopping the
mongrelizing of the white intelli
gence of the south. This is unthink
able condition, an impossible con
summation."
"There is only one solution of the
negro problem," he continued, "only
one way of eliminating the crime of
rape and freeing the land of the re
sultant crime of lynching-the com
plete subjection of the negro under
stringent laws and police regulations.I
As long as he is allowed by law to
vote and run about the country with
Out restraint there is no checking the
crimes which he commits. And the
north is gradually coming to that
viewv of the matter."
In this connection Senator Tillman
told of his experience in campaign
ing in the west and mentioned a num
ber of Illinois and Indiana towns
which will not allow the negro to live
in them.
"The north is gradually getting ed
ucated on the negro question; the lit
tle taste these people have had ofI
Cuffy has made them less tolerant of
his weaknesses than the people of the
south even. The patriotic intelli
gence of the north recognizes that
the south has a great p>roblem on its
hands and is willing to let the south
solve it."
The overwhelming defeat of the
national democracy does not in the
slightesct degree, in Senator Till
man's opinion, reflect the north's
agreement with President Roosevelt's
negro policy: He attributes the re
publican success to the general pros
perity of the country and the per
sonal popularity of Mr. Roosevelt.
Senator Tillman is not feeling blue
about reduction of southern represen- C
tation. He said:
"I have talked to many of the
brightest and most capable newspa
per correspondents at Washington, r
and they all pooh-pooh the idea, and
from many of the leaders of the re
public;: party I learn that it is not
the intention to attempt any such,
thing. These greedy Yankees who
want to reduce the south's represen
tation in order to decrease our power
and influence and increase their own,
forget, in their selfishness. in arguing
for representation in proportion to
voting strength and the number of
people participating in government,
that their own representation is based
largely on hordes of foreigners who C
are constantly pouring into the north,
who know nothing of our history or
institutions and who are less capable.
in a sense. of voting intellgently and
know less about the needs of this
country and are less patriotic than
the negroes themselves. They forget
the history of the world in contend
ing for their idea of the equality of
man. They forge+ that not half the
white men of E'rope today. lcaving
Russian out of the count. are allow
ed tu vote. not even tho-s. of the so
called limited or constituional mon
archies. Universal suffrage is an idle
dream. and it is dangerous and deadly
pcison to free government.
"What of the immediate future of
the democratic party?"
"The darkest hour is always just
before day. These sort of defeats not
infrequently presage great victories
for the party. Things looked black
er in '74 and again in '92. the periods
of greatest democratic stccesses. The
republicans are drunk with success
and a long hold on power. They will
be certain to misinterpret the real
cause of the recent victory and our
time will come if we are true to our
elves and to American ideals.
"Anyhow the south can neither be
seduced nor bullied into change of at
titude. Democracy with us means
white man's rule. It has meant that
and almost nothing else for almost
thirty y'ears or more. Republicanism
has just as surely meant negro equal
itv with all that that implies. But
those who think the recent election
indicates that the north is solidly re
publican on this issue wvill have a
rude awakening if they attempt to
carry out the idea. I may be mistak
en. but I shall wait with equanimity
to see the test made. The south
meantime will stand by and maintain
its Anglo-Saxon civilization. To
paraphrase the language of Miartin
Luther at. Worms: 'There we take
our stand, we can do not otherwise, so
help us God.'
Horse Talk.
The owner should study each horse
and know his requirements. There
is no excuse for a horse being in
poor condition.
The first cause is always neglect
or abuse. It is money out of pocket
to let a horse run down.
A little coddling over small detailsI
~ill make the difference between
a heartbroken nag and one that von
will be proud to show in any com
pany.
The other day I was in the stable
of a man who evidently works on the
plan that once a wveek is often enough
to clean out the horse stable.
The horses themselves looked as if
the felt abused in the worst way.I
believe it does take the pride otut of
a horse to be neglected that way. Do4
not do it! Clean the horses and
their stables every night, if vou hve4
to sit up all nights to do it.
The surest way to raise colts that
will match. is to breed to the samie
thoroughbred sire year after year.
I heard a man get a good scold- 4
ig from his blacksmith the other
day, because he did not soak a horse s
feet that were tender. The blacksmiah4
declared that the horse's feet would I
pain far less if he were permitted 4
to stand in a tub of water every day ~
fo man whl.Something in that, too.
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