The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-07-26
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.entasiyes unseated for the purpose OF en-
couyaging the negroes Of his and the other
.outbern States to elect Republicans 70 the
-ext House. or, rather, to claim TO have
elected Republicans to the next House.
made. lust before his taking of, speech
which, though very hard upon the Repub'
llcans, especially HoRR. Of Michigan seems
"a have been received with much good-ra-
ture. He exposed the insincerity ana want
~ pr;nciole Of the Republicans. and show
"a mn their inconsistency and hypocrisy.
One Of the facts he brought to light Is
that there are two congressional districts
IN New York city which have each
= population Of 100000. So that the Dem
ocrats are thus deprived OF two or three
congressman to whom they are entitled
from that State. Another fact he pressed
home upon MIR. HoRR is that although
there are $4,000 Democratic votes 10
100000 Republican votes in the latter $
State. (Michigan,) the Democrats are not al
lowed single congressman. Ihese are
the men who clamor because the Democrats
Of South Carolina have so districted tha'
State as to provide for the election OF o"'
one Republican congressman.
II was dangerous TO interrupt TILLMAN.
HoRR tried to get in a word, but couidn L.
TuLxAN said to him that he wouldn't yieid
10 his colleague. He added:
"You could not spare time enough from
PLAYING the buffoon. The only statesman
like, the only national, patriotic sentimeh.
that has fallen from the gentleman since
have served with him on this floor, was tne
speech he made the other day on the MIS-
s1ssippi-river improvement. Anc was at
a loss to conjecture what caused such
change to come over the spirit OF his dream
until read the report OF the Mississippi
river commission, and found that he had
stolen all his facts and argument from that
report without acknowledging it,"
About the negro:
"The sanctity of an oath is q thing he
cannot comprehend, and will commit per-
iury with such facility that for So each l
can easily get five hundred afidavits or de-
positions in my district from colored men
TO prove conclusively that the honorable
chairman OF the subcommittee VINO mas
this case i'm charge mfr. Watt stole horse
and robbed hen-roost in Aiken county,
s.. c., last year." =.
"When the gentleman from Connecti-
cut. the honorable chairman OF the sub.
committee to which my case was referred
TMr. Watt, boosted yesterday that the he,
publicans would educate and stand by ana
hold up in his rights and manhood the Az
rican, could not help but remember that
the Republican party in this Government
has not voted seventeen cents out OF the
national Treasury toward educating the
millions Of Africans in the South who were
freed seventeen years ago.
"Now, gentlemen, so long as African
barbarism, aided by carpet-bag rascality
and supported by the bayonet. dominated
the southern States, you were rs dumb a.
statues. The Democrats were all dlsfran-
chised virtually-ah, really while that hell
reigned there for eight dismal years in my
State from 1868 to 1876, and not man
among YOU had the instinct OF the Cau-
casian to raise his voice in our behalf. You
not only put the barbarians over us-not
only sustained them with the bayonet in
insulting, robbing. and tyrannizing over
us-but YOU did it with a devilish refine
ment OF cruelty that would have shocked
the manhood OF q savage Indian.
"Yet now, forsoOth, since 1876, since the
Caucasian has risen in his might and as
serted his God-given right TO rule where
any considerable number OF his race So
joiirn among the colored races, we hear
nothing but eternal complaints and charges
of fraud and intimidation and illegality in
elections.
.sTbis is the stock in trade of the bloody
shirt wing of the Republican party; and
desire to say in reply to it, once Tor all, you
NAV find fault, scold, and threaten to your
hearts content, but we expect 10 hoid the
even tenor of our way. If necessary, we
can submit again to the rule OF the bayonet
in the hands of white men, but never.
never more will we bow to the yoke OF the
African and carpet-bagger.'
TnLMAY said Horn "pranced around
like a clown in circus" He declared
that he [TILLMANl would come back; that
the Republicans might send their best ora.
tors to South Carolina. but he would not
withstanding be reelected.
A MEMBER: HORR?
Mr.. TILLMAN: Yes, even the clown
from Michigan let him come down there
Twill guarantee him the best entertain
ment that can be had.
A MEMBER: And personal safety.
Mr.. TILLMAN: Yes, and persona
safety. NV stars! | am astonlshed that
anybody should make that remark. | viii
guarantee him good eating, and gooc
drinking il he drinks; but expect he is 9
prohibitionist, although he does not looh
like it. [Laughter.] l do not mean any
offence; for it is not in my heart to say
anything unkind to the gentleman II hi
would only lay aside his miserable section
alism and partyism.
II he win come down there | will tax,
my carriage and horses and drive him Il
every Democratic public meeting in tn,
district wish to go to. or will carry hin
to every public meeting held by the Re
publicans. | will not say a word, eXcep
i may make one speech in reply TO him
and will guarantee to whip him out o
the district so badly that he will com,
back home satisfied to LET the South alone
and / will do il simply by Democratic
negro orators. daughter and applause.l
Again:
Mr.. TILLMAN: No, gentlemen: wha
disturbs your equanimity, what mortifie
you, Is the solid negro line Is broken, Will,
the solid white South remains like ada
mant, simply because you pin us togethe
with the bayonet. Applause on the Dem
Ocratic side].
You have failed either to make whit
men out Of negroes or negroes ont OF whit
men, and that Is what gals your self-love
When you organized your reconstructed
hell you looked upon every negro not onl
~ a Republican. but as black.white maj
who could maintain the Republican part
In power at the South for all time accord
ing to the census returns Of the compare
tive numbers OF the two races. Yes, sir.
repeat it, what goads the Republican part
almost to madness is that the solid negr
line Is broken.