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


The WHITE RACE WILL RULE
mo PART OF THE Country CAN AGAIN
EVER BE CONTROLLED BY TIE NEGRO
RACE"
Ectrdcis from, The Speech of CJayrcssm1n
s. W. Moulton, of Minois, July 10, 1882
No allowance is m ,de by gsntlem,n up'u
tho other sid, for the great disparity between
the c'lored and white ric,s in intelligence
nnd all of the elements which constitute
p,w,r an | c,p,oity to m,n,,,, c,utr Il and
g'v,rh In th,s, latter p,rtical,rs the
Anglo.S,xon race is pre- minently aud iuG
nitely tn, superior Of til, c,hrsl RAGS.
The', is also the o.h,r goat f.ct that does
not sosm TO have b,,a tax, ,u into c,nsilc.
ration by tho Republican party as reason
why thousands Of celored 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 aud everywhere
for purp ,sas of advantage and control, iu
political as we'll as in other matters, against
the weaker class. None of these facts are
taken into consideration, aud they are suffi
cient to account for the natural growth Of
the Dsmocratic,party in the South from the
ranks Of the colored people. Now, with
these great advantages on the side Of the
whita l., II Of l.
wonderful that, living in the same section
with the c,lo.ei rcn, who constitute a very
large percentage Of the voting population,
that the Intelligent white IN IN of the South
should use his p,wer over tho colered man by
argument, by persuasion, by position, by
superior intelligence, by appeals to his own
sense of good government, to take sides
with them 10 'litical questions Or, being
owners of the property, and having the
capacity to control and govern, it is entirely
natural that he should induce the colored
IMAM to vote aud act with him for his own
as well as tho white mans inter est.
l ask if there is anything strange or
unnatural in such u course as this | ask
it it is not entirely reasonable aud proper
that such course should be pursued? Why
1t Is the universal law that governs every.
where throughout the world; why should it
not operate in South Carolina? The weaker
lean on the stron 5er-thc stronger controls
the weaker; and it it is for the interest of
mas 20
man by using his vote or his muscle, it is
done. 1t is done in VI lss ,ch usctts, it is
don, ip IIliu bis, it is don lin S,uth Carolina.
My proposition, thon, is that the white
race OF this country in no State in this Union,
whatever the disparity Of numbers may be-,
will 'vsr sub nit to the d>nin ,tiou of the
inferior rIc,; AMI that the colored race, the
ratio Of numbers being the same, would
have no greater chance for political success
in Massachusetts, than it ha 10 South Caro-
lima, or in Illinois thlo in Mississippi. The
superior race never has submitted 10 the his
tory Of the world and never will submit to the
domination or control of the weaker or infe.
rior racs. Thi, is the great universal law of
nature. We see it exhibited everywhere
1t is practiced every day. It is practiced
in every community, in every country, in all
clim,tes, and there is no exception to the
rule. 1t is then a principle governing hu.
m'nity that mry b, accepted as without ex:
cepsion that the strong will take advantage
OF his strength and use his influence and lis
power for the interest of himself, and wheth
or physical or political.
And this, Mr.. Speaker, is the teaching of
all history. 1t is the inevitable law ofthe
survival Of the fittest. The superior race
will control the inferior, not necessarily or
usually by force, or by fraud, but by tn.
power IF superior intelligence an the pow:
or resulting from that Intelligence. The
weak everywhere yield to the stroag, by
percussion or by argument, or by appeals to
selfiuterest, aud it is these circumstances
that surround tho c,lored mlu of the South
and compel his subordination. II is this
which enables the mln with superior
intelligence or tho man with property, with
position, with power, to control the weaker
party not only physically but practically;
and it is the msrsst hypocrisy, the merest
platitude for any one to pretend the contrary.
My friend from Michigan uses that power
in his own State; it is done everywhere. 1.
isa principle of p,wor that spring, from
the advantages Of intelligence. wealth, or ca.
pacity to control.
M Al