The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1882-08-17

80 Fart OF tho Country can Again over be
Controlled by tho Negro Race"
ET'rGc'; from Tie Speech Of Congressman S.
". WOukon. Cf Mimois .Lnlu 70 1880

upon the other side for the great dispar;
W between the colored and white races
III the intelligence and all of the ele
ments which constitute power and ca.
Paclty TO manage, control and govern
In these latter particulars the Anglo.
saxon race IS pre- eminently and infinite.
~ the superior Of thu Coiored race
There Is also the other great fact tha,
does not seem to have been taken into
consideration by tie Republican party
as reason why thousands of colored
men should vote with the Democrats OF
ai.ilintc with the Democratic party. and
that Is the fact that almost the entire
property of the Southern States is owned
bY the white men, who are Democrats.
This is an element of great power ard
Is always used and everywhere for pur.
poses of advantage aud control, in polit.
ical as we'll as in other matters. against
the weaker class. None of these facts
are taken into consideration, aud they
are sufficient to account for the natural
growth OF the Democratic party in the
South from the ranks of the col0red peo.
pie.
Now, with these great advantages on
the side of the white man, j. it strange
or unreasonable or wonderful that living
III the same section with the colored men,
who constitute very large percentage
OF the voting population, that the intel
llgent white man Of the South shou!d
use his power over the colorcd man by
argument, by persuasion. by position,
6y superior intelligence, by appeals to
his own sense of good government, to
take sides with them in political ques-
tions? Or, being owners Of the property,
and having the capacity to control and
govern, 1t is entirely natural that he
should induce the colored man to vote
and act with him for his own as we'll as
the white mans interest.
l ask If there is anything strange or
unnatural in such a course as this? |
ask If it is not entirely reasonable and
proper that such course should be pur.
sued? Why, it is the universal law
that governs everywhere throughout the
world why should i; not operate in
South CarolinaY The weaker leans upon
the stronger-the stronger controls the
weaker; and if it is for the interest of
the stronger man 10 control the weaker
man by using his vote or his muscle, it
is done. 1t is done in Massachusetts, it
is done in Illinois, it is done in South
Carolina.
My proposition, then, is that the white
race of this country in no State in this
Union, whatever the disparity of num-
bers may be, will ever submit to the
domination of the inferior race; and
that t. . colored race, tho ratio of num-
bers being the same, would have no
greater chancs ior political success in
Massachusetts than it las in South Car
olina, or in Illinois than in Mississippi.
The superior race never has submitted
i'll the history of the world and never
will submit to the domination or con-
troll of the weaker or inferior race.
This is the great universal law of nature.
We see it exhibited everywhere. 1t ia
practiced every day. 1t is practiced in
every country, in all climates, and there
IS no exception to the rule. It is then q
principle governing humanity that may
be accepted as without exception that
the strong will take advantage of his
strength and use his influence and his
power for the interest of himself, and
whether physical or political.
And this, Mr.. Speaker, is the teaching
OF all history. 1t is the inevitable law Of
the survival Of the fittest. The superior
race will control the inferior, not neces-
sarily or usually by force, or by fraud,
but by the power Of superior intelligence
and the power resulting from that intel
ligence. The weak everywhere yield to
the strong, by persuasion or by argu-
ment, or by appeals to self-interest, and
1t ID these circumstances that surround
the colored man Of the South and com-
pei his subordination. 1t is this which
enables the man with superior intelli-
gence, or the man wit, property, with
position, with power, to control the
weaker party not only physically but
practically; and it is the merest hypoc.
Tisy, the merest platitude, for any one tc
pretend the contrary. My friend from
Michigan uses that power in his own
State; It is done everywhere. It is
principle of power that springs from tho
advantages of intelligence, wealth, or
capacity to govern and control.
MIR. Speaker, the principle Of power
from superior advantages of intelligence,
wealth, capacity to govern and control
obtains everywhere in the Middle States
and in the New England States. The
weaker everywhere are driven to the
wall. The Republican party to-day
alone maintains its power by the circum.
stance Of its possession Of the Offices, by
the circumstance of its possession Of the
elements of power, its unlimited control
over one hundred thousand or more
office-holders.
may illustrate one phase of the
power of the Republican party by the
fact that they have Just assessed and are
now collecting 81 900, 900 from their en-
ployees for political purposes and to per-
Detuate their pOWer
This is claimed TO be legitimate, and
yet when the white man of the South
uses his Legitimate power from the cir
cumstances that surround him to induce
the colored man to vote the Democratic
ticket and against the Republican party,
in Republican eyes it is Infamous and
all wrong.
Why, Mr.. Speaker, in my judgment
the possession of the Government by the
Republican party is due to this very
principle Of power of circumstance. the
circumstance of possession, the circum-
stance of unlimited wealth. Your pos.
session of the army, of the nnvy, of the
Supreme Court, of all the Offices of this
Government-it is this power that gives
you the control, and you use it unscru-
pulously; you use it to the full extent;
you assess your operatives you raise
your millions and you food with it the
States where there is doubt of losing
control. The tenure Of your Offices TO-
day is held by this principle, which you
claim is self.preservation. But I want
to say those Southern men cling to that
same principle down there the right of
self.preservation, the right to govern
themselves in their own way and for