The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-18

purposes and to pcrpetuate their power.
This is claimed to be legitimate, and vet
when the white man of tho South uses his
Legitimate power from the circumstances
that surround him, to induce the colored
man to vote tho Democratic ticket. aud
against the Republican purity, in R,pabliciu
eyes it is infamous and all wrong.
Why, Mr. Speaker, in my judgment the
possession Of the government by the Rcpub
lic,n party is due to this very principle of
power Of circumstance, the circumstance Of
possession. the circumstance Of unlimited
| wealth. Your poss ,ssion ofthe army, of the
navy, of the supreme court. OF all the Offices
| OF this Government--it is this power th,t
gives you the control, and you use it unscru.
pulousy; you use il to the full extent; you
assess your operatives; you raise your mil
lions and you food with i, the States whore
there is doub. of losing control. The
tenure of your Offices to. day is held BY this
principle, which you claim is SELF preserv a.
ton. But want to say those Southern
men cling to that same principle down there;
the righ of s-lf-preservation, the right to
govern themselves ia til ,ir own way and
for their bsst interest The p,wer held by
the Republican party is being used to d,y
to pcrpetu,,e tn r power. You use every
appliance, within your means, and am sorry
to say that you are INSCRIPTIONS in your
methods of using your power to coutrol
this Gov rnment.
want t" say something further in this
conn .ction. You make your election laws;
you may turn out the white m,n of the
South and you may seat your colored broth
er. 1t will not reverse the natural law of
the will of the white man to control in
matters of this kind. You my turn out
MIR. Tilnin, but the white meu will return
him here, whatever the census may show
as to numbers.
No part pf thu c,uatry ctn ay,iu ever be
controlled by the negro race. We have
mad sufficient illustrations OF their governs
ment aud the consequences that a,wcl
trom it. | say thlL this is c,ultry for
the white man, anl in ~ p,rt of it
not in Massachusetts, or Illinois, or in Mich
'gan-would the white men, whatever their
disparity OF numbres may be, submit to tho
domination OF the weaker. the c,lored race.
1t would be against the law ofnature to do
so. In illustration OF this statement allow
me to say you may place 500 colored men
upon an island, and you may place 100 white
men from Michigan there with them. and
In less than six mouths the 100 white inc q
will absolutely control aud rghtfuIly con.
troll the 500 colored men. Aud why? BE-.
cause they are til, superior race, bee .use
they have the intelligence. the cap,city to
govern The inferior race cannot cope
with them aud necessarily yields before
them say that it is Legitimate, it is right
It is the law Of nature. You cannot pass
any statute to reverseN it, No Fifteenth
amendment to the Constitution can reverse
it. Ii stands out as a great law that governs
humin nature every where aud has always
governed it,
wish to say in conclusion, as my timo
is almost out. hare is case which shows
that thousands of the colored men have
voted for Mr.. Tillmau. We show there is
every reason why they should have voted for
him on general principles, principles which
govern con nunltiss everywhere: But it
isproposed toiynore Mr.. Tillmans 5000
majority. 1t is proposed to throw out
Barnwell County, and without any reason
ltis proposed to say to Mr. Tillmau, "Wo
will not permit you to hold your seat here.
1t IS true We are guessing at the thing,
there is noproof about it, but you have got
to go, and the colored man is to take your
seat; in order that there may be public
sentiment created in the Southern States.
so that We may control them IN ,re effsctu-
ally | say that this sort of doctrine will
not do. say that whatever you my do
in reference to this particular case, the white
race Of the South will control the elections;
the white race Of tho South will send up
white men to represent it, whatever may be
your action her..
Mr.. Tyler: May they do it by forcc2
Mr.. Moulton /: No, sir; I have said it is
not necessary to dn it by force. have
said That superior intelli,encs, capacity to
govern, superiority in everything; the hold.
ing Of the property gave them ever advan-
tag" in CO rtrollins the weaker race, jastas
they would control and d , control il in the
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