New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-23
EOT1L RIGHTS N THE SOUIH.
MR.. CABLE MAKES REPLY To MR. GRADY ;
SPEECH
THE STRUGGLE FOR PURE GOVERNMENT NOT
TO BE ABANDONED NOR ABATEo


Rostnn. Feb. - (SpcciaN.-Thc banquet OF the Ma
achu,ctt, Club this afternoon, at Ioun-@ li''' VIZ,
made unusually interesting BY the p:c-cnce "i
George W Gable who read able paper @" ''
southern or race question. Mr. Gable dH h'' "''''
bv name the latc Henry W. Grady. "h"-e i'I''"'
speech at the dinner OF the Boston McI'A'"N y
citation last December ha, attracted su'h WIG "'
tention, Vet hi, address Wa really I'pH ~ ''''
-cnterl;p', speech OF that occasion. MI. 'd'I' was
,ivep a rcccptiou by the club a. the hotc. PRIOR /"
fine dinner IN which a large number oil Pi'i''i''',
gentlemen participated. some S'r"l"7 p'''~O
hi, address were a. follows:
Exccpt in Russia. there j, now hardly p'opI@
of European oneh ON the ,''I'n ' ,rrUr # .l.or4I
in some valuable degree the c."N nm, nm ,i, Inn
representative government ana, a'U|"7 u i1,.,ii,
tuirjic, rcmainin- ID sucn governments lc ~"
IN defective electoral methods Itt fuD ~, ir,,.t,
ceased 10 look To imperial rule for IcIu-o =" ...I
Nnt lin. ~uiocatIOu. bat the purnctI'i oI V' ,'.'
i; recocuiIci ii, Inc key 10 the purlnc'uoA 1i gov
ueut But how shall pulli\ iic va, ".., w.
ode WpoI crude lcucIallatou- who. "r "I"u 7''''
are pure That would Dee a. d. i lGo ,l..t .,,,,
a flicr work theron -hly. we sh"nd i'I"u t''' ,.I,
Iut ,,,r. water he lmt into IN. filter ru' cd -
would only he lOng stride on 'le 9l''-' IA, .,,'I
I r,tct "iuv fhaf the vote shall bee pare ana uu''
Ultimately TO see a puatcd ballot purify u' ~ ,..
N0n INC ih, emma. and complete emancipation OF
an ballotcr7 from all impure HI,"' 80 ,t BALLOT
Th~r. H. - part OF our country. ho%c'c.' " A,
condition. -ccininEN 80 pee ui ,t am, ,,,,,,r,,lt
.f,Ir
the Nation. 40 thcOrlNuE uh lh' l',''I"' ,-,,tI.
lie, Of pure government car be mad 10 "r't Yer,
c,lly applcabc. We mi-i -rdllIc Mllti,,i,,,. .,,.
fact, i'm thi- specific case or cl-c our u'-', t,ld
Of no u-c those Who. ih N1l" :" ",,.,.t,' r,r,-
di,traucht lelWccr two ~e,ni"IIE dI ,,,,umcnte
sites, the ono Tor pure 'i' ''"'' '
in southern state. 49,, .. f., t,c
Let Il, take them -erlallW' iI7'' - - ,c.t,c-
statement that virtually me "l"c H,.,,,'',,r,t We,
in tie south care nothing 80. r,'" ,rc,ti,u 10 80
say that to establish -u'I 90, ,,rnnf- Where
general a tluth require ~ a., ooi furnish thou.
are they Rcroh,liH' i'N l'' ,r,,.i,, Marty White
They may shO" uiat '"' AIN ,pi,n,.d ly an
and negro, 'ou>ldh.l anu m tiin IA thc equal civil
liberty Of whites and nrGroe~, d'u !"' a., NV ,a,.,t
did not often Try to achieve puflIN l' ~ '' ~.
But they only prove our premise, t'i' a, ii an
no effective clort iT Par, -" ,'t.... a., mart o,
insecurity oi Tree goNoIIl'J,' n,iI ,r r,,--iIl, AZ
occupied with one Ah"lnti az 20 t,. rr,ror. arc
grc-slOns Inc tItdI maui, '' W. d.c..d.d INT
ilhtcratc. Wpiovdcn, it'h"@ a', d. T rho
80 /, the Irish peasant. - j. ii' s7 'd" ''': -,
fact i, proof prc,umptivc that lIl-h "a IAN , W.
ucsro-thcy are far more concerned Tor b'!,'I IT.
dom. whether economic, pvI or p"hu'al' 'i1r 't
pure government: but not uiat pure E"''iH"'' ,
something they would rather Hol IdNc. i,,, ~,
tional. not rational to say uidl lheA are al "PP'
to pure government
I:ut We are told they would become - were me
hand of ,upprc-SiOn withdrawn. This g. very ancient
arr1,nrnt century ago II wa believed and pra't
caIIv .nniicd against millions Of white men exactly a.
!, H. nov ur-cd against millions OF ncrrOc-. Mdnhrol
.utIragc oven for white citizens of the Cntoc ~tat",
~ I,rclv I've wears Old, and OF all the earlier
STATE, 81 the Union j, yoruec.t u New England To-