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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1948
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
BY SPECTATOR
Behold, indeed, what a great
fire a small match kindles.
Our South Carolina papers of
Tuesday were full of proceed
ings of a great mass meeting in
Ridgeland. Before the Ridge-
land meeting Monday night
there had been other meetings
in which South Carolina Demo
crats had spoken freely and
fervantly against Mr. Truman.
There had been the petitions or
signed statements of a great
number of our Legislators, two
or three times, in varying
groups. Then the indomitable
citizens of Jasper began their
preliminary spade work. Later
came blasts from Dillon—by
one Dillonite, it is true, but the
fact of publication by Editor
Jordan tells me that that Dil
lonite was no solitary figure,
roaming in the wilderness. Then
came the Greenwood meeting,
later the Dorchester caucus, and
then the two thousand at Ridge
land.
The Jasper Democrats did
not meet to consider anything;
they had already considered and
resolved to break with the Na
tional Democratic Party; the
purpose of the great rally was
to adopt their resolution in open
meeting. It was their procla
mation to the world in formal,
enthusiastic manner. There had
been a great meeting in Jack-
son. Mississippi also, a mass
meeting of five thousand, and
that had been followed by a
conference of Southern Demo
crats, resolved to break with Mr.
Truman. Things are moving.
Things are moving so fast that
the men who spoke out most
boldly several weeks ago have
been passed on the road by the
pressing throngs of aroused
men. Two of our Congressmen
who delighted us with thefr
manly stand three weeks ago
now find that the rank and
file of the party have passed
them. They now must run fast
to catch up with the men they
were leading.
In Greenwood Judge Eugene
Blease, our leading Elder States
man, spoke soberly and purpose
fully, as he always does. He
aspires to nothing except to
serve as a Presidential Elector—
for which the South Carolina
Democracy will certainly elect
him unanimously.
Do you know where Ridge
land is and what it is? It is
b^low Walterboro, below Yem-
assee, thirty five miles from
Savannah, down in the Beaufort
area. Or is Beaufort in the
Ridgeland region? Ridgeland
is the County Seat of Jasper
County, Jasper County being
named for that heroic Sergeant
of the Revolution who jumped
down outside Fort Moultrie and
picked up the flag which had
been shot down by the British
fleet. “Don’t let us fight with
out a flag,” said the dauntless
Jasper, as he jumped over the
wall. And so with Jasper Coun
ty, it jumped over the wall and
picked up the flag of true
Democracy which had been shot
down by Mr. Truman’s mon-
grelized aggregation calling it
self Democracy.
So Jasper has raised the flag
again!
How did they persuade two
thousand people to come to the
meeting? Klugh Purdy gener
ously says that it was all due
to Jasper having the finest
people in the world. The Jas
per people say that it was due
to Klugh Purdy. Both are
right; the Jasper people are ex
traordinary ily fine, as I know;
and Klugh Purdy is a great
leader; he leads because he
draws all groups together in a
common cause; he leads be
cause he seeks nothing for him
self, neither place nor position
nor glory; liberally acknow
ledging the good work of the
others. The splendid team work
is apparent: Men and women,
old and young, are standing to
gether, highly resolved that
government of the people, by
the people, and for the people
shall not perish from the earth.
Two hours before the meet
ing we sat in Klugh Purdy’s of
fice with him—Alderman Dun
can of the Associated Press, W.
D. Workman of the News and
Courier, and I—and heard the
story of a County’s response to
good leadership. Klugh loves
to tell you about the grand
people of Jasper and their
whole-hearted cooperation! 1 While
we were there, in came the
Sheriff to discuss arrangements:
next came the young Mayor,
Workman McCormack. Then
others came, but all the ar
rangements had been carefully
made, with provisions for any
contingency. All had been so
quietly done that there was no
bustling about—the little city
took all in its stride. One little
detail: Ridgeland stayed open—
all places, with blazing lights
and a gracious welcome for
everyone.
Edward Huguenin, Jr., Coun
ty Superintendent of Education,
had made a tour of Jasper with
a “sound-wagon”, arousing the
people like Paul Revere of old.
“Tiny” Rivers, the jovial Rep
resentative from Jasper, was
circulating about, greeting all
comers. “Tiny” is a little fel
low, about six feet-two and
weighing about two and a quar
ter, and full of good humor.
We of the press were enter
tained at supper by the Junior
Chamber of Commerce and
were served bountifully by the
ladies. The ladies of the Ridge*
land press were with uS and
graced the occasion. All the
news of Jasper is published by
the ladies—and this does not in
vite any quips; they are the
duly accredited press represen
tatives.
Jasper’s withdrawal from the
National Demociatic Party is a
definite. clear - cut decision,
thoughtfully studied and boldly
proclaimed.
Now what does this amount
to? The deliberate purpose was
expressed by Mr. Purdy whom
I shall quote:
“I know, and you know, that
Jasper has not sufficient votes
to interest any politician, but
sometimes a child strikes a
match that starts a forest fire
that thousands of men can not
control. We hope to strike the
match in Jasper tonight. My
idea tonight is to put fear into
the hearts of our political lead
ers, and courage into the hearts
of our people.
While the free and the brave
are meeting in Jasper, the Gov
ernors of the sovereigh states
of the South are in Washington
trying to wring concessions
from a political party. Where
have we been, and where are
we going? The weak and de
fenseless ask concessions; the
strong issue ultimatums.
The question then with the
political leadership of the South
is whether they prefer the pres
tige and patronage that will re
sult to them by the election of
President Truman, or whether
they will stand by the people
of the South in their hour of
peril. I, therefore, think the
fight is between the people of
the South and some of their
present leadership. The inter
est of the southern political
leaders, and the interest of the
southern white people are in ir
reconcilable conflict. The south
ern people want their traditions
and customs upheld, while our
leadership wants prestige and
patronage. It appears to me
that they are now trying to
dodge and confuse the issue by
a play on words, but sooner or
later they will have to choose
and the southern people will
have to make their choice.
You might think that this is
a very happy occasion for me,
but in reality it is a sad occa
sion for South Carolina, and
therefore, a sad occasion for
me. When a man who is no
body, politically, and not much
otherwise, and from the small
est county in the State, is com
pelled to be the mouthpiece of
political freedom in South Caro
lina, while the great and near
great wiggle, twist and turn and
are almost freezing in their
boots from fear, and crying
aloud to be given time to
study—study what? How, the
cat will jump. If you people
from other sections will go home
tonight, and tell your leaders
that the cat has jumped.”
“Something will happen.”
The issue is not exclusively
racial, though the effort of
President Truman to barter
Southern sympathy for negro
support has made that acute.
At bottom there is an aspect
of the question that reaches be
yond the South: the constant
encroachment of the Federal
power.
The Civil War settled some
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questions, but the Civil War and
the 14th and 15th amendments
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Supreme law.
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If the Congress may do as it
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dignity and their power.
It is of importance to all the
States to have this confusion
cleared up. But, above all oth
ers, the States which demanded
and received the Tenth Amend
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vigor and persistence that Am
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