The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-10-17

| Dceu tEc DOne OF cOntentlOn! Iuc heSio v.
tion. The republican party has been waV
that Old rag-the bloody shirt-and has nj
accusations OF murder and of bulldoZing
ballot box stuffing and ali that sort OF tn
| but the greatest curse of all to us mas D.
those who were told to vote as they shot
who have followed blindly the dictation
republican orators and voted on sectio
and race lines only. You shot us back i
the union and we intend to stay there. {
plausel We are ready to help you to nj
it Il real union. (Appausc.l We are rel
to shake hands across the bloody chasm I
throw away the malice and hatred we HI
felt for the wrong we have endured.
Will you let us? Cries of ''Yes! yes
| Can W trust you! Cries Of "Yes. yes!'
uaushter) A voice: "Splt it out
Yes, am going, to spit 1t out. Uaughte
It may be bitter, but you people up here HI
the fever and 1uinine will do you go
| governor OF Colorado, the most rccaicitra
red-hot, old-time states rights democrat
ever met in my life. daughter and applau'
is ashamed to say he has been mistaken
| long. U.aughter) Have any OF you e
heard of the Hamburg riot? 1 don't supp
there is man here who has. not because
was heralded all over the union and held
as q typical southern outrage. Hamburg
within thirteen miles Of my home. an
Hamburg rlotcr. and I desire to ask if ,
negro In cold blnol AMI wi hout provocat;'
| Npplause.) We had to rise in our dcsp
and undertake to restore Anglo-Saxon civ
| cation. or leave our homes. The rot
! government fastened by Grant upon fl
| 1S6S to 1876 became SO burdensomc that
| preferred martial law to continuation
rrobber government. Well. that is the sit
| ton. There are in South Carolina 140.t
male negroes over twenty-one years of
| there is 10000 negro majority. and I'll
point to that fact as evidence that that st.
ought to go republican.
What 90 the men in the New Engia
thousands thousands
employed in factories do when they want
carry an election? They say to their opc
tives' "lf you don't vote like we wan, YOU,
We. down in CIR country. in our endeayor
maintain good government and good ord
use our means and say. If You don't Ii
jority in my county, and Grant had Il re
ment Of troops there is '76 trying to Drcve
us from carrying 1t. and we beat them Sc
vofes. daughter and applauseD | make
same. and You wouldn't have endured Of
tenth of what We had to endure. We VIC
conquered people and we had to submit
The Solid South.
What has kept the south solid? WHY woi
it split MP on economic questions? you as
j teli you. gentlemen there is but one thi
that has kept the south solid, and that W
Keep 1t solid as long as we are Threatens
with It, ana that is the fear of negro domin
ton and the restoration of those goyernmel
that robbed us of over $50, 100000 during Il
short time they were in existence.
Whv don't we vote with you up here? WI
don't we vote with the p0puists? you as
why don't we give YOU some assurance?
tell You perfectly plain and blunt. Let
understand one another. You have been Il
most recalcitrant, red-hot BLACK repubica
in this union. | mean by that, repubica
who are forever and eternaly harping aho
the poor negro They love him accordil
TO the square of the distance and ha
used him for nothing else on the face
Gods earth than for perpetuatlng the r
publican party in power. Now they Ia
about taking away Il certain part of orr rcpr
Sentation and DISTINGUISHING the negro
There are men at the north and there are hll
dreds of thousands of them. who are ready
join us III 4 scheme TO d.sfranch.se the 20
ana ignorant everywhere. The anarchist
them the ague. When they enfranchised L
negro they gave lis a club that we have sin
used in n very scientific manner TO club the
vita. They gave us thirty TO forty add ton
al members Of congress by reason of neg
representation.
EIav" Used the Club.
We have used this club very skillfully TO nd
serve our liberties up TO this time They ga
us the Club to use and we are going to no
on TO it, and it will be to your benefit TIN
we do hold on to it, because with ii we WI
win this fight, for silver and the Fights OF Il
masses IN which we are now engaged and be
those who are mainly instrumental in entra
chis.nS the negro to perpetuate republics
rule
Now, gentlemen. I have told you that
negro is the trouble with us. The blackeSt
publicans, the stan chest and most outraE..fN
N Their demands Nat the negro in the 80
in 'hs hsxs frse } ha AND fair
Used to s!1a s. s $50 sna
EsP"'s dr she S' 9sSss
n %@mnes A.. L 10 SOC 1as
S Ss4iay pfs S. IN SPITE %f
Il
sp.tes and hatreds Of the war 20 induce "
10 vote as you shot" and they have quiet
regulated the progress ard CROWN OF u
country in that little corner over yonder ca
of Lake Michigan and north or the Iotomi
river.
Pertinent Question.
"What are you going to do about it
Where are We at!' / asked you Il molne
said yes" iowa is not represented her
Minnesota IS not represented here; neither
the Dakotas is represented here. ...,,,.
Governor LeWe iing-loWa was repfcseh'
here hv General Weaver.
Governor T.llmln-Ies, and he sad he W
ready to meet us half way and All mat 81
Of thing and then he stopped Where uid
look for assistance and ne>p: we loNnu i
the stanch democracy OF New YORK, New J'
sry Connecticut and Indiana. we could Il
come here because Ephraim was welded
his idols and had To let you alone. ii y
or. ready to ieave those Idols and set up
new god-a god of our who.e country-a &
whom we can al. appreciate rs ifee Anne
cans-we are ready to jan hands with Va
jAnnlausaJ But we cannot, we dare II
spurn the bridge which has CARED us Salt
over until we know upon what we may {
pend. -. - o.o
Today gentlemen, some of your repreSc
+a.ivrs m congress who are making this e
liant fight in behalf of liver and for t.
rmanciOat on Of the people from ms nhanc
thraI1dnm are AS b. tier in their feelings to t
south rs they have ever been. ms IS
complex condition for Us. II we Nou.u kc
from being ground to powder we ,., W.T., j.
fhat can be trusted implicitly. lAppiaus
mo democracy Of the east appear TO M
deserted the democratic standard. are l2h'
ing our platform or are ronstrulhg Il - y
themselves, and are IN open ah.ahte w"
republicans in Their financial policy: AS IA
have left us of the south on the silver qu
ton. can we trust YOU OF the west y"
negro question?
lean we Trust You"
The gentleman from Kansas tells me- we 8
right My friend over there says lheE
tnrn Their senators out if they try that, a
ali thar sort of thing. Perhaps so. / tell y
II is the Gods truth that as much as we
sI;Zn and understand the evils that conTrt
rs in the SINGLE gold standard, ana the los
that il VIII entail upon the people, the 81 i
ing, uerpetuai poverty that confronls Us If
r1,d standard IS adopted IN this country,
does nos begin 10 compare with negro dom4l
ION in the south and before We permit IT
Will de.
naprn all HIS rights under the law. We do
nropos,, 10 Cypress or inJure am in any W
While | do not pretend that tncre was
fraud and buldoz.ng, both N 40 and IS
| ~nrp 50: and if we are left to solve the ne
Drohlcm in our own way. the better Ii WIi
for him and all concerned tn.eSs the VII
men Of the south and west can remove {
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