The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-09-27
GENERAL AND PERSONAL
MASSACHUSETTS REFORM CLUB
Turn Out i'm Mass to Greet Henry Wat
tersOn-The South Defended.

BosTON, MASS, Sept. 26.-NOtwithstand-
ing the incemency of the weather, members
of the Massachusetts, Reform Club turned
out in large numbers 10 greet Henry Wat
terson, Of the Louisville COurier-JOurnal,
who was the guest Of the Club at a banquet
at the Hotel Brunswick. The speech Of
the evening was delivered by Mr.. Waiter
son, who clOguently and iOrcibly defended
the South against the charge OF hostility To
the North. lie paid his respects to latter
day Republicanism as exempt by the
present leaders of the party, and said
that ever since the termination OF the
war there has existed at the North body of
public n en- who persist in ascrlDing 10 the
white IeOple Of the South purposes and a
character wholly foreign to them. Accord
ing 10 them the average -Outherner
is "A cross between feudal lord
and modern bOugh, while the poor
black man is pictured a. patient martyr,
abused and menaced in his person, cheated
Of the fruits Of his labor, and deprived OF
his legal right TO vote. He was here, he
said, to put his foot upon the falsehood
that the people Of the south are
doing ANYTHING or have done anything that
the people OF the North would not have done
had their places been exchanged. Ia truth.
as he saw it, the Republican leaders OF
1890 have exchanged placed with the
secession leaders Of 1850. BE
hold.' he said, "in Mr.. Doctrinaire
Mckinley, Mr.. DOctrinaire lancey; in Mr..
AgitatOr Reed. MI. \ gitatOr TOOmbs, in
the grim egotism of the President the dis
dainlul isolation Of Mr.. Jefferson Davis.
Behold in the unyIelding assertion
Of the constitutional right Of the
negro TO vote and 10 have his vote
counted the unyielding assertion Of the
constitutional right OF the master 10 call the
roll Of his slaves beneath the shadow OF
Bunker Hill monument. Behold IN the re-
strictiye dogma Of protection the short
sighted aims and narrow spirit of the doc
trine Of secession.
Ii is just as impossible to make a South
ern negro white man as il is to make "A
Northern white man negro, though that
miracle the Republican leaders are trying
TO work In many parts OF the south the
negro has no conception Of the meaning OF
a vote. If he cannot see II, 1t possesses no
value 10 him. Left TO himself he ceases TO
take any interest in politics.
Mr.. WattersOn denounced the unreason-
Ing sectiOnalism OF demOgogues who seek to
infame one kindred people against an
other. and called attention 10 the most
prominent Of the South, before. during, ana
since the war, were Of Northern birth
most Of them from New England
while numbers of Northern leaders
were OF Southern origin. He depicted the
evils of protection, and welcomed Mr..
Blaine into the ranks Of the free-lraders,
though the Secretary of state was more adj
yanced than he (Watterson) in that direc-
ton.
In conclusion, he outlined the ultimate
DANCER To New England from protection,
and appealed from such politicians as
Messrs. Reed, Blaine, Quay, Hoar, sher.
man, and Chandler to the good women and
good men Of the Republican party who
have been honestly misled by their ghastly
and lurid misrepresentation Of their fel-
lOw-citiZens Of the south.
Mr.. Watterson delivered his speech with
great vigor and was loudly appauded. lie
was followed by Mr.. sherman ioar Demo.
cratic candidate for Congress in General
Banks district, and DR.. William Everett.