The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1882-08-18
VOL. XIII.-NEw SERIES
THEwHIrE RACE WILL RULE.
mo PART OF THE COUNTRY CAN AGAIN
EVER BE CONTROLLED BY TIE NEGRO
RACE

s.. W. MDukon Of Illinois, Jdiy 10, 1857
NJ al!oslnc, is m.io by gsntlcm IN up'n
tn, other sid. for the great disparity between
the c,!oreI IN | white rlcIS in intelligence
and all Of the elements which constitute
p,w1r an clpt;ity t. mtItt,, c)ntr u AMI
g,v.rl In th!,, litter pTticllirs tha
Anglo S,x)a race is pre- cminently and ind
nitc!y tn sup;ciDr Of tht crlrr1l race.
Tlec, is also II, o:hir gt:lt f.ct tht DIES
not s,,m t. h,ve b:,n tax II inco c'aSilt.
ration by ths R,publicin party as reason
why Thousands of colored men should vote
with the Democrats or affiliate with the
Democratic party, aud 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 and is always used and everywhere
for purp ,sss Of advantage and control, i'll
political as well as in other matters, against
the weaker class None of these facts arc
taken into consideration, aud they are suth
cicnt to ,cc,unt for the natural growth of
the Dsmocratic'party in the South from the
ranks of the colored people. Now, with
these great Advantages Oh the side of the
white ma, il l. strange or Unreasonable or
won lcr:ul 1t. living in the same section
with the c,lo-cl ricn, who constitute very
hrS. percentage Of the voting population,
that tn, intelli, GENT white nm OF the 5 ,uth
should u. his p,wer over the c)le:cd man by
argument, by persuasion, by position, by
superior intelligence, by appeals to his own
sense Of good government, TO t,kc sides
with them in p 'li,icll questions ? Or, being
owners of the property, and having the
ciplcity to c)ntrol aud govern. it is entirely
natural that he should nluc. the colorcd
man to vote aud act with him for his own
as we'll as the white mans interest.
L asa if there is anything strange or
ulalturll in such curse As this | ask
if it is not entirely reasonable and proper
that such coursc should be pursueH Why
it Is tha uaivcrsll law th,t governs every
where throughout the world; way Shouli it
not operate in South Carolina? The weaker
Lem Oh the stron 5ar-thc stronger controls
the weaker; AMI it it is for the interest Of
the stronger man to control the weaker
man by using his vote or his muscle, it is
done. 1t is d,nc inM .ss .chu,,ttS, it is
d)n. ip Hin ,is it is l,n in 5 ,nth C,rolinn.
My prop ,stion, tn n. is that the white
race oi this country in no State in this Union,
whatever tn. IiSp ,rty Of numbers may b..
will var sab nit t. the d)nintti)n of the
inferior rlc; an | tn 1t the c,lor.l rae, the
ratio Of nuMbcrs being the same, would
have no greater chance for p,litical success
in Massachusetts than it. ha in South Caro-
linn, or in Illinois IN N in Mississippi The
superior race never has submitted in the his
tory of the world and never will submit to the
d)mnitloa Or control nt the weaker or intc
rlor race. Tai, is the great universe II law Of
nlture. We see it exhibited everywhere
1t is prlctcel every dty. 1t is practiccd
in every community, in every country, in all
clim,te,, AL there i n, exception to the
rule. 1t is then principle governing hu
mtnity tn It my b. accepted as without cx:
cepion that the strong will take advantage
OF his strength anl use his influence and his
p ,war iDr the interest of himself aud wheth
er physic'l or politict!
And this, Mr.. Sp,nkcr, is the tc,chin, of
all history. 1t i, the inevitable law ofthe
survival Of the ittcst. The superior race
will control the inferior, not necessarily Or
usually by force, or by fraud, but by tn.
power # superior intelligence an the pow:
or resulting from that Intelligence. The
weak everywhere y yiell t. the stroag, by
persuasion or by argument, or by appeals to
self interest, anl it is these circumstances
thtt surround tn, cplorcl mln of the SOUTH
and compel his sub)rlin ,ti,n 1t is this
which cnlbes tn. mn with superior
intelligence or the mtn with property, with
position, with power, to control the weaker
purity not only physically but practically;
and it Is the mtra,t hypocrisy, tn, mcrcst
phtltulc torany one toprctcn'l the contrary
My friend fro II Michigan uses that power
in his own State; it is done cycrywhcrc 1t
is u principle of power thlt sprins4 from
the Advantages Of in,clhg,ncc, wealth, or ca.
pacity to control.
Mr.. Speaker, the principle ofpowcr from
superior advantages Of intciH.rn:2. wealth,
clplcty u govern anl cpntrh obtains
everywhere in the Millc States aul in The.
New En- t,n St,tcs. Ia, wax. r every
where ara driven to the wrlI. rne R,pnb
lican p'riy to.lIy al ne III 'intain< it, power