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VOL XXII- BANRWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY JANUA^y 26,1899. NO a. THE WHXTB MAN MUST 4 GOOD POINT AGAINST McLaurlu Calls to the Tblrtj Tsar* of flr»B0ht*W8*t-UntT*r*Al 5 Hob. John L. McLsurla, the Junior SoMtor from Soutb Carolina, la earsfulljr prepared argument anfatl the policy of expansion, brought to Ught eery forcibly the fact that venal euf rage has rrovOn a moan mental failure In the Southern States His remark! In the Senate were la part ns follows; , Mr. President, the manifold and serious questions (rowing Out of the spr with Hpain are now absorbing the 1 of the American people. ' All deeply interested, and, upon this body is devolvedubeir final settlement. I am satisfled that our action ln‘tb* aexth month will settle the auestlon ' of expansion. There are at this time in the Senate and aatiem at large two well-defined apd dlstlnot riews, one of " h policy of expausloo, involving a new ~ definition of our government ami the . Inauguration of n colonial »ystem, with all the*perplexlag problems Incident to it. The other view opposes 1m- pertsUsm, end 1« based upon the gov- . ernmentai policy of thelast century, and In my judgment in tan only post tioa that is in bartnony with the oon- • stitutloB and the spirit and genius of republican institutions. As a Senator, representing, In part, the State of South Carolina, it is.my / duty to express my convictions in no uncertain terms upon a question so - vitally affecting the Interests of my State and the destiny of this nation la thin crisis every Senator must declds for himself; he in responsible to none save his State, hie nation as for myself, I shall oarefnlly consider ail proposed legislation, and earnestly endeavor to act a odor the inspiration of an unselflsb and broad patriotism, . with a due sense of the responsibility resting upon me. 1 feel that e representative from South Carolina is pvuuiiarlv qualified to speak upon one phase of the ques tion, and it is that pertaining to tie incorporation of n mongrel and semi- barbarous population into eur body politic, n population that, so far as I oaa ascertain, is inferior to but akin to the negro in moral and intellectual qualities And incapaeity for self-gov- ernmeat. The sxperieooe of thmSoutb for the pant thirty years with the negro race, is pregnant with lessons of wis dom for our guidance in the Philip pines. It is passing strange that Sena- VTOff' Who Tavored nniversal suffrage and the full enfranchisement of the negro should now advocate Imperl- a'lsm. • la other words, that territory can be Caucasian and enjoy such civil political right* as under any circum stances rendets the domination of the inferior raoe a possibility. Henoe his appeal to what he eells "inherent sovereignty," and la thin ha has to do what wa did after reconstruction— pitch his teat outside of the spirit of the fourteenth and fifteenth amend manta of the eoastltntion of the Uni tec Staten. It is oonteaded by tfhe Sanator from Connecticut that this nation baa an in herent right of sovereignty outside of the constitution to acquire territory end govern it la the Federal oonstitu tioa are enumerated the rights and powsrs delegated by the States to the Federal government, in the Stete constitutions the people beve dele gated to the State governments all the rights and powers except those en umerated in the prohibitions of the in strument. Congress can therefore exercise only those powers for whioh there is s great in the Federal con stitution, while State legislatures esn exercise all powers except those pro hibited la State constitutions. Hence, the United States as a nation has no red powers or Inherent sovereign ty, except such as may be delegated in the constitution of the United States. Whatever there is of reserved rights or “ inherent aevereignty not dele gated in the Federal oonetilution fe males in the people of the States. The nation, as a nation, has no sovereign rights except those conferred by the constitution. The sovereignty of the nation Is the power given the nation by the constitution. If there were to be any reserved powers of the nation outside of the constitution, why the* enumeration specifically of those powers in the Instrument itself? Why were they not reserved, at the time of the adoption of the oonatltutloo, in ex- prens terms Y I understand, political sovereignty to ean the authority of a nation to ex ercise governmental powers. How are these powers to be exercised ? In the ease of the United St^es, La th* man- provided by tne constitution. X acquired by conquest, held as a colony, and its Inhabitants treated as vassals rather thaa cUlsens—governed by military rule or legislation not au thorised by the constitution. There is views ns to the Philippines, they should propose an amendment to the constitution which wilt put the Inferior races in this country end the iehabl- teats of the Philippines upon an equality as to their civil and politldiil rights, and thus forever settle the vexed raoe and suffrage questions in Ain country as well as tha outlying territories. How oaa they consistently, justly, and, 1 might add, constitutionally, ad vocate a policy for outlying territories, embracing races so nearly akla to the negro, which differs so radically from the policy adopted as to that ran# la tha Heath f There can be bet one an swer to that question, and that is thavf Federal oonstitu tioa.’ they eubstaatlally admit, la the light of a third of a century's experleece, that aalversal suffrage is e monumen tal failure and that the time has came for the correction of thin stupendous governmental error. Prof. Thoms* Miller, of South Caro lina, a former Coegress man and one of r . m tbe most highly accomplished and able representatives of his race in Ameri ca, ia fi reoeut speech delivered la South Caroline on the anniversary of Xmaac I potion Day, said: “ Who 14 it that stands to-day in the United States Senate and warns ne groes and white men of the South that right to vote is not a gift from the nation, but a matter left with each sovereign Stete to be regulated jthat ia, to bo given or taken away ? w! it is a man from New Cog land, the great RepubMoaa Senator Platt. And why has thin great change come over tbe North la relation to fraadhlse? Why do they yield to this principle that has always been claimed by the South? This greet New Bnglaod Re publican and august Senator from a sovereign Bute stands in the Senate Chamber end virtually admiM that the fourteenth and fifteenth amendments ere sagatory and of no effect." 1 congratulate tha Senator from Con- aeotiout upon his speech, or rathfr upon the construction of it by Professor Miller, and I sincerely hope that he Till not destroy my good oplnloa of his cendor by attempting to explain It away as he did oa Moaday la his 000- hroversy with At Senator frdm Mas sachusetts. His admission is oredit- abl* to his sense of Justice and patrio tism. Universal suffrage la the South long slnee degenerated Into a raoe question, and as such lad to Ae practi cal elimination of Aa negro frtfb poli ties i a policy that is to-day wisely ad vocated by Aa groat leaders 0: race like Professor Miller and Washing ton, and which in time, wl oat outside interference^ under the guidance of Ae bast Aooght of boA races, will lead to a just and mutually satisfactory settlement of-Ae gravest problem that has ever confronted any people in modern times. Con scions of recltitsde of purpose aad jeellnf that A* negro was not responsible for Aa tioa into which he was thrust, Ac , act defiantly, bat by protests- has patiently appealed to Aa to judge her righteously. Die indeed comforting A hear some of those who U Ae past criticised as, new that Ae question is brought home, com pletely justify car methods A pro viding a scheme of colonial govern ment. Tha Senator frodi Connecticut has amply vindicated the SoaA, per haps uaistentioaaUy, bat wa Aaak him tha mom heartily far his complete nouooement of Ae divian right of the Caucasian to govern the Inferior races. When the question Is brought home, A* white nun .a Ae •very where. The Senator, perhaps uoooascloasly, shows that he realises that ao other raoa in nearly equal live side by side wiA the which France ceded Loulsana, aer through Ae departments of the Gov ernment ; and in being exercised by these departments It is limited by Ae terms of Ae constitution fixing the mnnner of Ae exercise qt sovereignty. To bold Ant there is an Inherent power of sovereignty in the aetioe, out side of A* constitution, to do some thing not authorised by that instru ment is to place this *' Inherent sover eignty " above tbe constitution and thus destroy the very foundation upon which constitutional government rests. Judge Gray, la Ae Chlnese-exoluslon case, said : “ The United States are a sovereign and Independent nation, and are Invested by the constitution with the entire control of International relations and wl A all the powers of government necessary to maintain that control and make It effective." While holding that the United States are n sovereign and Independent nation, it will be seen Aat he also holds that the sovereignty of Ae nation Is vested by the constitution ; and if so, It can only be exercised In the mode pointed out in Ae constitution and ia controlled by Ae words of Ae grant of Ais sove reignty. There was ao nation of Ae United States until the adoption of the Federal, constitution; hence before that time there oould be sovereignty of the na tion. What inferred this sovereignty? Nearly the States, by and through Ae qpa be 00 inherent rl except Aat confer re tioa. Tha Senator farther If so, then there ight of sovereignty d by tbe coostltu- oontends that wa are a sovereign nation, and as such relgi lave the same inherent right to acquire territory as England, France, Germany xloo. I poeltlo B00A, tioa, and Mexico. I controvert Aat prop osition. Tbe sovereignty of the nation of Great Britain and tbe others is vested in Ae people and has never been delegated and limited as in our country. These governmente enjoy sovereignty in its elementary form. What Ae government wills it may do without considering tbe act or its con sequences in Ae ligbt of aa organic law of binding obligation. Our government Is in a very differ- hjrfwnt position. Tbe Federal constitution is A* embodiment of Ae sovereignty of Ae United States as a nation, and this sovereignty oaa only be exercised a accordance with the powers con tained la its provisions. Great Britain oaa da anything as a nation in the way of Ae exercise of -governmental func tions. There is nothing to prohibit or restrict the fullest exercise of her sovereignty as a nation. Henoe there is no analogy, and Aa sovereignty of Aa United states ae a nation differs widely from Aat of Great Britain. It is further oooteaed Aat sovereign right eaa not be limited and Aat all our constitution ean do is to prescribe Ae manner A which it can be exer- cised. If, as already ehowa, the sovereignty of Ae United States war conferred by Ae States through the Federal constitution, it la dear that, ia conferring Ae pewer end prescrib ing Aa manner of its exercise, »hey did set a limit la tbe'very terms of the in strument itself. t 1 deny, therefore, that Ae United Staea as a nation has a sovereign, in herent right and oontrol outside of Ae 1 of sfioh power A Ae constitution, hla is not aa essential element of na tionality so far ae oar nation is con cerned, although it may be in England or Russia, where Aa nationality and sovereignty incident to it arc not created and Hinted by a written con stitution. 1 do not, however, controvert the pro position that the Upitod. States hare Ae power to acquire territory by con quest, puroheee. or otherwise, and to govern same under Aa grant of power eoatalaed A *Ae eoastltotlon. 1 do, however, deny Aa proposition Aat exception of a necessity. The constitution er to aaaex oooditi illtary and oommerola only confer* Toned the upon the ports of Ae Philippines, according to of States out of the new ter-' Ao statistical abstract, A IWW amount- rttory. Tha States eaded leads to Ae United States upon the understanding Aat it should Da eventually formed Ate States. IaAe treaty of 11 inhabitants of dl be Aocwpor- of Ae United provided Aat: "Tbe Aa ceded territory shall utad into Ae Union States ns soon as possible according to Aa prAoiplea of<the Federal oonstitu tioa, to Ae sajoymeat of all Ae rights, privileges and immunities of e&tneai of the United Stetee." This article pf the treaty wee construed by Chief Jus tice Marshall to mean Aat Louisiana shall be admitted Ato Aa Union as soon ae possible on an equal footing wlA tbe oAer States. Thus it will be assn Aat all the vast domsln acquired by Ae United States down to 1853 wife in trust for Ae sub sequent admission of* States. Texes was acquired not as a Territory but an nexed ae a State. The treaty by which Alaska-was acquired is an exception to to the rule, nib doubt based upon An amumpttdn that it wee a barren waste, whose climate and geographical posi tion would render It uninhabitable for years m> come. Thera is not a line or sentence in our constitution Aat authorises Ae United States to embark upon a colo nial career. Oar people fought for •A Rears A Ae Revolutionary war against the'odlonAl system of Europe, whioh west based upon monaroby. It is incredible Aat Ae men Who fought in Aat war against Ae colonial system should have formed a government whose constitution recognised and adopted the very oppressions against which they were battling. That they did not Intend to do so is evidenced by Ae fact Aat Madison, in the Feder alist, urgedtbe adoption of the oonstitu lion ns n security and safeguard against this very Aing. The purpoeekOttbe constitution was "to form a more perfect uniee, to establish justice, Insure domestic tran quility, provide for Aa common defense, promote Ae general welfare, nod se cure-the blessings of liberty to our selves and posterity." These words Indicate that the government oonld never rale subject races or control ter ritory not in the Union, Congress can only acquire and govern territory sub- eot to the constitution and laws of the Jolted States. Were it oAerwUe, It would be to discredit and abandon representative government. Hr * a ed to NO,806.250. If Ale entire trade was monopolised by ae It would be ia- sig nlflcant. Wa will have to Asm to wear shirts and breeches be fore we oaa trade with Asm much. Bat Eagles 1 and Germany haye large trade Atereete A the Philippines, aed aaderoar agroememt wlA Spain she most have equal trade privileges wlA Ae United States. As a matter of dollars and cents I doubt Its advantage. Great Britain has la her colonies 16,862,971 square miles boatalnlag 322, > Inhabitants, while Ae mother, country has only 19,826,000 people and 120,979 square miles. The United States has no oolonses, aad yet our ex ports compare most favorably with those of Great BrltaA. Out of 10,000,- 000 natives ia Aa Pbllipplfiee 7,000,000 only are domesticated, aad Ae other 3,000,000 are ravages. The revenues to Spain in 1894-96 from An Philip- >plum, gambling, lotteries, d Chinese capitation tax Islands Into States, 'herefore, It the Phlll were annexed aad for Als Chamber aad tbe would contain about one-seven A Japan- Malays, Chinese, or whatever mix ture they have, out there.' We would have representatives with a voloe A directing the affairs of this country “rom anoAer continent, speaking another language, different in race, religion, and civilisation—a people with whom we have noAlng In com mon. For me, I can not tolerate Ae thqught. The great strength of our utry Is not merely Its Isolated posi tion, washed on each side by the waters of a great ocean, but A a homogenous population, speaking a common Inn with sti hting, rDulCS, Imiu vutucao uapiMtkivu Mi A. Tne United Stetee could not derive ns much, as she oould not lioenee gamb ling. oorV fighting, ate., and oppress the inhewstnnts as Spain has done. Under our constitutional government we can not compete with monarohiei in oolo nixing and vsnsal tullng. We have not Ae machAery and can. 4 not get it without breaking up oar system and bfilldlng n new fabric out of fibs pieces. Republics have not bwin suc cessful as rulers of colonles. Invaria bly when AeV have embarked A that career they 1 nave changed into mon archies or empires. American laetltutloon are founded upon the doctrine of equality. A gov ernment of tbe people, by the people, and for Ae people Is Imoregnable for defense, but impotent for conquest. To become a colonising power we mast abandon our republican institutions, or be paralysed by Asm. Our govern ment, with its checks and balances find conservative divisions of power, is tbe-best In Ae world for pesos and Ae poorest for criminal aggressions. Great Britain is aa oligarchy, not a republic. It is admiralty rather than democracy. Americans govern themselves, while Englishmen are ruled by their govern- ataai. v —- England has a magnificent civil ser vice at the foundation of her colonial empire, while our civil service is cha- . meleon-llke, elastic, aud not much af- other House tor alt but a system of hose rule. We ruage, and imllar aspirations rrltory eaa oe acquired and penaao- tly held aa such by Aa United States, of course, subject to Ae exception of fiiaall tracts acquired for specific gov ernmental purpose, like coaling ■tattoos aad Aa guano islands ander the not of 18ML I thAk Hawaii oomes under tha mmvm and ideas of liberty and civilisation. Why split hairs end quibble over legal technicalities. The real question now before tbe American people is. Are we ready to swing loose from our con stitutional moorings ? - Are wa pre pared to abandon the peaceful policies < >f A* past century aad drift amid the breakers that have beset fer ages the dynasties of the Old World ? Has the time come when wa are willing to change our system of popular govern ment and bring It Into harmony with Ae monarchies of Ae Old World f It Is idle to speak of AmerloanlaAg tropical country 8,000 miles away. Our people will never consent for tbe people of Aat far off land to ever have a voice In Ae affairs of our country. Therefore, to govern them we must neugurfito a military or colonial sys tem, utterly at variance with the prin ciples of our Republic. But even If by a strained construction of the constitu tion thn power is vested in the United States to Inaugurate a colonial syatem. I am Utterly opposed, as a matter of jollcy, to the acquisition of any terrl- cry thatoan not ha Americanised and irought into harmony with our institu tions. I bellevt Aa time is not far off, and I gladly welcome its approach, when our ling will float over every foot of North American soil, but it must come naturally aed peacefully, by tbe consent of Ae governed not by Ae rude hand of war. But when It oomes to thrusting our rule upon 10,000,000 peo ple oa anoAer continent by force of arms, 1 hold Aat euoh a policy Is un wise, as well as at variance wiA tbe rlnclples upon which our government founded. Taxation without represen tation is as much tyranny as when King George’s tea was dumped Ato Boston harbor. To govern Ae people of the Philippines without their con sent, is as much government wlAont the consent of Ae governed as it was when we were under Ae rule of Great Britain. Government by forep is, and always will be, despotism. Cite we afford to abandon Ae doctrine of self-govern ment and establish anywhere a despo tism ? If so, then let us prepare for the burden of a large firmy and navy, heavy taxation, and thn unrequited sacrifice of the young men of Aa na tion. HlAerto our flag, wherever it has floated, has meant freedom and self-government, battle only for pesos. But when raised over conquered terrl- torfta, held ae colonies, it will omen tyranny aad misrule, battle for Ae sake of plunder. My sentiment is, may it never wave save to bring liberty aad self-government to the dowatrod- den and oppressed of Ae earth; may it float uatarnished and unchanged, save for Ae glory of new stars la its celestial field of bine; may all peoples continue to hall it as Ae emblem of a great Republic—Ae mountain peak of nations. Imperialism mafias Aat we most beat oar pruaAg hooks into spears aad be ready to water distant lands and stain distant seas with a never-oeaaing torrent of American Mood. It means a never-ending strife wlA Ae nation* bf Aw worlds - , ,... la a commercial point of view I be lieve Aa Importance of Ae Phillp- plaes per se is greatly exaggerated. C They are ohlefiy valaable aa Aa key to Ae Orient, bat we need not colonise to obtaA Aat advantage. Tha ex- pines were 913 579,900 end her expen- partial failure of England A lad A is ditures were 113,280,130. These re- ■ * - • “ - venues were derived from imports, C vernment monopolies, etampe, 000k f “ ' Ml govemmeet of this country, corres ponding to Ae voloe Aat wa have A the government of theirs? Or is Ae right of suffrage to be given them to planets the spirit of Ae ooostllattoe, while by some legerdemain Any an denied its praotloel fruits? Of one thing I am tare—tbe Ameri oaa people will never consent for Anne Inferior races to flood oar lead aad add another complication to A* labor prob lem. To permit chaep AaAtio labor to oome Ato competition wlA pur Atolli- geut, well-paid labor will be to degrade aad lower our civilisation. Already A Illinois negroes from Alabama have bees shot aad driven from the State, aad such fiction defended by Ae Gov- oomiag into it. A a streak of A orad persons from took a bold man wiA tlclam A his aa’.ure. tod? Again, will Americans ever consent to live A Ae PblllppAee aad aid A Ae development of It* natural source* and Ae evolution of barbarians into tbn Ught and liberty of oiviiiia- tlon ? Inhabitancy Is one of Aa con ditions to success in colonising. Sene ca said of Aa Romani, "Wherever Ae Roman conquers he Inhabit*. 1 ' The live no domestic surplus of men aad deficit of work, ea England has. Her small territory and immense popula- turn mark her neoeeelty, while our im- mense territory, not yet fully peopled, marks oun. The natural deoadenoe and inherent corruption of a colonial system Is a danger to Ae life of the strongest monaroby. - .The oreatloe of offloee, the extravagant expenditure of money by officeholder*, ,*na 'the actual corruption creeping Into any colonial system will sooner or Ater sap the foundation of any government. Three and a half centuries ago Charles V boasted that Ae sun never set upon the dominions whioh Spain maintained by wars A Europe, Africa, Amertoa, and the Islands of Ae sea Where now is Aat magnificent em pire ? Gonp; forever vanished i Not enough left to oast a shadow. England masts to-day, as did Charles V, that tha saa never sets upon Ae empire, that, like. Spain, Aa has maintained with unoeaslng wars. Aad like Spain she, too, in time may sea a dismal wreck aad ruin, wrought by the natu ral blight Incident to colonial poatoa- slone. Roma colonised A all parte of the habitable globe, and from tha proud plnaaole of mistress of Ae world she me fallen into eternal decay aad lives only In Ae pegea of history. I believe that if We embark In n colonial career, uneutted as are our Institution* to iQbh a system—nay, with a form of govern ment utterly antagonistlo to the idea— that it is the first downward step along the path upon which so many nations have fallen. I believe It Is tbe great u reek upon which our republican Insti tutions will finally be stranded. Sena tors need not call upon Providence aad v manifest destiny/’ The most horrid crimes and foolish blunders of the ages have been committed under •miler protestations. Imperialism means self-bulldicg at Aa expense of others. Its roots are embedded A lust of power and insatia ble greel. The trusts aad money pow- mainly attributable to Ae impoeslbil ityof getting Englishmen to Ahablt the country, Her rale of aoentary in AdA tom not matorAlly changed the habits or customs of Ae people. Eng land baa conquered India, but her In fluence would disappear when her do minion a* a ruler eqded. With Canada and AuetralA she has been more suoeeesful, mainly for tha reason Aat they have been peopled by Englishmen. Our raoe is not well adapted to a tropical climate, and it is not probable Aat Americans wUl ever people the PnUipplnee; and If not, our rule will be despotic and wa will never make such colonies os will add to Ae glory of the Republic or promote our civilisation find commerce. I am not opposed to acquiring Porto Rloo. Cute, or any, territory on Ais continent Aat can be Amerlcanixed. The people Of Porto Rloo weldRbed our army ae liberators, and its march was a triumphal progress. The Aest Indies are a part of North America, and our people will rapidly bring them Into harmony wiA oar free institu tions. I suppose Ant I might be called a moderate expansionist, but it seems to me that Ae United State* oan well be content with the territory of North America without reaching out to Ae uttermost part* of the earth to em brace a people so different from us A race, religion, and oivlllsatioe, and #ho will never be able to appreciate or understand our institutions. It looks to me as if some of our public men had gone wild on thls question of expan sion. Here we stand to-day wiA great A- sues of financial reform, Aoor and truste questions all sidetracked; the whole business of the nation suddenly become artificial; our people called to abandon Ae safe treadmill of agree: , that aayAing which I may say will Ae rasnlt in Ale Senate, bat I least have Ae satisfaction of ! er, that now hold so many of oar owo people la floaacAl bondage, are crying oat for new fields to exploit. Other nations have, built and developed, and Aen tried expansion ae a remedy for domestic discontent. If you would know Aelr history, read it in the gray si lence of Eeetern lands, in Ae wreckage of onoe mighty empires. "For the spi der haA woven her web A the ban- quetlsg hail of kings, and Ae owl keepeth her night watoh A Ae towers of AfrasAb." not vain enoagh to sappose that affeet oan at feeling that tp Afi beet of my ability I have discharged my duty as a Senator, it does seem to me Aat Aa rent gar ments and whitened bones of other na tions who have triad Aat way and found their deaA should hold some nrnlng for as. An insuperable objection to An PhllippAea is Ae dlfBoolty of govern lag, 8,000 mile* away, a people just re moved frookbarberiene apd mongrel ia raoe, religion, aad character. A pro tectorate over them, I predloL will give us more trouble than all Ae do mestic problems now confronting us. There are Arse fundamental prinol- >les upon which Ais government is bunded: 1. Cltixenshlp, universal and ooex tensive with the country. L Local self-government. 3. Freedom to travel* to labor, aad to engage A bus Aaea fa any part of Ae country. How era these prAoiplea fob* main tained by Afi United States; A oolb- nles ? An vhese mixed race* from. Ae Orient, agpAst some of whom wa have passed exolasioa Awe, to have all Ae rights of citlseaship conferred upon them ? Shall they have a voice ia the upon ■ domestic concerns for new fields, new thoughts, and fresh hopes, that oan not but prove Illusive. It is wiser and bat ter to look after domestic politics first, and not avoid grave questions at borne in oafier to join in the international game #f land-grabbing. — The hand of God may have been ia the war with Spain, but I do not feel that ft la A obedience to Ae Divine will Aat we are pursuing a career ot, conquest in Ae Philippines. Conquest he* never been the handmaid of our civlllaatioa or the Christian religion t their triumphs rest up» a foundation of peace. The sword established Ae religion of Mohammed, bat it will nev er spread and maintain Aa religion of Jeans Christ. I am A favor of the Uni ted States continuing as a peaceful Re public, not a conquering empire. We Aould not become entangled A Ae ri valries of European kingdoms, but be eontoat wiA the banishment of Euro pean tyranny frq/n Ais hemisphere. I ‘ ■ lea Charleston SSf^SS^VSHSSiX dent aAerity, and it relied aa awful rumpas all over New^^' they Araeteoed to bat John Tyler do *P. they oould ■ , , ■ aoihAg but preach aad Area tea aad African sAva trade. aad behind Aa lima* Bataapagbef Ala. I wMaaeld maa myaatf 1 on Aat seif praise in half ■omahow aty aid aga hai me so slyly Aatl eaam eaa still oho* the w^tf day's wi this loan sAve trade. We oolteg* boys ttod to fight, too, aad dared Tala Harvard to some doira to Aa lias, rae a newspaper, war, aad soon Maw upon would not sell the prlnoipl which our Republic Is founded for a mess of pottage is the Philippines. Whv should wa run after "strange gods r' Let Als government move along A the same orbit Aat has trans formed a few shattered colonies Ato a ( [real nation, and fanned a feeble spark nto a beacon light among Ae nations Of Ae earth. Bettor than weal A,, batter than "a (Then; territory upon whioh A* son never sets," is Ae transmission toourohll dren of a Republic built upon Ae 1 struetlbl* rook of constitutional eminent. -- —~ wanted and _ _ _ It was a newspaper war, aad over, bat It oeaseaMd aad aalargad abolition party all over Aa North, finally brought oa the war Aat Ae death of half a millioa put a minion names oa Afi roll. What a oommeatary oa fanati oism ? Grover Cievelejfid hit it hard when he said : "The preacher* are for expansion aad colonisation aad sion of Aa PhUlpplaan tbit Any may Ae natlveei to Christianity aed save Aelr souls. Of ooerse w* will have to kill a few hundred Aon sana first and what la to beoMne of Aelr dead soul* Aa praaohers & not tell us, but I suppose they oaa arrange Aat." Aad now. after Alrty-flv* years of vain experimeat and A* wasting of millions of money, the North ooafeeeos its mistake, and Is taking Aa back track. South Carol Aa, Mississippi aad Louisiana have virtually elimi nated As negro from polltioa aad re tired him to Ae fields of industry where God and nature amigaed him, and Aat ablest of all RepubUoaa magazines, The Review of Reviews, A commenting upon it says : " It A Aa oplnloa of a large majority of wlsoat frleoda of Anaegrbaa Am franchise of voting A political lions is mom harmful Ann useful to Asm, and Any QMMVfiil afford to allow white men to do tEr voting aad hold Ae offices, if colored men are eeoorded justice la Aa court* aad have fair aad equal opportunities to obtaA edaoatloa and acquire property. It is wholly harmful to oolored men to beappoAted tmasters A white oommaalttee. McKinley has made mistakes A Aat direction." That is good honest talk aad A Ae truth, and A a sign of repentance. I say repentance because it A Ae right word, for it means to AAk Ae sober, aeooed thought time Sou Aeraers who were bora raised la close communion wlA negro have known it all the time that he wasn't fit to vote aad that A da- graded As white maa to buy and that was Ae reesoe why such, a low grade of Awmakere office holders. No gentlemen who respects himself will boy a negro’s vote and as ha 000*1 be sleeted without it he will not offer for office. ThA A tbe general rule aad there are few ex ceptions. It applies to State, ooaaty sad municipal politics and even to con gressional elections. I have knows a candidate for mayor A my town to Uved aaar OamvilA A thA< he eel A my at Oamvllle friend aays there A art a mark hA grave. Oaa AA bfi as? was a galAat soldier A Aa war 1 Mexico aad a! civil war and brigadier gaaeral A 01 dteUaguishod himanlf I BOB TAYLQB OUT OJF 01 Live ■ -?£ ET again— Weld ;■= Governor Robert L. Taylor has re tired from official life aad turned Aa office of Goveraer ever to Beaton Me-. M lllia, who was elected Aat fall as hA saooeeeor. The Aaagorel oeremoaks were simple bat Impressive, aad Ore- —‘ >p T KV >r,pok * ** bAaharaetorAMo res follows i Mr. Spaakre, Ladies aad Gealta- ■ 1 I am about to AaMe of AM mortal coil of polities aad fly away to Ae heavea of my native moeataMa, where Imre AAk aad dream la paaS A* sAkealng stAg af aajfist criticism; safe from tbe tetoaeof some old polAioal ratters} sal. from ska slimy klee aad Aa 1 gratitude. " I do aat ateas la jme are valtaree or Aat Are are ail sreswi&irSfe fideaoe reposed A Asm hr Ae aeaala! aim A every eapttoL Bat, Aaak God. the live A unden of atorealtriitlitf way* elaer tha atmoaphare, aad heel of jaattoe rerely jrAAmvbm who retina from bar to peace; IN *^1 do not rfitfrm of a shattered draaa., _ bade of hope baratiag Ato Moom aad aUAe bowers af the fatar* ringing wlA melody. I am noateatad wlta my lot A Ufa. Three tAtea I hare «S the Aarel wreaAof hoaer, twlaad by the peopAef a* aaMvs Mata, aad thA 1 gloreaaoagb tor ma. ‘"While Ibeliovathat A«good to lOYvr child govt SENATOR HOAR’S SPEECH. BILL ARP ENDORSES IT. 'Ll ■bBL « S^**-j*r ■ —mm The Senator Oonsea From Good Stock —Northern Men Are Rapidly log That They Mode a A boat the Negro. I wMh I could have heard Senator Hoar make Aat great speech In the Ualted States Senate. That Honr family A no oommon stock. They have a long line of Concord ancestors, some of whom were dMtlaguAhed before Ae revolutionary war. They are of Puri- tea stock, aed always firm and fearless A defense of Aelr religious felAaad political prinoiplsa. Tke picture of Ae Senator as he was making hA Aat and greatest speech shows hla solidity of character. HA forehead A massive, hA Ups heavy and oompreaned, hA lowerjaw and obA broad aad belliger ent. His love for bA party was founded A IA hostility to s Avery and A* Sou A, bat hA reverence forthe constitution end. ail IA traditions A stronger Ann party. He was an old-line whig aad an nboUtloaAt per se Aongh there A no reoerd Aat he exerted his Influence to keep hA people from covert A- dulgeooe A Ae African sAva trade. He la a great-grandson of Roger Sher man, and so are William it 1 aad John and Teoumseh Sherman. HA alder brother, Ebeaeser, Grant's attorney geoeral for a year or two, and was dAtingnAhed in many high positions, having been a judge of the supreme court and a member of the joint high commission that framed the treaty of Waahlngton A 187L The old aaoeeMr, Samuel Hoar, was aa ofll oar A Ae war of tha revolution. HA son, Samuel,, was a prominent Awyer and a whig politician during Aa firnt half of AMoeatury. I remembe* when ha was neat by Ae LegAAtaffi of Man< saehueetM to the State of SboA Caro lias to test the ooostitotloaatity ot Ae law of that State Aat forbade free col oontract wlAa leader amore the ne groes for fifty votes at fit a head and ha got them aad was eleoted, though Ae white vote woald hare defeated him. Our best peopta are utterly tired of being dominated by this purchasable element aad hare' endured it about aa long aa we oaa. Tha truA A apparent Aat wa wUl never bare aa hoaeet. daoeat, respectable Legislature until the ne gro vote A eliminated, for It A e self- evident truth that a mam who will bay another's vote eaa himself be bought. But I wouldeat base AA axelaafam upon raoa or color. I would petit teir aad square upon conduct aad Intelli gence, aad if it oat ofl many of tha white raoa, At it eat. There are a good many who ought to ha eat. I tome more respect to* Garnett aad Joe Brown and Uncle Sam aad Hayfie MUrer aad Preaohfir Brlea and a tew other colored men A our town than for away white men I oould name, aad I had trust my Ufa or my property ia Aelr hands. There ought to be aoommie- •loa la every ooaaty to parga the poll*. We bad one before Ae war to Ae jury box aad ao disrepaiabA was allowed to servo oa this why sot purge It would have a good I rising geaerattoo, blaok. Bat I do Alok that oar great old iter-State of North Carolina will go to aa unsafe aad unfair extreme if they give Ae negro for a school faad no more than their taxes amount to, or rathar no more Asa that ptoporttea of Ae public school faad. It nsiaa to me Aat evera child between eight sixteen Aould hare a ahaaaa to U to read aad writs, aad if Ae pa can’t pay for it Ao Statomhoold. Bat I would hare a school box for that, too, aad if parent wouldeat work hA children shonldeat earns A. Nothing disturbs my traeqalUty like having to pay ter Ae schooling of Aeon aagrom 1 dress fine every Sunday aad go every excursion that oomes along. About half of Ae weoehe* have got to law of telleo foes} except tha tr— triumph, whAh "To bm there A aotblre A this jrlflM pathotteas aaaaSr Alika a mariner without a drifting oa tha of nnoartolatf. cliffs of hope * Aar. Ha A a walking pi of A™”' totolha 1#< JS — --- — beak of tha valtare la hto heart aad tha (sag af tha sarpsal A hAaaab >longer a eaadidi Ibelaaagaretod » ark of Ay bam upon the bite aad ^ - - --- tha Ararat af private Ufa, aad I stand oa lii neona tal summit aad look down eatkere- ^Hffjlood of polities. The dove of mydeetAy haebwagkl me aa oilre Faareare V __ •ao* to labor aadto loveH . ■ tade aad a Mai AU of prealoai mama- rise: gratitude to the people tor thalr "The record that I hare made Ana "As I hare’aiready views ea publA qi ‘ 10 tlfcO' f aehfifi hare got wearing fipaetaelfis aad I raekoa whaa the public school eraakrtowto a Aw passed for free books Any wfU pat A Ae spectacles, too. Seoator Hoar made a great spas aad a good speech. He A too old to be a hypocrite or a tAte server aad ha •poke hA real sea tins* maoded Aa rapt attention of maa who hoard him. Bat •aid: "Groat maa are not always wise," aad so we caa differ wlA tbe Seaator.-aad many emla ■oientious steteemea do differ. I would vote for Aat treaty, bat what aext to do I oould not nay. Tima aad oirouas- will have to determia*. Hoar tofiSRhnnge hA Ha A two moo As yonagor looks twe Christ who died for 1 sake wiU guide oar aad aU who skaU follow him to tha paths of paaaa aad lore, aad kaptfaa them witfiAa spirit ofmen*. J^re- well, farewell. to close AA and. of course, having as mach have sense aooordAf they oaght to hare. 1 I am aoathe of A, if folks to ago—whioh bank oatho old ho of Ao old King Solomon, young men. 80 and eloquent aad Am hloeg wlA them, bat whaa I want wisdom 1 go to Ao aged, boA moa aad oome a, who live aroaad mo. Noth ing A more disgusting than A pert yonA make sport of ‘ ot - aad may Ao soatoHhw United t who soak Ae m h« a Ik proudly fleateA that Beaton MeMlUA.* Mr. MeMlUA epoka ——log AfiHiata't 01 "God has meraifuUy “* * HMM ‘ Wa Any shall be Ag admAAtretMa at affaire has been fulfill Air of a